Those of us who believe in amnesty for illegals, open borders or no borders at all are quick to decry those who disagree with us as racists, bigots, apartheidists, Nazis or worse. Those of us who believe in controlled immigration don't seem to have the derisory language skills of our opposition. Nonetheless, it is heated rhetoric from all sides, none of which is likely to persuade opponents to change or substantially ameliorate his or her position. Who, then, is the audience? Is there a large pool of undecideds to try to bring to one side or the other? I don't think so. Almost everyone as a point of view, few of which are nuanced.
If there is no mass of undecideds, to whom do we speak and why? Why not just vote on it and be done with it?
About Me
- Jim Sweeney
- This blog is about politics and people. Politically, I'm a conservative independent with city, state and federal campaign history but not party affiliation. I think of myself as a libertarian but I'm not a Libertarian. I'm a capitalist, a Milton Friedman economics believer. In real life, I'm a lawyer and consultant to both start-up and operating companies and founder of the American Children International Foundation. I've substantial business experience, including being CEO of a public company. I am single, live in Arcadia CA, have 4 grown children and a 10 year old son; served in the Marine Corps; enjoy baseball, tennis and am a warm weather guy. Hawaii is my favorite vacation place. It's America for one thing, blue-state America but you can't have it all.