No year is ever a good year to seek immigration reform. Immigration reform makes Social Security reform look like a walk in the park.
By Joe Guzzardi
As President Barack Obama and his family pack their suitcases to head off to Martha’s Vineyard later this month, I’m quite sure of one thing. [Obamas Rent Republican’ $20 Million House on Martha’s Vineyard, by Alex Spillius, The Telegraph, July 28, 2009]
The last thing on Obama’s mind is “comprehensive immigration reform” a.k.a. amnesty.
Before I get started on just how badly off amnesty advocates find themselves these days, permit me to detour briefly to comment on the stupidity of Obama’s choice of Martha’s Vineyard as a vacation destination.
While a growing number of Americans will settle for a “staycation”, the Vineyard Gazette reports the Obamas have agreed to rent a $20 million, 28.5-acre private compound—Blue Heron Farm—with a swimming pool, private dock, movie theater, basketball court and golf practice tee, for a reported $35,000 to $50,000 a week, during the last week in August. [First Family’s Vacation Take Shape Around Familiar Chilmark Farm, by Sam Bungey, Vineyard Gazette, July 28, 2009]
If the rental sum reaches the high end of the estimate, it will equal the national median household income put by the U.S. Censusat $50,233.
The nearly 10 percent ofunemployed Americans can’t be comforted by the idea of the Obama hanging out withCape Cod elitists likeDavid Letterman,Mike Wallace,Diane Sawyer and professor of victimologyHenry Louis Gates
When Obama returns to Capitol Hill afterLabor Day, he’ll confront the most public and private resistance to hisfar left agenda that he’s yet come across.
Here, listed according to the importance that I believe Obama assigns them, are his top two pre-vacation concerns.