There are only a couple of issues facing us that polarize people to the extent that immigration reform does.  Both sides are happily tossing around images to validate their points, the left using images of struggling downtrodden people, and the right using images of criminal trespassers.

Both are accurate but both are also being taken way out of a proper context.   My views have made me no friends because I think both parties are making asses of themselves.  Too many people are running around dropping the patriot card, or the race card, and no one seems to be interested in a realistic look at the issue. 

I was prepping a long exhaustive post, but Sister Toldjah beat me to it.  Like me, she is not happy with anyone at this point and she does a splendid job of expressing it.

I asked her permission to reprint it in full, but I encourage you to follow the link to her site and view it there along with her other posts, and see why her blog is as popular as it is.   And she can add me to the list of people who, like her, are not happy with anyone right now.

The immigration debate: The good, the bad, and the ugly - and suggestions

This post is an extension of the thoughts I expressed in this one, which I wrote a few days ago.

I think the Republican party has lost its collective mind. I don’t think I’ve ever been more ashamed to be a Republican than I have been after these last few weeks. Why? I’m appalled at some of the rhetoric, tactics, blatant hypocrisy, and pot-calling-the-kettle-black that has been on display on both sides of the conservative aisle on the immigration issue, and I say this as someone who isn’t in any side’s “camp” but is just frustrated on the whole with how the debate was conducted. And before I really get going on this, let me just say that I know that not everyone who argued for or against this bill is guilty of what I’m about to discuss, but it was far more than just the ‘fringe’ in the Republican party who made the Nutroots look like bastions of civility and maturity by comparison. Also, I will be using the terms “we” “us” “let’s” “our” quite a bit in general, and should not be construed into meaning “all.” I’m well aware there are exceptions to the rule.