When we elect LIARS...

You know...I'm not gonna even get into this wimpy Corker-Hoeven amendment, or even Cornyn's, or what agreement's been reached. I'm not gonna get into what Rubio's espousing or which way he's posturing at any given moment.

Today, we see the U.S. Senate accelerating their amnesty efforts...



...likely due to that CBO report, which begins to deflate the Gang of Ocho's bill, particular the portion that states 75% of illegal immigration would continue.

Related link: RUSH: A Zone Blitz Is Happening In The US Senate Looking For Votes

The fact of the matter is that this Schumer/McCain-run Senate doesn't want border security. It's all about attracting the votes needed in the Senate to pass any POS legislation (for Democrats, more voters; for Republicans, so Hispanics won't hate them).

That’s because Democrats all support it, as long as it doesn’t include border enforcement. And apparently the White House is blessing it every step of the way. ...[they] represent a party that simply doesn’t want to stop the flow of illegal immigration.

And most of the Republican Senators can be lumped in with'em too! And that's what we get when we elect LIARS (enter Daniel Horowitz commentary)...

RedState: We sit back helplessly watching our elected Republicans cut backroom deals with Chuck Schumer to sell out the Republic and create a permanent Democrat majority. Yet we have nobody to blame but ourselves for electing these liars in the first place.

Back in 2006, conservatives split their votes in Tennessee between Van Hilleary and Ed Bryant, handing a solid red seat to progressive Bob Corker. At the time, immigration was a hot-button issue, and Bob Corker screamed from the hilltops that he was just as strong on the issue as his conservative opponents. He not only opposed any amnesty before enforcement, he opposed amnesty period. He consistently said that all those who came here illegally would have to go back home and come here legally.

During the general election, he ran strong on the issue against Harold Ford. ... Now he is saving a dying amnesty bill by placing phony triggers in a bill 10 years after amnesty is granted. John Hoeven explained the amendment like this: the “whole effort has been to build a bipartisan group that will support the bill.”

Folks, this is what the entire Mitch McConnell caucus is all about. They work indefatigably to put lipstick on Democrat proposals so they will win bipartisan support. This is why we can’t trust establishment candidates to fulfill their promises even on the few issues they officially check the boxes on the right. Ultimately, they are working for the political class, and if that political class decides that an onerous bill must pass, they will work overtime to lend Republican prestige to that proposal – either publicly or privately. They will often vote against the bill once passage is inevitable, but they will work behind the scenes to sabotage any unified opposition.

We expected this treachery from a guy like Corker, yet we allowed him to lie to us. Yes, it would be nice if these people would air TV ads and explain their support for amnesty and the need to elect Chuck Schumer Republicans. But they lack the courage to vouch for the veracity of their views when standing before the voters. That’s why it behooves us to identify these trouble-makers early on. We should not be electing establishment-types like Bill Cassidy in Louisiana and Mike Rounds in South Dakota next year. We should not reflexively reelect incumbents like Mitch McConnell and Lamar Alexander. We should not credulously buy into the lies that will flood airwaves.

Horowitz encourages Tennesseans to call (numbers supplied) their state's House delegation, who campaigned strongly against amnesty, and condemn the Corker-Hoeven treachery.

As for Hoeven, Horowitz has a similarly critical lesson in a separate piece...

Imagine if Democrats elected senators from blue states in the northeast who worked behind closed doors with Ted Cruz to craft national right to work legislation or a compromise plan to privatize Social Security? That’s about as likely as Lady Gaga joining the Family Research Council.

Yet, we continue to elect Republicans like John Hoeven who work behind the scenes to carry water for the progressives. They gravitate to one-sided compromises that sell out our Republic like flies on ethanol.

Yes, Hoeven has been awfully quiet since being coronated in 2010. Aside for the occasional noise about the Keystone Pipeline, he doesn’t do much in the Senate…other than vote to raise the debt ceiling, fund Obamacare, implement an internet sales tax, support earmarks, increase food stamp spending, and vote for every subsidy under the sun.

Now he has taken it upon himself to serve as the less charismatic appendix to Bob Corker in saving Schumer’s dying amnesty bill.

Folks, at some point we need to start gaming out red state Senate races far in advance in pursuit of a real Republican instead of reflexively thinking about picking up the state with just any R. It is that mentality – a lazy tendency to pick the first candidate with high name recognition months in advance – which has saddled us with a bunch of prairie progressives from the red states in the Great Plains.

Folks, it's not just the Great Plains...it's all over.  Just ask Arizona...or Florida. If we can't do a better job at the ballot box, then we'll continue to reap disastrous consequences...until we no longer recognize America.