The Linda Chavez fantasy runs into some facts (though I sincerely doubt she notices)

Comments provided along with the results of a Rasmassun poll released today:

From the beginning, the President and most other Beltway politicians have misunderstood the public debate over immigration. The initial discussions in Washington implied a debate that was either pro-immigration or anti-immigration. Those who favored some form of legalization or earned citizenship were pictured in official Washington as pro-immigrant while those who favored border control were thought to be anti-immigrant, ignorant, and perhaps racist. [No "perhaps" about it if Ms. Chavez is to believed, of course.]

However, Rasmussen Reports data shows an entirely different picture. Among those who favor enforcement-first policies, 59% also favor a national policy goal that welcomes all immigrants except national security threats, criminals, and those who would come here to live off the U.S. welfare system.

Among those who oppose an enforcement first policy, just 50% favor such a welcoming policy goal. In other words, those who favor an enforcement-first policy are more likely than others to ultimately support a welcoming immigration policy.

While favoring an immigrant-friendly society, most Americans also favor a society in which the laws are observed by everyone. By a 3-to-1 margin, voters say it doesn’t make sense to consider additional laws until the government first gains control of the borders and enforces existing laws.

What an odd thing...it's almost as though most of the voters who oppose the immigration bill on grounds of national security and the rule of law and the costs to society as a whole, are actually motivated not by racism, but by -- the mind reels -- concerns about national security and the rule of law and the costs to society as a whole. But wait -- that would imply that the people who disagree with Ms. Chavez might actually disagree with her for precisely the reasons they say they disagree with her. But that can't be, surely...because that would imply the possibility that people disagree with Ms. Chavez not because they are the sinners who display her relative sainthood to good effect, but because she is, shall we say, an excellent candidate to serve as a weapon for some modern-day Samson.

(For the less than Biblically well-versed, Samson famously killed a whole bunch of Philistines while armed only with the jawbone of an ass.)