Black Night Bush; In search of the unholy amnesty

The immigration bill is nearly dead. So President Bush has decided to take it upon himself to resurrect the matter. Hmm. Does anyone else get a mental picture of the Black Night in Monty Python and the Holy Grail with Bush playing the Black Night?

For the unwashed, in the movie, the Black Night guards a tiny bridge in the middle of nowhere for no particular reason. When King Arthur shows up and tries to cross the bridge, the Black Night appears and issues the rather ironic warning, “None shall pass!” Which if we’re talking about immigration seems to be true.

Well Arthur issues a challenge and in the ensuing combat, cuts one of the Black Night’s arms off. The Black Night not comprehending the full nature of his injury protests, “tis but a scratch.” Combat continues and Arthur severs the Black Night’s other arm – to which the insanely over confident Night insists “it is but a flesh wound.” Combat continues and Arthur cuts off one of the Night’s legs. The delusional Night screams, “I’m invincible!” Finally Arthur cuts off the remaining leg and begins to cross the bridge. The Night yells, “come back coward. I’ll butt you with my head.”

So President “Black Night” Bush is going to resurrect the ailing immigration amnesty. Bush lost the house, one arm gone; lost the senate, two arms gone; infuriated the last segment of the American people who support him with his idiotic support for comprehensive amnesty, one leg gone. Now he’s hopping around on his one remaining limb claiming he’s invincible and is going to resurrect a poorly fashioned immigration amnesty. Riiiight.

Sadly, we must get ready to lop off the president’s last remaining appendage. At this point of his presidency, Bush is about as powerful a political enemy as the Black Night with two arms and a leg cut off. Instead of saving himself for the next fight on Iraq, Bush is foolishly going to make his last fight the immigration amnesty.

Bush should let this go and save his last leg for the real fight in September. That’s when the report on the Iraq surge is due. No matter what the report says, Democrats will call Iraq a failure and demand withdrawal. As evidenced in this immigration fight, many go along get along Republicans will sell out for political expedience. Even a severely wounded Bush might be able to rally enough support among Republicans to do the right thing on Iraq.

Black Night Bush should accept this bill is dead and let it go. There is another scene in Monty Python and the Holy Grail that’s applicable. In the plague scene, a wagon rolls through town with man calling out, “Bring out your dead.” A young man shows up carrying an elderly man over his shoulder to throw on the wagon, but the old man protests. “I’m not dead.” The younger man replies, “Well he’s really sick.” “I’m feeling better”, protests the old man. The young man slips the wagoneer a couple of bucks; conks the old man on the head and throws him on the wagon.

The immigration amnesty bill is next to dead. Sadly, when it is finally thrown on the wagon of the truly dead, it will probably land on top of Black Knight Bush.