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    Publisher's Note: This article originally appeared in the Beaufort Observer.

Two subjects: Gov. Christie and Immigration reform.

    First, Gov. Christie.

    It would seem that one of Gov. Christie's spear carriers screwed up big time. First they (she) did something really stupid and then lied about it. That suggests that the Governor's staff may not be quite ready for "Prime Time". It was a childish trick. It almost sounds like a redux of the Nixon spear carriers. Of course it would appear that they (well, some of 'em at least) weren't even born when Nixon's troops pulled their stunt so they couldn't be expected to learn from the experience of others.

    Still, you would have thought that folks would have simply known that doing something dumb is bad enough but lying about it is really stupid. If not Watergate to learn from, then how about Slick Willie and the Monica Lewinsky affair. Just as dumb. And Bill Clinton trying to lie his way out of it was even dumber. The fact that Hil stuck around is surely a testament to her desire to be more than FLOTUS. It seems unlikely that she will be satisfied with being SoS. We'll see...

    It is clear that the NJ gov. doesn't really understand how things in Washington work. When someone screws up badly you "remove them from their position"- which he did. But he thought that meant that you "fire" them. What it means in Washington is that you relieve them of their duties, put them on 6 or 7 months of paid vacation and then place them back into a different job in your organization. Well that's the way we saw it work at the Clinton/Kerry State Department. IRS isn't quite that hard hearted (unless they are auditing someone they don't think contributed enough to the Anointed One's "cause" - or something equally as egregious).

    And then there's Immigration Reform.

    The argument over immigration reform is mysterious. One of the things that makes it mysterious is that we seem to have different rules for different "Hispanics". You catch a Central or South American "Hispanic" who crossed the border without proper documentation and they would theoretically be booted out - if Eric Holder or his boss felt like it. The fact that not all South Americans are considered Hispanic has nothing to do with the (theoretical) ejections.. In the world of the Dems, folks from Brazil whose forbears come from the Western side or the Iberian Peninsula - i.e. those of Portuguese heritage - are not considered "Hispanic". The reason for that distinction has never been made clear.

    You catch a Cuban and they get a little different treatment. It apparently depends just where you catch the Cubans. According to Wikipedia, if they make it across the 90 miles of water between the US and Cuba and get to dry land, they can stay. If they are caught before they get to dry land, it's back to Cuba they go. The following quote is an excerpt from a Wikipedia article,

    "The wet foot, dry foot policy is the name given to a consequence of the 1995 revision of the Cuban Adjustment Act of 1966 that says, essentially, that anyone who fled Cuba and got into the United States would be allowed to pursue residency a year later. After talks with the Cuban government, the Clinton administration came to an agreement with Cuba that it would stop admitting people found at sea. Since then, in what has become known as the "wet foot, dry foot" policy, a Cuban caught on the waters between the two nations (i.e., with so called "wet feet") would summarily be sent home or to a third country. One who makes it to shore (so called "dry feet") gets a chance to remain in the United States, and later would qualify for expedited "legal permanent resident" status and, eventually, U.S. citizenship." Click here to see more of what Wikipedia has to say about the subject.

    So why the different treatment?? Oh yeah. Maybe it has something to do with the huge voting bloc of Cubans in the country??

    So who was in charge when we granted the Cubans "advance" amnesty?? No it was not Slick Willie trying to ensure a continuing supply of Cuban Cigars (Hmmm...). It was that other liberal Dem., LBJ (another reason to regret the loss of JFK). Perhaps our negotiators were feeling remorse for the Bay of Pigs fiasco when they cut the deal... Well at least they told us what was in the deal which is a whole lot more than the Anointed One seem to be willing to do with the deal his troops cut with Iran.

    Yeah, remorse over the Bay of Pigs fiasco would seem to explain the deal. The Dems seem to be still at it - trying to finish the job of getting amnesty for everyone else who got here with "dry feet". There don't seem to be any so called "wet backs" any more. It isn't clear if the disappearance is the result of Political Correctness or if the "illegals" prefer to keep their feet dry the entire way (i.e. by crossing the desert to get here).

    It surely sounds as though Hispanics from Central or South America are getting discriminated against in favor of Cubans.

    D'ya Think??