A CNN story, Conservative bloggers in full revolt over immigration, looks at how the conservative blogosphere is working overtime to defeat the immigration reform bill that many see as little short of amnesty for illegal immigrants.
It's increasingly clear from Web postings and interviews with top conservative bloggers that the immigration bill has done serious damage to the president's credibility among the conservative netroots, the grassroots bloggers on the Web.
Erick Erickson, managing editor of the popular conservative blog RedState.com, says he receives between 800 and 900 e-mails a day from readers, most of whom are "enraged" by the White House's immigration efforts.
"Of all the issues the president has picked to make his hill to die on, he has picked the one that has divided his base," said Erickson, who lives in Macon, Georgia. "I am shocked by the anger and outrage out there ... You've got war against the president within the Republican party."
I would take issue with CNN on one point. Conservative bloggers - and conservatives generally - are not in "revolt" against the Bush administration over the amnesty bill. With this legislation, it is the Bush administration which is in revolt against the conservative base of the Republican Party.
The Bush Administration has "lost credibility" with the conservative blogosphere? Wow, I had no idea they were so easy fooled until now. Bush lost credibility with the rest of the world the second he invaded Iraq.
Posted by: Claire Celsi | June 17, 2007 6:56 PM | Permalink to Comment