It's a conspiracy, I tells ya

Apparently, preznit gave a speech last night that wasn't very well received by the mouth breathers...er...his base.

That's the point of his proposal to send the National Guard to our border with Mexico. This represents Bush's final, desperate descent into Clintonian sleight of hand. He wants to distract enough of his supporters with the razzle-dazzle of "National Guard to the Border!" headlines that they won't notice he is pushing through Congress a proposal that essentially legalizes all the population influx from Latin America that has occurred in the past 10 years and any that might occur in the future.

Like President Clinton's gesture of sending more U.S. troops to Somalia after the "Black Hawk Down" battle in Mogadishu, when everyone knew we were really on our way out, Bush's Guard deployment is a prelude to surrender. The immigrants who have come here in defiance of our laws will get to stay, bring their families and be joined by just as many immigrants in the future—at least if Bush gets his way.

Hmm, is he saying that bringing the National Guard in to guard the border is merely a front for getting out of Iraq? But only a crazy lefty conspiracy theorist would dare to say such a thing!

K-Lo two'fer:

I'm told Keith Olberman just asked Chris Matthews if this is some scheme to draw down troops in Iraq and save face.