Take Me To Post Comment Form A Country Built On American Values

John Tucker’s letter to the editor in Sunday’s paper was a clear view of where Liberal Democrats stand in the political arena today. He points out that diversity simply means plurality, which he says is representative of our nation. He says that conservatives fear diversity. He claims that conservatives and the Republican Party “ has chosen religion and religious groups to hide behind as they whip up malcontent, fear mongering and pure and simple hate between classes of people, races, cultures and social groups. Finally, he refers to a Harvard study on the issue of diversity in which the study finds that Americans fall into three different groups on this issue: exclusionists, assimilates, or pluralist. He labels Conservatives and Republicans as exclusionists and the Liberal Democrats as pluralists. He claims that Conservatives want to exclude all other diverse groups “Whites only apply” but Liberals accept everyone “everyone apply”.

Our Country’s history tells the true story of the differences in our political parties. The Democrat Party is the party of slavery. Slavery was put in our Constitution because the Southern States, all controlled by Democrats, demanded it, or they would not ratify the Constitution. We would not have become The United States Of America without the Southern States votes, so slavery was added to get their votes. The Republican Party was born out of the anti- slavery movement pre-civil war in 1854, and nominated Abraham Lincoln as it’s first Presidential Candidate. He ran on an anti-slavery platform. When elected, the Southern Democrat States declared war. The 13th Amendment to the Constitution ending slavery, the 14th Amendment to the Constitution granting American citizenship to all former slaves, and the 15th Amendment to the Constitution granting voting rights to all citizens were passed by Republican controlled Congress over the violent objections of the Democrats.

The 24th Amendment to our Constitution, the Civil Rights Voting Act of 1964 which put a stop to poll taxes in Democrat controlled States in the South, designed to deny Blacks the right to vote, was passed thanks to overwhelming Republican votes in Congress.
In addition, the Democrat Party of the South was the supporter of the KKK and Jim Crow Laws all designed to deny Blacks their Constitutional Rights. These were segregation laws. For those of you reading this, who are too young to know about these laws in the South, talk to a Southern Black who is in their nineties ( 90 years old). They will tell you the truth about the Democrat Party and how it discriminated for one hundred years against Blacks. It is part of our county’s historical record.

Finally, Conservatives and Republicans are the ones that have fought to preserve an individual’s Constitutional Rights, and welcome anyone wanting to come to America to be an American. Here in lies the difference between me, a Conservative Republican, and John Tucker, a Liberal Democrat. I believe in the rule of law as did our Founding Fathers. Anyone wanting to come here must first follow our laws to do so. I believe those coming here illegally have no right to stay, until they comply with our laws. I also believe that we should treat them like all others, who have come here, and who did so legally.

What has been missing is simply using the same laws that were used when my ancestors came to America through Ellis Island. Medical checks, criminal background checks, foreign agent background checks, sponsorship by an American citizen who will support their financial needs so they do not become a burden on the American taxpayer, learn English, learn our Country’s history and government system and pass a test, and take an oath of Citizenship to support and defend our Constitution. An Ellis Island type facility should be built on our border with Mexico to process these people. Congress should pass an immigration law each year authorizing how many can come here legally, as it did for European immigration. Using these same laws are what Conservatives believe in. This is the rule of law, and without it we our not a sovereign country.

I believe in the inscription written on the base of our Statue of Liberty. Go an read it. It does not mention diversity, races, cultures, or social groups. These are the Liberal terms used by Democrats to confuse us as to what we as Americans believe in. The Statue says to others yearning to be free, come here and become Americans, share in our beliefs, values, and guiding principles that founded our nation.

No, Mr. Tucker, Conservatives have never turned away anyone who believes in America. You believe there should be no pre-conditions to coming here. Conservatives do. Americans permit others to come here because they want to be like us, believing in the rule of law, our Constitution, our language, our history, our values. If we simply let anyone in, it would not be long and we would not have a country. This is what is happening in Europe. Millions of immigrants wanting to change those countries to the values of the country they come from. Mr. Tucker and the Liberal Democrats have it backwards and using nice sounding words like diversity will never make it right.