The Anti-Sam Brownback Blog

Tony Perkins, President of the Family Research Council, has come out against Senator Sam Brownback’s stance on immigration. Read this xenophobic diatribe that he told the Washington Post:

Tony Perkins, president of the Family Research Council, who talks frequently with the senator, said Brownback should address the concerns of religious conservatives, including beliefs that a large influx of undocumented workers undermines the social fabric and that many of them do not learn English or attempt to assimilate into the larger society.

Social fabric? I bet those uppity negros in the 1960’s were undermining the social fabric as well, weren’t they Tony?

Such a blatantly racist sentiment would be expected from someone such as Tom Tancredo, but from the leader of a Christian organization? It seems that Tony Perkins is heading down the road to being the next Pat Robertson.

Senator Sam Brownback joined with some Democrats to try and compromise in order to pass a bill to reform the immigration system in America. The problem was that the compromise made neither extreme happy, and has exacerbated the growing ire among his conservative base who wants a hard line approach. The Washington Post expressed surprise at his stance on the issue:

Sam Brownback (R-Kan.) is one of the most conservative senators, a torchbearer on antiabortion and family causes. His measured opposition to same-sex marriage and embryonic stem-cell research has made him a favorite of social conservatives, and he has emerged as a dark horse for the 2008 GOP presidential nomination.

So it came as something of a surprise when Brownback joined forces with Democrats and maverick Republicans this week to try to push through a major restructuring of immigration laws that would offer most of the nearly 12 million illegal immigrants a work permit and a pathway to citizenship.

Brownback’s stance does not surprise me in the least. As I have long told both his supporters and detractors, Senator Sam Brownback is a true believer. He really believes in his stance, and will not be swayed from his conviction. My problem with him is that I often disagree with his convictions, but I never doubt the authenticity of his position on an issue.

The fight in the Senate over stem cell research is looming in the near future and Senator Sam Brownback is ratcheting up the rhetoric by threatening a filibuster in the event regulations on stem cell research are relaxed. According to LifeNews:

Kansas Republican Senator Sam Brownback, a leading pro-life lawmaker, said he thinks he has enough votes to uphold a filibuster against a bill to overturn Bush’s limits.

“These are the ones you just have to state a truth and stand by it,'’ he told Bloomberg News. “It’s human life. And I mean, that has to be stood up for.'’

While this plays well with his religious conserative base, even in Kansas a majority of voters want more stem cell research to occur. You have to hand it to Brownback, it is not easy to be more conservative than the average Kansan.

Also, don’t forget that Senator Sam Brownback hates children with diabetes.