Bush to Hispanics: Habla Up, Y'all!

The dreaded conservatives are being trashed every which way to Sunday, Trent Lott urges that something must be done about those rebel yahoos on talk radio, and now the president is now urging Hispanics to join the fray in trying to pressure senators to vote for shamnesty.

No word on what language they'll speak up in. The Senate will probably set up Spanish-speaking phone lines.

President Bush yesterday told Hispanics to step into the middle of the immigration debate and make sure senators who have been bombarded with calls from opponents also hear from those who support the bill.

"There's a lot of emotion on this issue, and it makes sense to have people from around the country come and sit down with members of Congress to talk rationally about the issue," he told those attending the Hispanic Prayer Breakfast in Washington yesterday.

He was speaking a day after the bill, which collapsed last week, was revived by the top Democrat and Republican in the Senate.

Majority Leader Harry Reid, Nevada Democrat, agreed to put the bill back on the Senate's schedule next week, and Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, Kentucky Republican, agreed to limit the number of amendments Republicans would offer.

But roadblocks are already popping up.

Sen. Jim DeMint, South Carolina Republican, said he will block any attempt to send the bill to an eventual House-Senate conference, complicating the usual path a bill takes to reach the president's desk.

"Ted Kennedy has sold us another bill of goods and I don't trust him to make even more changes to it behind closed doors in a conference with the House," Mr. DeMint said, referring to the Massachusetts Democrat who has spearheaded the bill along with Sen. Jon Kyl, Arizona Republican.

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Good for Sen. DeMint. South Carolina has at least one sane GOP senator.

Meanwhile, some rather stunning news in the House last night, via Michelle Malkin.

UPDATE: You've got to be kidding me. They can't be this stupid. Can they?