The essence of Brownback

Sen. Brownback’s switch of his already-cast vote from yay to nay after he saw that the nays were going to win has elicited expressions of astonishment and contempt all across the conservative Web. But the real meaning of the senator’s behavior becomes clearer in light of a comment he made in April 2006 after the massive illegal alien marches in several American cities. As reported in the New York Times (“Immigrants Rally in Scores of Cities for Legal Status,” April 11, 2006), and amazedly discussed at VFR (“A giant of a man,” April 11, 2006), Brownback said:

“I think everybody sees the immigrant community as an emerging force. I think everybody is quite sensitive that they don’t want to be on the wrong side, politically, of this group.”

Well, now we understand what Brownback was thinking to himself on the Senate floor this morning when he decided to reverse his already-cast vote:

“I see the anti-amnesty community as an emerging force. I am quite sensitive that I don’t want to be on the wrong side, politically, of this group.”

What a man!

Posted by Lawrence Auster at June 28, 2007 06:16 PM | Send