McCain & BOR wax poetic on immigration and white Christian rule

Sorry about the poor audio quality of this footage, but stick with it - it seems to get a little better, and more importantly, Bill O'Reilly shows his true colors.

This is a pretty telling interview on both sides.

First, John McCain has to straddle the immigration issue very carefully (as do all presidential candidates, because Latinos and Hispanics are now America's largest minority; Read: there are lots of votes at stake here).

Believe it or not, I partially agree with McCain here - the thought of rounding up and deporting 12 million illegal immigrants is not only unrealistic and dumb, but it would be physically impossible to do anyway. And he's right that we have to secure our southern border. Hiring 20,000 new border agents would be a good start. Anyone who has followed this issue knows that the Bush administration has dragged its feet on this for years - Bush's answer was to use National Guard troops as a stop-gap measure for border patrol.

Where this footage gets really interesting is when O'Reilly, as he is so wont to do, starts fanning the flames of xenophobia and jingoism. If I understand him right, he is saying he fears that the white, Christian power structure in this country is being threatened, and he has a big problem with that. What's more, McCain seems to agree with him.

And Republicans have the audacity to whine that they are having a hard time courting the black and minority vote - this is Exhibit A why.

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