THE ROBERT W. WHITAKER ARCHIVE

DOING JOBS AMERICANS WON'T | 2004-12-25

Respectable Conservatives must have been the model for those talking dolls that were so popular at Christmas a few years back. Wind them up or pull the string, and they repeat the same phrases. This behavior is delightful to small children. What can you say when most adults seem just as spellbound by it?

Four years ago, John McCain kept repeating, "I'm a reformer, a reformer!" endlessly. He was doing this to destroy the Reform Party, which Pat Buchanan proved more than capable of destroying on his own. Pat didn't need to repeat anything. Just getting his picture on the front page of every newspaper in America with his Negro female typing teacher Vice President was enough. You didn't have to be able to read to get the message.

George Bush was re-elected in spite of his inability to repeat much of anything coherently. But when it comes to Mexico and immigration, he seems to perk up. He repeats "compassion" and "they do the jobs Americans won't" every chance he gets. Of course his compassion doesn't cover those who actually belong on this side of the Rio Grande, especially those who worked with religious zeal to keep him in office.

How many of those wind-up dolls have you heard spouting the "doing jobs Americans won't" mantra?

You don't need Mexicans to "do the jobs Americans won't." You just need Ole Bob. That's what Whitaker Online is for.

What is the job that "Americans won't do?"

Think.