Good Citizens
Jan 18th, 2008 at 7:48 pm by Susie
VERY good point over at PSoTD (h/t Avedon):
Once we get past the primaries and to the general election, the issue of illegal immigration will be lobbed by the Republican candidate at the Democratic candidate. I think it will be useful to use the opportunity to discuss the greater issue of citizenship, and to try to bring the national debate towards that issue. I don’t think we resolve the immigration discussion unless we come to a national understanding of the issue of citizenship. And to that extent, I think it should also be mandatory for the discussion to include consideration of what makes a good corporate citizen in the United States, and what Americans should expect of a good corporate citizen.
It’s a political question that NEVER gets asked in those terms, and never gets discussed by a citizenship parameter. I’m pretty sure it is something that Edwards could sew into the conversation fairly effectively, and America would be the better for it. I’m very unclear as to whether Obama would bring it up successfully, and I have strong doubts that Hillary Clinton would even open such a debate.
And because of that, it would make sense to me that Edwards open that debate now, because he may not be around to finish it, but at least he’s here to start it.
Great idea! No, I’m laughing at something else, I really mean that.