As previously mentioned, an absolutely outstanding speech by J.D. Hayworth. He's recently written a book called "Whatever it Takes." He re-affirmed the conservative position by saying:

We understand that the Constitution Means what it says

A brief aside before the great details of the dinner -- I had the honor of having dinner with a number of Conservatives -- just regular people who want the government to work with the conservative principles of freedom first:

Marilyn Avila, candidate for election to the North Carolina House, Michael Dodson, Eleanor Quick, Alex, Andy Wright, Marc Conaghan, and Jason Wells. Thank you all for your attendance and your excellent company at the dinner speech.

Congressman Hayworth put a very strong emphasis on Article 4, Section 4 of the Constitution that says that the federal government exists to "protect each of them [states] from invasion."

And make no mistake, America is being invaded.

There are 6,000-6,500 illegals that attempt to cross the border daily, just into Arizona. Between 4,000 and 4,500 are successful in their attempt. It used to be that ranchers could allow their children to play in their own yards. No longer is that the case -- children can only play in the yards under the watchful eye of the rancher, usually while armed.

We cannot allow political correctness to immobilize America

Congressman Hayworth drew loud applause when he said

If you are in the US illegally, you have broken the laws of the United States, PERIOD.

Over and over he emphasized, and got applause for saying

The First and most basic purpose of government is to protect our citizens

In 2004, 650 people were apprehended crossing the Mexican border who were from "countries of interest" to the department of Homeland security.

Congressman Hayworth outlined where the president was right. He strongly supports the president on economics and tax cuts. He says the president is right on dealing with terrorism and bringing the fight to Iraq, rather than battling here. But he feels just as strongly that the president is wrong on illegal immigration.

If you are an America, Islamofacists want to kill you -- and there is no way to reduce or mitigate that threat

Most of the politicians in Washington want to "manage" the problem with the southern border, but it is actually an INVASION that MUST BE STOPPED.

It is a time for choosing

At an early time in the cold war, many Republicans and Americans were for appeasement. They believed that the US policy towards the Soviet totalitarian regime was to appease them and avoid them. One man, Ronald Reagan, came forward and gave a different vision: "We Win, They Lose."

Will we allow the administration to ram amnesty down our throats, or will we instead demand what is logical and possible, a policy of enforcement.

He gave an example -- if you got home today and found someone had thrown a rock through your window to break in and was sitting on your couch; then they said, "I like it here, I think I'll stay. I'll do a couple chores around the house, but you'll help me out." Would you tolerate that at your house? Then why should we tolerate it from the place we call home: America.

The protests you will see next week are not exercise of the first amendment, they are calculated efforts at intimidation.

We have a choice. Will we retreat into social decay and anarchy, or will we reaffirm that we are a nation of laws?