Posted on 08/30/2012 4:30:26 PM PDT by montag813
Tonight, former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush is addressing the Republican National Convention.
Why is he being given that honor, you say? That is a good question, since he is at great odds with both the party's nominee, the party's platform, and the American people on the issue of immigration, and continues to insult us on a weekly basis to pimp his pro-amnesty views that we have consistently rejected.
At a forum on immigration, Bush said Republicans aren’t going to close the gap with Hispanic voters until they “stop acting stupid” by being too "tough" on "immigrants" (the usual code for illegal aliens).
Bush said many Hispanic voters share the GOP’s commitment to faith, family and small government but have been alienated from the party by "exclusionary rhetoric" on immigration. But that, he said, is finally changing.
With the typical arrogance we usually hear from New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg, Bush acted as if he spoke for "conservatives", even though he is anything but...
“I promise you this is where the conservative cause is going, and thank God it is,” he said to cheers at a lunch sponsored by the Hispanic Leadership Network.
Bush speaks for the political elites - irrespective of party - those who want open borders, and unfettered access to cheap labor, their staggering financial and socials costs, and security risks to Americans be damned. Bush is NOT a "conservative", and is in line with La Raza, the ACLU, MALDEF and Barack Obama on immigration. Like them he opposed Arizona's SB1070 and subsequent laws in Alabama, Georgia and South Carolina. Like them he supports an unrestricted "Dream Act" and refuses to criticize Obama's lawless decree granted amnesty to nearly 2 million illegals, with no safeguards against fraud.
And it is stupid politics too. Supporting amnesty does nothing to help the GOP gain Hispanic votes. The proof? 2008. John McCain was the very author of the 2006 McCain-Kennedy amnesty bill - the one we activists killed. McCain was the very architect of illegal alien amnesty - and yet he still received the lowest percentage of the Hispanic vote of any GOP candidate in history - 31%, compared to 45% for George W. Bush in 2o04 (before Bush supported McCain's amnesty). Jeb Bush cannot possibly argue this is a winning political strategy.
Bush does not represent the views of the Republicans he will speak to in the hall tonight, on this existential issue for America. It is my sincere hope that he does not mention it even once in his speech.
But should he do so, I ask all delegates in the room to stand up for America, and let Bush know where we stand...
If Bush bashes the Arizona or Alabama immigration laws: BOO him.
Should he tell you we need to support the "Dream Act": BOO him.
If Bush tells you we need to "move beyond" securing the border: BOO him.
Should he call for a "guest worker" program for illegal aliens: BOO him.
Don't worry about what the media will say. Don't worry about how it will affect Romney's control over the Convention - which he has already pushed over the limit this year. This nation is far bigger than one man or one party. Jeb Bush and his La Raza-style, open-borders, amnesty politics are an existential threat to the United States.
If Jeb goes there, tell him, and the elite political class that supports him - NEVER to go there again.
STAY OUT DA BUSHES!!!!!!
IF a BUSH is ever the nominee for the repubs again, I will not vote for him/her/IT and would change my reg to NONE OF THE ABOVE.
Agree with you. This was true back in the 1980s as well. I was dating a young Mexican lady in Dallas at the time. She and her whole family were here legitimately, green cards, and brought in a business. They did custom hand worked carpentry and carving for architectural fixtures. They employed a half dozen people and paid taxes - all above board, all legit.
All of them were applying for US citizenship, and were passed over in precedence by the Kennedy amnesty sham. Man were they angry. And why not? I lost track of them over the years, but they were considering a return to Mexico and an expanded business over there the last I knew.
Honest, productive, hardworking and self sufficient; desiring to become Americans. Passed over for sad faced mojados who celebrate Cinco de Mayo and protest American flags on American soil.
“Why is this man spouting that BS on OUR stage at this important time?”
Not to be snarky, but I don’t think it is ‘our’ stage. Tea Party, libertarians, small government Republicans and SoCons have all been punked, and punked thoroughly, and punked for a long time.
That is a fact. Not a pretty one, but it is a true one.
Who invited the Bushrino?
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The Republican establishment did.
Explain, please.
I mean that it is the ‘moderate’ GOP which has won. Thus not ‘our’ stage.
No one care what you think. Go live in Mexico.
Then Jeb can hob nob with Romney’s cousins.
If your possessions are too many for you to maintain LEGALLY--don't have so many possessions.
Do you remember when "landscaping" used to mean a patch of lawn, a few pansies and some shrubs?
Now all this elaborate "scaping" with stone retainers, lavish sprinkler systems--people spend half of what their home is worth on greenery that they have no way to maintain without a service. Then, when they find out how much it costs to maintain legally, they bring in gangland from Mexico so they can have the perfect lawn.
I live near resort retirement areas in the mountains where "conservatives" from hot southern cities come to cool off, and these conservatives have armies of illegals that fill up our schools and hosptials and jails.
And they like to think of themselves as so charitable for hiring the "needy."
I'd like to see anyone hiring illegals to have his big lavish property confiscated .
The California Republican Party establishment rushed to stop acting stupid.
Since then I think there's been just two Republicans win statewide elections, one insurance commissioner and Schwarzenkennedy. The insurance commissioner was forced to resign mostly because a termed-out Democrat assemblywoman wanted that job. IIRC,
Jeb wants his son to continue the Bush political legacy—Bush president #4, after his dad Jeb.
Mexico alone gets about 25% of all legal immigration. This is outrageous favoritism.
“The best way for Republicans to handle the immigration issue is to aggressively promote a new immigration policy that brings in skilled people and workers. “
No it isn’t. If they want to survive they need to dismantle the 1965 Immigration Act and enact a 20 year moratorium on all immigration. That 1965 law set in motion forces that have dramatically altered the composition of the country.
Look at the demographic change in California from 1980 to 2012 to see why a state that elected Ronald Reagan is now an Obama stronghold.
What great timing to turn off conservative voters.
A doughy white spider that would throw a baby in front of a bus to regain his veneer of political relevance.
He was lauded for acting conservatively as governor of Florida. After he stepped down this twisted look appeared, like everything in America put a bad taste in his mouth. He reminds me of a kid who doesn’t get picked for varsity, then shows up to every game, and boos both sides.
IMO it has nothing to do with his affiliations and everything to do with the fat rich kid who doesn’t get to play.
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