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The 55 mph speed limit was ignored by the vast majority of Americans. All were BREAKING THE LAW. It was a stupid and unworkable law.

The newly-revised speed limit acknowledges something else - REALITY.

For decades, illegal aliens have entered America and lawmakers looked the other way. Americans have embraced them, hired them and protected them. Without their support, they would have withered on the vine.

Now Bush alone did not cause this. YOUR MANY FELLOW AMERICANS DID.

You are asking George Bush to deport them all, right now. Or, just pass the buck and ignore it like everyone else. It is preposterous, but maybe you don't know it - yet.

This principled stand of suicide, the kind of tin-eared McClintock nonsense that put us into the margins for nearly a decade, is sheer political stupidity. Yeah, yeah, it is better to die than compromise...give it up.

Instead, Bush challenges the conventional thinking and saves the best of them, and loses the worst.

He has established a datum reference line, and can be hardcore on those that don't follow the rules from now on. Like raising the speed limit to a more workable level, Bush has accepted the reality that VOTING AMERICANS LIKE YOU hire these people. HE IS DEALING WITH THAT REALITY.

It is BRILLIANT, and GOP'ers failing to see this is not only expected, because most blind Conservatives could not understand the concept of an Arnold vs. the unelectable McClintock, but rather it is the ONLY likely initial response I would have expected.

I would be truly stunned if even 10% of Republicans understood the rationale now. That there is one other person on this board that 'gets it' absolutely astonishes me.

But I believe that in time this initiative will be seen as yet another stroke of bold strateregy by this remarkable President.

Thank God for President Bush.

You say...

"The 55 mph speed limit was ignored by the vast majority of Americans. All were BREAKING THE LAW. It was a stupid and unworkable law. "

Is speeding and risking lives and increasing road rage better than? And BTW the law proved to be worthwhile because it saved lives. It was only raised because the oil companies wanted it raised. I never went more than 5-10 miles over the speed limit in my life; police tell me they won't pull over anyone doing less than 10 over unless in a school zone.

You say...
The newly-revised speed limit acknowledges something else - REALITY.

REALITY???? Maybe we should stop the screening of all air passengers because we failed on 9-11. RIGHT? Of course we now are TOUGHENING our screening and succeeding because no 9-11 has happened again. So strengthening our boarders and deporting those who broke the law is the best way to deal with this problem....and **THAT** IS REALITY!

You say...

"For decades, illegal aliens have entered America and lawmakers looked the other way. Americans have embraced them, hired them and protected them. Without their support, they would have withered on the vine."

Bullshit! You underestimate America and Americans. If some native born American is poor and need to feed their family, he/she WILL pick beans or clean toilets if they have to! And that will be true once it becomes harder to procure social services! Teenagers will love to work in hotels and pick vegetables. They don't NEED the minimum wage.

You say...

"Now Bush alone did not cause this. YOUR MANY FELLOW AMERICANS DID."

So we should throw the baby out with the bathwater and shrug our shoulders?

You say,

"You are asking George Bush to deport them all, right now. Or, just pass the buck and ignore it like everyone else. It is preposterous, but maybe you don't know it - yet."

That will be extremely popular and will be hard, but the only reason it is "preposterous" to you is that the INS is in shambles and the boarder patrol people are urged now NOT to arrest illegals! Gray Davis wanted to give them free college education and driver's licenses! Take away those incentives!!!

You say,

"This principled stand of suicide, the kind of tin-eared McClintock nonsense that put us into the margins for nearly a decade, is sheer political stupidity. Yeah, yeah, it is better to die than compromise...give it up."

No YOU give it up. You want our culture to be crushed and our traditions altered and the landscape so unimaginable that America as we know it will be another Latin country. Good ... because I won't give it up, buddy!

You say,

"Instead, Bush challenges the conventional thinking and saves the best of them, and loses the worst."

They are ALL bad if they broke the law! DUHHHHHH!!!!

You say,

"He has established a datum reference line, and can be hardcore on those that don't follow the rules from now on. Like raising the speed limit to a more workable level, Bush has accepted the reality that VOTING AMERICANS LIKE YOU hire these people. HE IS DEALING WITH THAT REALITY."

Well, if companies are fined bigtime for hiring illegals, it may hit them in their pocketbooks to stop. They have to comply with hundreds of regulations, so another one is not going to make them go bust.

You say,

"It is BRILLIANT, and GOP'ers failing to see this is not only expected, because most blind Conservatives could not understand the concept of an Arnold vs. the unelectable McClintock, but rather it is the ONLY likely initial response I would have expected."

You are the one who cannot see.

You say,

"I would be truly stunned if even 10% of Republicans understood the rationale now. That there is one other person on this board that 'gets it' absolutely astonishes me."

Buddy, three quarters of America oppose this. Screw 10% of the GOP...this means that Democrats and everyone else is opposed to this measure. THAT is reality!!!!

You say,

"But I believe that in time this initiative will be seen as yet another stroke of bold strateregy by this remarkable President."

And it will fail. The people will not forget this.

You say

"Thank God for President Bush."

Yes, and may the Devil take out Karl Rove.