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W'S IMMIGRATION PLAN: A NEW GOP
nypost.com ^
| January 8, 2004
| John Podhoretz
Posted on 01/08/2004 11:06:15 AM PST by Destro
Edited on 05/26/2004 5:18:27 PM PDT by Jim Robinson.
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January 8, 2004 -- YESTERDAY, President Bush proposed a far-reaching, innovative and compassionate revision of American immigration policy. It instantly drew predictable howls from those who fear the economic and social costs of immigration, and inadvertently comic howls from Democrats and moans of disappointment from liberal Hispanics who reacted with barely concealed rage at the prospect of Bush making profound inroads into the 2004 Latino vote.
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TOPICS: Editorial; Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: aliens; gop; podhoretz
What was wrong with the old GOP? I liked it just fine. Comparing the party from a hundred years or so ago? How about when the Democrats cheered people who lynched Blacks for fun?
Who elected Bush to change the GOP to a new version?
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posted on
01/08/2004 11:06:16 AM PST
by
Destro
To: All
Rank |
Location |
Receipts |
Donors/Avg |
Freepers/Avg |
Monthlies |
5 |
New York |
1,099.00
|
31
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35.45
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669
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1.64
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308.00
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posted on
01/08/2004 11:08:00 AM PST
by
Support Free Republic
(If Woody had gone straight to the police, this would never have happened!)
To: Destro
New GOP - Conservatives with principles NOT welcome.
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posted on
01/08/2004 11:08:55 AM PST
by
KantianBurke
(Don't Tread on Me)
To: Destro
It looks like the Democrats are moving further Left and the GOP is filling some of the vacuum and are also appealing to moderate independent voters. Their new growing base will be broader and more moderate and they will have less reliance on conservatives. If that's their plan, it looks like it might work, or it could backfire. The vast majority of votes seem to be in the middle.
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posted on
01/08/2004 11:14:08 AM PST
by
Consort
To: Destro
Who elected Bush to change the GOP to a new version?WTO and NWO would be my guess.
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posted on
01/08/2004 11:17:17 AM PST
by
steve50
("There is Tranquility in Ignorance, but Servitude is its Partner.")
To: Destro
The two parties have long since blurred into one. And that one is hostile to our free society. The evidence is building and building, and eventually, even the most airey-fairey bot will have to recognize the fact.
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posted on
01/08/2004 11:18:03 AM PST
by
warchild9
To: Destro
The GOP has not changed except to adjust to the times.
Remember Nixon?
The GOP has always been centrist in nature, but does move right when it needs to.
The old version was pretty left of center and the Dem's were further right back then.
Go figure.
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posted on
01/08/2004 11:18:15 AM PST
by
Cold Heat
("It is easier for an ass to succeed in that trade than any other." [Samuel Clemens, on lawyers])
To: Destro
When the Leftists like a Republican policy, isn't that a clue that it isn't a conservative policy?
When your enemies are patting you on the back, beware
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posted on
01/08/2004 11:19:45 AM PST
by
WackyKat
To: Destro
Finally. An article that summarizes exactly what I feel.
Let's get with the program fellow Freepers.
Get your heads out of your arses.
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posted on
01/08/2004 11:19:47 AM PST
by
DCPatriot
To: Destro
OK, I get it now. First, we outsource all the knowledge work to India, Russia, and Vietnam. Since there are some jobs that can't be outsourced (yardwork, plumbing, construction), we legalize immigration of workers from Mexico, Central America, and South America. Then, since all the work is taken care of, U.S. citizens can go on extended vacation.
We'll call it the Citizen's-Right-Not-to-Work Act. Included in this will be generous welfare payments for citizens (a.k.a. voters), paid for by taxes on the people who actually work.
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posted on
01/08/2004 11:21:05 AM PST
by
AZLiberty
(Always lurk on the Right side of life -- FreeRepublic.com)
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