Bush's Ridiculous Speech About Immigration Reform

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[Happy2BMe]

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[international american]

"No, our immigration laws don't work or make us proud. You know why? Because we don't make an effort to enforce them. It's like telling your kid to clean his room, having him watch TV instead, and then having him look you in the eye and say, "you know the system we're using to get my room cleaned up just isn't working"."

Stop right there...NUFF SAID!!
Thanks, IA

[Ann Archy]

What, if anything, do you like that W has done? I do notice you sure carp about him a lot. Who did you vote for in 2000?

[RolandBurnam]

I think this is a master stroke... might win new mexico, arizona and give him a chance in caleeeforneea ... at least he is on offense!

[Guyin4Os]

I agree with the President's proposal. Our current immigration laws are unenforceable, unworkable, unrealistic and unreasonable. The President's proposal takes a positive first step in the direction of recognizing the reality that American businesses rely heavily on immigrant labor, while being fair to those laborers. It does not go as far as the Left-Wing wants in granting citizenship to illegal aliens. And it does not go as far as the right wingers want in deporting them all. But it is realistic, enforceable, workable and reasonable.

[Bernard Marx]

Bump.

[BunnySlippers]

Do you run the RightWingNews blog?

[Happy2BMe]

This is one of those "Don't shoot the messanger" posts.

Sorry, but it's what is being said by a hugh majority of conservatives as we speak.

Deny it if you must.

[kevao]

Are you against his having an opinion, or having an opinion contrary to Bush's? I like a lot of things Bush has done, especially regarding the war on terror. But I truly believe Bush's immigration policy is curtains for this country. Maybe I'm right, maybe I'm wrong. But I damn well am going to oppose anything I believe will harm this country, whether its proposed by a Democrat or a Republican.

[sarcasm]

bttt

[BushisTheMan]

More power to you for opposing it if you feel strongly about it. However, those who refuse to vote or plan to write in Tancredo or worse are asking for many more worse problems than immigration.

Write your congressmen, write articles, make suggestions for improvement...no one is saying you cannot.

[Happy2BMe]

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[MissAmericanPie]

Yeah, on the offensive, burning down the nation.

[Delta-Tango]

Actually there WAS one thing more sickening than Bush's immigration proposal....listening to NeoCon Kool-Aide drinkers like Hugh Hewitt and Michael Medved telling us how brilliant it is, and ridiculing those of us who'd like to see existing law enforced. This story is a long way from over, and still a long way from November.

[international american]

" asking for many more worse problems than immigration.

In the next 20 years, you will withdraw this comment!

[MissAmericanPie]

"I agree with the President's proposal. Our current immigration laws are unenforceable, unworkable, unrealistic and unreasonable."

I'm going to have to ask you to be more detail specific and back up that claim. Name those laws and detail exactly how they are unenforceable, unworkable, unrealistic, and unreasonable.

[onedoug]

I agree.

[microgood]

I guess the problem for me is that it just creates a new type of non-citizen. There will still be millions that operate as they do now (that will ignore all these laws being proposed) and some which will move over into this new mode. Since they do not enforce the existing laws, what makes anyone think that the immigrants will follow or the government enforce, these new requirements.

I guess we really, really mean it this time.

[Blzbba]

'But I damn well am going to oppose anything I believe will harm this country, whether its proposed by a Democrat or a Republican.'


Amen. Principles over Party.

Too many people here seem to give Bush a blank-check/endorsement of anything the man does, simply because he's Republican or because he's "not Clinton". Meanwhile, Bush's increased gov't spending and size increases make him less & less of a fiscal conservative.