See, the point isn't whether Bush's immigration proposal is half-baked. Many of us would agree with that. The issue is whether those who think it's half-baked are able to see the bigger issues in this election, and will vote to re-elect Bush for the things he's done right -- like his response to the 9/11 attacks, his refusal to surrender the sovereignty of the US to the "international community," the character and nature of his judicial appointments, his tax-cutting policies, his effort to bring faith back into the forefront of our culture, and so forth. When I read incessant threads where the only thing people are concerned about is immigration policy, do you understand why I think those who spew their poison toward Bush on such threads are dangerously narrow in their viewpoints? For those who are unable to see the bigger issues, and are consumed by the single issues, if it means they will put this nation in jeopardy because of their passion for the single issue, they are no better than the liberal Democrats.
Indeed, this "single issue" (over the long term) effects the very future of our Republic as we know it, in geopolitical, public health and welfare, national security, budgetary and cultural fields.
I don't take kindly to my country being treated that way, regardless of which party occupies the White House or controls the levers of Congress.
Bush is right on some things --- but on immigration he's dangerously wrong --- it might be a good policy for the Mexican elites and for a while the poverty-stricken of Mexico, maybe good for corporations which want the lowest possible labor costs and to have their workforce subsidized by American taxpayers, but none of this benefits the average American or America. The interests of this country should be put first.