Why is that acedemics and politicians always see things in shades of gray? The issue is not complicated.
Posted on 04/23/2006 5:27:56 AM PDT by nj26
When President Bush arrives in Irvine on Monday morning to pitch his immigration reform plan, one of his party's best-known local standard-bearers will be maintaining a respectful — and politically careful — distance.
Dana Rohrabacher, the nine-term Republican congressman from Huntington Beach, generally supports the president, but disagrees with his immigration policies. So Rohrabacher plans to sit out Bush's speech to the Orange County Business Council.
"I don't want to be behind him looking glum and not applauding," Rohrabacher said. "So as not to be rude to the president — which I think is inexcusable — I think I'll just be staying away."
Rohrabacher's remarks reflect deep unhappiness within the GOP toward Bush's immigration stance, particularly in Republican Orange County, which is famous as a caldron of border-crackdown sentiment and where many Republicans criticize his guest-worker plan as amnesty for illegal immigrants.
Bush's decision to speak here might prove an embarrassing miscalculation, said John J. Pitney, a government professor at Claremont McKenna College who used to live in Orange County and worked for the national GOP.
"I'm not sure they had their O.C. antennae up," he said of White House schedulers. "They don't realize how complicated this issue is. It's possible this is a Daniel-in-the-lions'-den moment, but that's not really characteristic of this administration."
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Am I the only one who heard the President say NO AMNESTY?
Don't you think the response to Bill Clinton was the takeover of the house and senate ? The president's blindness to voters wishes isn't just his. If he has a plan it doesn't show, if the party has a plan I fail to see it. They all seem to think if they take enough punches the liberals will wear themselves out. It just looks like they're spineless trying to go whichever way the wind blows. I would say it looks like the chicken little media is winning hands down.
Well said.
Why treat anything excreted by the Left Angeles Times as valid?
Aside from the Hate AMerica NYT there can hardly be a worse source for anything fair or balanced.
No matter what the President does,he's a goner according to these leftist slimeballs.
What "friend of America" posted this?
I agree
You won't get that choice- of whether or not a person running, supports amnesty or not.
Right now, the borders need to be closed. That is the only thing that will be dealt with right now. The decision on what to do with 12 million illegal aliens will not be dealt with until later or perhaps never.
Ronald Reagan, a hero to many around here, suffered thru the same insults, the same hatred, and the threats that George Bush is going thru right now. Any President, Congressman and Senator, attempting to deal with the illegal aliens already in this county will go thru the same thing that happened to Ronald Reagan and is happening to George Bush.
Why do you think that Clinton never bothered to deal with illegal aliens? Because the debate is so heated, that the issue is too hot to touch.
I want leaders who are willing to deal with the issue. I don't want leaders that will run scared at the first site of dissent. George Bush has the courage to take the heat, that is why we elected him.
First things first, we need to get the borders closed. Whether it be a wall or 25,000 national guardsmen at the border- I will support these moves. We need to get the people that we elected to support closing the border first.
Then we need these leaders to be willing to take the heat on what to do with 12 million illegal aliens already in the county. There is no easy answer when dealing with these 12 million people. Rounding up and deporting 12 million people is nearly impossible and it certainaly will not happen before November. The decisions on what to do with these 12 million people will not be decided by November either.
Fixing this problem will take years. There will be many steps involved in fixing this problem.
Step #1- close the border!
That sounds nice, but in practical terms we both know that's not true. The actions of the GOP politicians currently in power will energize - or deflate - the base. How the White House and Congress act will play a huge role in determining whether the GOP retains or loses power this fall.
So what? He is bankrupting our country and allowing it to be invaded at the same time.
All I know is this... as a conservative voter, I am mad as hell about Bush's amnesty/guest worker plan, and I'm not afraid to post articles about it or express that opinion.
When conservatives are told to STFU because they won't swallow the RINO line, it's a sad day at FR.
That bears repeating.
George Bush is bankrupting this country?
Americans are bankrupting this country. Individiually, Americans are 9 trillion dollars in personal debt. Americans love to borrow money for things they don't need. Americans love their "stuff". Talk about passing debt on to the next generation!!!!!!!! How will our children ever survive the personal debt we have passed on to them?
LOL I nearly replied to the previous poster that there are those who will blame US instead of the President. I didn't have to wait long!
Sorry, that dog won't hunt. I'm not to blame for stupid things our govt does, and I could just as easily say that those who insist on voting Republican no matter what they do are responsible for illegal immigration.
susie
Greedy things! That money should be going to subsidize more illegal aliens.
Claiming this issue is "complicated" is their way of obscuring the implementation of a practical solution (i.e. the fence.)
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