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Bush’s Stance on Immigration Has Roots in Midland
NY Times ^
| 6/24/07
| JIM RUTENBERG
Posted on 06/23/2007 11:46:07 AM PDT by nj26
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Advocating policy based upon teary-eyed emotion rather than upholding his Constitutional duties...
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posted on
06/23/2007 11:46:08 AM PDT
by
nj26
To: nj26
I don’t care if they hauled his butt from a sinking oil rig...he took an oath to the U.S. and her citizens which needs to be upheld.
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posted on
06/23/2007 11:49:17 AM PDT
by
madison10
To: nj26
Why can’t the President develop empathy for the law and up holding his oath office?
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posted on
06/23/2007 11:50:09 AM PDT
by
My GOP
(Conservatives are pragmatic and realistic!!!)
To: nj26
There are various political motivations for Mr. Bush to push for his plan, including the rapid growth in the nations Hispanic population, a voting group that he has long considered to be potentially Republican. If the Illegals were deported, there would no longer be "rapid growth" in the nation's Hispanic population, and would no longer be considered an important voting group.
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posted on
06/23/2007 11:50:24 AM PDT
by
Cowboy Bob
(Withhold Taxes - Starve a Liberal)
To: nj26
without the advantages he had as the scion of a wealthy New England family.When the NYT fingers Bush as a guilty limousine liberal, at least they're talking about something they know well...
To: nj26
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posted on
06/23/2007 11:53:06 AM PDT
by
SWAMPSNIPER
(THE SECOND AMENDMENT IS A MATTER OF FACT, NOT A MATTER OF OPINION)
To: nj26
Mr. Bush developed a particular empathy for the new Mexican immigrants who worked hard on farms, in oil fields and in peoples homes, and went on to raise children who built businesses and raised families of their own, without the advantages he had as the scion of a wealthy New England family.If he were really from Texas, and not from Connecticut
he would know that they carried "Green Cards"
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posted on
06/23/2007 11:53:50 AM PDT
by
Uri’el-2012
(you shall know that I, YHvH, your Savior, and your Redeemer, am the Elohim of Ya'aqob. Isaiah 60:16)
To: nj26
there has to be a reason ....
and I don't know why.....
any sworn office holder would dare betray a piece of the oath,
'to protect the nation' and overall I think the enemy is definitely
in amongst the citizenry
and why an oath would be so blatantly disregarded as
a piece of trash.....
is beyond comprehension, but if.....'if' there's a plan,
I'm blind to it.....
but that's my opinion, and my opinion can sometimes be trashed, so what say you
my President.....what's your plan?
Amnesty.....?
I and America aren't buying.
Now lets sit down and talk about the 'anchor babies'
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posted on
06/23/2007 11:55:31 AM PDT
by
no-to-illegals
(God Bless Our Men and Women in Uniform, Our Heroes.)
To: nj26
I don’t have a problem with Mexicans coming here legally. I hate the poverty I’ve seen in Mexico and the political system there that enables the rich to disregard the poor. But rather than address their own issues, Mexico is sending us their poor and the American taxpayers are expected to provide services for one and all. If they came here under the same terms as other waves of immigrants, only seeking a chance, not a guarantee of prosperity, then it would be much easier to accept. That would weed out the hard workers truly willing to make a better life from those who are here to scam us.
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posted on
06/23/2007 11:56:04 AM PDT
by
Aria
(NO RAPIST ENABELER FOR PRESIDENT!!!)
To: nj26
From the body of the story:
Theres just a real disconnect between the folks of West Texas and the president right now, said Mike Conaway...
Allow me to fix that:
Theres just a real disconnect between the folks of West Texas republican/conservative base and the president right now, said Mike Conaway...
There.
And I really, really hate to have to say that, being a long-time "W" supporter and cheerleader.
But he has abandoned me and he has advocated things in this amnesty/immigration issue that just totally put me off from him and make me look askance at any other things he is involved in.
What hurts the most is the fact that he doesn't appear to care that he has lost us.
There...I've said it. Something I've been wanting to say for about 6 months or so.
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posted on
06/23/2007 11:58:56 AM PDT
by
OldSmaj
(Death to islam. I am now and will always be, a sworn enemy of all things muslim.)
To: SirJohnBarleycorn
Right. This is exactly the NYT’s area of expertise.
To: nj26
I have met many fine, family oriented, hardworking people in various countries throughout the world, that doesn’t mean I want 20 million of them illegally invading my Country.
To: SirJohnBarleycorn
I know Midland very well and the NYT article is such BS. Plenty of legal, (many have roots going back hundreds of years) U.S. Mexicans are p——d about the amnesty bill for all the same reasons we are. What amazes me about the NYT is they are even inclined to write a sympathetic article about Bush-even to achieve a political goal. When he is agin’em he is the devil incarnate. Frankly, I don’t think anyone has an idea why he is pushing that bill, unless he is paying back lobbyists.
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posted on
06/23/2007 12:00:03 PM PDT
by
Nucluside
(Cultural Relativism is a lie; Western culture IS superior)
To: Cowboy Bob
I think this covers it better than any teary eyed fondness for home made tamales:
"In winning election as governor in 1994, and winning re-election in 1998, Mr. Bush succeeded in drawing an unexpectedly high level of support from Hispanic voters."GWB wouldn't be where he is today without mexican help both inside Texas and across the border.
Jeb wouldn't be where he is today without GWB.
Neither one of them has a clue about where the American public is today.
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posted on
06/23/2007 12:02:21 PM PDT
by
norton
To: nj26
el presidente jorge bush ~ traicionó a su país!!!!
To: Cowboy Bob
There are various political motivations for Mr. Bush to push for his plan, including the rapid growth in the nations Hispanic population, a voting group that he has long considered to be potentially Republican.
I do think that the Mexicans who come here legally to work are potentially Republican voters...the ones who come here to avail themselves of our government's generosity with Other People's Confiscated Money money are obviously Democrats.
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posted on
06/23/2007 12:02:49 PM PDT
by
Aria
(NO RAPIST ENABELER FOR PRESIDENT!!!)
To: 1_Inch_Group; 2sheep; 2Trievers; 3AngelaD; 3pools; 3rdcanyon; 4Freedom; 4ourprogeny; 7.62 x 51mm; ..
To: OldSmaj
Theres just a real disconnect between folks of West Texas republican/conservative base the majority of United States citizens and the president right now, said Mike Conaway...
To: nj26
The symbiosis fit with the Bush familys Northeastern, free-trade Republicanism, which took on a Mexican flair, especially after Mr. Bushs parents hired a live-in Mexican maid in Texas who became part of the family...I KNEW the reason was a mexican was his "first time".....
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posted on
06/23/2007 12:04:43 PM PDT
by
raybbr
(You think it's bad now - wait till the anchor babies start to vote.)
To: nj26
Wonder why the NYT didn't tell us before about Bush’s love of “Hardworking” Hispanics? Why the strange, new respect?
I thought Bush was - per the NYT - a Typical ‘Racist’ Republican?
How typical, support illegal immigration, or any other ‘Hate America First’ and the NYT will shower you with praise.
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posted on
06/23/2007 12:05:39 PM PDT
by
pablo H
(Remember '96- No more Doles!)
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