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Laura Bush opposes Arizona law, citing her Irish ancestors
Fox Via Irish Central ^ | 2010-05-17 | Patrick Cooper

Posted on 05/17/2010 8:35:24 PM PDT by rabscuttle385

Former First Lady Laura Bush has come out against the Arizona immigration law, pointing to the discrimination that her own Irish ancestors, named Welch, faced in their time.

In an interview with Fox News, Bush said the new law merely showed an upsurge in prejudice similar to what her Irish ancestors faced.

(Excerpt) Read more at irishcentral.com ...


TOPICS: Breaking News; Crime/Corruption; US: Arizona
KEYWORDS: abortion; aliens; arizona; bush; gaymarriage; homosexualagenda; illegals; laurabush; rino; sb1070
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To: rabscuttle385

“Laura Bush opposes Arizona law, citing her Irish ancestors”

I favor Arizona law, citing my American Indian ancestors!


41 posted on 05/17/2010 8:52:14 PM PDT by kcvl
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To: BigSkyVic

Theodore Roosevelt’s ideas on Immigrants and being an AMERICAN in 1907.

‘In the first place, we should insist that if the immigrant who comes here in good faith becomes an American and assimilates himself to us, he shall be treated on an exact equality with everyone else, for it is an outrage to discriminate against any such man because of creed, or birthplace, or origin. But this is predicated upon the person’s becoming in every facet an American, and nothing but an American...There can be no divided allegiance here. Any man who says he is an American, but something else also, isn’t an American at all. We have room for but one flag, the American flag... We have room for but one language here, and that is the English language.. And we have room for but one sole loyalty and that is a loyalty to the American people.’
Theodore Roosevelt 1907

Every American citizen needs to read this! (in English...)


42 posted on 05/17/2010 8:52:32 PM PDT by 21twelve ( UNINTENDED CONSEQUENCES MY ARSE: "..now begin the work of remaking America."-Obama, 1/20/09)
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To: rabscuttle385

Her and Megan McCain should host a talk show!


43 posted on 05/17/2010 8:53:31 PM PDT by ChinaGotTheGoodsOnClinton (To those who believe the world was safer with Saddam, get treatment for that!)
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To: rabscuttle385

Laura Bush is really showing herself in the last couple of weeks. Of course her hubby and FIL were never conservative in the first place.


44 posted on 05/17/2010 8:53:36 PM PDT by Altura Ct.
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To: SeekAndFind

The Revvvverrrand Jesse Jackson


45 posted on 05/17/2010 8:53:45 PM PDT by Ceebass
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To: omega4179

Time for the Bushes to SHUT UP AND GO AWAY!!!!


46 posted on 05/17/2010 8:53:54 PM PDT by Opinionated Blowhard
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To: Tarpon

I lost some respect for Laura Bush over this one.

In “modern” America every illegal that jumps the border is basically handed a check worht 19,000 in benefits something none of our Ancestors ( for the most part) had handed to them.


47 posted on 05/17/2010 8:54:09 PM PDT by padre35 (You shall not ignore the laws of God, the Market, the Jungle, and Reciprocity Rm10.10)
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To: boycott

I tend to believe that a wife is the biggest chief advisor and counsel most men have.

It is like that in my marriage. Where do I go for the most advice ? Where do I go when im on the fence about a very tough decision ? 7 or 8 out of 10 times, maybe more.. I will follow her advice.

President Bush may have had some lousy advisors and a miserable staff. But I now think Laura may have been the worst of them all. She is a part of the reason his presidency failed.


48 posted on 05/17/2010 8:54:59 PM PDT by se_ohio_young_conservative (I)
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To: rabscuttle385
Former First Lady Laura Bush has come out against the Arizona immigration law, pointing to the discrimination that her own Irish ancestors, named Welch, faced in their time.

That will explain why Bush steadfastly refused to secure our borders, even after 9/11.
And it goes a long way to explain why Bush has hard core on pushing amnesty, despite the toll that took on his approval numbers, which sank(never to recover), after he started pushing amnesty.
Hey, here’s an idea: Maybe Laura can go join the Democratic Party while she's about it.

50 posted on 05/17/2010 8:55:28 PM PDT by SmokingJoe
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To: bwc2221

At my house, we knew she held these beliefs before the 2000 election. Why didn’t everyone else?


51 posted on 05/17/2010 8:55:39 PM PDT by donna ( I am confident that we can create a Kingdom right here on Earth. - Barack Hussein Obama)
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To: omega4179

We know her daughters lean left, they got it from somewhere...


52 posted on 05/17/2010 8:56:01 PM PDT by Arizona Carolyn
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To: rabscuttle385

People should realize just how bad both Bushes were for conservatives.

Bush 1 - was not a conservative. He also sold this nation down the river with this “new world order,” nafta, Gatt, etc. He only became a pro-life candidate when he got on the ticket with Reagan. The CIA has proven pathetic. He was on the plane with Kissinger before Nixon went to China and began the process of raising them from being basically a 3rd world nation to an industrial superpower and soon to be military superpower. I don’t care to hear anymore about Prescott Bush, skull & bones, Yale cheerleading or anything else about this man.

W spent like a drunken whore. He was not fiscally conservative and he didn’t fight back against the liberals.

I have no use for ANY of the Bushes. They’ve already done enough damage.


53 posted on 05/17/2010 8:56:04 PM PDT by boycott (CAL)
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To: All

“Better to remain silent and be thought a fool than to speak out and remove all doubt”

- derived from Proverbs 17:28 -

“Even a fool, when he holdeth his peace, is counted wise: and he that shutteth his lips is esteemed a man of understanding.”

George needs to get her nose into the Bible.


54 posted on 05/17/2010 8:56:29 PM PDT by plsjr (<>< ... http://NewSpring.cc/webservice - check it out!)
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To: rabscuttle385

Deport her!!!


55 posted on 05/17/2010 8:56:33 PM PDT by dalereed
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To: packrat35
as any slight chance of his being President is pretty much shot now.

He never had a chance anyway. Not with the travesty of administrations of the other two idiot bushes. And not with being married to a hispanic wife, since nobody would have to guess what his position on immigration would be.

56 posted on 05/17/2010 8:57:10 PM PDT by LouAvul
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To: Opinionated Blowhard

this is why the bush family can never be trusted again. Sorry JEB BUSH! Bush Senior, Bush W, Bush Laura


57 posted on 05/17/2010 8:57:33 PM PDT by 4rcane
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To: omega4179; HerrBlucher; StarFan; Dutchy; alisasny; BobFromNJ; BUNNY2003; Cacique; Clemenza; ...
Irish ancestors where legal immigrants. Laura has gone dopey.

No, she has always been dopey, now she is unleashed.

You are both correct, omega4179 and HerrBlucher.

I have been SO disappointed...no, make that appalled at Laura Bush's recent comments re: the AZ law, Elena Kagan, abortion, etc. She's definitely not the Laura Bush I thought she was... she's apparently morphed into Hillary.

58 posted on 05/17/2010 8:58:30 PM PDT by nutmeg (Pennsylvania-12: Get out the vote for TIM BURNS on Tuesday, May 18th!!!)
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To: se_ohio_young_conservative
Have any of these gas bags seen the law ? Do they know it mirrors federal law ?Ignorant reactionaries . What dopes .
59 posted on 05/17/2010 8:59:14 PM PDT by fantom (,)
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To: Arizona Carolyn

We know her daughters lean left, they got it from somewhere...


Even Barbara Bush wasn’t against abortion. The bushes are far left of where folks realize. They’ve done more damage to conservatives than what Clinton ever did.

Example .... W gave us hussein.

I would never vote for a bush again.


60 posted on 05/17/2010 9:00:29 PM PDT by boycott (CAL)
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