Not I. My liberal friends are laughing at me. Even they're pissed about the illegal immigration situation that W endorses.
Posted on 05/22/2006 6:18:14 PM PDT by unseen
WASHINGTON - The Senate, nearing completion on an immigration overhaul, on Monday strongly endorsed President Bush's plan to deploy the National Guard to the U.S.-Mexico border.
By an 83-10 vote, senators approved an amendment by Sen. John Ensign, R-Nev., that sets parameters for the use of 6,000 National Guardsmen in support of the Border Patrol. Troops would be excluded from "search, seizure, arrest or similar activity" and tours of duty could not exceed 21 days.
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I believe it is.
Just because others did nothing is no excuse for our current president to also do nothing worthwhile. Look how late it is in his two term tenure and now all we get is pandering. It's too little, too late.
I heard the other day that even if the NG is federalized that the states have to reimburse a portion of the cost. Don't remember where I heard it or what the cost was.
But he is doing something, trying more than the others, addressing the issue instead of sweeping under the rug. If you think you're going to get everything you want, your living a pipe dream. Until we have a true conservative majority (think senate, and rinos), your all or nothing ideas won't see the light of day. Think about it. This president barely won 50%, past presidents didn't address it, and Reagan said, you're all citizens. At least he's trying to start something, which is more than you'd get from a Pres Gore or Pres Kerry. All you doom and gloomers fail to see the big picture. Bush is just the beginning of a conservative revolution, we have to keep pushing forward. Do you think the dems gave up after 10 years? No, they kept pushing for over 50+ more years. Instant gratification is only in TV shows, this is real life, and it's going to take longer than 8 years to correct the messes of the left. Take what you can and build on it. For goodness sake, don't throw in the towel, two steps forward, one step back.
I concur that it is indeed time, BIG TIME.
I'm glad to at least see troops being sent to the border. However, I have to say that it's tremendously disappointing to see so little being sent, and with so many restrictions on what they can actually do.
Bush apparently is trying to make his voter base happy while at the same time compromising with the Dems. It's a spectacular error. You're going to make someone mad no matter WHAT you do. That's a fact of life.
We have to enforce and secure our border NOW. Mr. President, forget how much it will hurt peoples' feelings and DO IT!!!!!!
Not I. My liberal friends are laughing at me. Even they're pissed about the illegal immigration situation that W endorses.
We have been writing our Senators. I'm glad that mine are on board in illegal immigration law enforcement. It seems W is still a lost cause though and doesn't seem to want to follow the Constitution.
You know I remember how much hell was raised when clintoon, changed the method of calculating unemployment. Now the Pub's gloat in using the same clintoon method. As soon as unemployment runs out you assume the person is employed and drop him off the role. Isn't that the way clintoon did it??
He is not HELPING the situation but making it worse, what the presidents behind him did is of no consequence, it doesn't excuse him from his stupid Pro-ILLEGAL ALIEN stance.
As far as the senate goes, I gaurantee that most anti-illegal people are blaming them as much as they do Bush, both dem and republican senators alike.
The house has yet to have their final say but I am hoping they stand firm.
If not, it is time to clean house, vote for real conservatives and if none are available vote 3rd party but rid us of these self destructive morons we have running the country now!
Is that stuff you're drinking are smoking legal???
You'd think this illegal immigration issue just came up during Bush's term the way some here are frothing at the mouth.
It's people like you who don't understand politics, yet think they do.
He is doing nothing, period, except pandering to his base, this legislation is "sweeping it under the rug". If he really wanted to do something he would make the INS and ICE enforce existing laws. He is calling for NEW laws after failing to enforce the old ones. We need NO new laws, we need enforcement, against the ILLEGALS and the ones hiring them.
As for us "doom and gloomers" not "seeing the big picture"(doesn't that sound like a liberal)who are you to tell us what the he** we see or don't see? In our eyes you open border people are the ones who "don't see the big picture" and wouldn't see it if it hit you in the face.
What part of enforce the existing laws is so hard to understand? What part of we need no new laws is so hard to understand?
You think he is doing something by backing some new idiot legislation that will repeat the mistakes made in 1986? How is that "seeing the big picture"?
Can't see the danger? Then take off your rose colored glasses, they are blinding you.
What rock are you living under? What did clinton do? What did Bush I do? Or any pres prior to GWB. He's addressing your pet issue, and it's still not good enough. Your one issue isn't being addressed like you want it, so, let's pack up the toys and go home. Pathetic idiots who think they understand politics shouldn't be allowed to play on the computer.
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