Posted on 06/01/2007 4:34:31 AM PDT by Marathoner
When it comes to dealing with the illegal immigration issue, President Bush and his administration are their own worst enemies. On other issues, the president is sugar and spice when it comes to Democrat opponents. But when it comes to rule-of-law conservative opposition to his “amnesty” proposal, the preferred method of operation is akin to thwacking the hornet’s nest with a stick.
You may recall that when the Minutemen first brought this issue to major public attention a few years ago with their volunteer border patrols, President Bush called them “vigilantes.” And it’s been pretty much all downhill from there, leading to his big May 29 speech on the current immigration reform proposal at the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center (FLETC) in Georgia.
The president began his remarks by introducing two Hispanic members of his administration, Secretary of Commerce Carlos Gutierrez and former Cabinet member Mel Martinez, now a U.S. Senator from Florida. Both were born in Cuba. “I want to mention those two men because, to me, they represent what the immigration debate is all about,” the president said.
So right out of the chute the president misrepresents the issue. I don’t believe Gutierrez and Martinez are illegal immigrants. They and/or their families immigrated here legally. And it appears both came here to escape the oppression of the Castro regime, not to simply get a higher-paying job. So Gutierrez and Martinez are NOT what this immigration debate is about. The issue is over those who break the law to get here.
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Not only abandoning the people who got him to the dance, but then totally and blatantly disrespecting them.
Read my lips - No more Bushes.
< caveat > Unless the alternative is a Kerry, Gore, Clinton, Edwards, Dodd, Kennedy, etc....< /caveat >
“I’ve never heard of this guy, but man, is he ever spot on on this one.”
Nope he’s wrong.
Unless you dry up the jobs, the illegal’s motivation to come here in the first place, you’ll never solve the problem.
Draconian penalties(large fines and jail time) on the enablers of illegal immigration, the employers who break the law by hiring illegals, HAS to be a part of the solution. A few well publicized frog marches of employers to jail will, as it did in the corporate scandals, get the message across loud and clear. They’re just as guilty as the Mexican who sneaks across the border.
Make it so painful on those who would BREAK THE LAW by hiring illegals OR CONTINUING TO EMPLOY ILLEGALS that the job market drys up and with no chance of continuing income most self-deport or never come in the first place.
Otherwise, nothing will change.
agree. its time for this fool and traitor to be kicked out for intentionally leaving our border open for his fat cat friends needing cheap labor .
Poor Tony Snow.
He must really be second guessing why he took the job.
I defended and backed Bush because, rightly so, Bush appeared to understand that you don’t “end” wars. You either achieve victory or accept defeat. Bush has been unwilling to do either—he will not engage in war, he will not disengage in defeat. He will stay in the muddle in the middle. He will not fight to win—politically or militarily—nor will the CIA, DoD or DoS. They are all chattering leisure class imbeciles that resemble more than anything the effete, self hating fools, communists and nihilistic “academics” (sodomites and cowards) who presided over the collapse of the British Empire.
Amnesty—yup, that’s what it is. Bush has now left the fold entirely and the remnant GOP will, as a result, in 2008, be a minor irritant to the socialist revolution that is sweeping this once free nation.
Hate speech legislation will pass, Bush may veto, may not, I lean toward he will not. This will effectively silence all but the Michael Moores and the Cynthia Keenans.
Grand Old Party—uh huh, geriatric and senile. In your face homosexual activism is unchecked, invaders are called undocumented workers, high school and college graduates are semi-literate, infantile and unproductive; they have no foundation and are ignorant of even the most basic conventions of an America grounded in a historic exceptionalism that made this the greatest nation on earth.
Just ask George Soros to turn off the lights as he leaves.
What makes you say that? Everyone’s seen this coming for a long time.
I was disappointed to hear Michael Medved support this bill 100% - he just doesn't get it. (sigh)
If the Dims began impeachment proceedings, I would not defend Bush. He has been derelict in his duties as President.
Same old bait ‘n switch.
Al Quaeda attacks from Afghanistan, attack Iraq which he wanted to do anyway.
Legal immigrants do well here, let in illegals which he wanted to do anyway.
We have to call them illegal ALIENS, not immigrants, to keep the distinction clear.
The problem with these two men is that they came here legally, worked their way up to positions of power, took the oath to protect the constitution from enemy's foreign and domestic only to labor to betray their own oaths and give America away.
In my simple understanding of things - this is the worst form of treason. Not only should these men lose their positions but be prosecuted, imprisoned and then deported back to their country of origin on completion of their sentence.
You can say that again, and again, and again, and again...!!!
So right out of the chute the president misrepresents the issue. I don’t believe Gutierrez and Martinez are illegal immigrants.
Jorge is so misinformed, and so full of S. We now all know who told his dad to sign the tax increase. Jorge said look pop no one will ever remember the read my lips BS. Old ten ear Jorge himself.
bump for later
Jorge can go suck an egg.
...until the truth hit us in the face, many of us held to our loyalty of him ..
..until we realized we had been sucker punched!
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