Posted on 01/11/2009 9:10:22 AM PST by my_pointy_head_is_sharp
Down to single digits in his days left in office, President George W. Bush is warning the Republican Party not to become "anti-immigrant" as it regroups from defeat and retools its leadership.
"It's very important for our party not to narrow its focus, not to become so inward looking that we drive people away from a philosophy that is compassionate and decent," the departing president said in an interview broadcast Sunday, nine days before his term ends. "My call for our party is to be open-minded."
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I’m not anti-immigrant. I’m anti-illegal immigrant.
W, don’t let the door hit you on the ass.
I can’t BELIEVE it’s come to the point that this is my opinion of him.
How about blasting the commie policies of Obama instead of his own party?
George, just get the hell out of here.
Thank you for reminding us again what a useless liberal you are Mr. President. And thank you for trashing the GOP. What a lousy excuse for a President this man has been. The GOP must learn from its mistakes. Most importantly, “open primaries” must disappear. Never again must a GOP candidate be picked by Liberals and “independents”.
As an aside, what signifies “open-minded” people in the immigration debate is that they are capable of thinking thoughts not pre-approved by the New York Times.
By golly, that has worked so well in the last two elections!
What a tool.
You beat me! Selected, educated and legal and I have no problem! All the others tag them before the enter, bing them in, track them in real time and kick them out when the fruit is picked! No exceptions!
Oh, I didn’t get the memo. Are we supposed to shut up about his dereliction of duty? Not going to happen. ;0)
I'm not anti-friends in my home, I'm anti- thieves ...
I think Washington and the left got to him. Geez he was lambasted from day one relentlessly. I wish the left would fight our enemies like they fought Bush. Hell, we’d be out of the Middle East and everyone would be singing cumbaya by now.
But they won't. So-called Conservatives (I realize that Conservatives and Republicans are not the same thing) are now toying with the Huckster (Huckabee). Touting him like he's the greatest thing since sliced bread. When will they ever learn? My guess is, never.
Indeed, if you are certain that you are correct, that is right, that is on the side of absolute truth, DON’T cave in to the liberal mindset. Liberal sympathizers are cowardly with no moral conviction.
Well, the Republicans just can’t lose from now on. We’ve got W giving advice and McCain forming a PAC to help shape the future of the party.
What a bright future the party has if it’ll just listen to those two RINOs.
And they both believe in global warming.
We gave George a majority in both houses....
Lookie now what he is leaving us with....calls us bigots because we want the laws upheld.
Does he even know what a jerk he has become?
Exactly and something President Bush never seemed to understand. Will welcome legal immigrants but not going to ever welcome illegals.
Yea, sad but true. The GOP really needs to invest seriously in recruiting and building up candidates that are both marketable and non-Liberal.
Bush: We must make sure we continue in our losing.
We need a second one.
Also, there is an important distinction between the propaganda phrase “anti-immigrant” (personal disdain for individual immigrants) and “anti-immigration” (opposing immigration as a policy). I am anti-immigration, not anti-immigrant.
Go crawl back under your rock and stay there!
You and Rove have destroyed the Republican party.
Back in the day law was considered to be decent.
Too bad Bush did not do his Gore immitation back in 2000. We would have saved the last 8 years, not to mention the next.
Right to the bitter end, this man disappoints.
Right to the bitter end, this man disappoints.
Good to hear. Then you should have nothing to complain about in about six months. ;^)
We need a Conservative party, not a Republican party. They are not synonymous anymore.
This joker STILL cannot discern between anti immigrant and anti ILLEGAL immigrant.
This guy is the party leader and he still doesn’t understand that after 8 years in office.
Maybe he can take McCain with him when he leaves.
I’m sick to death with gutless politicians.
I can’t BELIEVE it’s come to the point that this is my opinion of him.
Me too. I was a very large piece of shrubbery at one time, but I have just had enough.
“I think Washington and the left got to him.”
See if you can find the archived 2000 election threads...there was plenty of warning about Bush. Nobody “got to him”, he was already there.
Not when the suits running the GOP loathe conservatives as much as the 'Rats do.
Even losing's not enough to change the GOP's ways. We really do need a new party.
Down to single digits in his days left in office, President George W. Bush is warning the Republican Party not to become “anti-immigrant” as it regroups from defeat and retools its leadership.
***A legacy of sadness, right in the first sentence. Pinging BCSCO for the AFIRE ping list.
At first I thought it said that Jorge Bush was down to single digits in the polls. He probably can't stand the thought that he did not achieve the North American Union and the Amero for money. He probably can't stand the idea that there is even 1 manufacturing job left in the US.
I want to agree, but we did have that one good gun ruling. 5-4 in favor of keeping the 2nd amendment. From guys he appointed.
So he can’t be *all* about NWO. It’s hard to understand. Why come out all “immigrant”. Anyone with half a brain cell knows it’s about ILLEGALs.
They will be illegal, because I think our “president” and all his actions will be illegal. ;^P
Does he even know what a jerk he has become?
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Probably not. He just wants to go back to his ranch and continue to ignore the public perception of him.
There's always plenty of warning about RINOs (look at Schwarzenegger!). But nobody seems to care.
This guy just can’t shake his Mexico fetish, to the extent that he must continue to insult all who disagree with him during his last days in office.
And his stupid remarks are even more offensive when one recalls that our legal immigration is now around 1,200,000 per year. But, according to this jerk, anyone who is against leaving our borders open year-after-year (as he deliberately did), and eventually granting amnesty to 12 - 20,000,000 illegals is “anti-immigrant” (not to mention the millions more those would be allowed to bring in).
All the Bushes should move back to Connecticut where they came from, and they should stay there and stop pretending to be anything but the New England RINOs they so clearly are.
Yep...those aRnold threads are a treasure.
“All the Bushes should move back to Connecticut where they came from, and they should stay there and stop pretending to be anything but the New England RINOs they so clearly are.”
All it takes is a cowboy hat and a pick-up truck to fool some.
Okay, then answer this simple question, please?
If all the current people inside our borders are made 'legal', and documented...given papers, etc., amd then by a pre-set date...say, January 1st, 2010 anybody without proper documentation will be summarily deported.
..would that satisfy you and make you happy?
Right. Bush liberalized the GOP and pushed the federal governments bureaucracy even further leftward.
After 8 years the Bush domestic agenda says, if you can't beat'em, join'em!
No thanks.
“Right to the bitter end, this man disappoints.”
He’s still got 9 days.......I’m sure he’ll out do even this.
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