Posted on 02/07/2014 9:04:49 AM PST by jimbo123
George P. Bush, nephew of George W. Bush and grandson of George H. W. Bush, said he has “reservations” and “concerns” about the Republican Party’s rhetoric on immigration.
In a sit-down with CNN reporters and producers Tuesday, Bush said that he and other Republicans wish the party would “return to George W. Bush on this issue,” referring to the former president’s bipartisan push to reform the nation’s immigration policy.
But with Election Day fast approaching, Bush said it’s probably too late for Republicans to pivot away from the party’s conservative base and seize the political high ground on the immigration issue.
“I am a pessimist as to the timing right now,” said Bush, a co-founder of the Hispanic Republicans of Texas and a fluent Spanish speaker.
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Where's that waffle picture when we need it?
Support David Watts for Land Commissioner.
If George W was DoubleU, does that mean that George P is Pee? Most likely.
No, Pee, it’s not a question of conservatives avoiding the “political high ground.” It’s a question of staying out of the immigrant swamp. So to speak.
Surprise surprise. Jebbie’s son and Georgie’s nephew wants Amnesty.
Yawn!
“Political” high ground?
Somehow, I don’t see how helping my buddie staff their “sweat-shops” with low-wage UN-AMERICAN labor is a “high” goal...
Highly profitable, maybe....
Trust me, I am fully behind DAVID WATTS for Texas Land Commissioner.
There isn’t a chance in hell that I will or would support anybody with the name of Bush. We’ve been there and done that.
Thanks for giving us a name we can support in the Land Commissioner’s race. Anybody but Bush.
...The Republican Party must embrace more legal immigration.[Posted on 03/19/2013 7:04:07 AM PDT by Perdogg]
Unfortunately, like many of the major debates in Washington, immigration has become a stalemate-where both sides are imprisoned by their own rhetoric or attachment to sacred cows that prevent the possibility of a balanced solution.
Immigration Reform will not occur until Conservative Republicans, like myself, become part of the solution. I am here today to begin that conversation.
Let's start that conversation by acknowledging we aren't going to deport 12 million illegal immigrants.
If you wish to work, if you wish to live and work in America, then we will find a place for you...
This is where prudence, compassion and thrift all point us toward the same goal: bringing these workers out of the shadows and into being taxpaying members of society.
Imagine 12 million people who are already here coming out of the shadows to become new taxpayers.12 million more people assimilating into society. 12 million more people being productive contributors.
Latinos, should be a natural constituency for the party, Paul argued, but "Republicans have pushed them away with harsh rhetoric over immigration." ...he would create a bipartisan panel to determine how many visas should be granted for workers already in the United States and those who might follow... [and the buried lead] "Imagine 12 million people who are already here coming out of the shadows to become new taxpayers...[Posted on 04/21/2013 1:52:42 PM PDT by SoConPubbie]
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