Editorial: Jeb Bush the responsible one on immigration

Tampa Bay Times ^ | 8/25/15 | Tampa Bay Times Editorial Board

[jimbo123]

Jeb Bush wrote the book on immigration. Donald Trump blusters about it and appeals to the worst impulses of Americans who feel threatened by the nation's increasing diversity that they are powerless to stop. It is up to the former Florida governor to take the high road on a smarter approach to immigration policy and to call out Trump's pandering pledge to "take back our country'' even as other Republican presidential candidates meekly fall in line with the bombastic baiting.

Bush ramped up his criticism of Trump's reckless immigration pledges this week at a campaign stop in a Texas border town. It is about time someone held the billionaire accountable. Bush called Trump's plan to deport 11 million undocumented immigrants and build a 2,000-mile wall along the Mexican border unrealistic and unaffordable. He unequivocally supported the 14th amendment to the U.S. Constitution, guaranteeing citizenship to anyone born in this country, which Trump wants to overturn.

That is a responsible message on immigration, but it is a complicated one that is not easily packaged into sound bites on cable television and 140 characters on Twitter. Bush, who speaks Spanish and met his wife in Mexico, is comfortable in a culturally diverse community such as Florida and should keep playing to his strengths.

[odawg]

“Donald Trump blusters about it and appeals to the worst impulses of Americans who feel threatened by the nation’s increasing diversity that they are powerless to stop.”

Powerless to stop? Who ordained that? Which candidate ran on that platform? Who voted for that? Who decreed diversity the national goal?

[odawg]

“and there’s your reason nobody subscribes to newspapers anymore”

The last editorial I read in the local newspaper, and I gave up reading the newspaper altogether, was years ago when the editorial explained that diversity was great for the nation because that is what makes a flower bed attractive.

[envisio]

Editorial: Jeb Bush the responsible politically correct one on immigration.

[BRL]

Let us not forget he is also the only adult in the room

[tumblindice]

Yeah, Trump is a `frivolous’ Tom Sawyer, while Yeb is Tom’s half-brother Sid, Aunt Polly’s boy.
Sid is a good boy, responsible, always does what he’s told.

I’ll chum with Tom, thank you very much; Sid’s a tattler and sissy.

[Vaquero]

It's Little Jebbie’s Turd Sandwich

Or Linda Graham's Cotillion Giant Dooosh

[JAKraig]

From the article: “Bush understands immigration, and he recognizes that immigrants illegally entering the United States from Mexico are searching for jobs and better lives for their families. “

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My response is, yes bank robbers, home invasion teams, burglars, purse snatchers, tax evaders and any number of other criminals are only trying to help their families have a better life.

SEND THEM ALL BACK!!!

[Ohioan]

Don't think that I would subscribe to that newspaper. They have a little difficulty in recognizing the difference between unsupportable ex cathedra pronouncements, and actual logical relationships.

They also do not understand how the far Left uses the pursuit of "Diversity": Reality vs. Leftist Fantasy.