Jeb Bush Calls Tone of Immigration Debate `Hurtful' (Official "Bush Picks At Toe Jam" th

LA Times ^ | 4/5/06 | Peter Wallsten

[Joe Brower]

Overall I'm overall pleased with Jeb Bush, but this "hurtful" talk is the sort of touchy-feely crap I'd expect from liberals.

When it comes to immigration, Jeb has got some heavy-duty blinders on.

[stopem]

Jeb, I respect you and your family, but that has nothing to do with illegal invaders who are breaking the law and disrespect our Country. By your admission you say your wife is here legally, does she really support lawbreakers?

[DCPatriot]

Aren't you glad you started this thread so all the morons could spew their rightuousness?

[Bikers4Bush]

Exactly, these idiots actually think that we should just ignore the fact that they let illegals get away with breaking our laws.

Elitist morons.

[butternut_squash_bisque]

SCREW YOU, JEB.

Illegal = criminal = a felony, dammit! You and your older globalist, one-worlder brother are making me sick.

I've already re-registered as an Independent Conservative, here in Penna. You GOPers will get ZERO from me, traitors.

[sure_fine]

those illegals cost me an income, and many, many of my AMERICAN friends in construction (jobs Americans won't so myasp)


screw'em

[ishabibble]

Good God, whatever you do, don't read the entire article!

Jeb Bush offers some very thoughtful insights into this dreadful situation, and in the last line of the article, offers the idea that legal immigration should be open to scientists, entrepreneurs, and other "best of the best" types.

One last thought about Jeb and Columba Bush. A few years ago, their daughter, Nicole, made every front page after being busted for drugs. Her disheveled appearance on the TV during her arraignment in open court was shocking. Don't you think that her Dad could have prevented this? Her uncle, the POTUS, or her Grand Dad, 41? They didn't and I admire them for that, as it is a heartrending experience to watch your child, already bedeviled by drugs, to enter the criminal justice system. Did Jeb have to go back to the holding cell to see his daughter before the arraignment? He let the same laws that govern all his people apply to his daughter, and we all know he could have hushed it up. God bless Jeb and Columba and their family.

[normy]

The cumulative effect of the coverage is that immigrants are bad and hurting our country.

This is the shit I have been talking about that is infuriating me. The Republican proponents of illegal immigration refuse to call it what it is. They keep referring to it an "anti immigrant" issue when they know full well that that is not the case. Conservatives have fought the libs for years who use the exact same tactics. Do the Republicans think we can't recognize it when it comes from our own?

I don't think I know of anyone who wants to put illegals in jail, they want them deported and while we're at it, lets deport the 29% of federal prisoners who are illegals also (of course we need the wall built first and the Mexican gov't notified they are getting some criminals back).

[SUSSA]

I'll bet it hurts his feelings when people talk bad about dope fiends who forge prescriptions to get their drugs too.

[beezdotcom]

However, I am not convinced the answer is as some have suggested, to lock up 13 million people in jail.

Actually doing it may not be feasible - but I think you need to convince those 13 million that they might become one of the subset who DO get locked up, or you have no deterrents against breaking the law. I just don't think a fine is enough of a deterrent, since they pay coyotes more than that to get here.

[reagandemo]

It is sad to watch everything we have worked for since kicking Jimmy Carter out of the White House go up in smoke. "W" and his fellow Repubs better get their heads out of their arses on this and quick or it's all over. What part of "Illegal" do they not understand?

[johnny7]

Make it a felony for the EMPLOYER!

[RdhseRat]

Sorry Jeb, on this issue you are DEAD wrong.

Like you my wife was a legal immigrant, she became a citizen at the first possible moment. She is violently opposed to amnesty for illegals.

Jeb, you should take a page out of Sen. Spector's Scotish Law book. Treat illegals from Mexico, or any other country, like there country treats illegals. Or for that matter, any immigrant.

[Dante3]

Didn't his wife also try to smuggle some items into this country to avoid paying duty?

[ConsentofGoverned]

THe elites have a plan and America and it's citizens are not a concern...the true face of Power in America is rarely revealed ..but on this issue they cannot hide..
Kick out both parties do not give them a dime do not vote the same traitors in. America get some backbone.

[Unicorn]

Control the borders then talk after.

[Unicorn]

Control the borders then talk after.


Poor baby.

[zook]

"Aren't you glad you started this thread so all the morons could spew their rightuousness?"

There certainly are a lot of goons on this thread. I get a kick out of it.