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Savage: Impeach Bush over immigration plan
WND ^ | 1-12-04 | N/A

Posted on 01/13/2004 5:54:13 AM PST by JustPiper

Conservative talk-radio star, author says amnesty is betrayal of country

In the latest indication President Bush is having problems with his conservative core political constituency, Michael Savage, one of talk radio's biggest stars, tonight called for the impeachment of President Bush over his plans to legalize millions of illegal aliens.

"This is the worst betrayal of our country in my lifetime," said Savage, whose program is heard on more than 350 stations with an audience reaching some 6 million. His book, "The Savage Nation," last year was No. 1 on the New York Times best-seller's list for five weeks. His follow-up, "The Enemy Within," out just one week, is already No. 8 on the list. Both were published by WND Books.

President Bush

Tonight Savage called Bush a liberal and described him as part of the "enemy within" that is destroying the nation.

Savage created the phrase "compassionate conservative" in 1994, a term picked up by Bush during his presidential campaign – a campaign supported by Savage.

"This is much more serious than dropping your pants for an intern," said Savage. "This is a policy that represents a danger to national security."

Savage is hardly alone in his strong feelings of opposition to Bush's proposal to offer legal status to illegal immigrants. A new ABC News poll finds 52 percent of the nation opposes an amnesty program for illegal immigrants from Mexico, while 57 percent oppose one for illegal immigrants from other countries. Both results are roughly the same as when the administration floated the idea two-and-a-half years ago.

But today in Monterrey, Mexico, Bush reaffirmed his support of the proposal, despite its unpopularity at home. He said it could help illegal immigrants "leave the shadows and have an identity."

At a joint press conference with Mexican President Vicente Fox, Bush warned that his government will not allow the existence in the United States of an underclass of illegal immigrants, but claimed again his proposal is not an amnesty. Amnesty, he said, would only promote the violation of the law and perpetuate illegal immigration.

Bush said his immigration proposal would benefit both the United States and Mexico as it recognizes the contribution of thousands of honest Mexicans who work in the United States.

For his part, Fox embraced Bush's proposal.

"What else can we wish?" Fox said at the news conference with the president.

In the U.S., the latest poll on the controversy shows at least twice as many Americans "strongly" oppose the proposal as strongly support it.

Opposition peaks in Bush's own party: Fifty-eight percent of Republicans oppose his immigration proposal for Mexicans, compared with 50 percent of Democrats. For illegal immigrants other than Mexicans, 63 percent of Republicans are opposed.

Bush reportedly will disclose more details of the plan in his State of the Union address Jan. 20.

Meanwhile, the National Border Patrol Council, which represents all 9,000 of the Border Patrol's non-supervisory agents, has told its members to challenge President Bush´s proposed guest-worker program, calling it a "slap in the face to anyone who has ever tried to enforce the immigration laws of the United States," the Washington Times reported today.

The agents were told in a letter from Vice President John Frecker that the proposal offered last week during a White House press conference "implies that the country really wasn't serious about" immigration enforcement in the first place.

"Hey, you know all those illegal aliens you risked 'life and limb' to apprehend? FAH-GED-ABOWD-IT," said Frecker, a veteran Border Patrol agent. "President Bush has solved the problem. Don't be confused and call this an 'amnesty,' even though those who are here illegally will suddenly become legal and will be allowed to stay here. The president assures us that it's not an amnesty," he said.

Last week Bush proposed the sweeping immigration changes that would allow the 8 million to 12 million illegal aliens thought to be in the United States to remain in the country if they have a job and apply for a guest-worker card. The immigrants could stay for renewable three-year periods, after which they could apply for permanent legal residence.

Savage cited a new report published in the City Journal by the Manhattan Institute suggesting there is a major crime wave in the U.S. caused by illegal immigration.

"Some of the most violent criminals at large today are illegal aliens," the report charges. "Yet in cities where the crime these aliens commit is highest, the police cannot use the most obvious tool to apprehend them: their immigration status. In Los Angeles, for example, dozens of members of a ruthless Salvadoran prison gang have sneaked back into town after having been deported for such crimes as murder, assault with a deadly weapon, and drug trafficking. Police officers know who they are and know that their mere presence in the country is a felony. Yet should a cop arrest an illegal gang-banger for felonious reentry, it is he who will be treated as a criminal, for violating the LAPD’s rule against enforcing immigration law."

The situation is similar, the report says in New York, Chicago, San Diego, Austin and Houston. These "sanctuary policies" generally prohibit city employees, including the cops, from reporting immigration violations to federal authorities, says the report.

"These people are destroying America," said Savage. "That's all I have to say on the subject. But you can talk about it. Talk about it while you can – while America is still a free country, because it's not going to last."


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To: sfRummygirl
Ok, you are a liberal fraud.

Nope, I ain't the one wanting to dump Bush. That is the liberal's wet dream not mine. You are known by the ones that share your desires...get my drift?

941 posted on 01/13/2004 10:52:48 PM PST by Texasforever
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To: Texasforever
Are you going to give me the example of Savage being a racist?
942 posted on 01/13/2004 10:55:16 PM PST by sfRummygirl (Tancredo in '04)
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To: Texasforever
I'm waiting. We all are.
943 posted on 01/13/2004 10:56:33 PM PST by sfRummygirl (Tancredo in '04)
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To: Texasforever
Still waiting for the example of Savage being a racist.
944 posted on 01/13/2004 10:57:46 PM PST by sfRummygirl (Tancredo in '04)
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To: sfRummygirl
Are you going to give me the example of Savage being a racist?

Every word he speaks. But then you knew that already.

945 posted on 01/13/2004 10:57:57 PM PST by Texasforever
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To: sfRummygirl
***crickets***
946 posted on 01/13/2004 10:58:27 PM PST by sfRummygirl (Tancredo in '04)
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To: Texasforever
GIVE ME AN EXAMPLE.....
947 posted on 01/13/2004 10:58:59 PM PST by sfRummygirl (Tancredo in '04)
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To: Texasforever
Hellooo.....still waiting for you to back up the accusation of Savage being a racist.....
948 posted on 01/13/2004 11:00:36 PM PST by sfRummygirl (Tancredo in '04)
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To: sfRummygirl
"These people are destroying America,"
949 posted on 01/13/2004 11:00:49 PM PST by Texasforever
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To: Texasforever
You lose. No credible example.
950 posted on 01/13/2004 11:01:24 PM PST by sfRummygirl (Tancredo in '04)
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To: Texasforever
Who are these people, and how is that racist?
951 posted on 01/13/2004 11:01:56 PM PST by sfRummygirl (Tancredo in '04)
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To: sfRummygirl
Hellooo.....still waiting for you to back up the accusation of Savage being a racist.....

She says as she tightly crosses her arms and pats her little foot. LOL

952 posted on 01/13/2004 11:02:16 PM PST by Texasforever
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To: Texasforever
I'm not joking here, bub. You are going to have to prove this, or admit you are wrong. I'm giving you one last chance.
953 posted on 01/13/2004 11:03:35 PM PST by sfRummygirl (Tancredo in '04)
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To: sfRummygirl
Who are these people, and how is that racist?

Walk, talk, quack. Now go to moveon.org sign Ramsy Clark's petition to "Impeach Bush" there is a slot open right after Mike Savage's name. Hurry up and beat the rush.

954 posted on 01/13/2004 11:04:53 PM PST by Texasforever
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To: sfRummygirl; Texas_Dawg
And by the way, did you ask 'most freepers" about the poll in your tag line? I don't remember being polled...>>>>>

Glad you asked about his 'tag line', as I don't recall him *asking*, or any *poll*, either.

Maybe he needs to 'review' the posts of us that oppose illegal immigration. Perhaps he can then POST LINKS that back-up this outrageous statement in his tagline.

sf...be sure to ping me, IF you get a reply....txdoda.....;o)
955 posted on 01/13/2004 11:07:14 PM PST by txdoda ("Navy-brat")
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To: Texasforever
I hope everyone sees what happened here. You got caught posting something that you couldn't prove, and it was pathetic. Resorting to stupid jokes won't make it go away. Calling someone a racist here is not a joke.
956 posted on 01/13/2004 11:08:03 PM PST by sfRummygirl (Tancredo in '04)
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To: B4Ranch
"If the President Bush or Tom Ridge would announce that in six months they will be paying a $50 per head bounty for each illegal alien on American soil there would be a mad rush for the borders."

BUMP

--Boot Hill

957 posted on 01/13/2004 11:08:43 PM PST by Boot Hill
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To: JustPiper
That was before the days of every man for himself, and the me generation. I teeter between realizing our situation is the just recompense of a corrupt people, and patriotism regarding my fellow countrymen and nation.

I know the end result is in God's hands, as well as the events that are befalling us now. Just keep plugging away with reason and truth, at least you will be able to present yourself with no blood on your hands because you remained silent, well liked, and comfortable.
958 posted on 01/13/2004 11:09:12 PM PST by MissAmericanPie
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To: txdoda
you got it.
I'm sick of this garbage, and I really hope the truly conservative freepers are watching this other little interchange, too.
959 posted on 01/13/2004 11:09:23 PM PST by sfRummygirl (Tancredo in '04)
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To: VU4G10
Saw your tagline, thanx it will be in my head for days

Have you forgotten how it felt that day
To see your homeland under fire
And her people blown away?
Have you forgotten when those towers fell?
We had neighbors still inside
Going through a living hell
And you say we shouldn't worry 'bout Bin Laden
Have you forgotten?

Have you forgotten all the people killed?
Yes, some went down like heroes in that Pennsylvania field
Have you forgotten about our Pentagon?
All the loved ones that we lost
And those left to carry on
Don't you tell me not to worry 'bout Bin Laden
Have you forgotten?

Have you forgotten?
Have you forgotten?
960 posted on 01/13/2004 11:09:54 PM PST by JustPiper (Register Independent and Write-In Tancredo for March !!!!)
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