[Obadiah]

With all respect, I do not grasp how many here lay the immegration blame on President Bush's doorstep.

Yes, I understand he is currently president, but this whole illegal immigration issue has been going on in some form since Reagan's day, and probably before.

Let me stipulate that I support airtight border enforcement. However, like it or not, there is a strong constituency in the form of agricultural and business interests that have been driving this train for DECADES. This constituency is not going to go away quietly. Are they wrong? I believe they are. But my point is that it does take time to turn a large ship in the ocean, and the immigration issue is a large tanker that should have been turned a long, long time ago.

I recall anytime someone raised the illegal immigration issue the Democrats and the MSM deliberately branded those people as racists as they themselves openly pandered for the Hispanic vote. Now we have packaging telling us - in Spanish - how soft the toilet paper is!

My larger point is that this is a huge policy issue that, while rightfully being debated now, is long over due. My fellow Freeper who are intent on lacerating this president on this issue due so with no regard to modern political history or the other powerful political interests that must be successfully talked down.