[heleny]

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1037968/posts

"The bottom line is, as a country we have to come to grips with the presence of 8 to 12 million illegals, afford them some kind of legal status some way, but also as a country decide what our immigration policy is and then enforce it," Ridge said at a town hall meeting at Miami-Dade Community College.

I'm not saying the CFR decision, Ridge's pro-amnesty statement, or the administration's hopefully meaningless reaction to Taiwan's plans for a referendum are changing my vote, since the Democrat candidates are worse and would probably appoint awful judges, but the news combination today is disappointing. :(

[Wolfstar]

The only illegal immigrant amnesty in American history, so far, was promoted and signed into law by none other than President Ronald Reagan. That law, which also weakened prior immigration law (and, to some extent, made 9/11 possible) was a travesty. It was among President Reagan's worst mistakes, in my opinion. Does that mean I think any less of his OVERALL record as president? Heck no! Does it mean that, if by some miracle I had a chance to vote for him again, I wouldn't? Double heck no!!!

There are going to be positives and negatives in ANY administration. What too many folks on the Right side of the political spectrum fail to do is balance the positives vs. negatives. The positive side of the ledger for President Reagan way overwhelms the negative. Such is also the case for President George W. Bush. Reagan was the last great president of the 20th Century. Dubya is the first great president of the 21st. Without doubt and despite their flaws.