[jwalsh07]

If amnesty for illegals, excessive non-defense spending, and CFR had been on his platform back then, he'd not be President today.

Bush isn't proposing amnesty but during the campaign he did promise to deal with the illegal alien problem by providing work visas for same. I didn't agree with it then and I don't now but to say he didn't run on it is not true.

He also stated repeatedly that he would sign CFR if it came to his desk. I vehemently disagreed with him on that then and am still pissed off about it now.

Like me, you can disagree with Bush but you can't claim he lied or did not mention these things because he did.

[k2blader]

I voted for President Bush in 2000 mainly because of his strong stance on tax cuts, which indeed he pushed through. And I do recall him making very general statements about supporting CFR (probably because it sounded good to the masses), but the strategery backfired when the Congressional Republicans let the bill get to his desk. Honestly can't remember him saying he'd allow some illegal aliens work visas--maybe the story was somewhat buried.

Despite his usage of the euphemisms "undocumented workers" he is proposing amnesty for illegal aliens. Any arguments with that, please see my tagline. After September 11, increased national security through strengthened borders became of utmost importance, which is why the proposal is the antithesis of national defense.

[hoosiermama]

Now that Bush has brought the immigration problem up for discussion, I'm still waiting for those who criticize Bush to come up with a workable plan to solve the problem. Have you seen any reasonable suggestions?