Posted on 08/21/2004 9:04:20 PM PDT by ETERNAL WARMING
(08-21) 15:55 PDT MEXICO CITY (AP) --
President Bush's nephew, campaigning for overseas votes in Mexico on Saturday, called the federal policy of arming U.S. Border Patrol agents with plastic pellet guns "reprehensible."
Speaking in a mix of English and sometimes-halting Spanish, George P. Bush said his uncle was not to blame for the gun policy, which has angered Mexicans. He instead blamed it on "some local INS (Immigration and Naturalization Service) guy who's trying to be tough, act macho."
"If there has been American approval for this policy, that is reprehensible," Bush said of the guns, essentially paintball projectiles filled with chile powder. "It's kind of barbarous."
The pellet guns, which were approved at the federal level, have been used on a trial basis since 2001 in California and Arizona. The U.S. Border Patrol fired the pepper-balls in 81 instances in 2002-03 and reported no deaths or severe injuries.
President Bush's Hispanic nephew -- he's the grandson of migrant worker Jose Maria Garnica -- is in Mexico on a week-long visit to drum up support for his uncle among the estimated 1 million Americans living there.
The younger Bush, whose father is Florida Gov. Jeb Bush and mother, Columba, is originally from Mexico, acknowledged at a news conference that the war in Iraq is not popular in Mexico but defended the military action, saying "we're almost done with it."
He also acknowledged that "there are some people in our (Republican) party who don't see the benefits of immigration," but promised that President Bush was a proponent of immigration reform.
He called Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez "a dictator" and cast doubt on his victory last week in a recall referendum, saying Chavez had "a long history of fraud." Outside observers, including former President Jimmy Carter, have endorsed the Venezuelan vote counts.
Christopher Fussner, global chairman of Republicans Abroad, which funded Bush's trip, called Mexico "the most important country" for getting overseas votes.
Fussner said Republicans are advertising in overseas English-language newspapers around the world in hopes of capturing expatriate votes.
Democratic presidential nominee John Kerry's campaign also has enlisted family members to woo voters in Mexico. His sister, Diana Kerry, chairwoman of Americans Overseas for Kerry, visited Mexico City in July.
Kerry supporters also held a voter-registration and ballot-request drive in Guadalajara on Thursday.
I wonder what Bush's nephew thinks of the wall built by the Israeli's?
I've been down this road before. I really don't expect an answer.
If pro-border types here makes one mis-step, the race card is pulled and we're all lumped together. I will not accept this.
Isn't that a pretty obvious lie? We're going to be in Iraq as occupiers for at least the next 5-10 years and will likely maintain bases there long afterwards.
OOOh!
Now I suppose you are going to say that Dune foretold 9/11?
Gee, don't put so much thought into a response next time. I know thinking about the reality of the situation might make your head hurt.....but hey, you're a Texan.....buck up!
By advocating that we ignore the mass migrations from the south, you are helping to set the conditions for our own downfall. By fronting for the convenience wing of the Republican party, which for just this year happens to have a policy of encouraging cultural "diversity" through immigration, and overlooking illegal immigration with amnesties in hopes of not offending the recalcitrant left, you are part of the problem rather than giving us solutions. How does illegal and exaggerated legal immigration quotas hurt us, especially from Hispanic, Islamic, and other third-world countries? It's changing our nation one value, one idea, one ethic at a time. In doing so, we:
Remember, you're in good company. You have Edward Said, Osama bin Laden (who appeals to Latinos to join Jihad because Columbus was supported by the regime that brought Islam's end in Spain in the Inquisition), Truxillo, Chomsky, and Michael Moore -- all on your side. They're all eager to have the USA transformed into an ethnic soup that hardly resembles the nation we founded over 200 years ago.
This isn't jaywalking, its the barbarians at the gates, inside the gates, and taking over the language, culture, and life of the land. Read de Soto and Victor Davis Hanson and then come back to argue with me. I'm done with debating you for now.
One thing you'll notice --- the pro-unlimited immigration/open borders types only see the Mexicans as the cheapest possible servants for themselves. They know Mexico is going down the tubes fast with massive migration of it's people out and that only ensures an endless supply of dirt poor people to be their cheap maids and gardeners. They are the real racists who wish only to exploit these people and don't want changes that would improve that country. If you're in the business of hiring illegals, the last thing you want is for conditions back home to improve for them --- then you might not get some live-in servant for only $2-3 an hour.
None. A few million should be sent home every year, and troops should be on the border to protect America, not only from illegal immigration but from terrorists who might be coming over that porous border too. Here in California we're sick of supporting illegal aliens, we're broke.
Which is my point... you don't just hate illegal immigration. You hate Mexicans.
And Californians are "broke"? Hilarious.
We're all doomed.
Bush would be wise to tell his nephew to keep his mouth shut.
Especially since 80% of Americans want the illegals out.
You don't even realize how funny (and ignorant) that comment is...
It couldn't be any more patently obvious.
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