Posted on 08/29/2004 2:55:26 PM PDT by Afronaut
If there are any deluded souls out there who still believe George W. Bush is a conservative, I invite them to examine the 2004 Republican Party platform on the issue of amnesty for illegal immigrants.
Bush is for it. That makes him a liberal. Worse, he proclaims that the amnesty is not an amnesty. So he is not only a liberal, but a liar as well.
(Excerpt) Read more at nj.com ...
RINOs always get angry when you call them...RINOs.
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It just does not appear our federal government is serious when it comes to protecting our borders (and our citizens) from not only terrorist infiltrations, but illegal immigrant infiltrations to the tune of millions each year.
What would the federal government do if 4 MILLION AMERICAN CITIZENS refused to pay their federal income taxes come next April?
Would they be as lax in collecting taxes (used for funding corrupt entities such as the United Nations and the PLO) from otherwise law-abiding American citizens as they are in apprehending literally millions of illegal aliens raping the economic and political economy of our nation?
:~)
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That's what we've been saying around here for the last 3 years. Whoever advised Bush to take a gamble for Mexican votes by putting the border up for collateral may well be looking for a new job this time next year.
It's hardly "fortune telling" to say his veto would have been overridden.
If that was his excuse for signing it, it is the sorriest excuse I've ever heard.
I'm not campaigning for or against the re-election of Bush.
Sleep ZZZzzzZZZZZ
Of course it is. You have no way of knowing what would have happened if President Bush had sent the bill back to the House. You can speculate, but you can't ever know.
Vetoing kills the Bill.
You'd be hard pressed to find a law that passed with a smaller than veto-proof majority that eventually overode a veto.
There is absolutely NO WAY CFR would have been overriden.
Saying Bush signed it because a veto would have been overridden is simply absurd, and untrue.
The War Powers Resolution.
Vetoing does NOT kill the bill.
Friend, if Bush had of vetoed CFR, it would have been as dead as a doornail.
That's YOUR opinion, and you opinion only.
CFR had the support of a majority of the people in the U.S., and was six votes away from a two thirds majority in the Senate.
The house was just about a dozen votes shy.
Like it or not, CFR would have eventually passed.
One other thing, so would have the drug entitlement programs.
Your problem isn't that you don't like Bush, your problem is that you can't face reality.
John Kerry is campaigning on his Vietnam record because he can't campaign on Bush opposing campaign finance, and old people not getting their prescriptions. He can't campaign on how bad the economy is, and he can't campaign on the sorry shape of our schools. He can't even truly campaign on insurance becase it's in actually better shape than it was under Clinton.
Is this a Marathon? Did you guys even sleep?
Sleep?
Elections are just around the corner, no time for sleep.
I disagree with the strategy of giving the Left everything they want so as to take issues away from them.
The country was not clamoring for a new pill entitlement, for campaign finance reform or for socialized medicine.
http://www.gop.com/About/PartyPlatform/Default.aspx
I looked through it and see nothing about any kind of amnesty or anything that remotely resembles it. If someone else sees it, please point it out to me because the way it's written I honestly don't see what all the fuss is about.
Is this reader friendly? Does anyone have the paitence to read this?
Well, they could use some help paragraphing, but if we're going to opine on something shouldn't we suck it up and read it first, no matter how icky it's formatted?
Maybe if the party would reach out to them more, California and Florida would be easy victories.
"The administration’s lax enforcement of our borders has led to tragic exploitation of smuggled immigrants, and untold suffering, at the hands of law-breakers. We call for harsh penalties against smugglers and those who provide fake documents. We oppose the creation of any national ID card. Because free trade is the most powerful force for the kind of development that creates a middle class and offers opportunity at home, the long-term solution for illegal immigration is economic growth in Mexico, Central America, and the Caribbean. In the short run, however, decisive action is needed. We therefore endorse the recommendations of the U.S. Commission on Immigration Reform:
Restore credibility to enforcement by devoting more resources both to border control and to internal operations.
Reorganize family unification preferences to give priority to spouses and children, rather than extended family members.
Emphasize needed skills in determining eligibility for admission.
Overhaul the failed Labor Certification Program to end the huge delays in matching qualified workers with urgent work.
Reform the Immigration and Naturalization Service by splitting its functions into two agencies, one focusing on enforcement and one exclusively devoted to service."
http://www.gop.com/About/PartyPlatform/default.aspx?Section=4
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