Free Republic
Browse · Search
News/Activism
Topics · Post Article

To: bayourod
Sounds exactly like something Bush would/has said. Bush has refered to the "shadowy world" and called for increased enforcement of employer sanctions.

Sorry bayourod but I've yet to hear Bush talk about borders in a way that relates to sovereignty as Reagan did. To him it's only a barrier designed keep out drug dealers and thieves, the rest can come in because "family values don't stop at the Rio Bravo". It's two very different philosophies, which your cheap labor glasses are incapable of seeing.

286 posted on 01/28/2005 9:38:53 AM PST by Reaganwuzthebest
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 283 | View Replies ]


To: Reaganwuzthebest; skeeter

Ronald Reagan
Oct 30, 1984
Today we're part of a coalition of people who share some values that are traditional to America. Whether our forefathers and mothers came here from a Latin country, or from Africa, or from Asia, or from Europe -- in my case, I guess it's Europe, Ireland and England -- we hold dear those ideas that brought our forebears here. We're bound together by a love of family and neighborhood and a respect for God. We believe in hard work and peace through strength. And these are not Republican values, these are American.
Our opponents don't seem to see things this way. They view our country not as people of varied backgrounds who share common values and aspirations; instead, they see us as warring factions and interest groups. They try to divide us, using envy, and playing people off against each other by telling us we're competing for a piece of a pie that is ever getting smaller. Well, that's not our way. We don't see people as members of this group or that; we see them as Americans, with all the rights and opportunities that go with being American.
And about that pie -- we also believe that we should work together to make a bigger pie, so everyone can have a bigger slice.
We still believe in the dream that brought people here from every corner of the Earth. Today we're reaching out as never before to people from every background to draw them into our coalition for progress. Our message to America is clear and direct: The Grand Old Party now stands for the Great Opportunity Party. And there's plenty of room for everyone. We aren't writing any group off or taking any group for granted. We're asking all of you to come walk with us down a path of hope and opportunity.


301 posted on 01/28/2005 2:47:03 PM PST by bayourod (America, the greatest nation in history is a nation of immigrants. Immigrants are an asset.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 286 | View Replies ]

Free Republic
Browse · Search
News/Activism
Topics · Post Article


FreeRepublic, LLC, PO BOX 9771, FRESNO, CA 93794
FreeRepublic.com is powered by software copyright 2000-2008 John Robinson