I have been born and bred in Texas and live among black, brown and white and all kinds of people on a close up and personal basis. I know bigots when I see them.
I will not call any specific names, because I don't want to carry it to that personal point over the internet. But I have seen bigotry here, papered over thinly by screaming-bloody-murder-concern over illegal immigration, all of which is laid at the feet of George W Bush as he is called every crude, crass, disrectful name in the book.
And I totally disagree that he has ignored the problem. He knows it's a powder keg, like Social Security, so he has treaded lightly and tried not to needlessly alarm and anger either side - the open-borders or its polar opposite that has taken over Free Republic. He has put forward some ideas for solving the problem as he sees he problem. Which many do not like, who think we can summarily deport millions of Mexicans who live and work here, and who love to throw hateful, rhetorical bombs into every discussion.
He has said he is open to congressional ideas as well, so his are not written in stone.
Agree with every word you said.
Plus the fact the open border has been going way before his administration and it is going to take time to fix it. Nothing happens over night.