[KittyKares]

I just read the following on http://www.newsmax.com/archives/articles/2005/5/19/150208.shtml:

This will not win Tancredo any friends at the White House. It is recalled that when he last visited Karl Rove, the Bush ayatollah, and spoke of the illegal invasion, Rove told Tancredo to leave the office and not to "darken the doorstep again." Rove, who speaks for the president, told the Republican hierarchy not to support Tancredo financially and actually suggested they find another Republican to run against him.

I am astonished. This does not bode well for the future.

[Serenissima Venezia]

I have to say that I am naively shocked at Bush's and Rove's response to illegal immigration. During the election, I put Bush's position down to his trying to get votes, all the while assuming he didn't mean it. Boy, was I wrong! Then, I thought he was just misguided. Now it appears it is a planned, carefully thought out position - and I find this even more scary. And despicable.