[af_vet_rr]

We have lost this battle to the very officials we elected. There is nothing standing in the way of this program being passed and signed into law. Freepers, we have lost our beautiful America, and the loss came from within.

We can't say we didn't see it coming - this issue has been raised time and again over the past few years, and few cared.

Sometimes it makes you wonder how easy Bush was able to make it through the primaries while he was still Governor, and why he and those around him were selected. I know quite a few FReepers that were adamantly opposed to him (including JR).

I'm not getting into tinfoil, I'm just saying that as Governor, he was incredibly friendly with Mexico, and people should have expected that he would continue as President, including leaving the borders open.

[Flavius Josephus]

Something about when he had raised more money than any candidate ever had, like 18 months before the election.

And our alternative was McCain, he of McCain-Kennedy.

We really don't get much choice about how this country is governed.

[raybbr]

I'm not getting into tinfoil, I'm just saying that as Governor, he was incredibly friendly with Mexico, and people should have expected that he would continue as President, including leaving the borders open.

Does Bush's chest swell with pride when he talks about the "new Americans"?

We are now one of the largest Spanish-speaking nations in the world. We're a major source of Latin music, journalism and culture.

Just go to Miami, or San Antonio, Los Angeles, Chicago or West New York, New Jersey ... and close your eyes and listen. You could just as easily be in Santo Domingo or Santiago, or San Miguel de Allende.

For years our nation has debated this change -- some have praised it and others have resented it. By nominating me, my party has made a choice to welcome the new America.

George Bush from a campaign speech in Miami, August 2000.