Bush Pushes Congress to OK Immigrants

AP on Yahoo ^ | 3/30/06 | Nedra Pickler - ap

[clawrence3]

"Better" for B4Ranch who stated he / she gets angry seeing: "do jobs that Americans won't do" - I added the words: "for that wage" (which is what we are really talking about here).

[RadioAstronomer]

Does McCain really think he can be president. What a joke. I would NEVER vote for him.

Even if he was running against Hillary?

[wardaddy]

Bush could hardly be a greater disappointment on immigration.

In the end, he will go as his daddy. Viewed with ambivalence.

Thank God he made some good SCOTUS moves and some other morsels for his base.

[Revolting cat!]

"do jobs that Americans won't do for that wage."

$10/ hr? (That's what the Mexican day laborers get around here, tax free.) They'll do it (the Americans) if they stop getting handouts of free money, free housing subsidized utilities, and foo stams from the gummint, paid by you and me.

[clawrence3]

Represent the Old Testament revolt?

[clawrence3]

Fine: "do jobs that Americans won't do for that wage and benefits." Is THAT better?!

[Free ThinkerNY]

It seems Bush never learned the lessons of Neville Chamberlain and his trusting handshake with Hitler. The Mexican invasion-aggression will not be appeased. Mexican Illegal aliens will never be loyal to Los Estados Unidos. Their hearts belong to their motherland (Fatherland?)

[pnz1]

How many of these demonstrators really want citizenship and how many just want to stay here without being a citizen? And how are they ever going to check who's who anyway when some of them have fake documents (SS cards, Green cards, etc.?)

[Jorge]

I pretty much agree with Bush on this.

NO PRESIDENT is going to order mass deportations.

Might as well get them registered one way or the other.

But I also think we should build a wall to stop anymore, for security reasons.

[AD from SpringBay]

Good by Republican majority - it was nice knowing you. May not happen again for quite some time.

This is the end. Beautiful friend, the end.

[beyond the sea]

Did he play the audio of a press conference?

No, unfortunately he did not. He just spoke the words himself.

Really, I trust that Savage got that right, but like you, I would very much like to hear the actual audio myself (and see Catherine Zeta Jones at my door).

;-)

[Dont_Tread_On_Me_888]

Excellent post.

Substitute "national identity" with national loyalty. An entire generation of people with no loyalty to the nation and with no identity to the nation they live in can NOT defend the nation.

Bush is no patriot, nor is he a conservative.

We miss you, Ronald Reagan.

PS: When boat loads of convicts from Haiti start showing up at our shores--what then? Will Bush roll out the red carpet for them also? Set a precedent and now the entire world's poor will come to America.

[NJ_gent]

"going to do jobs that Americans won't do"

Holy S this infuriates me! Every time I hear that sh*t I get so angry that I want to smash something into a wall.

WAKE UP, folks; this is our so-called leader calling us a bunch of good-for-nothing lazy bums in a foreign country to a foreign audience! Every time he spews this dismissive, contemptuous crap about Americans, I see him more and more as an elitist who doesn't give a damn about this country or its citizens. Someone needs to tell the President that the American people don't EVER want to hear those words come out of his mouth again!

Mr President, perhaps if your masters in the cheap labor lobbies weren't so hell-bent on continuing their modern-day slavery, they could find Americans more than willing to put in the time and effort to get the jobs done effectively.

[hispanarepublicana]

You know you're a Texan when the first thing you think when you see this headline is "Oklahoma Immigrants". I thought, "Oh, no! Are THEY trying to cross the Red River illegally now?"

[ARCADIA]

Even if he was running against Hillary?

He would still lose. Hillary's lefties would vote and the conservatives would go fishing.

[B4Ranch]

Yes, that is better but the President doesn't mention the wage factor. The next time you sit down with him, mention the corrective measure, would you?

[org.whodat]

McCain is on H&C now. at least Hannity is asking some real questions.

Why is it that every time I see that man(mcCrain) I just about barf???

[clawrence3]

No problem - I think he gets back Saturday.

[beyond the sea]

That's our nation, in a heap of trouble.

Yes........ time for you to go fishing and for me to go play golf.

;-)

[Owen]

Calm down.

People cannot seem to wrap their mind around a fact.

The phrase "Illegals do the job that other Americans won't" is not false for the reason they think.

The correct phrase is "There are too few working age Americans to do the work Illegals are doing".

Something has to be done in general, but you must not find yourself spiraling into mathematical denial. The most important force in America is Demographics. The ageing of the population is what it is. There Are Not Enough Working Age Americans To Do All The Work That Needs Doing.

But . . . something needs to be done. Do a better job of border control. Bush has increased the numbers in the Border Patrol. If the border is secure, that stops the influx. Lots of good things come from that. Those already in the US can't go home to visit if their parents die and there is a funeral. Things like that are powerful.

Those who have been in the US for 25 yrs and have 3 kids aged 14, 17 and 22 who are all US citizens with the oldest a West Point grad . . . you can't toss that guy. He's made a solid contribution.

Let's worry about those in the country later. Secure the border. Bush has improved over his predecessors in that. He can improve further.