"he was right then, and he is right now. And he will crush his critics in history."
He was right.
But now he's wrong to allow our Mexican border to be invaded. His administration is as though it changed Presidents mid-tenure. He was wrong to invite Ozzie Osborn into the White House and he was wrong to smooch the Saudi Prince and hold hands with him. Saudi Arabia is a persecutor of Christians.
I will be the first to admit that GWB has had several major blunders. Signing CFR was one gross blunder, especially since he KNEW it was at a minimum of questionable constitutionality.
GWB could still come off as the wiser guy in the this immigration reform fiasco, if he simply adjusted his argument. He should say:
"yes, we need a guest worker program, and we will work to create one that is fair, transparent, and does not give lawbreakers an upper hand in applying for citizenship. But it will take several years to build up the infrastructure of such a program. And in the meantime, we are going to secure the borders so that illegal entry becomes next to impossible, and we will increase our resources dramatically to speed up apprehensions and deportations."
It really is barely a departure from what he is calling for now, but puts the emphasis where it belongs - security and deportations.