Clearly, this is where the brunt of the blame lies. But you must understand that having 500,000 illegal immigrants marching down the streets of Los Angeles with businesses giving the thumbs up and law enforcement / INS doing nothing is more than a little frustrating.
We have had a major influx of a foreign population in to this nation, and not only is nothing being done about it, it appears as though it is being encouraged, Again, more than a little frustrating.
And while you enjoy calling people names and such for not toeing the line, some people find that mass demonstrations by a foreign population on our soil a little scary. I was horrified, and I live several thousand miles away from Los Angeles.
Most people are demanding something needs to be done NOW because it appears that we are running out of later. Consider it knee-jerk or whatever, but I have always been of the mindset that conservatives liked slow progress, maintaining traditional values and mores, and being a patriot to ones own country.
Did you honestly expect a different reaction to a sudden mass demonstrations of foreign nationals, demanding things that by law they have no entitlement to?
And I think the real sticking point here is that guys like you only see the reaction as attacks against Bush. This isn't about Bush. Bush just happens to be sitting in the White House while this matter reaches a crisis. Bush is the target because he is the face of the government that everyone knows and recognizes. Like it or not, people here and elsewhere think he has the power to wave a magic wand and make everything better (like that ridiculous nonsense about when Bush got to New Orleans after Katrina or that moronic My Pet Goat / 911 crap the left loves to spout).
I'd like to apologize for it, but unfortunately this is simply human nature. If you are getting audited by the IRS, you typically blame / hate the auditor, not the institution. Human nature.
What I'd really like to see is both sides of this issue cut the name calling crap and wait for the dust to settle. If you need to vent here or elsewhere, do it and get it out of your system. I did a few days ago and now I can approach this issue a little more rationally.
And I have the feeling that this will be skimmed and taken the wrong way (long posts usually are) and I will be flamed. Well, have at it.
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"And I think the real sticking point here is that guys like you only see the reaction as attacks against Bush. This isn't about Bush. Bush just happens to be sitting in the White House while this matter reaches a crisis. Bush is the target because he is the face of the government that everyone knows and recognizes. Like it or not, people here and elsewhere think he has the power to wave a magic wand and make everything better (like that ridiculous nonsense about when Bush got to New Orleans after Katrina or that moronic My Pet Goat / 911 crap the left loves to spout)."
If the excuse for all this Bush bashing over this issue is because of perception, then you have done a better job explaining my points better than me. I expect rationally thinking conservatives not to justify their hatred for Bush ...
"because he is the face of the government that everyone knows and recognizes."
I leave that simple minded thinking to liberals who go through life acting on emotions instead of reality and common sense.
Thanks for making my point