Well, then...
I'm against it!
Posted on 05/21/2006 9:22:41 PM PDT by ncountylee
May 21 - Former President Bill Clinton on Sunday said President Bush is doing a good job on immigration reform, praising his call for better border security and moderation in dealing with illegal immigrants.
"I basically think President Bush has done a good job with this," Clinton told a convention of shopping center developers. "I'm different with him on nearly everything, but I think he's done a good job with this."
Clinton said employers were not blameless for hiring undocumented workers, who he described as "chasing their dreams the same way you chase your dreams."
He also said any reform that included a path to citizenship should not to punish those who migrate legally.
"You don't want a system that can be flouted so much that you actually punish law-abiding would-be immigrants who file for immigration in a legal fashion and patiently wait," he said.
Clinton appeared to support Bush's call last week for up to 6,000 National Guard troops to secure the U.S. border with Mexico.
"We need to at least have some idea of who's crossing the border and whether they're at all suspicious and whether they should be looked into," Clinton said.
Clinton spoke to some 6,000 delegates at the International Council of Shopping Centers in an opening address that touched on the economy, health care and globalization.
He urged them to build shopping centers that cut down on greenhouse gases, which he said would spawn job growth in the industry related to energy-efficient technology.
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Well, I hope we keep it civil......
That's my hope.
Clinton's got Barbra Streisand up in his penthouse apartment right now.
...."You don't want a system that can be flouted so much that you actually punish law-abiding would-be immigrants who file for immigration in a legal fashion and patiently wait," he said.....
Uh thats exactly what is proposed...
That being said, this amnesty plan is a disaster for the country. I will work very hard to see that this monstrosity from the Senate dies a slow, painful death in the House.
Seal the borders. Deport lawbreakers. Fine and jail felonious employers. Jail those who smuggle human beings.
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Well, then...
I'm against it!
Yes, please keep it civil. Has anyone noticed all the news articles about Clinton speaking at some graduation ceremony or some organization and the reporting on it is basically a Clinton commercial. His comments always are basically full of lies and the MSM just reports its verbatim as if everything he said is true. I guess by now I shouldn't be surprised but it still makes me so mad.
I wonder what the die-hard 'President Bush is always right and anyone who says otherwise is EVIL' crowd will say regarding this...
Just out of curiosity, what do you consider that "he's done" outside the War on Terror, which was prompted by 9/11, not some independent brainchild, tax cuts, and Roberts and Alito (who would have been Miers had Bush gotten his way)?
More support for the 2006 Massive-Increase-in-Democratic-Voters Act.
Well, yeah, I agree that it would have been easier for the GOP if the Clenis had not come out in favor right now.
Hillary has no choice now. I believe she has voted against everything up to now. She wanted complete amnesty and absolutely nothing less.
It was DOA.
Clinton imported his cigars from down under. Global vision, you know.
bump for publicity
Well if that ain't a warning that Dubya is on the wrong path, I don't know what is.
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