Posted on 05/24/2006 10:23:25 PM PDT by NormsRevenge
ATLANTA - Former president Carter, a Democrat and frequent critic of President Bush, sees eye-to-eye with him on immigration.
Carter on Wednesday called the Republican president's commitment to immigration reform "quite admirable," saying he agrees with Bush's support of a system that would eventually grant citizenship to some illegals.
The Senate is set to vote as early as Thursday on a bill that calls for tougher border security as well as an eventual chance at citizenship for millions of men and women in the country illegally.
The law should secure the nation's borders while "at the same time treating those who are here with respect and giving them some hope for the future," Carter said.
The Senate plan, which closely mirrors Bush's own proposal, faces an uncertain fate in the House, where representatives have passed legislation that would expose all illegal immigrants to felony charges.
Carter spoke at the close of a three-day forum of international human rights workers at The Carter Center in Atlanta. Human rights activists from 22 countries attended the forum.
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"How can we complete the glorious revoltion of the proletariat without guns?"
They can chuck day old burritoes.
Thirty years removed, and Carter is still as irrelevant and clueless as he was when he was in the White House.
Former president Carter, a Democrat and frequent critic of President Bush, sees eye-to-eye with him on immigration.
More reason Bush is wrong on this issue.
What is pathetic is howyou refuse to accept something and just call it a lie because you personally don't like it.
I know you want learn how to hold your own in the rought-and-tumble of political debate, but I think you better call your reinforcements to this thread.
Having Carter weigh in your side is definitely more than a Tier 1 development. You need to escalate this.
"No, you are different in that you are more than willing to to be the useful idiots in their transparent effort to use your hate to achieve their goals."
I love it when a total RINO with no principled conservative moral compass, preaches alleged idiocy on the part of true conservatives, something it appears you never have been. But then being from Texas, I'm sure you back Bush come h*ll or high water. Bush uber alles, conservatism be damned. Too bad you probably won't live long enough to see the total destruction Bush's amnesty program will reek on our country. And you'd get it worst, living in Texas. Of course, you will take us conservatives who will try to stop you and your ilk down with you, if you succeed. Which makes it all the more important that your point of view doesn't succeed. Time to send another fax and/or e-mail to the House, to offset the likes of people with your similar appeasement oriented and morally relativistic philosophy. You and Jimmy Carter.
That's precisely what this story's intentions are to do. Get the worst liberal that you can find, from the political graveyard, write a story about him or her agreeing with a Republican president, and send the Republican base over the edge.
So you don't think it's possible that Jimmy Carter, a liberal democrat, would support the liberal policy of giving illegals a path to citizenship?
Are you Baghdad Bob?
I doubt the base will ever even know about Carters comments.
The Dixie Hens are from Texas, and they don't back this president.
You GO flag! You be smokin'! :^)
Even if they do know about his comments, I'm sure a sizeable number of them will largely ignore him.
Bump to the top.
The smell of day-old burritos might well qualify as a WMD!!
In case you haven't noticed, conservatives split with Bush immediately on his amnesty proposal. The MSM has been playing catch up. They aren't driving us anywhere.
This is what's known as a fundamental difference in principle. When that occurs you have two choices. Compromise (sell out) those principles, or split with the one you disagree with. Turns out a large segment of the "base" refuses to sell out just to prop up a temporary President that is out of office in '09.
Also, Democrats genuinely support amnesty. Shocker, I know....[sarcasm]
What would be a real shocker is if Carter and Kennedy did an about face on their strong backing for amnesty just because Bush proposed it. Give credit where it's due. For all the talk of Democrats refusing to stand for what they believe, Carter & kennedy are as big believers in this amnesty as Bush is.
I should have read further. You said it well.
"send the Republican base over the edge."
It's Bush that is causing the conservative uproar, not whacked out ultra liberals.
I doubt if Carter knew what he was saying today or will remember his own comments tomorrow.
Congress has had President Bush's proposal in their hands for a week and a half and have turned it sideways, upside down, inside out and mucked it up. It's no longer President Bush's proposal. It's Congress's proposal.
No matter...it's always President Bush's fault.
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