[kabar]

If you were an illegal alien, and you just heard about President Bush speaking about changing the laws so that you were no longer a criminal, wouldn't you vote for him?

No, because he is not running for office again. The Dems have already gotten credit for whatever amnesty is achieved, It will be a Dem congress that passes it and La Raza and the labor unions have been very vocal in their support of it. It was Kennedy, Moran, and Hillary that were speaking before the big illegal demonstrations last year. The Reps supported the enforcement first bill in the House and the Dems voted 39-4 for the Senate amnesty bill last year while the Reps voted 32*23 AGAINST it.

You are wrong if you believe that pandering to the illegals will help the Reps. Politics aside, it is just plain wrong to reward people who break our laws.

[af_vet_rr]

It will be a Dem congress that passes it and La Raza and the labor unions have been very vocal in their support of it. It was Kennedy, Moran, and Hillary that were speaking before the big illegal demonstrations last year.

If you think they'll get credit for it, why do you think Bush is pushing it?

You are wrong if you believe that pandering to the illegals will help the Reps. Politics aside, it is just plain wrong to reward people who break our laws.

What I meant was, the illegals newly-created legal residents will vote for Republicans if they think that a Republican President is what turned them from criminals to law-abiding guests (he doesn't want to deport the illegals, so I'm thinking they have to have some kind of legal status, up to and including voting).

Don't get me wrong, Bush's comments this week about turning criminals into non-criminals makes me sick to my stomach.

Either Bush is bought and paid for by big businesses who benefit from the illegals, or he really is convinced that Mexico and US need to have no borders, or he thinks that this will help the GOP. Could be all three, could be just one.

The GOP leadership has been very vocal about the illegal immigrant issue, and about not deporting them and not securing the borders.

This could very well be what Bush sees as his legacy and as his reshaping of the GOP.