Posted on 05/29/2007 9:02:04 PM PDT by Anti-Bubba182
GLYNCO, Ga., May 29 President Bush today accused opponents of his proposed immigration measure of fear-mongering to defeat it in Congress, and took on his own conservative political base as he did so.
If you want to scare the American people, what you say is the bills an amnesty bill, Mr. Bush said this afternoon at a training center for border enforcement agents located in this town in Georgias southeastern corner. Thats empty political rhetoric, trying to frighten our citizens.
The president used some of his toughest language yet as he began an effort to build support for the bill in the Senate. The measure hews closely to his long-sought goal of a new immigration system with three components: tighter seals on the nations borders, a guest-worker system for noncitizens who want to work here, and a path to citizenship for some 12 million illegal immigrants already in the country.
The bill, the product of a compromise struck by Republican and Democratic leaders two weeks ago, has encountered stiff resistance from the left and right. Liberal opposition taking aim at the proposal for shifting the system for awarding permanent residence status to give more weight to education and skills and less to family reunification, while conservatives have derided the plan for allowing illegal aliens to legalize their status.
It was the conservative opponents whom Mr. Bush seemed to address most forcefully in his remarks here today a rare example of the president crossing swords with key members of the political coalition that helped him attain the Oval Office and then keep it four years later: The same conservative radio hosts, writers, bloggers, and legislators who killed an attempt at compromise immigration legislation last year............."
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Wow!
& Snoopy too!
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Meanwhile, Bush is actively seeking to reduce ALL benefits to our fighting troops:
"The White House quickly backpedaled Thursday on Pentagon plans to cut the combat pay of the 157,000 U.S. troops in Iraq and Afghanistan after disclosure of the idea quickly became a political embarrassment."
He's also trying to cut health care for the military. Guess he needs more money for the illegals.
So much for our commander and chief's support of the troops he's sending into harm's way.
“If someone is still doing a day in the life of pres bush photo thread, it is likely full of photos of him making stuff up in the Rose Garden. “
The Bush worship thread still exists.
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