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Bush's Attack on Amnesty Opponents
Townhall ^ | 5/31/07 | Chuck Muth

Posted on 06/01/2007 4:34:31 AM PDT by Marathoner

When it comes to dealing with the illegal immigration issue, President Bush and his administration are their own worst enemies. On other issues, the president is sugar and spice when it comes to Democrat opponents. But when it comes to rule-of-law conservative opposition to his “amnesty” proposal, the preferred method of operation is akin to thwacking the hornet’s nest with a stick.

You may recall that when the Minutemen first brought this issue to major public attention a few years ago with their volunteer border patrols, President Bush called them “vigilantes.” And it’s been pretty much all downhill from there, leading to his big May 29 speech on the current immigration reform proposal at the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center (FLETC) in Georgia.

The president began his remarks by introducing two Hispanic members of his administration, Secretary of Commerce Carlos Gutierrez and former Cabinet member Mel Martinez, now a U.S. Senator from Florida. Both were born in Cuba. “I want to mention those two men because, to me, they represent what the immigration debate is all about,” the president said.

So right out of the chute the president misrepresents the issue. I don’t believe Gutierrez and Martinez are illegal immigrants. They and/or their families immigrated here legally. And it appears both came here to escape the oppression of the Castro regime, not to simply get a higher-paying job. So Gutierrez and Martinez are NOT what this immigration debate is about. The issue is over those who break the law to get here.

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TOPICS: Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: amnesty; bush; deathofthegop; illegalimmigration; immigrationbacklash; noamnestyforillegals; thebestdefense
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To: Marathoner

nativist, xenophobic/xenophobes [Press Secretary Tony Snow, et al]

bigots [Senator Lindsey Graham]

vigilantes [President George W Bush]


This is what the Washington globalist elites call those in fly-over country who want to preserve the sovereignty of the nation.


21 posted on 06/01/2007 5:24:01 AM PDT by TomGuy
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To: TomGuy
Some of the former freepers used the term purists!!
22 posted on 06/01/2007 5:25:20 AM PDT by Just mythoughts
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To: AIM-54
Poor Tony Snow.

He must really be second guessing why he took the job.


Why? He was pro-illegals, pro-open borders when he had his radio program. He in on the same page as the Administration. He doesn't even have to fudge a bit to spiel the Administration spin.
23 posted on 06/01/2007 5:28:36 AM PDT by TomGuy
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To: Marathoner
Thanks for posting the article.

The author provides an excellent line by line rebuttal to the President’s speech.

It is amazing to me that President Bush never has unkind words for Democrats who have undermined his Presidency and the war in Iraq for seven years, but likes to talk tough to conservatives.

Between immigration, the Law of the Sea Treaty, and carbon taxes, Bush is making a major swing to the left. Maybe we don’t want him nominating anyone else to the Supreme Court. If the Democrats want to impeach (convict) him, I’d recommend that Republican Congressman (Senators) vote “Present.”

24 posted on 06/01/2007 5:29:33 AM PDT by ChessExpert (Reagan defeated the Russian communist empire despite the Democratic party)
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To: newfreep

“Does anyone know Tony’s position on illegals before he joined the White House?

I was disappointed to hear Michael Medved support this bill 100% - he just doesn’t get it. (sigh)”

+1
Michael’s logic/rational thinking has a black hole when it comes to illegals invading the U.S.

I have to fast forward the program stream when he ignores the fact that we need to enforce our laws.


25 posted on 06/01/2007 5:36:43 AM PDT by mountaineer1997
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To: Marathoner

George Bush is doing to the Republican Party,
what Jimmy Carter did to the Democrat Party.

NO AMNESTY.


26 posted on 06/01/2007 5:41:15 AM PDT by Cringing Negativism Network (D is for Defeatism. R is for Reconquista.)
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To: mountaineer1997

Medved is quite bizarre on this issue. I really cannot listen to his whiny condescension on this issue.

To trust the gov’t the way he does in this is incredibly naive and foolish.


27 posted on 06/01/2007 5:42:03 AM PDT by AIM-54
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To: Marathoner
check this article out as well, posted at Drudge, "Bush in U-turn on global warming"
28 posted on 06/01/2007 5:42:39 AM PDT by Mark Felton ("Wisdom is supreme; therefore get wisdom...though it cost all you have get understanding" - Prov. 4)
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To: TomGuy

Well, perhaps I’m giving Tony Snow too much credit.

He always truck me as far too common-sense to embrace the open borders insanity.


29 posted on 06/01/2007 5:45:17 AM PDT by AIM-54
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To: blam

He should be impeached,if anyone had balls. He has become the dems best friends, and no friend to the USA.


30 posted on 06/01/2007 5:50:45 AM PDT by libbylu
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To: Guenevere

You’re not talking about immigration, are you? This isn’t even the first go round on this issue, and I think he’s been pretty clear about it from the start. Anyway, loyalty to a politician is foolish.


31 posted on 06/01/2007 5:50:52 AM PDT by Huck (Soylent Green is People.)
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To: Marathoner
George Bush's illegal immigration perception:

Our illegal immigration reality:


32 posted on 06/01/2007 5:53:02 AM PDT by PBRSTREETGANG
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To: Neville72

I don’t see what’s so “complex” about the situation.

Close the border to all unauthorized crossing.
Enforce employment verification laws.
Allow law enforcement to check the legal status of anyone they have contact with, and deport the illegals immediately.


33 posted on 06/01/2007 5:53:09 AM PDT by MrB (You can't reason people out of a position that they didn't use reason to get into in the first place)
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To: Marathoner
The issue is not and has never been about bigotry towards Hispanics. The President ignores the real issue - is whether we should reward law-breaking. If the illegals were white Canadians, my position would be the same. Its wrong, its stupid and its impractical - all the reasons we teach our children why they shouldn't break the law. Our government wants to impart to them the opposite lesson. Its one that doesn't sit well with the American people.

Show me just what Mohammed brought that was new, and there you will find things only evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached." -Manuel II Paleologus

34 posted on 06/01/2007 5:58:50 AM PDT by goldstategop (In Memory Of A Dearly Beloved Friend Who Lives In My Heart Forever)
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To: BurtSB

Fool and traitor to do what? This man has kept your rear end safe since 911 and you call him a fool. Everytime he tries to do anything he is run down by both sides. Talk about having no friends. What do you want done with those people that are here? I personally want them deported, but how do you do that without wasting a lot of resources? Who judges who comes here and who decides who comes here and when? Where did your family come from and how did they get here? Don’t give the legal stuff because I heard that one before. Do you want these people shot at the border while they cross ? What happens with the lawsuits when they start ? They are going on now. But as far as Bush being a fool he has more education then anyone in hollyweird and congress put together. As far as being a traitor , I hope he continues to keep us safe from attack. Don’t think they have not tried and were busted. WHAT DO YOU WANT DONE? ARE YOU WILLING TO BE SHOT AND SUED TO DO IT?


35 posted on 06/01/2007 6:01:22 AM PDT by betsyross1776 (i)
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To: betsyross1776
Bush had Ted Kennedy and La Raza write a amnesty bill that give 30 million people instant citizenship within 24 hours after the WH signing and La Raza has veto power over any changes ! Read the Wash Times article in the Thursday edition.
Bush then tells his buddy Reid to NOT TO HOLD SENATE HEARINGS and ram the bill thru one week ?
The senate and the house are required to hold hearings and get an financial impact of any bill from the GAO .
The Bush administration did a secret back room deal with a radical left wing separatist group called La RAZA ( The Race) . How stupid is that ?or is it EVIL and Underhanded?
Do you know how much this will cost? Try 12 TRILLION !
Whose wallet is that money coming out of ?
36 posted on 06/01/2007 6:14:35 AM PDT by BurtSB (the price of freedom is eternal vigilance)
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To: betsyross1776
“But as far as Bush being a fool he has more education then anyone in hollyweird and congress put together. As far as being a traitor , I hope he continues to keep us safe from attack.”

The man only has an MBA.

“Don’t think they have not tried and were busted.”

The only ones “busted” were the BP agents attempting to do their jobs. This President never had any intention of defending our borders. I believe it was Tancredo who said Bush doesn’t see the United States as an actual place, he only talks about this idea of “America”. Notice he hardly ever says “United States?”

37 posted on 06/01/2007 6:23:16 AM PDT by FredHunter08 (Boycott Illegal-Alien-Pandering Lowes!)
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To: Marathoner
Great article.
Hasta la vista, baby.
Well said!
38 posted on 06/01/2007 6:23:46 AM PDT by philman_36
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To: Marathoner

There is no way Bush will back down on Amnesty... Please read below

Council on Foreign Relations:

In 2005, CFR task force co-chairman Pastor testified in Congress in front of the Foreign Relations Committee: "The best way to secure the United States today is not at our two borders with Mexico and Canada, but at the borders of North America as a whole."[43]

The CFR task force he headed called for one border around North America, freer travel within it, and cooperation among Canadian, Mexican and American military forces and law enforcement for greater security. It called for full mobility of labor among the three countries within five years, similar to the European Union.[5] He also appeared at a CFR forum called "The Future of North American Integration in the Wake of the Terrorist Attacks" on October 17, 2001, discussing the prospect of North American integration in the wake of the September 11 attacks.[44]

Conservative commentator Phyllis Schlafly wrote of the 2005 report, "This CFR document, called 'Building a North American Community,' asserts that George W. Bush, Mexican President Vicente Fox, and Canadian Prime Minister Paul Martin 'committed their governments' to this goal when they met at Bush's ranch and at Waco, Texas on March 23, 2005.

The three adopted the Security and Prosperity Partnership of North America and assigned 'working groups' to fill in the details."[45] The document advocated allowing companies to recruit workers from anywhere within North America and called for large loans and aid to Mexico from the US. It called for a court system for North American dispute resolution and said that illegal aliens should be allowed into the United States Social Security system through the Social Security Totalization Agreement. The report called for a fund to be created by the US to allow 60,000 Mexican students to attend US colleges. The report says the plan can be carried out within five years. Other members of the task force included former Massachusetts governor William Weld and immigration chief for President Clinton, Doris Meissner.

Pastor wrote in a piece for Foreign Affairs: "The U.S., Mexican, and Canadian governments remain zealous defenders of an outdated conception of sovereignty even though their citizens are ready for a new approach. Each nation's leadership has stressed differences rather than common interests. North America needs leaders who can articulate and pursue a broader vision...

Countries are benefited when they changed these [national sovereignty] policies, and evidence suggests that North Americans are ready for a new relationship that renders this old definition of sovereignty obsolete."[46] Pastor appeared at a CFR-sponsored symposium at Arizona State University on issues that would face the next president.[47]

 

Link: wikipedia

39 posted on 06/01/2007 6:28:02 AM PDT by Afronaut (Press 2 for English - Thanks Mr. President !)
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To: newfreep

I’ve never listened to Medved for an extended period of time because I’ve never heard him say anything I agree with. And his movie reviews are some of the worst I’ve ever read.


40 posted on 06/01/2007 6:28:55 AM PDT by Psycho_Bunny
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