Free Republic would appreciate the White House taking the opportunity to listen to the overwhelming conservative grassroots opposition to this bill and stop trying to ram this down the throats of conservatives who voted for Bush twice and often were out in the streets supporting the war effort.
The bill's a sham.
Glad he’s doing this. I’m not in favor of the immigration bill - although I think Bush had some worthwhile suggestions last year, when there was a GOP Congress and they still had a chance of being passed, but he did nothing to explain or defend them at that time. If the White House had actually taken the time to talk to people - both to listen and to explain and defend its own position - I think things might have been different in the 2006 elections. I guess this is better late than never, but still, I think communication has been the big failure of this Administration.
It brings to mind an old quote, "If you can't dazzle them with brilliance, baffle them with ********."
this will be a rolling thunder thread
Dane and a handful of others will make a valiant Chapultepec last stand and be crushed under the weight of dissent
I’m thinking Cervantes and windmills here.
They can post and spin all the cr*p they want, but I don’t buy it, I don’t like it, I don’t trust them and I’m furious. I will never again dontate money or vote for any politian who supports this Zamnisty bill!!!
At least Nick had the balls to identify himself, and not hide behind a stupid screen name like Hemingway’s Ghost or something.
And BTW Mr. Bush, I want my donation to your campaign refunded.
I didn't know I was giving money to pursue treason.
I intend to reply to this, as soon as my Anger Management training kicks in.
Message to the White House.
Throw the bill out and furrgettaboutit ! I voted for George W. Bush in my first election in 2004. I was 18. I am in Ohio and I felt like my vote really mattered. Now I and others feel hurt and betrayed. I didnt think I was voting for a liberal in a elephant suit. This bill is an insult to myself and other Americans who are just trying to get by and make lemonade out of lemons.
Please listen to the will of the good people on this one folks.
I have simple advice in return.
Post less. Read more. Listen closely. Heed the base.
Unless, of course, you just used the base to get elected twice and now could care less about them since Bush will never stand for re-election again.
No? Good, let's keep it that way.
He’s over at http://redstatemobile.com/node/97852 too...
I think you’ll find the visitors & regulars to this site are of the mindset not to sit by in ignorance while the politicians try to give our nation away.
Close the borders & start upholding the current laws, try to regain some credibility and we’ll get back to you folks, right around ELECTION TIME, you can count on that!!
Regardless of how I might feel about this decision or even this post - what an amazing time we live in. I’ve been involved in FR since 98 and here we have a spokesman for the WH taking the time to speak to us. I’m having a hard time expressing the thought - but this is such a product of this technology age.... heck - it props up the pajamamuhadeen quite nicely!
Build the fence first and then try for the immigration bill. If it’s a trust issue then have congress pass a bill guaranteeing they will visit the immigration issue after all 800 miles of fence is built.
We won’t get fooled again.
They really understand how we feel. They really just don’t give a ratz a$$.
Once upon a time, I made mention of this hideous type of behaviour by a “partisan” group of one worlders.
I took a drubbing from those who declared I was a “kook”.
The John Birch society predicted this nonsense YEARS ago.
Kooks.
Ok, maybe I’m a kook. But it doesn’t mean they aren’t out to destroy our sovereignty.
New world order, and all that rot.
Illegal aliens are CRIMINALS.
1.Close the freakin border! How hard is that?
2.Prosecute employers of illegals. Ain’t hard, you make employers withhold tax, you can make check status.
3.Let local cops round the buggers up. Local cops run into these criminals all the time. Over time, we can in deed get all 20 mil or so off the street.
Its doable. You know it, I know it, they know it.
Everything else is a lie.
$15,000,000 in fines IN A YEAR.
Whoop de friggin do.
That is less than 1 day’s payroll to illegal aliens in just a single state of this country.
What an absolute freaking joke.
OH, and having the White House and Senior Federal Republicans pull the race card against their constituency voter blocs is the most disgusting display of illiberal demogoguery we’ve seen since Clinton’s and Albright’s speech after the Ramboulliet meetings.