Bush to GOP: Don't Become 'Anti-Immigrant'

AP ^ | Sunday, January 11, 2009

[VU4G10]

WASHINGTON – Down to single digits in his days left in office, President George W. Bush is warning the Republican Party not to become "anti-immigrant" as it regroups from defeat and retools its leadership. "It's very important for our party not to narrow its focus, not to become so inward looking that we drive people away from a philosophy that is compassionate and decent," . .

[dfwgator]

Hey George, how did kowtowing to the illegals work out for the GOP in that last election, huh?

[mad_as_he$$]

No, Paraguay.

[Let's Roll]

Mr. President,

The GOP should be anti amnesty not only because it’s the right thing to do, but also because the GOP can’t out pander the left.

[RetiredArmy]

Real Americans to Bush. SHUT UP AND GO HOME AND SHUT UP AND NEVER BE SEEN AGAIN YOU FOOL!!!

[Will88]

Bush appears to have prevented another 9/11.

People keep saying that, but how can it be said now that he's prevented anything? The terrorists put people in place and it might be years before they act. Who knows what individuals or groups have entered our open borders, or what visa overstayers are plotting some terrorist act?

If we can declare after Obama is sworn in that Bush kept us safe since 9/11, then we have to say that he was 100% responsible for 9/11, and that Clinton shared in none of the responsibility.

The actions a president did or did not take slop over into the next administrations, and Bush's deliberate refusal to enforce immigration laws might well come back to haunt us at any time in the next few years.

Whether or not Bush kept us safe is a topic best discussed a few years from now.

[cookcounty]

Mr. President:

There is a very large difference between “anti-immigrant” and “anti-illegal immigrant.” It saddens me deeply that you seem incapable of comprehending the difference.

My wife is a legal immigrant as are many of my (Republican-voting) relatives. I believe a certain level of legal immigration is good for our nation. I teach ESL on a voluntary basis through my local library.

My opposition to ILLEGAL immigration does not make me anti-immigrant. Think or shut up.

[Will88]

Hey George, how did kowtowing to the illegals work out for the GOP in that last election, huh?

I'd say that, more than anything else, Bush's deliberate refusal to enforce immigration laws, and his pushing amnesty time after time, that those factors are more responsible for the collapse of the Republican party than anything else.

BUT, Bush and some others think the opposite, that the fact that most Republicans opposed amnesty is the reason for all the election losses. And they will never admit that their divisive policies damaged the party.

They're wrong, but that's the state of the party at present.

[Cecily]

Sorry, GWB, you and all those of your ilk are on my permanent IGNORE list. Enjoy your retirement.

[pt17]

GWB should just shut up and go away. He has every chance of overtaking the peanut farmer for being one of the worst presidents in modern times, if not all times.

[af_vet_rr]

The sickeningly funny thing about a two-party system is that if both parties agree on something (amnesty in this case), we’re getting it. Period.

This is unfortunately, the truth. When Sarah Palin publicly supported amnesty during a campaign interview last year, I knew we would be getting it, no matter who takes office. Sure, Palin and McCain and Bush and the others can dress it up, but in the end, it amounts to criminals getting away with a major crime and the shredding of our national sovereignty.

I've never understood why Bush, McCain, Palin, etc., supported amnesty, either. Ostensibly it's about increasing support for the GOP, but in the long term, it will do more harm to this country than any terrorist attack ever could, because it will move the country over to a permanent Democratic Congress and White House.

[Centurion2000]

It's not anti-immigrant. It's anti-invasion / anti-illegal-immigrant.

If anyone has a problem with that stance they are no supporter of the United States and no friend of the Constitution.

[ding_dong_daddy_from_dumas]

>>Listening to Bush give advice on best ways to win elections is like listening to Madonna talk about chastity.<<

Or listening to General Burnside (Battle of Fredericksburg) on how to win a battle.

[ding_dong_daddy_from_dumas]

>>I’d say that, more than anything else, Bush’s deliberate refusal to enforce immigration laws, and his pushing amnesty time after time, that those factors are more responsible for the collapse of the Republican party than anything else.<<

Also, he “hinted” that those who opposed amnesty (or even might support amnesty if the immigration were truly under control, but were opposed to the dishonest “immigration reform” bill last year) were “anti-immigrant.” As long 80% of the Dems and many of the so-called “Republicans” are chanting the same mantra, no one who has the good of this nation at heart will be POTUS.

[Will88]

As long 80% of the Dems and many of the so-called “Republicans” are chanting the same mantra, no one who has the good of this nation at heart will be POTUS.

I think the answer there is that not many voters make immigration and the illegal invasion their vote deciding issue. Many surveys last year showed about 50% of Dems opposed amnesty, also, and 70%n of all Americans, and a high percentage of black Americans.

But people still vote the economy, old party loyalties, and just the impression of how things are going. But some day, it may come as a shock that the illegal invasion issue was the most important issue of the late 20th and early 21st centuries.

[ding_dong_daddy_from_dumas]

>> I think the answer there is that not many voters make immigration and the illegal invasion their vote deciding issue. Many surveys last year showed about 50% of Dems opposed amnesty, also, and 70%n of all Americans, and a high percentage of black Americans. But people still vote the economy, old party loyalties, and just the impression of how things are going. But some day, it may come as a shock that the illegal invasion issue was the most important issue of the late 20th and early 21st centuries.<<

That sounds right. Maybe I should say "As long 80% of the Dems and many of the so-called “Republicans” are voting as if they don't care, no one who has the good of this nation at heart will be POTUS.

[dragnet2]

Bush to GOP: Don't Become 'Anti-Immigrant'

What an idiot...In many regions in this country non English speaking foreigners, and illegal aliens out number American citizens..

Bush has made American citizenship all but pointless, while telling us not to fight it.

And this fool tells us don't become anti-immigrant? Wow...

[Arthur McGowan]

Notice that I said “appears.”

There hasn’t been another 9/11—yet. I agree with you: In the long run, Bush will be seen as a President who did nothing to identify or slow any of the trends leading to the destruction of the U.S. He inherited a country on a collision course with death, and he passes along to his “successor” a country still hurtling in the same direction.

It all started with “compassionate conservatism” and “a new tone.” In other words: go along to get along.

[rabscuttle385]

I regret and renounce my vote for Bush.

[Sloth]

Screw you, G.W.

[DoughtyOne]

I have mixed emotions about it. I didn’t vote for him the first time, and did the second. As much as I didn’t like the idea of Gore or Kerry, I’m not sure they are worse than Obama. It may have been a wise move to get the pain over with under one of them, than to see Obambi elected. Obama is so clueless, he makes Gore and Kerry look seasoned by comparison. His Islam connection, concerns me considerably.