Laura Bush opposes Arizona law, citing her Irish ancestors

Fox Via Irish Central ^ | 2010-05-17 | Patrick Cooper

[rabscuttle385]

Former First Lady Laura Bush has come out against the Arizona immigration law, pointing to the discrimination that her own Irish ancestors, named Welch, faced in their time.

In an interview with Fox News, Bush said the new law merely showed an upsurge in prejudice similar to what her Irish ancestors faced.

[Vendome]

ROTGLMAO!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[AlanD]

GWB wasn’t a conservative, he was a “compassionate conservative”, meaning he can do anything he pleases. And if you disagree with him, then you aren’t being “compassionate”.

A la, amnesty for illegals.

[HerrBlucher]

LOL! Only us old geezers are going to get that one.

[AlanD]

“The Bush women strike another blow against American conservatives & patriots.”

The Bush women? How about the Bush men?

[STARWISE]

Yep ... he’s a cunning, purebred Alinsky acolyte,
and tragically some folks are just blind .. can’t
see the forest for the trees and are behaving just
like the evildoers want, stirring up hatred.

-0 and crew are just aching for conflict, riots
even, and it will be a horrendous day if, God
forbid, that happens, giving them their perfect
excuse for a state of emergency = just what they’d
love.

[mojitojoe]

I was done with her already for being pro abortion, pro gay marriage, and thinking Kagan is a good choice, this is just the icing on the cake. She is a died in the wool progressive. If there is one thing I hate it’s being tricked. Her pictures are gone from my profile page, she no longer exists to me.

[mojitojoe]

I’m tired of the BS, tired of pussy-footin’ around
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ME TOO! I stopped being PC about 2 years ago.

[Razz Barry]



LB: Well, not necessarily, I mean I think we have to have immigration laws and that's just a really important part of it. It's just that the debate about immigration laws, about Arizona's law in targeting someone, a group of people, and this is not new in American history. There have been many groups of immigrants who have been targeted over all of our history, the Irish for instance, when a lot of Irish immigrants, including my family, came to the United States [and] other times, and it's just a trace of Nativism that shows up in American history in a lot of different ways.

Dear Mrs. Bush; Leave your armed guards home one day and walk some of the streets regular Americans walk. You'll find there are reasons for the law that was passed. I realize your family can us the cheap Mexican labor on your ranch, and you loved your Hispanic housekeeper so much you took her to DC, but that's not reason enough for me to give up my birthright.

[mojitojoe]

But I now think Laura may have been the worst of them all. She is a part of the reason his presidency failed.
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I agree and I’m starting to think he’s a big wimp. Laura and Clinton are out there running their mouths and where is he? Hiding? Scr&w them all.

[rcrngroup]

So how is it all of a sudden Laura comes out with liberal salvo after salvo?

It's the liberal mental disorder syndrome Liberalism is a genetic, mental disorder, and Laura Bush has a deep rooted irrational desire to be liked & admired by the liberal MSM & socialist demoRATs even though they despise her & her husband. This is the same as her RINO husband GW Bush, who never attacked the liberals or socialists attacking him, but only attacked conservatives & patriots who criticized his amnesty policies, failure to secure the border or his big gubmint spending policies.

[eyedigress]

Laura Bush needs to tell the populace why illegal activity is needed to sustain the current government.

[The Cajun]

If there is one thing I hate it’s being tricked.

You ain't the only one!
I now wonder about the timing of all the crap she is stirring up.
Anyway you look at it, it's not a good thing for conservatism.

[Godwin1]

We are SO well rid of these people. Any real American who supports JEB is a fool.

[yarddog]

One of my ancestors was Irish, the rest were Scots.

I suspect they had to work hard to make a life in the new world but I guarantee they didn’t come to this country and immediately demand everyone support them with free everything. They also came here legally.

They were proud of their heritage but even more proud of being Americans.

[truth_seeker]

There have been a great number of laws concerning immigration into the US and the naturalization process.

http://www.uscis.gov/portal/site/uscis/menuitem.eb1d4c2a3e5b9ac89243c6a7543f6d1a/?vgnextoid=dc60e1df53b2f010VgnVCM1000000ecd190aRCRD&vgnextchannel=dc60e1df53b2f010VgnVCM1000000ecd190aRCRD

[rcrngroup]

You’re absolutely right....the Bush men too. I was only staying with the thread as it pertained to Laura Bush.

[Mach9]

Precisely. She’s her mother-in-law all over again.

[rmlew]

I never learned about the Batallón de San Patricio until I read Jeff Shaara's "Gone for Soldiers".

Americans are deluded by the myth of the easy assimilation of immigrants. In reality it took 100 years to assimilate the Irish. Evidently some have assimilated into minority grievance just like most of my coreligionists.

[oprahstheantichrist]

"Name me one presidents wife that was not a liberal."

NO WAY Pat Nixon was a lefty!

[Kickass Conservative]

The Liberal Obama loving Media cares what Laura thinks, NOW...