Posted on 05/17/2010 8:35:24 PM PDT by 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.
(Excerpt) Read more at irishcentral.com ...
Laura Bush has also hinted at being against the war in Iraq.
They call it RETIREMENT for a reason, Laura.
Laura lost me so I cont care what she says any more
Laura, you’ve lost your mind.
Probably have a whole staff of illegals on her groundskeeping crew in Texas.
The Bushes have always been so sanctimonious. They are so self-righteous and sit back and allow the left to attack because they are ‘better people’ right? And they like to say how they don’t want to comment on politics in regards to the new presidents or inject themselves into the debate, yet here they are again putting themselves into speaking against conservatives and conservative policies. Just where is Laura when the peons that served under her husband were getting attacked and threatened for serving and protecting their country? 0bama and the left have been nonstop, but this is her and that family’s cause. They make me sick. My screenname is outdated. I won’t be fooled again. They are part of the problem.
Just what WAS "the fix", what WAS the "mordida", the bribe or the arrangement that made W so stubborn to sell out out US sovereignty along our Souther Border in that brash, unyielding way? I myself still believe it must have been some promise to Mexican drug cartel money in the future, through many layers of intermediaries, or that they had something on either hi or his daughters that they threatened to make public to embarrass him. So he did their bidding. Unceasingly. In the face of all national polls and his own internal Republican party rank and file. Hopefully a patriot who worked in the W White House will eventually come out and tell the truth. Hopefully in my lifetime as it is a big mystery as to *Why*
The BUSH are typical confused “compassionate conservatives” always trying to show their FAKE and easy one-way “compassion”(which is quite convenient with a certain business!)
ENOUGH!!!
Dear God,
When, when, when will we ever be freed from having to listen to Bushes? Please, make them quietly retire entirely out of the public spotlight.
Thank you Lord,
FB
Hey there AiT, good to see you this morning! Hope this finds you doing well in the Land of the Rising Sun ... and you are SO right, the Bushes are to the Republican Party and conservatism in general what e.coli is to an all-you-can-eat buffet, no matter how little you might ingest, you’re going to get sick as a dog! ARGH!
Have yourself a great week!
Best,
MKJ ;)
Typical degenerate christianism of so-called “good sentiments”!
Good sentiments are absolutely NOT LOVE
Time to quote Jesse again...
STAY OUT DA BUSHES!!
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.
Why does she say "Well, not necessarily" and then go on to strongly imply that she is unhappy with the Arizona law? What does "that's just a really important part of it" mean here? Important part of what? Why does she say "we have to have immigration laws" and then imply that Arizona's attempt to enforce those laws demonstrates "Nativism"? Why do we "have to" have laws that are not enforced?
She can't even string a few simple sentences together to defend her ridiculous position.
In the immortal words of Dan Quayle, "...what a waste it is to lose one's mind or not to have a mind is being very wasteful."
Hey, Laura: Stay away from microphones and television cameras. Keep your husband away from them, too. Permanently.
It’s important to understand why previous generations of immigrants succeeded in America, how they helped the country grow, and how today’s immigration differs. The popular image of the 24 million who came during the first great migration, from the 1880s to the 1920s, is that they were Europe’s “tired” and “poor” masses, desperately escaping political or religious persecution and stagnant economies, making their way here with a few threadbare possessions. But what’s forgotten is that many were also skilled workers. A 1998 National Academy of Sciences study noted that the immigrant workers of that era generally met or exceeded the skill levels of the native-born population, providing America’s workforce with a powerful boost just when the country was metamorphosing from an agrarian into an industrial economy.
Today, when success in our economy requires ever more skills and education, the vast majority of immigrants arrive without the skills or the education to fit in easily anywhere except at the lowest economic rung. http://www.city-journal.org/html/16_4_immigration_policy.html
Being in Tokyo has not helped your mental capacity,
Bush is from Texas...In Texas you need the Hispanic vote.Bush was elected with the help of Hispanics. He,as well as all southwestern politicians know that to stay in power Republicans need to keep everyone happy. Bush’s plan for an immigration policy was much like Ronald Reagan’s. He attempted to say he would do 2 things :enforce the border and offer a limited form of amnesty. Ronald Reagan did exactly that and it did not work.
The Right fought the Immigration plan the Right won ...no new immigration plan ....no law . But they succeeded in getting Bush to push harder on Border enforcement ....This is something you and most of the yahoos on this thread will not give him credit for. He turned things around on the border
end of story ...all there is to it ....however since the Right won ...now the Left has a chance to shape immigration policy ...if they get their way the win will be the worst kind of defeat .
welcome to the real world
now go back to your dreamy caterwauling
From the article-
"Chris Wallace: I have to ask, since you brought it up, are you unhappy with the Arizona Law?
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.
“Get ready folks. This week, on May 19th and 20th, Mexican president Felipe Calderon is scheduled to visit Washington D.C.
Calderon plans to visit with President Obama and to address a joint session of Congress. (The congressional address is scheduled for 11 a.m. on Thursday, May 20th).”
http://www.vdare.com/index.asp
The electoral statistics that reveal where the Democrats made the biggest gains.
http://futurist.typepad.com/.a/6a00d83452455969e2010535e6b161970c-pi
“where the GOP took the biggest damage is in the Latino vote. A 13-point loss is huge, and resulted in states like Nevada, New Mexico, and Colorado shifting from the red column in 2004 to the blue column in 2008.”
http://www.singularity2050.com/2008/11/a-few-electoral-statistics.html
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