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.

[personalaccts]

I wonder if she is starting out why her husband became a “failure” and the GOP lost congress

[AmericanInTokyo]

I do appreciate your comments and may not see eye to eye on some of the points, and, despite the fact that you are full of shit, the discussion is helped by having a variety of viewpoints on “W” and more specifically, the aftermath of his administration vis a vis Conservatism in general. Thanks again.

[fivecatsandadog]

“But this is predicated upon the person’s becoming in every facet an American, and nothing but an American...There can be no divided allegiance here.”

This, from the days when men were really men and women were absolutely women, and before the politically correct bullshit (aka “tolerance”), biased and bought main-stream media, and liberal-brained morons dictated what this country is all about.

[saganite]

This pains me to say because Laura is a nice person but: Laura Bush is an idiot.

[Man50D]

She's definitely not the Laura Bush I thought she was... she's apparently morphed into Hillary.

The Bushs have always been part of the same Bildeberger group as the Clintons.

[xp38]

I have no idea but you can bet the press will cover it. Funny we will hear more commentary from her than her husband now.

[FreedomPoster]

Well put.

I was wondering who the heck decided two Laura Bush threads needed to be elevated to Breaking News. It’s just not that important.

[hcmama]

Agree with all you said. I have sadly arrived at the same conclusion. It is no virtue to sacrifice those who have served you to some misguided patrician sensibility that defending yourself is somehow "unseemly."

As for Laura Bush, the kindest thing I can say about her is that she appears to be about an inch deep in her political views.

[Canedawg]

Laura seems to have a lot in common with McCain’s twerped-up daughter.

[PA-RIVER]

My Irish Grandparents came through the front door at Ellis Island.

Please, Laura, don't paint the Irish immigration with the illegal brush. They came here with respect for the law. My Grandparents loved this country because it was ruled by law, not men, like it is today.

[Cringing Negativism Network]

So we are finding out now, where Bush’s ill-advised “vigilantes” smear against those who oppose illegal immigration, came from?

Congratulations Mrs. Bush.

You were the reason your husband’s presidency collapsed then?

[mason-dixon]

NO I do NOT miss you W nor your WIFE

Mason Dixon

[marajade]

Did you even bother to read what she said?

Mrs. Bush said she wasn’t unhappy with the law.

[bvw]

Did Mz. Buxh’s Irish ancestors murder good men on their own land?

[FR_addict]

“I tend to believe that a wife is the biggest chief advisor and counsel most men have.”

Exactly. The second term is when he really started listening to her.

[sodpoodle]

Now we understand who was crushing the conservative consciences of the BUSH men.........it was Barbara and Laura!!!!

In front of every fighter pilot there is a head wind!!!!!!

[Virginia Ridgerunner]

She always was dopey---remember that she called those Conservatives who opposed Harriet Myers sexist?

I've never forgiven her for that.

[JudyinCanada]

I think Laura Bush was pretty limited in what she could say while W was president.

I get the feeling that she’d like to be accepted by the media, after having them pile on her husband for 8 years. I think she tired of being the bad guy.

[manc]

she’s really pissing me off .

first she’s for homosexuals and their sick agenda
then killing babies
now against immigration law

what’s the betting she was pushing for old George amnesty

[raybbr]

I think it was philisophical with Bush. He truly believes that hispanics, on the whole, are in some ways better than white Americans. He wanted to make a "new America" - one where spanish was heard on every street.

We are now one of the largest Spanish-speaking nations in the world. We're a major source of Latin music, journalism and culture.

Just go to Miami, or San Antonio, Los Angeles, Chicago or West New York, New Jersey ... and close your eyes and listen. You could just as easily be in Santo Domingo or Santiago, or San Miguel de Allende.

For years our nation has debated this change -- some have praised it and others have resented it. By nominating me, my party has made a choice to welcome the new America.

Our future cannot be separated from the future of Latin America.

As I speak, we are celebrating the success of democracy in Mexico.

George Bush from a campaign speech in Miami, August 2000.

You can read the speech here.

Here is an excerpt of a good critique of that speech:

In equating our intimate historic bonds to our mother country and to Canada with our ties to Mexico, W. shows a staggering ignorance of the civilizational facts of life. The reason we are so close to Britain and Canada is that we share with them a common historical culture, language, literature, and legal system, as well as similar standards of behavior, expectations of public officials, and so on. My Bush Epiphany By Lawrence Auster