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Jeb Bush to GOP: Time to change the tone on immigration
L.A Times ^ | 8/26/12 | Mark Z Barabak

Posted on 08/26/2012 10:34:12 AM PDT by exbrit

"My personal view is that we need to get beyond where we are," said the former Florida governor, adding a moment later, "You can't ask people to join your cause and then send a signal that you're really not wanted. It just doesn't work."

Bush has previously stated his concerns about the party's hard-line immigration stance and seemed careful on Sunday's "Meet The Press" to balance his views with a hearty endorsement of nominee-to-be Mitt Romney.

(Excerpt) Read more at latimes.com ...


TOPICS: Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: 2012issues; 2012swingstates; aliens; borderslanguage; culture; hispanicvote; illegals; stayoutdabushes
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To: DoughtyOne

I have come to the conclusion that the entire Bush Family should be hung till dead for treason to this country and its Constitution! Amnesty was the final straw for me.


61 posted on 08/26/2012 1:19:23 PM PDT by iopscusa (El Vaquero. (SC Lowcountry Cowboy))
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To: exbrit
You want to change the tone, Jeb? How about if groups like La Raza show us the way? How about an end to the ongoing rhetoric about how whites are going to be a minority in the US in a few generations? How about an end to harmful messages about taking the American Southwest and turning it into a Mexican state? How about all groups embracing the US as their homeland - native or adopted - and wanting to assimilate and learn the language of the land? How about an end to voting as a block - and deciding instead to vote based on independent thought that isn't entrenched in race identification? How about asking Mexico to take care of its own citizens - such that they don't have to seek employment and medical care from another sovereign nation?

Actually, Jeb, you are right. The tone should be changed - and it should become ever more intolerant of racism coming from minorities and directed at American society as a whole. The tone should also be changed to expect that all those who come to the US come here because they love this country and want to melt into American society.

Jeb, when looking at the totality of the land mass represented by the Americas, the US land mass is less than Canada's, and less than half of the land mass represented by the countries to our south. On our land mass we have a mix of peoples with heritage from around the world. Most of the other countries that make of ‘the Americas’ do not have that kind of diversity. Yet, many actually profess to hate the US, while at the same time feeling entitled to partake of our resources. So from which side should the tone change?

Time for you to wake up.

62 posted on 08/26/2012 1:23:00 PM PDT by pieceofthepuzzle
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To: exbrit

Way past time the Bushes...Clintons ...and Kennedys stand down.


63 posted on 08/26/2012 1:23:13 PM PDT by mo (If you understand, no explanation is needed. If you don't understand, no explanation is possible.)
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To: exbrit

I will never forgive Jeb Bush for standing around with his hands in his pockets while a woman was murdered in broad daylight. Jeb Bush literally stood aside and allowed Terri Schiavo to be murdered. He fretted. He talked. But he did nothing.


64 posted on 08/26/2012 1:24:19 PM PDT by Arthur McGowan (In Edward Kennedy's America, federal funding of brothels is a right, not a privilege.)
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To: exbrit

This is what I don’t understand with these guys like Jeb Bush. Its like they just don’t get it. What they are suggesting is that we accept the narrative of the left and that one can’t be anti-illegal immigration and be pro immigrant which isn’t true at all. If people like Jeb Bush would stop with this silly rheotric and start leading efforts at true out reach rather than thinking out reach means pandering to illegal aliens we’d be in a much better place. I don’t want more hispanics in the party if they are neosocialists with a third world mindset. I want a big tent that invites more conservatives of all stripes and nothing more. We don’t need politically correct enforcing lgbt, nor women who think killing their unborn children is priority number one nor people from the third world looking for the government to take care of them.


65 posted on 08/26/2012 1:27:19 PM PDT by Maelstorm (Now lets return to our regular scheduled deprogramming.)
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To: exbrit

“Join our cause?”

In 1863 Republican President Abraham Lincoln signed the Emancipation Proclamation. In 1865 the Republican Congress and President made the 13th Amendment, freeing the slaves, possible. It was followed by the 14th Amendment giving citizenship to the slaves, and the 15th Amendment giving them the right to vote. Again, the Amendments were Republican not Democrat initiatives. The Democrat Party then proceeded to enact Jim Crow and other laws in a number of states effectively denying black citizens the rights protected by the 14th and 15th amendments. These anti-black were enforced by Democrat majority rule in the former Confederate states until the mid 1960’s when the Civil Rights Act (1964) and the Voting Rights Act (1965) as the result of Republican votes which overcame the no votes of the Southern Democrats. In the House 80% of Republicans voted for the Civil Rights bill and 82% of Republican Senators voted for it.

Since 1968, the first Presidential election after the passage of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the Voting Rights Act of 1965, at least 80% of black voters have cast their ballot for the Democrat candidate in the Presidential election.

Given the historical experience with the African American voter, does Mr. Bush really expect HIspanic voters to reward the Republican Party with their votes if the party joins the side of amnesty?


66 posted on 08/26/2012 1:27:24 PM PDT by Soul of the South
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To: exbrit

All that needs to be said... hey jebby... EFFU.

LLS


67 posted on 08/26/2012 3:47:49 PM PDT by LibLieSlayer (Sarah speaking at the romney convention would be like Led Zeppelin opening for The Monkees)
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To: exbrit

Illegal Alien Amnesty is Anti-American Bigotry.

Jeb Bush, you are a Bigot

As an immigrant (yes I am an immigrant) I am always offended by people who want to give Criminal Illegal Aliens amnesty. I am also offended by RINOs who keep claiming pro-Amnesty GOP are “conservatives” when they are from it.

If you support a politician who supports Illegal Alien Amnesty...you are supporting Amnesty


68 posted on 08/26/2012 3:58:59 PM PDT by SeminoleCounty (The GOP Media whining over Todd Akin is not legitimate)
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To: TomGuy
You can throw in Barbara Bush's condescending comment about Palin not being qualified. The Bush's have become a legend in their own minds.

Enough already---they are a stain on our political scene---"Out! Out damn spot."

vaudine

69 posted on 08/26/2012 4:14:22 PM PDT by vaudine
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To: vaudine
---"Out! Out damn spot."

"What you talkin' about, Vaudine? I didn't do nuttin'!

My dog. Spot!

70 posted on 08/26/2012 4:19:27 PM PDT by WVKayaker (I’m more than happy to accept the dubious honor of being Obama’s “enemy of the week" -Sarah Palin)
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To: Alberta's Child

“Does anyone here think it’s a coincidence that “illegal immigration” suddenly became a problem after outright unconstitutional Federal programs like Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid were introduced?”

And the younger Americans believe it is the baby boomers who are bankrupting Social Security, etc. They accept the MSM blind eye regarding the cost to the American taxpayer of all the illegal invaders “free” medical care, subsidized schooling, etc etc.

how can America survive if the unentitled illegals keep flooding across the borders having anchor babies so that they can’t be deported, and using up all the benefits that old time Americans have been paying into with their taxes for all their working lives?


71 posted on 08/26/2012 5:58:54 PM PDT by IWONDR
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To: exbrit

You are free to go live elsewhere JEB.
Illegals break the law.
Immigrants follow it.
Stop merging the two together.


72 posted on 08/26/2012 6:04:15 PM PDT by getmeouttaPalmBeachCounty_FL (Resist * Recruit * Defend)
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To: evad
What in God's name is wrong with this man. Did he really say this? Did he have a stroke? Are his kids being held by Obama thugs for ransom?

I recall reading posts right here about FReepers wondering Who had the pictures on his brother when he was President, for the same exact reason.

Pushing amnesty.

Weird...

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73 posted on 08/26/2012 7:14:35 PM PDT by TLI ( ITINERIS IMPENDEO VALHALLA)
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