Posted on 12/18/2015 12:19:17 PM PST by springwater13
As one of the architects of Mr. Bush’s immigration platform, Mr. Cruz, then 30, outlined carefully calibrated positions that would appeal to conservatives concerned about border security while portraying Mr. Bush to moderate voters as an inclusive Republican. The memo, in which Mr. Cruz put his name on every page, was authenticated by another aide on Mr. Bush’s 2000 campaign.
“America is stronger with the many immigrants who come here to make a new life and participate in the American dream,†Mr. Cruz wrote in capital letters about legal immigrants at the document’s outset.
He also advised that Mr. Bush state his support for increasing caps on visas for high-tech workers — a position that Mr. Cruz, too, held after being elected to the Senate in 2012 but has recently abandoned.
Mr. Cruz urged Mr. Bush, again in capital letters, to state his opposition to illegal immigration and to urge enforcement of border restrictions.
“But, at the same time,†he added in the next sentence, “we need to remember that many of those coming here are coming to feed their families, to have a chance at a better life.â€
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Obama changes his mind overnight and gets away with saying his position evolved. OK, no problem. A guy can change his mind, right? No, only if he’s LEFT.
I hope NYT doesn’t find out I didn’t like mushrooms 50 years ago, and now I do. If that gets out, I am finished.
Ok. So what? I was different at 30 than I am now. The world has changed. I have changed.
Was Cruz part of the Bush team? If so, it was his job to shape messages, not to institute policies.
Yes, by all means, let’s take stock in what the NYT has to say about any conservative. Idiot troll.
Help me here . . . wasn’t 1999 a little before the Islamists were not going around killing Americans so publicly?
Oldplayer
Before 9/11 we were living in a bubble.
And in 2014 Donald Trump wanted to grant citizenship to anyone who graduated from a university in America.
Heck, Caitlyn wasn’t even a woman in l999.
I wonder how in the world internal memos from the Bush campaign are suddenly being released to the public.
That is really mysterious.
I guess this is how President Bush repays those who worked so hard to get him elected.
He did, in fact, after the debate, just to allay your concerns about “intend”, clarify using your language, “Hell no to legalization.”
See. A candidate that listens to you.
Refreshing.
Ping.
That is what poison pill amendment authors do.
And this matters, because the world is pretty much the same as it was in 1999, right?
Did you find anything he said in high school? Maybe kindergarten?
13 years BEFORE Trump said this:
In June of 2012 Trump was on Fox News and praised Romney’s approach, saying that he was handling the immigration “good,†he’s “shown compassion†and wants a more permanent approach. But first he advocated permanent residency for Illegal immigrantsâ€
“For people that have been here for years that have been hard-workers, have good jobs, they’re supporting their family — it’s very, very tough to just say ‘By the way, 22 years, you have to leave. Get out.’
I’m one of the world’s very conservative people, but I have to tell you on a human basis, how do you throw somebody out that’s lived in this country for twenty years.â€
There wasn’t as big a problem in 1999 as there is now.
But don’t let the facts get in the way of your mindless hero worship....full speed ahead!
While this thing between him and Rubio just makes my eyes glaze over, Cruz people need to snap out of the idea that he will just continue to skate through the primaries off on the sidelines.
This is mild compared to the heat Trump gets on any given day that ends with a Y.
Better handle this decisively, because the Democrats wouldn’t be any nicer.
I remember 1999. The company my friend worked for closed. He worked in IT. Within a week he had 3 well-paying offers for a job within the small metro in which he lived. It was a much, much different time.
That was before the dot com crash. Before 9/11. Before the USS Cole was attacked.
Just trying to sow discord among GOP candidates and voters, a pure agit-prop campaign, worthy of Pravda .
Who cares, that was then, this is now. Things have changed, and if Ted's position is different it probably shows he is a smart guy with his finger on the pulse of America.
FUNYT !
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