Posted on 03/13/2002 2:47:41 PM PST by Michael2001
Well I'm mad and I'm angry, and maybe that's why I can't think of an appropriate response. While all of us were prasing him for how he was dealing with the war on terror, Bush passes this Amnesty Bill, something that not even the sneaky Bill Clinton would do. This is one of the worse Bills to pass through Congress, it will hurt us in many ways, and ten years from now we will still be feeling it's effects.
Bush has, without a doubt in my mind, sold us out for the Hispanic vote. He sold us out because he can take our vote for granted (who will we vote for Al Gore?). Is he wrong? What do we do when the Republicans stop looking out for our interests? Is it time for a new party, or do we work within the party and try to root out the Republicans In Name Only (of which there are many)?
They all need a big fat foot in their asses.
But your position has been that a democrat would be better than Bush. You seem to have a slight problem in thinking this thing through.
Yep I sure see how voting for someone who can't win so that Dashole and company could take over makes complete sense.
If there was some motive beyond financial/vote-pandering it's beyond me too. I hope so tho.
EBUCK
Silly EBUCK! What were you thinking?
What a stupid statement. You want hillery/gore?
Actually, it seems to burn *faster* with them in office. Sadly. They say (mostly) the right things, but while the "conservatives" go to sleep thinking all is well, The Agenda speeds up. MANY of the most egregious anti-freedom laws have been enacted during Republican administrations and Republican controlled Congresses.
No one hated Clinton more than me, however, I must say, the economy was better in the last eight years, we didn't have religious freaks slamming our planes into skyscrapers killing thousands, and even Clinton didn't even suggest, let alone grant amnesty to millions of illegal aliens.
Clinton was a socialist screw worm and very offensive, most of us know that. However, having said that, I don't think Clinton is the issue here.
President Bush has struck a deal with the House leadership to place legislation that offers an extension of amnesty on its consent calendar before Bush heads to Mexico for a state visit next week, the Colorado Republican said.
That action should ensure quick House passage of legislation that Bush has repeatedly sought from Congress. It would allow an undocumented person to receive legal standing, such as a valid green card, by filing a declaration with the Immigration and Naturalization Service.
It presumably also would require the person to have been in the United States by a certain date and have filed a declaration with the INS from an appropriate sponsor, such as a relative or employer, and pay a $1,000 penalty.
"The terms are still up in the air," said Dan Stein, executive director of the Federation for American Immigration, a group that has been allied with Tancredo. "We've heard to the effect that the president wants something to bring down to Mexico."
The initial Bush proposal, designed exclusively for Mexicans, once was high on the president's legislative wish list, but it was delayed after the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11. However, as the president noted Wednesday in a speech to the Hispanic Chamber of Commerce, he now is pushing for the extension of the amnesty program known by the section of immigration law that covers it, Section 245I.
The president hailed it as a way to reunite family, separated by the border. "If you believe in family values, if you understand the worth of family and the importance of family, let's get 245I out of the United States Congress and give me a chance to sign it," Bush told the chamber members.
Tancredo, the head of a congressional caucus on immigration issues and proponent of halting virtually all immigration, said he had blocked a previous attempt by Bush to push an extension of the amnesty program through the House. But this time, he said House Speaker J. Dennis Hastert, R-Ill., had agreed to place the issue on the suspension, or consent, calendar, making it difficult to defeat the proposal.
The Senate might be more favorable to the bill than the House, expanding the numbers of individuals who can apply, Tancredo said.
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