Posted on 08/29/2005 11:45:54 AM PDT by areafiftyone
It's sad. So much compromising in this day and age.
Close the borders.
I agree. And if gas is still 3.00 plus a gallon -- the Republicans will suffer for it. Right or wrong.
BTTT!
Absolutely RIGHT!
It is unfair to include Ronald Reagan in that bunch.
True, his 1986 legislation did include a ONE TIME offer of amnesty.
But it also beefed up border security and contained penalties for businesses that hired illegals.
It was Papa Bush who reneged on this deal and backstabbed us by loosening the controls and opening the floodgates in 1990.
Klinton and Bush II are both guilty of being intentionally derelict in their responsibilities in this matter.
"President Bush's missteps on immigration don't rise to the level of impeachment. Anyone who suggests otherwise is foolish."
Yea, but then there's this silly scrap of parchment hanging around called the Constitution. GWB swore an oath to protect it and has failed to deliver.
Well, you're welcome to that opinion, but the amnesty was a carrot to the burros, and so he shares some of the blame (IMO).
Ok Pat, we payed some attention to you. You can go back to doing whatever it was your were doing now.
In 1965, apparently far beyond the memory of most people now living in the US, a homicidal, drunken pantload from Massachusetts had a bunch of left-wing wonks work up "The Immigration Reform Act." Instead of dealing with hundreds of thousands of legal immigrants from around the globe in a sane and orderly fashion, we opened the floodgates that held back the Third World. 10 million illegal aliens? HA! That's LA County alone.
Wow to think that this idiot once was thought of as presedential material. He's become a big dissapointment.
Buchannon may be a buffoon but Bush could have eliminated the illegals problem long ago with vigorous enforcement against illegal employers.
He has chosen not to.
A bill to impeach him might get his attention.
There is NO defense of Bush' actions with regard to illegal immigration. None.
LOL - it is a silly scrap to many, including quite a few on FR, and they wish it would go away. The lack of border enforcement, CAFTA, and the KELO decision were just more tests to see how far they could push the sheeple.
The problem is - there were seven more amnesties afterwards and although there were penalties, they remained/remain largely unenforced. So while I see your point about Pres. Reagan, that did keep the ball rolling for extended open borders.
Bravo Pat!
regarding our borders....GWB is a disappointment.
Who's in charge....Jorge or Pat?
So, you see....who is REALLY the "disappointment" here.....LOL
He has a constitutional duty and his allegiance to the United States did not terminate with his inauguration.
In no way does this absolve congress from its constitutional obligation to uphold and protect the United States either and are also complicit and should also be held accountable.
History is quite important and it does repeat. But, using the actions of previous executives to justify current actions is akin to justifying robbing banks because a neighbor does.
W. puts his pants on the same way as all of us and to blindly suggest that he is infallible is ignorance.
maybe not a barf alert, how 'bout a small acidic burp alert.
Yeah. None of the dimwits who followed him could understand the meaning of "ONE TIME".
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