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President's Immigration speech - Live thread
me | 05/15/2006 | me

Posted on 05/15/2006 4:13:02 PM PDT by devane617

Edited on 05/15/2006 4:38:26 PM PDT by Jim Robinson. [history]

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To: Spiff; Howlin

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To: Howlin
"Some of us here aren't hell bent on destroying the GOP. Live with it."

The GOP is perfectly capable of doing that, with or without the help of anyone on FR, thank you. But Wow! What a great sentiment that is! Yes! We must save the GOP at all costs. National sovereignty, 218 million more immigrants, legalizing the illegals, trashing the middle class and the GOP base and busting the treasury is a small, small sacrifice to make to save the GOP. If we all buckle down now and make that sacrifice, it will keep the GOP from being destroyed! What a marvelous idea! As usual, I'm sitting here just awestruck at your brilliance. A big WOO HOO for you, gal.

Let no FReeper forget our four part creed:
Party of principle.
Party over nation.
Party uber alles.
Party like it's 1939.

1,207 posted on 05/15/2006 5:42:24 PM EDT by Wampus SC ("Truth is not invalidated by suppression." - nicmarlo)
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To: Wampus SC
It is not I who is putting my one agenda before the good of this country.

It is you.

And isn't 1939 where you all want to take the party?



1,209 posted on 05/15/2006 5:44:01 PM EDT by Howlin
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Maybe you can apologize to Howlin for wrongly calling her out for a Nazi attack and then not even pinging her to what was a false charge.


2,161 posted on 05/15/2006 7:52:31 PM PDT by You Dirty Rats (I Love Free Republic!!!)
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To: JeffAtlanta

"So has every other nation."

exactly, so lets not get off point. We know what Bush meant. Do I need to post out my immigrant Bill of Requirements again?


2,162 posted on 05/15/2006 7:52:31 PM PDT by Tulsa Ramjet ("If not now, when?")
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To: Peach

And a good portion of those aren't even conservatives or Republicans.



Yet they are taking a conservative position over a politically motivated one.


2,163 posted on 05/15/2006 7:52:36 PM PDT by trubluolyguy (Appeasable Border Hawk)
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To: Peach

I agree 100%. I mean, I've bene railing against Bush unmercifully here, in public, with people I know, etc, about Bush's total lack of any kind of spine to secure the border of get rid of illegals. And tonight, I was stunned by this speach. He said 90% or more of the things that real conservatives like Tencredo and Limbaugh have been saying should be done to secure the border, and now tonight all these silly ridiculous people are ripping Bush apart and talking about how this speech finished off the conservative majority in November. That just defies logic, since the things Bush said have massive popular support in the American public, and are opposed only be illegals and liberals. It's pretty simple. Conservatives, REAL conservative have called for what Bush said tonight, liberals have long opposed it all. Those here tonight all over Bush are either DU trolls or liberals or both. I cannot see how any real conservative can be bent out of shape by this speach. It's silly. But then, any lib can post and say they're a conservative. We'll see how November turns out. If this is the tack the conservatives are going to take the next few months, I wouldn't want to be a democrat right now after this speach. They have to oppose it and all he said in it, and that will put the democrats in the way of what a clear majority of Americans want.


2,164 posted on 05/15/2006 7:53:22 PM PDT by TexasPatriot8 (Vote Republican. A conservative America, for a better future.)
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To: Tulsa Ramjet
exactly, so lets not get off point. We know what Bush meant. Do I need to post out my immigrant Bill of Requirements again?

So we agree that it was an empty point? Saying that America is a nation of immigrants is as relevant as saying America is a nation of people.

All nations were created by a combination of conquerors and immigrants.

2,165 posted on 05/15/2006 7:54:15 PM PDT by JeffAtlanta
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To: TexasPatriot8

"Your cutsie posts don't change the fact that Bush said clearly he would not sign any bill that proposed amnesty."

Bush has re-defined the word "amnesty" (hmm. . . wonder what the meaning of "is" is).

Amnesty has nothing to do with citizenship; tying those two together is what has enabled the Bush administration to triangulate this issue.

Amnesty really means any type of program which allows people here illegally to remain here. And that is exactly what he is proposing.

So, when Bush says he is not for amnesty, he is telling the truth. But that doesn't mean the same thing as when other people say they are not for amnesty.


2,166 posted on 05/15/2006 7:54:40 PM PDT by webstersII
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To: Seattle Conservative

See ya SC, have a good evening.

Thanks!


2,167 posted on 05/15/2006 7:55:10 PM PDT by A.Hun (Common sense is no longer common.)
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To: GRRRRR
"just WHEN? did this get to be such a big deal after 20 years???"

20 years? Try 60. I remember when I was a kid growing up in San Diego in the 60's, and there were always thousands of illegal Mexican immmigrants crossing the border and going to the CA central valley to pick the crops and take care of farm animals. Everybody knew they were just walking across the border in south San Diego county, and that was back during the Johnson Adminstration.

This problem has been building ever since the end of World War II and people around here are getting all excited like it's a problem created by Bush and blaming it on our current President. It's ridiculous; the difference is that today we have bloggers right near the border in souther AZ who post pictures of Mexicans hiking down trails after crossing over. So the current administration now has to engage in more honest debate about immigration and can no longer use the deception employed by every President from Truman through Clinton, all of whom have exagerrated greatly when saying that we're making a truly serious effort to guard the Mexican border in all areas. I think now we are going to get serious.

2,169 posted on 05/15/2006 7:55:15 PM PDT by defenderSD (Every rock guitarist I know seems to have an axe to grind.)
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To: navysealdad
Hello,

Well, I will have to check it out, as another FReeper that I respect very much said that they were in favor. What did you see/hear that made you reach your conclusion?

Glad to be here, MOgirl
2,170 posted on 05/15/2006 7:55:30 PM PDT by MOgirl (Democrats: The Culture of Treason (and you know what I'm talkin about!))
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To: JeffAtlanta

Thanks for the confirmation--I wondered if what I thought I heard was my imagination since others said they heard support from them.


2,171 posted on 05/15/2006 7:55:33 PM PDT by krunkygirl
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To: xzins

I loved your post with the scriptures. Thanks for bringing the issue "home".

What would Jesus do?


2,172 posted on 05/15/2006 7:55:42 PM PDT by ClarenceThomasfan (It's like a plantation - and you know what I mean!)
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To: You Dirty Rats
Maybe you can apologize to Howlin for wrongly calling her out for a Nazi attack and then not even pinging her to what was a false charge.

And then complementing her witty response!

2,173 posted on 05/15/2006 7:55:46 PM PDT by burzum (Great minds discuss ideas, average minds discuss events, small minds discuss people.--Adm. Rickover)
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To: webstersII
Bush has re-defined the word "amnesty" (hmm. . . wonder what the meaning of "is" is).

Exactly. Bill Clinton didn't call his social programs "wealth redistribution" either but that is what they were.

2,174 posted on 05/15/2006 7:55:53 PM PDT by JeffAtlanta
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To: michigander

What's a Moby?


2,175 posted on 05/15/2006 7:55:54 PM PDT by harrowup (If you voted for President Bush, be loyal; if you didn't just shut up.)
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To: Vicomte13

I will vote for the Republican newbie who is challenging Chet Edwards (D-TX) because he is very strong on border enforcement. All candidates, Democrats or Republicans or Independents, who vow to overturn the dirty deal the President and the Senate are about to foist on the country should get conservative support. Anyone who supports the President's plan should be defeated. It's really simple.


2,176 posted on 05/15/2006 7:56:01 PM PDT by kittymyrib
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To: Don Carlos

Gotcha,Thanks


2,177 posted on 05/15/2006 7:56:20 PM PDT by cmsgop ( Please ! For The Love of God Verizon !!! NO MORE MICHAEL McDONALD !!!)
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To: Palladin; GoldwaterChick
Free Republic's Old Broad Ladies???

My Mother is a Freeper and 73. You use the phrase "Old Broad" the day after Mother's Day? Fool!!

2,178 posted on 05/15/2006 7:56:24 PM PDT by You Dirty Rats (I Love Free Republic!!!)
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To: rolling_stone

I am Hispanic... do you fear me?


2,179 posted on 05/15/2006 7:56:25 PM PDT by Porterville (I gave at the State Franchise Board; leave me alone you blood sucking liberal.)
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To: bnelson44

Just out of curiousity what is your pay scale? I'm wondering because my stepson is there working construction. According to him construction for the most part pays low wages- he is an euipment operator and makes good wages though. He started out wanting to be a carpenter a few years ago; but said the pay scale was low for entry jobs.


2,180 posted on 05/15/2006 7:56:30 PM PDT by Tammy8 (Build a Real Border Fence, and enforce Immigration Laws!!!)
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