#717, just curious are you answering my comment about the talk show people as including you? If you are, you are way off, they have humor once in a while and get paid for their comments,and I do not attack freepers,and I never would include them as talk Show Hosts unless they actually have a show like one of our favorite freepers.
Ahh, the dulcet tones of sweet Samantha!
I've explained my position. You've called names.
For the 8 years of GWB's presidency, he had a decent first half - marred by too many liberals positions but redeemed by his stand on the WOT.
He has had a rotten 3rd quarter. I've explained why. His failure to lead on Iraq and Afghanistan are a disturbing failure. His failure to hammer out-of-control republicans has probably regained the dems a position of power.
Now we enter the 4th quarter. Will he choose to fight the liberals, or will he seek to gain positive press by appeasing them. Will we see the GWB of the first half, or of the third quarter?
On that, his legacy depends.
Immigration is a needlessly divisive issue. IF the Republicans would say, "Seal the border first, then everything else can be on the table" - then prove it by actions - they would gain the trust of the anti-illegal immigration folks and prepare them to accept whatever measures may follow.
It is the amnesty first approach that has bled support for immigration reform. Many of us, living with the results daily, see this 'total approach' as a smoke screen to AVOID sealing the borders...so cheap labor can come across (and hispanics can vote for dems by a 2:1 margin). The fiscal republicans get what they want, and the dems get what they want, but those who believe assimilation is needed for a united country are tossed out.
If these concerns seem too negative for you - tough. It is the failure of Republicans to examine our own house that has cost us the House.