You say that you were a police officer. Did you decide which laws you would enforce based upon your personal beliefs and preferences? If so, you were a bad cop.
If a policeman is vocal about his oppostion to the war on drugs, does this mean he does not have to uphold the drug laws?
If this cop is black and thinks blacks are oppressed by whites, does this mean he can enforce the law just against whites if he so chooses or does he have to enforce the law equally to all?
Should the President of the United States be held to a higher or lower standard than someone with less influence and power?
If you found out that Bush had murdered his wife, would you excuse this because of his belief that she no longer deserved to live? Would it matter to you at what point he had expressed this belief?
Because of Bush's amnesty push, many Americans are going to be murdered and our entire country will suffer. (Well, not the people like Bush but you know what i mean).
If Uncle Joe has been a good man all his life, especially to your children, is it then ok if comes over one day and burns down your house, whatever his reasons are?
I do not know who Bush is in the service of but it is certainly not the United States or its citizens.
Your position reminds me a little of a battered woman who refuses to let the law persecute her husband. Only, in your case, it's your children and their children who will be battered.
I am a police officer actually. We do select what laws to enforce on a daily basis. Less because of personal reasons and more for reasons of a practical nature. Not because we are bad cops, but because we just can’t possible enforce all of the laws all of the time.
Bush is simply following up on what he said he would do, he’s not been shy about discussing his support for the guest worker program. He’s refusing to call it anmesty but we all know it is. He was elected even though he clearly wanted to bring about immigration reform based upon the model of a guest worker program that he has discussed.
I, for one, an not given to panic or over reacting to the present situation. We are not powerless to address the situation, as some seem to be saying. We need to press Congress to reject any immigration reform until border security is acheived and sustainable. Then let’s discuss each point of immigration reform and see what can be worked out. I can tell you this, the likelyhood of every single illegal alien being booted out of the country isn’t realistic at all. It would be nice to be sure, but the logistics would be a nighmare. Instead, a great way to address the problem is to turn the heat up, way way up, on employers who hire illegals. Once the job marked for these guys dries up a bit, the flow of illegals into the US will slack off considerably.