Worth repeating for the benefit of everyone - a reminder of eight years ago during the discussion of immigration on FR in 1999 & 2000. Many here at FR weren’t supporting Bush on the basis of that single issue... He stated then that he was in favor of an immigration bill and guest worker program very like this one. It was my single greatest reservation about Bush’s nomination, and I finally conceded, “We’ll just have to depend on Congress to keep him in control on this issue”...
...but now that the wonderful “conservatives” wanting to “teach Republicans a lesson” in 2006, that control is lacking. However, he’s done well on nearly every other issue, so I won’t complain too much about his presidency.
I agree. I’ve slept on the whole thing since I posted last night and I just don’t believe that he is the horrible calculating person people think he is.
Interesting comments..... Here’s another writing basically saying that Bush has been what he always was and stated what he was, believed and thought appropriate... I’m not condoning the article or its beliefs but just offering it for another side to all this back and for.
http://theanchoressonline.com/2007/06/06/part-ii-bush-betrayal-the-nations-soul/