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To: Tancredo Fan
My entire rant is beautiful. Much like this one from Ronald Reagan

“I’ve spoken of the shining city all my political life, but I don’t know if I ever quite communicated what I saw when I said it. But in my mind it was a tall, proud city built on rocks stronger than oceans, windswept, God-blessed, and teeming with people of all kinds living in harmony and peace; a city with free ports that hummed with commerce and creativity. And if there had to be city walls, the walls had doors and the doors were open to anyone with the will and heart to get there. That’s how I saw it, and see it still.”
Farewell Address to the Nation, January 11, 1989

You cannot see the beauty in this quote because your heart and soul are black and evil.

Have a nice day :)
335 posted on 08/08/2003 10:09:41 AM PDT by Once-Ler (This Bushbot sez "I vote Dubya")
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To: Once-Ler; dennisw
Your buddy Ronnie is responsible for signing the outrageous 1986 amnesty which let to the nightmare we are experiencing today. Seek professional help. You appear to be in dire need of it.
336 posted on 08/08/2003 10:16:06 AM PDT by Tancredo Fan (Stop the invasion. Put the military on the borders, round up illegals, and tell Fox to shove off.)
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To: Once-Ler; Tancredo Fan
While I don't agree with Tancredo Fan's rantings against Reagan, I think you're misrepresenting his positions a little bit. The "shining city on the hill" was in reference to legal immigrants, not anyone who could crawl across the border in the middle of the night. You might have also forgotton these quotes by Reagan:

"This country has lost control of its borders..."
"A country that doesn't control its borders isn't a country anymore."

The 1986 Simpson/Mazzoli amnesty bill that Reagan unfortunately signed contained strong enforcement mechanisms such as employer sanctions against illegal immigration as well as the hiring of 5000 additional border patrol guards. The employer sanctions have yet to be taken seriously, which is the fault of subsequent administrations.

Reagan was clearly against illegal immigration, as we all should be, it's against the law and a crime.

345 posted on 08/08/2003 11:27:08 AM PDT by Reaganwuzthebest
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To: Once-Ler
"And if there had to be city walls, the walls had doors and the doors were open to anyone with the will and heart to get there."

Bump for RR

418 posted on 08/08/2003 9:33:13 PM PDT by PRND21
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