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"Bush to his conservative immigration critics: Bring It On!"

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Anonymous jody said...

i stand behind my previous conclusion. bottom 5 president of all time.

5/30/07, 4:32 PM

Anonymous Anonymous said...

If Redstate.com and National Review are any indicators, they've all abandoned Bush on this issue, perhaps permanently.

National Review has even called Bush a Liberal.

5/30/07, 6:24 PM

Anonymous Mark said...

i stand behind my previous conclusion. bottom 5 president of all time.

If Bush's amnesty goes through, he'd be lucky to make it into the bottom 5.

America is in the process of transforming itself from a nation into a Middle Eastern bazaar. It's all about get while the getting's good. There is no common language, set of beliefs, or anything else. There is no sense of duty towards your countrymen. Why put your life on the line defending something like that?

Such a nation won't last - can't last. It is a giant contradiction waiting to come unglued - and someday, it will.

5/30/07, 8:58 PM

Anonymous Anonymous said...

National Review has even called Bush a Liberal.

Wrong, Bush's conservative credentials are actually enforced by this bill. Bush wants the price of labor to drop, as does any right-wing conservative Republican capitalist. Illegal immigration is one of the weapons in his arsenal against labor.

The social conservatives in the Republican Party are simply the biggest tools in America. They ARE the voter base. What do they get in exchange? Some small bones tossed their way, like abortion, faith-based initiatives, etc. Of course, none of that has any meaningful effect on the liberalization of our culture.

The ONLY AREA that the Republicans could actually reward social conservatives with something meaningful is by controlling the border. But the GOP is stabbing them in the back. And I'm fully confident that the social conservatives will still vote 100% Republican in the next election.

5/31/07, 12:38 PM

Anonymous Mark said...

Bush wants the price of labor to drop, as does any right-wing conservative Republican capitalist.

Well, "right-wing conservative Republicans capitalists" are a pretty diverse crowd, and I consider myself one. Yet dropping the value of labor isn't the reason
I bought in to the Reagan revolution. Social conservatism, respect for tradition, respect for country, and respect for the free market. That's what unified the Reagan coalition. But the Republican leadership has clearly demonstrated that "free markets" are the only thing they respect - and then only when it benefits their friends and cronies.

The social conservatives in the Republican Party are simply the biggest tools in America. They ARE the voter base. What do they get in exchange? Some small bones tossed their way

Indeed. 27 years into the Reagan revolution and what have they gotten? Is abortion illegal? Is Planned Parenthood getting less government money? Is pornography more difficult to get? Is television any cleaner? Are we that much closer to school choice? Is the academy more or less controlled by the left? Has affirmative action been outlawed?

And is the gap between rich and poor smaller, or larger?

They'll respond, however. They're starting to realize how they're getting shafted. Bush simply tried to do too much at once: open the borders AND eliminate taxes on the rich.

I'm fully confident that the social conservatives will still vote 100% Republican in the next election.

I wouldn't be so sure. The religious base is less unified and less intense than it's ever been. Lots of them are aware that their grand bargain has gotten them nowhere. Their support can no longer be assumed.

5/31/07, 8:51 PM

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