Great article by one of his supporters. “Something got broken on Election night 2004″ – yes, arrogance really set in, and they forgot who’d brung them. Great lesson for all politicians.

I agree with you. We need a NEW PARTY!

He looked defeated and I’m glad the Senate’s proposed immigration bill was defeated.

I’m no longer a Republican. I’m a conservative, plain & simple.

I know you are saddened by today’s event wherein the proposed Senate “Shamnesty” bill failed. I know you wanted this bill for your legacy. I contend Mr. President that had this bill passed, this country would have suffered under this bill and hence tarnishing your legacy.

You don’t know it, but this failure today will save your legacy tomorrow.

PS – Now build the Damn wall and enforce current law. Secure our borders. What you have done so far is a joke.

Friday, June 29, 2007

By Joseph Farah of WorldNetDaily

President Bush’s public approval ratings are at an all-time low. It’s difficult to imagine how he could improve them dramatically with just about 18 months left in office.

But I do believe there is one speech he could make that would instantly increase his popularity by 50 percent to 100 percent. It’s a speech he will never give. Here is a rough draft of the text:

“My fellow Americans, I come before you today to admit a mistake and correct our course.

“I have made my case for comprehensive immigration reform as the proper way to address concerns over our border and the presence in our country of millions of undocumented workers.

“But I have failed to persuade the people of my convictions on this issue.

“Because America is a nation of immigrants, I believed – and still believe – that we can continue to absorb and assimilate millions of good, honest, decent, hard-working foreigners into our country.

“As I have said many times, I do not believe family values stop at the Rio Grande.

“In my opinion, the immigration course my administration has attempted to chart – one that would identify millions of undocumented workers already in this country and give them a pathway to citizenship – was the right one.

“There comes a time in responsible leadership when you must recognize you are out of step with the people. America is a sovereign nation governed by the rule of law and the will of the people.

“While I have done my best to convince the American people to my way of thinking, it is time to admit that is not going to happen during my tenure in the White House.

“Therefore, I am making this public announcement, for the benefit of members of Congress and in the interest of unifying our divided country: I have heard you speak, America. While I may disagree, while I may wish you were saying something else, while I would prefer you had heard me, I will honor your will on the issue of immigration and border security.

“The American people have spoken. What you have said is clear. You demand the federal government first secure our border and vigorously enforce immigration laws already on the books.

“Today I am issuing an executive order instructing all departments of the executive branch to do just that.

“Real border security will be our highest priority. And real enforcement of existing immigration laws will begin today – without excuses and without fail.

“There’s one more thing I would like to add.

“I want to apologize for flouting the will of the American people for so long. I want to apologize for my arrogance in pushing my own personal opinion for so long and so hard without listening to yours. I want to apologize for failing to do my duty as president in enforcing immigration laws.

“I will not be with you as president for much longer. In January 2009, I will hand over the reins of power to a successor. When I do, I intend to leave office with a clear conscience and the knowledge that I upheld my oath of office, followed the rule of law and attempted to adhere to the will of the people.

“I made mistakes, but I hope the American people will be forgiving and understand that I always earnestly sought to do what I believed was right.”

This is the same mentality that starts world wars.
tomas on June 28, 2007 at 4:59 PM

Your argument needs serious backup proof, buddy. I’ll be glad to wait while you formulate that…

ricer1 on June 28, 2007 at 5:09 PM

Still waiting… (yawn)…

tickleddragon on June 28, 2007 at 9:56 PM

why should i check my spelling when people with nothing to say can do it for me?

http://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/just_22_favor_stalled_immigration_bill

So numbers from the link, rather than from my faulty memory. Of those decided 70% oppose the bill (50 vs 22), and 58% prefer nothing at all to this bill (45 vs 32).

Yep, that’s hearts and minds who like this bill alright.

On the 700 miles of fence, 46% for, 48% against. By party, Republicans are 65% for 29% against however. Wouldn’t you expect Republican Politicians to take the Republican side of issues?

http://pewresearch.org/pubs/450/immigration-wedge-issue

WHy do you give more credence to a Pew report from April 12th (before this bill, and the ensuing discussions and debates), instead of the Rasmussen report from June 25th?

I’d continue to debate, but your bigoted view of anyone who disagrees with you, while presuming the worst of motives of half the country makes me disinclined to bother.

I’m curious how with half the country being hayseed racists we don’t have a race war of massive proportions; but honestly, I’m not curious enough to endure the odd mental gmaes you have.

according to pew, only 46% see a fence as the panacea you percieve it to be. only 48% see immigrants as a threat to traditional american cultural values while 59 favor the earned citizenship provisions you equate with amnesty

Nice putting words in my mouth, ideas in my head, and deciding what opinions I have. I’m sure that makes any debate much easier for you.

You keep setting that straw man up, knocking him down, and telling yourself how great you are.

Bush, of course, is a conservative, but a different kind of conservative. His tax cuts, support for social issues, hawkish position on national security and terrorism, and rejection of the Kyoto protocols make him so. He’s also killed the ABM and Comprehensive Test Ban treaties, kept the United States out of the international criminal court, defied the United Nations, and advocated a shift in power from Washington to individuals through an “ownership society.” On some issues–partial privatization of Social Security is the best example–he is a bolder conservative than Ronald Reagan, the epitome of a conventional conservative.

And his biggest legacy: He appointed Justices Roberts and Alito to the Supreme Court. We shouldn’t let one issue–in this case immigration–make us bitter and make us enemies of President Bush. He’s done a lot of good. Versus perfection, he hasn’t done well. Versus what a Democrat in the Oval Office would’ve done these last six years, he has been a smashing success. Perspective, folks. Don’t forget all the good President Bush has done. I admire and love the man.

Actually, I don’t enjoy seeing him like that at all. I really would prefer we were on the same side. I still like the guy in spite of this.

It is times like this when President Bush is on the wrong side of an issue that I remember a quote by Fred Barnes:

Bush, of course, is a conservative, but a different kind of conservative. His tax cuts, support for social issues, hawkish position on national security and terrorism, and rejection of the Kyoto protocols make him so. He’s also killed the ABM and Comprehensive Test Ban treaties, kept the United States out of the international criminal court, defied the United Nations, and advocated a shift in power from Washington to individuals through an “ownership society.” On some issues–partial privatization of Social Security is the best example–he is a bolder conservative than Ronald Reagan, the epitome of a conventional conservative.

And his biggest legacy: He appointed Justices Roberts and Alito to the Supreme Court. We shouldn’t let one issue–in this case immigration–make us bitter and make us enemies of President Bush. He’s done a lot of good. Versus perfection, he hasn’t done well. Versus what a Democrat in the Oval Office would’ve done these last six years, he has been a smashing success. Perspective, folks. Don’t forget all the good President Bush has done. I admire and love the man.

A few times I looked over at the girl in my bed thinking… “She looked a lot prettier last night…” Voting for Bush, What was I thinking?!?!?

BadBrad on June 28, 2007 at 8:00 PM

Bush, the coyote president.

BDavis on June 28, 2007 at 10:26 PM

Considering that coyotes smuggle illegals into the U.S., that sounds about right.

What did [Bush] want to change about legal immigration?

Tanya on June 28, 2007 at 5:26 PM

The definition.

baldilocks on June 28, 2007 at 8:34 PM

Zing!

GOOD!

First, I need to assure you that I am against the current “immigration” (actually the “illegal immigration”) bill that is in Congress right now. I have spent a lot of time and money opposing this bill.

What I have not done is spend a great deal of time expressing contempt and hatred for Bush and other people who, misguided at times though they may be, are friends of conservatism and, more importantly – are on the RIGHT side of the War on The Terrorists.

I have disagreements with Bush, and with some of the folks in his administration – but I have not lost sight of the tactics that the enemies of our country and our freedom as Americans – The Terrorists and The Democrats (which are virtually the same in many cases) – are using to threaten our liberty.

The liberal left, The Terrorists and The Democrats all know that they cannot win a debate or a discussion of principles and ideas – they have none. They are not interested in a battle of ideas, they are ONLY interested in POWER. The easiest way for them to get power is to weaken the power of the people currently in power. Killing the power of their enemies results in their obtaining power – and AVOIDS any debate on ideas. As a result, they constantly use a very old idea: “cut off the head, and the body will die”. They realize that if they can get everyone to HATE BUSH – then they can project all of the principles of conservatism and freedom onto HIM through the Republicans and USE that hatred to destroy Bush – and therefore open the path for THEM to take power back. When it works it’s a brilliant plan – it facilitates The Terrorists and The Democrats receiving power without it EVER being voted to them. The get it by default – after their enemy is denigrated and disgraced by the propaganda of The Terrorists and The Democrats.

This is why – when we are criticizing Bush and his administration, caution is needed. This is because the PR arm of The Democrats and The Terrorists – our Mainstream Media – will NEVER report on the clash of ideas between conservatives who have the best intentions of our country and liberty at heart. They will wait until someone on what they perceive as the “conservative” side of the street criticizes ANY other conservative idea. They will then discern what they need to do to spin whatever legitimate ideological argument might have been made into something personal – preferably a personal attack on Bush. They can then present it as such – and pile on with their own added level of contempt and mocking hostility.

For the last few weeks – the level of invective on your show and the shrillness of your contempt for Bush has reached levels that not only facilitate – but encourages this behavior on the part of the Mainstream Terrorist Media. There’s been some MoveOn.org lunatic named “spathi” running around dissembling and posting links to obscene Bush-hating pictures and soft porn for the last week and a half. Despite being reported to your staff multiple times – no action to prevent this person from posting has occurred. They continue to post innumerable times each day through yesterday – when I canceled my subscription to your site. The one constant in all of the postings by this person, in addition to the embedded links to the Bush-hating pictures and soft porn – was the fact that they echoed your views of the immigration debate almost categorically, not to mention the tone of contempt that you’ve been putting out for the last few weeks. This person is not ideologically committed to stopping a wrong-headed immigration plan: they are ideologically committed to HATING BUSH and USING that issue as a pry-bar to stir up contempt and hatred of Bush on your site to facilitate their REAL agenda: weakening their enemy to usurp power.

Your site – and you, though perhaps inadvertently, helped them in that cause.

We ALL knew that Bush supported this kind of “immigration” policy – he NEVER lied about that, or tried to fool anyone about it!

Yet – we voted for him KNOWING that – so stop Bashing Bush, and admit YOUR OWN participation in this, and ALSO admit the GREATER GOOD that Bush has done for our economy, the War Against Islamofascists and OTHER issues.

SECONDLY – BUSH DID NOT CREATE THIS PROBLEM – it’s been around for OVER the last 25 years. In fact, if you wanted to POINT A FINGER AT ANYONE over it, you should point it at – yes, the person at whose feet Laura I worships: RONALD REAGAN!!

I’ve been emailing the president@whitehouse.gov since 9/12/2001.

Good excerise for my fingers, at least.

I think it all goes to the big PostmasterDeliveryFailure is the cybersphere if it is not fawning or agreeing.

Gave up on GBW and now just zap my state reps’s with faxes and emails …and they at least autoreply something close to the topic involved.

Is this guy insane?

Or does the White House have a major spam filter. I sent a long raging email there this week. I got a friendly reply thanking me for my input. They used to send back the original message with the reply. No more.

What is in the Bush White House SPAM filter?

block the following?
(illegal, alien, bad, deport, angry, Reagan, Hannity, Malkin, Dobbs, Limbaugh, fence, felon, drugs, gangs, lettuce, Mccain, assimilate, English, Tancredo, Sessions…)

forward these:
(good people, Spanish, seeking, La Raza, hard-working, happy, new life, destroy families, love you, thank you, gracias, amigo, where do I vote, you have my vote, do you need your grass cut? … )

Maybe they finally built that Truth Detector that Clinton babbled about

The White House spokeperson said there was slightly more phone activity. What to believe. I would like an hour alone with Bush. Away from the handlers

A few times I looked over at the girl in my bed thinking… “She looked a lot prettier last night…” Voting for Bush, What was I thinking?!?!?

BadBrad on June 28, 2007 at 8:00 PM

Bush, the coyotee president.

He energized the base.

The same way a kid who sticks his tongue in a light socket does.

You’re welcome Mr. President.

Or is that El Presidente?

So Bush is thrown under the Bus because he cares, but the wrong way. I’d rather work with that guy than piss on him.

tomas on June 28, 2007 at 6:52 PM

You know…it’s just like what I say about insulting lefty actors/hollyweird types:
You don’t call me names, and then ask for my money/help.
Georgie called me a racist, because I don’t agree with this bill. Yeah, let me get right up and help him now.

BS.

SilverStar830 on June 28, 2007 at 6:28 PM

Nope, this troll’s been around for a while. He’s a resident Moby.