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originally posted by: neo96
a reply to: buster2010
Lot of nerve there.
The party of 'no' eh?
Like this party ?
WASHINGTON, June 28 — President Bush’s effort to overhaul the nation’s immigration policy, a cornerstone of his domestic agenda, collapsed in the Senate today, with little hope that it can be revived before Mr. Bush leaves office in January 2009.
www.nytimes.com...
The Democratic Party controlled a majority in both chambers
en.wikipedia.org...
Immigration could have been fixed YEARS AGO.
It could have also been fixed when the Democrates held the house, and senate, and president from 2008 to 2010.
THEY CHOSE NOT TOO.
The country got 'affordable' healthcare bullsnip.
Nice try but the LEFT owns the current border crisis.
originally posted by: AngryCymraeg
I just made the mistake of going to Breitbart (Jesus, that place is insane) and reading Palin's statement. It's badly written drivel from start to finish that shows that she really is a moron who shouldn't be left in charge of a whelk stall. She can't even write in coherent sentences.
You do know that bill was dreamed up by a democrat right? And in 07 when the reform was voted on when it came to voting power the Republicans had more voters so why didn't it pass?
The Democratic Party controlled a majority in both chambers
originally posted by: sheepslayer247
a reply to: beezzer
You have some interesting points, Beez, but I think the blame lies on us.
We're so willing to become outraged about racism, politics and all sorts of other irrelevant crap that we forget to pick up the pitchfork from time to time and clean out the crooks in government.
Wasn't it Ben Franklin that said we have a republic, if we can keep it? We failed to "keep" it.
originally posted by: neo96
WASHINGTON, June 28 — President Bush’s effort to overhaul the nation’s immigration policy, a cornerstone of his domestic agenda, collapsed in the Senate today, with little hope that it can be revived before Mr. Bush leaves office in January 2009.
www.nytimes.com...
Immigration could have been fixed YEARS AGO.
THEY CHOSE NOT TOO.
The bill called for the biggest changes to immigration law in more than 20 years, offering legal status to millions of illegal immigrants while trying to secure the nation’s borders.
Mr. Bush placed telephone calls to lawmakers throughout the morning, but members of his party abandoned him in droves, with only 12 of the 49 Senate Republicans sticking by him on the key procedural vote that determined the bill’s fate. The vote followed an outpouring of criticism from conservatives and others who decried it as a form of amnesty for lawbreakers.
Supporters of the bill agreed with opponents on one point: Many Americans believe that the government lacks the ability to carry out the huge responsibilities it would have had under the bill.
Supporters of the bill wanted to pass it quickly, “before Rush Limbaugh could tell the American people what was in it,” Mr. Sessions said.
I suppose you were all for Bush's effort back then? I
From a large cannon, preferably.
originally posted by: Sremmos80
a reply to: neo96
Let's do it so we can get a conservative in there and he/she, well who are we kidding, he can save the US!
Who is going to replace barry from the right? Who is your guys knight in shinning armor?
The Pew Hispanic Center estimated in December 2012 that there were 11.1 million unauthorized immigrants living in the United States as of March 2011, unchanged from the previous two years and a continuation of the sharp decline from its peak of 12 million in 2007.
12.5 million in August 2007 at its peak. This decreased by 1.3 million to 11.2 million by July 2008 (11%)
Based on the Department of Homeland Security estimates in 2009, unauthorized immigrant population living in the United States decreased to 10.8 million in January 2009 from 11.6 million in January 2008.
Between 2000 and 2009, the unauthorized population grew by 27 percent.
Exclusive—Sarah Palin: 'It's Time to Impeach' President Obama
“The universe doesn’t give you what you ask for with your thoughts - it gives you what you demand with your actions.”
― Steve Maraboli
originally posted by: sheepslayer247
Who is looking out for us? No one. Not the Dems or the Reps. We can place the blame on Obama since he is in office, but it does nothing to get to the heart of the matter and we will just keep blaming one side or the other....forgetting that there are real issues that need attention.
So I can agree with some of what Palin has said, but coming from her we can automatically assume her intent is political. She doesn't care about you or I anymore than Obama does.
Side note: What does she mean by battered wife? Has her hubby been whoopin' her? Maybe I am misunderstanding the context, but it seems like a dumb thing to say.
originally posted by: neo96
Thought my position on illegal immigration was clear.
The bill called for the biggest changes to immigration law in more than 20 years, offering legal status to millions of illegal immigrants while trying to secure the nation’s borders.
The vote followed an outpouring of criticism from conservatives and others who decried it as a form of amnesty for lawbreakers. The outcome was a bitter disappointment for Mr. Bush and other supporters of a comprehensive approach...
Secure the border.
Enforce the LAW.
You claim a solution was at hand but suggest it was rejected for purely partisan reasons.