Are you happy that Bush's amnesty bill was defeated today? Bush sure wasn't!?

Question

Associated Press 6/28/07:

WASHINGTON - President Bush's immigration plan to legalize as many as 12 million unlawful immigrants while
fortifying the border collapsed in the Senate on Thursday, crushing both parties' hopes of addressing the volatile issue before the 2008 elections.

The outcome, though, was a stunning reversal from just a few weeks ago, when Bush confidently declared, "I'll see you at the bill-signing."

You Bushies are SO pathetically desperate! Bush PUSHED for this bill--he even scheduled a luncheon with Republicans to try to convice them to vote it through!

BUSH was the one give a chiding speach today on how disappointed he is with how the Senate voted. Yes, Kennedy worked on Bush's amnesty bill and tried to push it as well. Don't get off track here--Bush is president and supposedly represents the party that's AGAINST illegal immigration. Bush could bascially do ANYTHING and you'd blame it on someone else!

Answer 1

bush will finally get deported back to uragay

Answer 2

I believe that Bush & the (White House Group) made a mistake in requesting of the Nation to consider a comprehesive Immigration Bill to solve an enormous problem of 12 million (?) people entering this country illegally. It's not why they entered, ( the citizens know why), it's what to do about it? I believe the people are saying that its big and lets take it a step at a time. First, the border, secondly the legalities of what has hppened and thrid, the need of our country's imigrational soul to broden and develop our democratic society as it always was intended. It's not a 2 or four or eight week process we see on C-Span.

Answer 3

Firstly , it wasn't " amnesty". It was fairly punitive , and was going to take ~ 13yrs+ to become a citizen . Waaayyy too long . If they are here , need to become "us" rather than "them " , asap . I was ambivialent about the bill . Nothing overly good about it , but better than the others that have been proposed .

With Bush on this part . ( First time for everything . ;D) Why do so many want to turn us into France? (remember the riots?) That's where so many of the hottest hotheads seem to want to take us . Btw the only "crisis " was that '06 was an election year . We seem to be tearing the car apart just to replace one bad plug wire .

Answer 4

It renews my faith in democracy - Capital Hill has been trying to shove this bill down our throats for quite a while now. The people responded - actually overloading the phone lines and causing the lines to finally shut down - and, the representatives (for the most part) finally figured out that these were the same people who elected them, and not the special interests' groups and lobbyists. The two republican senators from my state split on this bill - it will be interesting to see if the voters remember who represented them - and who caved in to the bullying - I believe they will.
It was indeed a victory for democracy and proof that the people united really can pull in the reins when their representatives start to thinking they know what's best for the people rather than what the people feel is best.
God Bless America !

Answer 5

I am a Reagan-conservative who is deeply disappointed in the actions of President Bush in the past couple years.

I can't say I'm "happy" as the problem of illegal immigration is still with us. But I am feeling confident in the rule of LAW and the direction this will take us. It was not the answer we need right now and we will have to get those numbskulls up there in D.C. to work on fixing the problem...starting with that fence that we still don't have!

Answer 6

Maybe you need to look at the bill, it is not a Bush bill, but a Bush-Kennedy Bill.
Yes, I am happy the bill did not pass, it would have created citizenship for illegal immigrants costing our government billions of dollars.

Answer 7

I'm glad the immigration "amnesty" bill was deep sixed.

I still can't stand the Democrats or the Republicans. And they still won't produce a viable, normal candidate worth looking at.

Ho hum.

Politics as usual.

Answer 8

Bush's Longstanding Criminal Mexican Amigos
The disturbing ties of some of George W. Bush's Latino advisors
More on Bush-Amigos links in PBS Frontline interview with Gary Jacobs
http://www.rense.com/general63/bushs.htm

LOS AMIGOS DE BUSH

"Dime con quién andas y te diré quién eres. Tell me who you side with and I will tell you who you are." - "George W. Bush for President" web site
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Those who say that George W. Bush has scant knowledge of foreign affairs don't understand his family's relationship with Mexico.

Answer 9

Yes, I think it is great that the bill failed to pass! The only reason that Bush wanted this bill was so that his corporate cronies could continue to exploit the illegals for the cheap labor! *sm*

Answer 10

You mean the Ted Kennedy Immigration bill? Yes I'm glad it was defeated. Even with the presidents endorsement everyone could see through that piece of garbag

PS. Nice try at spinning Dumdum, but that was Teds Bill that the president was paying lip service too, not Bush's bill that Ted worked on .... NOT!

Answer 11

I am glad it failed, but most of us are aware that W is like a dog with a bone, so what happens next is any ones guess