you’ve got your reasons
none of them are mine
if that’s the way you want it
go ahead that’s fine
i’ll just get on out of here
i won’t get in your way
if in time it takes you under
well..that’s just the price you pay
but don’t ask me how i feel
–swirling eddies, don’t ask me how i feel
i have no words for this immigration speech by president bush. fortunately, many other bloggers are ready to fill that void.
michelle malkin weighs in.
california conservative has some helpful suggestions here and here.
the uncooperative blogger has more posts on illegal immigration. he hosts the coalition against illegal immigration. go to his site for more info and/or to join the cause.
sarahk at imao is unimpressed.
wonkette hosts the unofficial liveblog drinking game during the speech, as per usual.
something to think about:
If there is an honest debate about how many million people will be given a chance to come to America under the Senate bill, were told the number is between 30 million and 36 million people. When the average American learns that, they are going to be furious if the Senate Republicans allow that kind of bill out of the Senate. The Senate bill expands substantially who can be brought in as a member of the family. So you take 11 million and add the other people, and we believe the real number is between 30 million and 36 million.
–newt gingrich (h/t RWN)
good luck tony snow. you’re going to have a tough time defending this dog of an immigration policy.
tags: illegal immigration, george w. bush
related stuff i wrote:
Lip service. Sad its only lip service.
It sure seemed that way. I hope that Bush will take a more serious look at the House bill, which appears to take a better approach to dealing with this problem. We will have to wait and see what kind of bill Congress comes up with after all this debate takes place, but I’m not optimistic.
I don’t think a president goes on TV like that if he isn’t dug in fairly deep in his position. This is going to get worse before it gets better. Hopefully the House will stand its ground.
I guess I’m the only one that sees the silver lining in this speech.
True, W is only responding now (as opposed to a year ago, or immediately after 9/11) to the border situation, but at least he’s responding with A PLAN.
What are the Democrats doing? Where’s their plan? Still haven’t seen it. In fact, the Democrats don’t HAVE A PLAN for anything. Not for national security, not for Iraq (generally) and the War On Terror.(specifically) Their answer to the economy is to raise taxes. Their answer to high gas prices is NOT to utilize our own natural resources so we CANNOT become energy independent. Their answer to the vital culture issues of the day is to say ‘Screw it. Just let EVERYBODY do WHATEVER THEY WANT.”
I can’t understand why anybody could actually believe these people, THE DEMOCRATS with all of their dreary DOOM & GLOOM, are going to be successful at convincing the American electorate that they should be the Majority again. It’s NOT going to happen.
Its hard to argue that the Democrats have a better plan, because like you said, they dont seem to have one. But I dont think that Republicans should assume that they have this election in the bag. They still have work left to do to win the base back before the election.
The problem I have with Bushs speech is that he doesnt seem to take the concerns of the no amnesty crowd seriously. Border security must be #1, before we start making concessions to illegals already here. Im not sure that he understands what the American people want from an immigration reform bill. The jurys still out as far as Im concerned.
That said, Im glad he is trying to address the problem. I hope that what comes out of all this debate is a bill that makes sense and one that will seriously deal with border security.