http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2007/05/31/209516.aspxEx-Florida Gov. Jeb Bush and former RNC chief Ken Mehlman pen a Wall Street Journal op-ed in support of the Senate immigration bill. “Both of us have spent much of our professional lives working to help build the Republican Party. We believe this legislationen-USCommunityServer 2.0 (Build: 60608.1)http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2007/05/31/209516.aspx#209550Thu, 31 May 2007 13:39:13 GMT8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:209550H P BostonDO NOTHING...............we have laws, enforce them.http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2007/05/31/209516.aspx#209556Thu, 31 May 2007 13:46:05 GMT8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:209556Ken, MNGeez, how blatant can they get? The first thing they bring up is how good the bill is for the GOP! And, oh yeah, it might be good for the country also. http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2007/05/31/209516.aspx#209561Thu, 31 May 2007 13:49:25 GMT8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:209561Paul Miller, Woodbridge, VAThat's funny. Pay attention to the argument this piece by Bush and Mehlman is making. They argue the GOP should back this legislation not because its the right thing to do, but because they believe the GOP has a shot at winning all the new Latino voters. I still haven't seen any indication that any Bush believes in anything other than expediency and winning. Take the abortion issue. Barbara clearly is pro-choice, and all the male Bushes pretty much agree with whatever she thinks, yet they allow themselves to be rolled out as pro-life candidates, when expediency calls for it. Maybe that's true of all politicians, though... sigh.http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2007/05/31/209516.aspx#209582Thu, 31 May 2007 14:05:16 GMT8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:209582Terry, Disabled Vet, Des Moines, IADo we need to say any more? The GOP appears to be only concerned with getting more people to vote and not about the actual problems facing this country.http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2007/05/31/209516.aspx#209588Thu, 31 May 2007 14:10:29 GMT8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:209588Ricardo in California "We believe this legislation will be good for the GOP. Hispanic Americans are natural Republicans" ... Who the heck are they kidding. I am insulted by this assumption. I want nothing to do with a political party that lies, makes up a war and continues to allow so many young americans to die with no end in sight. http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2007/05/31/209516.aspx#209604Thu, 31 May 2007 14:22:23 GMT8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:209604MK,MOillegal alliens are part of the repubs plan to make are economy more flexable and competitive allright, drive down wages in this country to more closely match china's so they can save shipping costs, all part of the 2 class society the repubs yearn for so desperatly, I keep seeing in these posts that none of the candidates are pandering the illegals because they can't vote, looks like they will by 08 if our corporate owned politicians have they're way, the goverment knows the vast majority of americans don't want the mass amnesty bill, they know we don't want to stay in the middle of iraq's civil war, but what do think they're going to do? I don't know what kind of society we currently live in but it ain't a democracyhttp://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2007/05/31/209516.aspx#209608Thu, 31 May 2007 14:24:06 GMT8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:209608HOT DaM"Barbara clearly is pro-choice" WEll come on Barbara I want you to jump into the race, but please run as an independent. I can not vote rebub as I am a born again Democrat. YOur boys are an embarrassment so that may be a problem for you.http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2007/05/31/209516.aspx#209660Thu, 31 May 2007 14:53:03 GMT8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:209660Rufus Gibbons, Kennett, Mo.If Barbara is pro choice she could have saved the entire planet a lot of grief if she had made a different choice forty some years ago.http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2007/05/31/209516.aspx#209702Thu, 31 May 2007 15:15:59 GMT8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:209702Independent, TexasMs. Bush might be pro-choice (after a fashion) but I suspect it is more along China's version - mandated for the poor. Remember what she said when visiting New Orleans after Katrina? Something along the lines that the Superdome cattle collection was better than what these people had before the storm and that they were probably better satisfied? I'll look up the direct quote but, if I remember correctly, that was the gist of it.http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2007/05/31/209516.aspx#209720Thu, 31 May 2007 15:24:35 GMT8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:209720Paul Miller, Woodbridge, VARufus, did you know Bush's grandfather, Prescott, was the first treasurer of Planned Parenthood?http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2007/05/31/209516.aspx#209732Thu, 31 May 2007 15:30:07 GMT8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:209732Ask bush7000 iraqs will immigrate to the US legally, how many more? Will they take jobs from veterans? Will there be sleeper cells? Ask bush. If they wont stay in iraq and fight for iraq why should we?? Why are millions of iraqs deserting iraq and moving to other countries instead of fighting for iraq?? Ask bush. Will they get free medical, food, housing and school? Ask bush. Why are Amercans being killed everyday when iraqs leave iraq and come here?? Ask bush.http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2007/05/31/209516.aspx#209792Thu, 31 May 2007 16:06:57 GMT8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:209792jerry/corpus christi texasConsidering that there were a lot of illegal aliens that got a lot of democrats voted in california, I have to laugh at some of the statements above. I just do not understand this at all. If we are supposed to be a nation of laws, why aren't these laws about illegal aliens being enforced?http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2007/05/31/209516.aspx#209800Thu, 31 May 2007 16:09:40 GMT8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:209800H P BostonRufus very few if any women had any choices 40 years ago. But she of course is rich and the rich have All the choices. They have a world of their own and can do as they please. I do agree I wish she had made a different choice! BTW I love your name..my fater-in-law Rufus was one of the best men I have ever known, a quite man from Vermont who I miss dearly. So every time I see your post I smile. Great to have another good man around! http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2007/05/31/209516.aspx#209806Thu, 31 May 2007 16:11:55 GMT8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:209806Jane, Southern MississippiThere, they said it. "This legislation will be good for the GOP." They go on to say how Hispanics are natural republicans. They SAID the reason they're for the bill. Of course, near the end they had to include the talking points about how wonderful the bill is for security, rule of law, etc. Ha! Ha! Ha! But we all see what was their first and primary reason. To get more republican voters. Party is more important than country to these two republicans. http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2007/05/31/209516.aspx#209919Thu, 31 May 2007 17:18:17 GMT8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:209919MK,MOmaybe if I got cosmetic surgery so that I would appear to be hispanic my goverment representives would pay some attention to me http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2007/05/31/209516.aspx#209974Thu, 31 May 2007 17:59:59 GMT8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:209974Jael, Downstate ILThe statement "pro-life, pro-military and pro-small business" needs to be translated into Americanese....it really means "anti-choice, pro-war and anti-consumer/pro-big business". http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2007/05/31/209516.aspx#209989Thu, 31 May 2007 18:11:00 GMT8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:209989Susan, MiamiJebby Bush was a horrible govenor. He messed everything up, from education to the health care system to anything else you can think of. He had this high approval rating while he was in office because he has intelligence(something his bro doesn't have) and he was also clever and a big lier (also like his bro).Now that he is out of office, sh-- is hitting the fan and floridians are awakening from their slumber. Everyone is noticing just how much he has destroyed the state with his arrogance and many decisions he made to put money into the pockets of his buddies. Sound familiar? And by the way, he wasn't living with his hispanic wife for quite some time due to possible philandering and two of his grown kids are nutso. So much for phoney family values.http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2007/05/31/209516.aspx#210046Thu, 31 May 2007 18:48:36 GMT8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:210046DesmondJeb, a wild child? Mama, who would have thought! I think the administration would be more concerned about the lapse in Homeland Security as the TB man travelled all over Europe flew to Canada and drove a car into the U. S. See how easy that was? ICE needs to be reformed and better equipped. New laws are not going to change their lack of competence.http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2007/05/31/209516.aspx#210076Thu, 31 May 2007 19:03:38 GMT8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:210076Rufus Gibbons, Kennett, Mo. soon to be Wash DCHp from Boston Thanks for the kind words I like your posts also especially that one that started "If God herself". Did you know Rufus was a biblical name? http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2007/05/31/209516.aspx#210210Thu, 31 May 2007 20:18:03 GMT8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:210210Jane, Southern MississippiSomeone said a while back that Bush I and Bush II both had the same problem. They didn't know when to withdraw. Ha! Ha! Ha! If only Bush I had withdrawn some 60 years ago, we'd be in a better place now.http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2007/05/31/209516.aspx#210261Thu, 31 May 2007 21:02:45 GMT8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:210261H P BostonRufus I do that your name is from the Bible. Now for the big news.....RUFUS GOES TO WASHINGTON.........DC So should the reps be afraid? http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2007/05/31/209516.aspx#210262Thu, 31 May 2007 21:04:37 GMT8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:210262Just Saying, Here, NowThese illegal aliens are already considered Hispanic Americans? Wow, that was fast!http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2007/05/31/209516.aspx#210263Thu, 31 May 2007 21:04:43 GMT8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:210263H P Boston/HOT DAMJane..LOL! you are too funny! Love your great sense of humor.http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2007/05/31/209516.aspx#210308Thu, 31 May 2007 21:52:17 GMT8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:210308Scott in South TexasA frustrated Iraq could not be reached for comment. (With apologies to Chevy Chase)http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2007/05/31/209516.aspx#210475Fri, 01 Jun 2007 01:14:29 GMT8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:210475Jane, Southern MississippiHP in Boston, I didn't make up that joke. Someone else did. I told him it was funny when I read his post a week or so ago. I remember it was a guy, but I can't remember his name. It is God's truth though, isn't it? I wish I had made it up.http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2007/05/31/209516.aspx#210615Fri, 01 Jun 2007 05:57:33 GMT8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:210615jerry/corpus christi texasIf only Clinton got the message to withdraw with monica.....ah, I better not go therehttp://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2007/05/31/209516.aspx#211560Sat, 02 Jun 2007 05:53:51 GMT8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:211560Jane, Southern Mississippijerry, at least there was no issue from that. She didn't become with child. She did not begat anyone. That was Bush I and Barbara's problem some sixty years ago. How very sad.