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Clinton praises Bush on immigration reform
7/8/2006, 3:08 p.m. PT
By ROBERT JABLON
The Associated Press
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Former President Bill Clinton praised President Bush on Saturday for supporting reforms that would allow millions of illegal immigrants to seek citizenship but said the debate in Congress is being fomented by Republicans who want to divide America.
"I'm proud of him for doing it and I thanked him for doing it," he said of Bush during a "Cafe con Clinton" breakfast speech to the annual conference of the National Council of La Raza, the nation's largest Hispanic civil rights advocacy group.
Clinton said Bush's roots in Texas — which has one of the nation's largest Hispanic populations — have helped him view immigrants as people rather than statistics.
But Clinton also argued that the nation's government is controlled by Republican ideological hard-liners who want to use immigration to divide Americans and distract them from issues such as the war in Iraq and the health care crisis.
Instead of equal opportunity, they support a "financial elite" because they favor "concentrated wealth and power," Clinton said.
"They believe in a government that is secret, unaccountable and that maximizes its own power," he said. "They really believe the world works better if they run it and we keep our mouths shut."
Clinton supported an immigration reform measure passed by the Senate that would provide a way for many of the estimated 12 million foreigners living in the country illegally to become citizens. A House-approved bill would make illegal immigrants felons and build 700 miles of border walls. House and Senate negotiators so far have not been able to work out a compromise.
Bush has said he wants to enforce the borders so fewer people sneak across but also provide a way for those already in the United States to become legal. He has praised Hispanic immigrants as hardworking and family oriented. Clinton used similar language in his own speech.
The message played well with La Raza, which opposes the House bill and whose current president, Janet Murguia, was an assistant in the Clinton White House.
Before Clinton's speech, Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa noted a string of rallies over the immigration issue, including one in March that sent 500,000 people into the streets of Los Angeles and garnered international attention.
"You literally reshaped the political landscape of our nation ... we can still see a movement blooming before our very eyes," he said.
Both Democrats and Republicans have been looking for ways to court Hispanics, whose fast-growing population gives them the potential to become an enormous voting force. Bush's top political adviser, Karl Rove, was scheduled to address the convention on Tuesday.
http://www.oregonlive.com/newsflash/washington/index.ssf?/base/politics-8/1152394158292660.xml&storylist=washington
What a fucking joke...(R) and (D) working together to rot this country from the inside out? This is what I make of this, you?
7/8/2006, 3:08 p.m. PT
By ROBERT JABLON
The Associated Press
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Former President Bill Clinton praised President Bush on Saturday for supporting reforms that would allow millions of illegal immigrants to seek citizenship but said the debate in Congress is being fomented by Republicans who want to divide America.
"I'm proud of him for doing it and I thanked him for doing it," he said of Bush during a "Cafe con Clinton" breakfast speech to the annual conference of the National Council of La Raza, the nation's largest Hispanic civil rights advocacy group.
Clinton said Bush's roots in Texas — which has one of the nation's largest Hispanic populations — have helped him view immigrants as people rather than statistics.
But Clinton also argued that the nation's government is controlled by Republican ideological hard-liners who want to use immigration to divide Americans and distract them from issues such as the war in Iraq and the health care crisis.
Instead of equal opportunity, they support a "financial elite" because they favor "concentrated wealth and power," Clinton said.
"They believe in a government that is secret, unaccountable and that maximizes its own power," he said. "They really believe the world works better if they run it and we keep our mouths shut."
Clinton supported an immigration reform measure passed by the Senate that would provide a way for many of the estimated 12 million foreigners living in the country illegally to become citizens. A House-approved bill would make illegal immigrants felons and build 700 miles of border walls. House and Senate negotiators so far have not been able to work out a compromise.
Bush has said he wants to enforce the borders so fewer people sneak across but also provide a way for those already in the United States to become legal. He has praised Hispanic immigrants as hardworking and family oriented. Clinton used similar language in his own speech.
The message played well with La Raza, which opposes the House bill and whose current president, Janet Murguia, was an assistant in the Clinton White House.
Before Clinton's speech, Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa noted a string of rallies over the immigration issue, including one in March that sent 500,000 people into the streets of Los Angeles and garnered international attention.
"You literally reshaped the political landscape of our nation ... we can still see a movement blooming before our very eyes," he said.
Both Democrats and Republicans have been looking for ways to court Hispanics, whose fast-growing population gives them the potential to become an enormous voting force. Bush's top political adviser, Karl Rove, was scheduled to address the convention on Tuesday.
http://www.oregonlive.com/newsflash/washington/index.ssf?/base/politics-8/1152394158292660.xml&storylist=washington
What a fucking joke...(R) and (D) working together to rot this country from the inside out? This is what I make of this, you?
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...are those who've helped us.
Right 'round the corner could be bigger than ourselves.
Bush just provided more incentive...not less like he's saying he's doing. Makes me sick.
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How is it much harder for a citizen to receive government provided programs?
was like a picture
of a sunny day
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great quote. that bill. so dead-on, as usual. i may have to use this in my sig one day.
Of which we're caught in the middle.
A couple of lucky ones
Tangled up in too much love
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enough said... the funny thing is they have average joe voting for them
no, he's a democrat. which is the root of the word democracy, btw.
we all remember THAT concept, don't we??
Of which we're caught in the middle.
A couple of lucky ones
Tangled up in too much love
~cowboy junkies
that's because average joe is an intellectually lazy ball scratcher who responds better to sound bites that lengthy explanations of complex issues, like immigration.
Of which we're caught in the middle.
A couple of lucky ones
Tangled up in too much love
~cowboy junkies
i definitely agree with this
Locally, those providing government services are required to provide for those undocumented, no questions asked. On the other hand, documented citizens (naturalized or not) are subjected to an application process, referral's, etc., which are subject to denial.
There is a news story floating around where a homless disabled veteran was denied medicaid (he didn't qualify for whatever reason) yet an undocumented worker next in line was approved. Obvioulsy it goes deeper than this but still strokes the point perfectly.
'If my fuckin' ex-wife told me to take care of her dog while her and her new boyfriend went to Honolulu, I'd tell her to go fuck herself." -The Dude
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I believe Clinton is trying to come off as someone...rational, on the left. Someone who's vitriolic hatred of the administration doesn't turn everything he says into inane bluster, and someone who can actually reach across party lines to people he doesn't agree with...all of these things will be useful as the first husband to the next president.