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I Think I Got Your Answer Right Here, John…
Newsmax columnist John LeBoutillier on Bush’s upcoming immigration speech:
So, here is the thinking in this Bush White House: It is the conservatives who are blocking the immigration issue. So Bush will throw them a measly little bone: the illusion of beefed-up border security.
And that is all this is: an illusion. This is yet another phony, cosmetic Bush ploy to try to keep his base with him. Are true-blue conservatives so gullible as to fall for this?
Let’s find out, shall we? Here is the estimable Marie Jon’ of Renew America fame:
On Monday, President Bush will tell the country his plans to stem the tide of illegal aliens. His speech should be received as a victory by those who have worked diligently to sway the mind of our Commander-in-Chief. However, the naysayers are out there pitching their negative thoughts before the president is given a chance to speak. [...] With President Bush addressing the nation about our borders and all the ramifications that we assume he will put forth, we don’t need all this unnecessary negativity. A number of conservative talk show hosts, only looking to improve their ratings, are adding to the uproar and showing a lack of respect for the president. Let’s leave the nasty talk to the likes of Air America Radio.
Never underestimate how gullible true-blue conservatives are, Mr. LeBoutillier. Any group of people who would willingly sign a George W. Bush loyalty oath just to watch Dick Cheney speak have some serious critical thinking deficiencies.
However, I will give Michelle Malkin credit on this one. She is indeed more loyal to wingnuttery than she is to the ever-dwindling Bush Cult.
Ginger Yellow said,
May 15, 2006 at 16:18
Has MJ discovered how to use the spellchecker? That was surpisingly legible.
celticgirl said,
May 15, 2006 at 16:19
Poor Marie - such a pretty girl too. She must like the taste of gargling republicum…
Brad R. said,
May 15, 2006 at 16:19
Hmmm, I wonder if she’s plagiarizing again…
ChrisS said,
May 15, 2006 at 17:04
I like President Clinton. I like Shoulda-been President Gore, as well. Had I been required to sign any loyalty oath to see either of them speak, I would have told them to stuff off.
If George Steinbrenner asked me to sign a loyalty oath, then of course, even if it’s only to protect the reigning AL MVP Alex Rodriguez from unwarranted criticism from the likes of Bradrocket, the filthy cur.
Vestal Vespa said,
May 15, 2006 at 17:55
“Are true-blue conservatives so gullible as to fall for this?”
Does he REALLY want the answer to that?
John Protevi said,
May 15, 2006 at 18:11
Loyalty, thy name is Malkin.
King Spirula said,
May 15, 2006 at 18:41
If you want my loyalty you’ll have to pry it from my cold dead hands.
No MSG said,
May 15, 2006 at 18:58
Can anyone else see this coming: 25 years from now, an unpopular Republican incumbent president boasts of his service in the Guard alongside the Minutemen and border patrol, while belittling the record of the Democratic challenger, a decorated veteran of Operation Iraqi Freedom.
Ginger Yellow said,
May 15, 2006 at 19:22
Sorry to go off topic, but you won’t regret it.
Tbogg has found a truly gobsmacking effort from Tabor. It’s mindblowingly nonsensical. In fact I think it could challenge Richard Cohen in number of ways to be wrong in a few declarative statements.
blogenfreude said,
May 15, 2006 at 19:26
Indeed - Swift-IED Veterans for Truth!
islmfaoscist said,
May 15, 2006 at 19:52
The National Guard would be a stopgap force until the federal government could hire civilian contractors to take over…
If you hurry, there’s still have time to buy more Halliburton stock before the Chimperor’s speech!
islmfaoscist said,
May 15, 2006 at 19:58
TBogg missed his chance to explain the difference between a slut and a bitch.
A slut will sleep with anyone. A bitch will sleep with anyone except you.
Michael Bérubé said,
May 15, 2006 at 20:07
Can anyone else see this coming: 25 years from now, an unpopular Republican incumbent president boasts of his service in the Guard alongside the Minutemen and border patrol, while belittling the record of the Democratic challenger, a decorated veteran of Operation Iraqi Freedom.
That’s not gonna happen, No MSG. The unpopular Republican incumbent will be boasting of his service as a member of Pajamas Media, while belitting the record of the Democratic challenger, etc.
Michael Bérubé said,
May 15, 2006 at 20:08
Or, alternatively belittling the record, which is even worse than belitting.
Oh, FTLOG! said,
May 15, 2006 at 20:48
M.J. -
Shouldn’t that be “showing a lack of respect for the President.”?
Oh, the lack of respect!!
ChrisS said,
May 15, 2006 at 21:38
Or, alternatively belittling the record, which is even worse than belitting.
Just what a leftist college professor would say.
Gary Ruppert said,
May 15, 2006 at 23:17
The fact of the matter is that if Bush doesn’t address his guest worker plan, he should be able to boost his poll numbers to 45% by Memorial Day.
Putting a security force on the border is a very popular idea, which will propell the Republicans to victory in November.
g said,
May 16, 2006 at 0:14
“if Bush doesn’t address his guest worker plan, he should be able to boost his poll numbers to 45% by Memorial Day.”
Now there’s a strategy. Go out on the speech circuit and NOT talk about the programs you’re trying to advance. Your numbers will skyrocket!
Seriously, Gary, whaddya think, should he just go out there are ride around on a 4 wheeler wearing his new Border Patrol jacket? You think that’s gonna put his numbers up 15 points in 2 weeks?
mt said,
May 16, 2006 at 0:42
Gary might be on to something. Bush & the Minutia men should hop on some wild burros and travel the length of the border looking for immigrant hot spots. If they went undercover and donned sombreros the media would be all over it.
Bizarro Gary #1 said,
May 16, 2006 at 1:25
Gary am being mean to Mexicans! Gary am giving Mexicans presents and balloons and candy!
Gary Ruppert said,
May 16, 2006 at 2:11
Bush hits a home run for the first 8 minutes..
and then he goes to his guest worker program.
SWIIIIIIIIIISH
SWIIIIIIIIIIIIIISH
Oh George, you were hitting home runs.
No catch and release.
More security.
And you had to bring in your stupid pet project.
Gary Ruppert said,
May 16, 2006 at 2:14
Bush continues his rollercoaster ride.
“Penalties for companies who hire illegals” WHEEEEE
“It’s not possible to deport every illegal immigrant” NOOOOOO
And Bush’s plan is AM-NEST-EE
Anything which allows illegal immigrants to gain citizenship in exchange for illegally immigrating is amnesty.
JK47 said,
May 16, 2006 at 2:17
and then he goes to his guest worker program.
Well, I guess that means Bush’s approval ratings will stay in the low 30’s and the Republicans will not win in November. For once, we agree.
Geez, even Ruppert didn’t like the speech. That must have been one crap-o-la speech.
Brad R. said,
May 16, 2006 at 2:22
There is no way Bush would ever enforce penalties for employers who hire illegal immigrants. Crooked businessmen are the last constituency he has left! Would he really isolate them too???
Hee-hee. Bush is t to tha’ izz-oast. Stick a fork in him, he is done, done, done.
Gary Ruppert said,
May 16, 2006 at 2:28
The problem with Bush’s speech was that it was very bi-polar.
The things I liked about the speech include:
1) The Guard guarding our border
2) The new technology being used to guard the boader
3) Penalizing businesses which hire illegals
The things I hated in the speech include
1) Bush shilling for his guest worker program as a solution to this problem. He thinks that the guest worker program would give jobs that Americans don’t want to do to some foreigner. That’s not true. The fact is that if the guest worker program is implemented, I guarantee you that at least half of the automobile companies in this nation will fire their American workers and hire ‘guest workers’. The guest worker idea is a big government stinkaroo.
2) Bush is personally insulting me and conservatives like me when it comes to talking about “tone”. He wants to walk around and say that people shouldn’t inflame tensions on this issue, but he also said that illegal immigration causes crime. He can’t live two ways at the same time.
Bush needs to go back to logic class and look up the strawman fallacy.
3) Bush is also delusional when it comes to the deporting illegal immigrants. It can be done.
The fact is that the guest worker program is a program which will expand big government and cost Americans jobs, which will undo the economic prosperity generated by Bush.
The fact is that Bush is advocating backdoor amnesty.
This speech wasn’t good enough to get him back to 45%.
He didn’t do enough to make his base feel better and he didn’t do enough to win over the so-called middle.
The fact is that when this speech is over, the people who are bashing him over Iraq will continue to bash him over Iraq and the pople who are bashing him over immigration won’t be made happy enough.
C+ speech from Bush.
islmfaoscist said,
May 16, 2006 at 2:41
Oy! This has touched off a serious hair-pulling, name-calling, scratchfest in kooky rightwing blogtopia. Time to pop some popcorn.
Suggested background music: anything by The Connies (aka “Conservatism Will Eat Itself”).
islmfaoscist said,
May 16, 2006 at 2:47
OK, now I must be tripping, did I just read Gary Ruppert making the case for strongly unionizing auto workers?
(shakes head so quickly lips go fap-fap-hubbada-hubbada)
Gary Ruppert said,
May 16, 2006 at 2:52
You are tripping.
While I am not a huge union fan, I prefer unionized auto workers over guest worker auto workers.
Marita said,
May 16, 2006 at 2:56
That can’t be the “real” Gary. He just isn’t that interactive. Also, this line:
Bush needs to go back to logic class and look up the strawman fallacy.
doesn’t sit quite right. Gary appealing to logic? Please.
islmfaoscist said,
May 16, 2006 at 3:10
I think Marita is right, the “real” Gary gets a stiffy instead of getting his feelings hurt when he is scolded by Bush.
pishy40 said,
May 16, 2006 at 3:37
Oh My God, I wonder whose writing for Marie these days? They actually know how to make a complete sentence. I for one, am so proud of our little girl. She’s growing up before our very eyes.
chimpy mcflightssssuuut said,
May 16, 2006 at 9:26
This got my attention:
Marie: His speech should be received as a victory by those who have worked diligently to sway the mind of our Commander-in-Chief. However, the naysayers are out there pitching their ….
I’ll tell you what I’m pitching Marie. I’m pitching a tent, yahknow what i mean? I think it’s that fuzzy sweater that does it for me
chimpy mcflightssssuuut said,
May 16, 2006 at 9:27
that and the 12 PBR’s i just slammed
gus said,
May 16, 2006 at 10:26
Marie must have taken my letter to heart when I patiently pointed out, Commander IN Chief, not Commander And Chief.
She just missed the part about civilians not having CinCs.
jade said,
May 16, 2006 at 21:51
2) Bush is personally insulting me and conservatives like me
Yeah, I’d have to give him a C+ for that too.
Marq said,
May 21, 2006 at 4:12
Ah, Noose Max….