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    Default Dean accuses Bush of Exploiting Immigration Issue

    I find this interesting because Bush is EXTREMELY pro-immigration, supporting Amnesty McCain and his work4citizenship bill. But YET, Dean accuses Bush of being anti-immigrant. Huh? Even you Dems here hafta admit this is spin. Remember, this thread is coming from the guy who abandoned Bush for the Prez's immigration amnesty agenda.

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    Howard Dean accuses Bush, GOP of exploiting immigration issue

    SCOTT LINDLAW
    Associated Press

    OAKLAND, Calif. - Democratic Party chief Howard Dean accused President Bush and the Republican Party on Friday of exploiting the immigration issue for political gain by scapegoating Hispanics.

    Dean and Bush agree on the legislation at the heart of the debate. Both support a Senate bill that would expand guest-worker programs for an estimated 400,000 immigrants each year.

    However, at a speech in an Oakland union hall, the 2004 Democratic presidential candidate sought to tie Bush to a much tougher House bill that would tighten borders and make it a crime to be in the United States illegally or to offer aid to illegal immigrants. Bush does not back the House bill.

    "This is a nonsensical proposal put out by far right-wingers in the Republican Party who have been endorsed for re-election by the president of the United States," Dean said. "The president has a moral obligation to rein in the right-wing extremists in his party and stop this divisive rhetoric about immigrants."

    Dean devoted much of his short speech here to the immigration debate, which has taken center stage in Washington this election year and touched off mass demonstrations elsewhere. More than 500,000 immigration-rights activists marched in downtown Los Angeles on Saturday, largely to protest the House measure.

    Bush has spent his political career courting Hispanic voters, the nation's fastest-growing voting bloc, and he has helped double the GOP's share of the Hispanic vote since 2000.

    Nevertheless, Dean accused Bush and fellow Republicans of demagoguery in the immigration debate, saying it fit with a long-standing pattern. He cited the president's opposition to the University of Michigan's affirmative-action program and Bush's decision to "pick on" homosexuals - an apparent reference to the gay marriage issue in the 2004 election.

    "In 2006 it's immigrants. That's what their strategy is on the Republican side: divide people, scapegoat them, set them aside, point the finger at them," Dean said. "Well, that may be good for the Republican Party, but it's bad for America, and we're not going to do that."

    During his remarks criticizing Bush, Dean was interrupted by a shout of "Impeach!"
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    Wow, just when I thought the immigration debate had sunk to its lowest level, Dean steps in and proves me wrong. Amazing. Where would corrupt Republicans be without rudderless Democrats? It's like they were made for each other, each side with its own brand of complimentary sleaze ...

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    I'm sorry, why do people keep yelling "I'm Peach!" is that like the new "wassup" or someting?
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    "The president has a moral obligation to rein in the right-wing extremists in his party and stop this divisive rhetoric about immigrants."
    So...he's saying the President should suppress free speech? Hmm. Of course, that's is what the dems try to do with their opposition. And I like how he says securing our borders is 'nonsensical'. What in the blazes is sensible, then?

    He cited the president's opposition to the University of Michigan's affirmative-action program and Bush's decision to "pick on" homosexuals - an apparent reference to the gay marriage issue in the 2004 election.
    The program where some people are granted better admission status because of race? The program the President gutlessly praised the SCOTUS for upholding?

    And tell me: would a gay marraige amendment be necessary if some people weren't trying to force laws on us through legislation on the benches of courts?

    I'm sorry, why do people keep yelling "I'm Peach!" is that like the new "wassup" or someting?
    Kind of. It's some new hip term; the amount you say it is inversely proportional to your IQ.

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    Hhmmm.

    Maybe if we make illegal immigrants enter into mandatory same-sex marriage, they'll stop coming over?

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