How can the President be so right on the war on terror and so apallingly awful on his domestic policy? This Washington Times article outlines his stance on what is essentially the illegal immigration amnesty bill. My feelings mirror that of our esteemed Webloggin Editor on this one. I am currently fighting the gag reflex as I write. 
time and again this President feels the way to win is to out Democrat the Democrats. If you consider a bad deal for the American people as winning then President Bush is winning all over.
If the reports are true and the President ends up endorsing a reform bill authored by this group this is what you can expect:
The Hagel-Martinez bill would divide illegal aliens into three groups. Most of those who have been in the country for more than five years would be granted access to citizenship, those here more than two years but less than five years would have to go home first but would also be eligible for citizenship, while those here two years or less would not have a path. Even as Mr. Bush is moving in that direction, the House majority leader yesterday rejected it. “This idea that was being kicked around the Senate about providing some sort of amnesty for those who have been here five years or more, I just think it was a very big mistake,” House Majority Leader John A. Boehner, Ohio Republican, said yesterday. “You are just inviting more people to come.”
Is it somehow less illegal to have broken the law if you did it 5 or more years ago as opposed to 2 years or even less than that? A path to citizenship without enforcement is in fact amnesty Mr. President. The term limited President may not need to consider approval ratings and it is thankful for that because this move is sure to bring him to a new round “unprecedented lows” in the polls. Amnesty is amnesty regardless of what we call it
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