Alienating The Base

Excerpt from an article in the May 30, 2007 Washington Times:

President Bush yesterday rebuked members of his own political party for trying to "frighten people" into opposing his immigration bill, prompting a quick backlash from some Republicans.

"Those determined to find fault with this bill will always be able to look at a narrow slice of it and find something they don't like," Mr. Bush said, speaking at a training center for immigration enforcement officials in Glynco, Ga.

"If you want to kill the bill, if you don't want to do what's right for America, you can pick one little aspect out of it, you can use it to frighten people. Or you can show leadership and solve this problem once and for all," Mr. Bush said....

Read the rest of the article.

Now, watch the following video, filmed in March 2007:




And those who find fault with certain provisions in the immigration bill are un-American? Puhleeeze!

[Hat-tip to Wild Thing of Theodore's World]