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To: Lane3 who wrote (19052)	5/18/2006 11:11:41 AM
From: epicure	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 543523

The immigration issue isn't something I can get a handle on. I am not sure anyone can know the big long term affects of any action on this- so I'm on the fence. Bush's speech struck me as ok- it's as good as anything else- and has as much potential to cause unknown problems as many other actions proposed. I don't comment on things when I don't have a pretty good idea of how they are going to turn out- and I have no strong ideas on immigration. It's not about the centrism, for me, it's about the risk reward ratio. I can't see it on immigration- I just don't know what values to plug in. It's kind of annoying to have people construing a lack of comments as ignoring Bush's centrism. For me it has nothing to do with that. Let's not create false dichotomies, ok? Sometimes (also) I don't comment because I basically agree with a poster and I don't want to just go "ditto"- but I've found that TOO has been interpreted- so now I have to say "I agree" all the time. It's really taken some of the enjoyment out of this forum.

To: Lane3 who wrote (19052)	5/18/2006 11:12:07 AM
From: Dale Baker	Respond to of 543523

I said a long time ago and many times since that immigration is one area where I agree with Bush and think he is making an effort to address the whole problem with a lasting solution. But that is always followed by a story on how his own party won't go along, and immigration reform remains a cocked up mess on the Hill. So we go from "good centrist idea" to "here's another agenda item Bush can't get through a Republican Congress." He gets credit for trying. Maybe the centrist approach is so unusual that no one takes him seriously. ;<)