Candidates Reagan & Bush-41 Discuss Illegal Immigration in 1980 Debate

[Pryderi]

[demwing]

1. Holy cow, both sounded down right progressive!

But Bush sounded like he felt passionate about the issue. What the hell happened to the Republican party?

[Drunken Irishman]

3. Bush always put a positive spin on his rhetoric...

You remember him wanting a kinder, gentler America.

[Bucky]

2. Both wanted to solve the problem. But you gotta love Reagan's "grasp" of the facts.

Mexico had severe problems in 1980. But the unemployment rate was at 20%, not the revolution-inducing 40-50% that Bonzo just pulled out of his pompadour.

Of course they were running for the nomination of a party that was about evenly split on the question of whether a woman has control over her own body.

[iandhr]

4. Wow they sound sane and rational.

[Pryderi]

5. Yep. The production value was low, level of debate high. nt