On Limbaugh’s Show, Bush Acknowledges That Limbaugh And His Comrades Killed Immigration Reform

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http://thinkprogress.org/2010/11/10/bush-limbaugh-immigration/

Long before right-wing pundits were ludicrously attacking Democrats’ attempt to pass the DREAM Act as “amnesty” for undocumented immigrants, they were lambasting former President Bush’s attempt to enact comprehensive immigration reform with the same “amnesty” smear. In fact, a study by the nonpartisan Project for Excellence in Journalism released in 2007 found that “pposition from key talk radio and cable TV hosts helped kill the immigration bill in Congress.” “What listeners of the conservative talk radio media were hearing, in large part, was that the legislation itself was little more than an ‘amnesty bill’ for illegal immigrants, a phrase loaded with political baggage,” the study’s authors wrote.

Yesterday, Bush appeared on right-wing radio host Rush Limbaugh’s show to promote his new memoir. Bush reiterated that we “ought to have a comprehensive immigration law,” and debunked Limbaugh’s claim that immigration reform was merely about gaining new votes for Democrats. Bush also acknowledged that conservatives helped kill immigration reform by falsely dubbing it “amnesty,” and chided people, like Limbaugh, who “react poorly” and mis-characterized the bill:

In 2005, Limbaugh “spent months denouncing the proposed legislation” as “amnesty” or even “shamnesty,” and said Bush’s emphasis on reform over border security threatened “our sovereignty.” “The bottom line — you know it and I know it — is they want this amnesty,” Limbaugh explained. In early 2007, he warned Republicans that pushing immigration reform would lead to “the marginalization, if not the destruction, of the Republican Party.” He also said that “beating back amnesty bill will be great for conservative movement.”

Limbaugh’s attacks on Bush only increased after immigration reform was killed. For example, during the 2008 Presidential campaign, Limabugh went on tirade saying, “Bush and McCain were both for amnesty!” “Bush and McCain were these illegals’ best friends, along with Ted Kennedy,” he exclaimed. Last year, he criticized moderate Republicans, saying, “we’ve had two people in our party literally, John McCain and George W. Bush, grant amnesty to how many millions of illegal Hispanics in the country.”

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1. Make it 3. Yer hero, Reagan did it, too.

I wish rush's head would just explode.

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2. Mission accomplished.

Bush got exactly what he wanted out of his regime's immigration reform "battle"--the status quo.

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3. Limbaugh then popped his first non-Viagra assisted woodie in over a decade.