George Bush Acknowledges Rush Helped Kill Immigration Bill

Newscast Media -- Former president George W. Bush appeared on the Rush Limbaugh show to promote his book "Decision Points" and acknowledged that Limbaugh and conservatives played a major role in killing what Limbaugh dubbed the "Amnesty" bill. During the 2008 presidential campaign, Limbaugh attacked George Bush, John McCain and Ted Kennedy for being "illegals' best friends."

RUSH: What was the objective of that legislation? What were you trying to accomplish with your comprehensive immigration reform because many people thought it was amnesty and that he they opposed it.

PRESIDENT BUSH: No, I know, and that's what happens a lot of times these issues get labeled and people react poorly. I couldn't have said it more plainly. I was against amnesty. I don't know many people who were for amnesty when it comes time for comprehensive reform. … I was trying to basically recognize that our economy required immigrants to work. I mean, there's a lot of jobs Americans won’t do and therefore there needed to be an orderly, legal way for people to come and work on a temporary basis and that if you’d paid your taxes and had been here for a while and were a good citizen you had a chance to become a citizen, but you had to get at the back of the line.

RUSH: The politics of it though, many people feared that the Democrats simply wanted to register all these people as new Democrat voters, they weren't concerned about any compassion they weren't concerned about labor markets or any of that, they just saw they have a new form of Democrat votes and registration, and when Republicans went along with it, people were pulling their hair out saying why do we want to help Democrats out with their political efforts?

PRESIDENT BUSH: I know, I know, a lot of people view things through the political lens, I thought it was good policy though, and not all Democrats were for it on Capitol Hill, I might add. Anyway it is still an issue that needs to be solved at some point in time.

In the interview when Rush asked about the Arizona law, Bush answered implying that if his immigration bill had been passed it would have solved the Arizona immigration issue. Add Comments>>

Bush admits that Rush Limbaugh and his army killed immigration bill

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