in all fairness Smurph I think he had some pretty yough questions--"including immigration
Examples of questions
He asked him about divided nation--wmds-mission accomplished statement--the sames things the dems would pound him with
and his question on illegals---
O'REILLY: Every year, 3.5 million illegals come over. Why can't the federal government control that?
BUSH: Well, as you know, as the governor of Texas, I was very aware of this issue. There is a long border, that makes it hard to control. We have beefed up places along the border to try to stop the process of...
O'REILLY: With all due respect, though, it's not working, with 3 million...
BUSH: It's working a little better. They're doing a pretty good job down in Arizona, which is the main border crossing. But I was trying to get my words here for a minute. I was trying to give you some facts. I think there's a thousand more border patrol agents along the border, we're modernizing border techniques, we're using better surveillance methods to stop crossing at the border. Now, look, people are coming up because they want to work. You know, family values don't stop at the border.
O'REILLY: Absolutely,
BUSH: If you can make 50 cents in the interior of Mexico, and five bucks in the interior of the United States, you're coming for the five bucks, and they're poor.
O'REILLY: Ninety percent of them are, but 10 percent are bad guys.
BUSH: Well, look...
O'REILLY: A lot of bad guys coming here.
BUSH: I don't know how you got the 10 percent number, maybe...
O'REILLY: The border patrol you know, incarceration, violent crime, that...
BUSH: No question about it. It is a serious issue. I happen to believe the best way to enhance the border is to have temporary worker cards available for people. And I think it's best for the employers who are employing these people. I think it's best for the employees that are trying to find work. I think the long-term solution for this issue on our border is for Mexico to grow a middle class. That's why I believe in NAFTA (search)...
O'REILLY: We'll be in the grave.
BUSH: I don't think so. It's happening. Look, I wish I could have taken you down there and shown you the northern tier of states in Mexico ten years ago compared to today. I mean, it's happening.
Free trade helps lift lives, free trade develops commerce, free trade gives people a chance to realize their dreams. And so long as the wage differential is as big as it is, and so long as moms and dads feel the necessity to feed their children, they're going to come and try to make a living.
O'REILLY: So you're not going to militarize the border to stop...
BUSH: No, we're going to use the border patrol, beef it up, give it better technologies and better equipment to do its job.
O'REILLY: OK. You know a lot of people are not going to like that answer, you know that.
BUSH: Well it's a truthful answer.
O'REILLY: OK.
