Unabashedly Unhyphenated: More on Bush's Border Lies

Ok, so I've cooled down a bit...a bit...after listening to our president's blather and I'll assume a more reasonable tone today. But first, I've just got to post a thought I had last night:

Mr. Bush, you're trying mightily to redefine "amnesty" so it means something other than what it really means. How in the hell is this different from Clinton trying to con us into believing "a blow job isn't really sex?!!" Heck they call it "oral sex" for a reason! In the same vein, you wish to resolve our illegal immigration conundrum while letting those who have already broken and entered our sovereign nation remain. There is no other word for what you want: amnesty. Period. End of story.

I don't care how many times you say it, Jefe, you're proposing an amnesty and trying to con us into believing it isn't one. That's called lying, sir. And continuing to repeat it for going on five years now makes you about as believable as a Clinton apology and as appealing as one of his cigars.

Whew! Now with that off my chest, the Christian Science Monitor weighed in today with a very good piece about Bush's speech:

First things first on the border
CSMonitor.com

"The president's political nod toward better security might help GOP candidates who need to show that their party is making some moves toward reducing the massive lawlessness of border crossings and trying to nab infiltrating terrorists. But Americans are in a show-me mood when it comes to immigration, and are oh-so aware that past border toughening and the 1986 amnesty for illegals did little to stem the flow.

They're also wise to the false notion that a guest-worker program will somehow greatly soak up the demand among those who want to enter the US and thus reduce illegal crossings."