Bush backs away from plan photograph visiting Meexicans (as reported)

[Tom Yossarian Joad]

("Meexicans" is the actual headline at the time of this post).

CRAWFORD, Texas - (KRT) - President Bush told Mexican President Vicente Fox on Saturday that the United States was reconsidering a plan to photograph and fingerprint Mexicans who regularly cross the border, but he offered little hope for quick approval of his proposed guest worker program.

"I certainly hope the Congress takes this issue up," Bush said of his plan to provide temporary permits for millions of undocumented immigrant workers. "But there's no telling what's going to happen in an election year, so it's very difficult to give a date."

Bush conferred with Fox over two days at his Prairie Chapel Ranch on a wide range of border issues and other matters of pressing regional concern, including the political turmoil in Haiti and Venezuela.

The White House and other administration officials had signaled in recent days that the Department of Homeland Security was backing off a requirement in its new US-VISIT security program that Mexicans crossing the border - even on regular, short visits - would have to be photographed and fingerprinted.

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http://www.sunherald.com/mld/sunherald/news/nation/8124552.htm

[David Dunham]

1. Bush Flip-Flops Again.

[yardwork]

2. Yep.

This way monkey-boy gets credit for the immigration plan with Hispanic voters in south Florida, while satisfying the hard-core right wing that he didn't really mean it.

How anyone could call this cowardly weasel a "leader" is beyond me.

[stevedeshazer]

3. Someone help me out here

This is the second time I have seen the term "Prairie Chapel Ranch" in the press today.

I have never seen this term before today.

What is up with this "Prairie Chapel Ranch" bullshit?

The last time I can remember, they called it the "Western White House", which also galls me because I live 2000 miles northwest of it.

I continue to refer to it as the Crawford Pig Ranch.

[Tom Yossarian Joad]

4. More blather to assure the sheeple that W is the annointed one. n/t

[stevedeshazer]

5. For sure

But do you remember hearing/reading this term before?

Just trying to keep my Karl Rove timeline up to date :)