The conservatives have reached the turning point on Bush—and it’s immigration that did it

Conservatives in general now see George W. Bush as I saw him in 2000 (or, rather, as Bush by his own words clearly revealed himself to be in 2000, but no one wanted to see it), namely, that Bush has no love for America as a historic country, that with his whole heart he desires the Hispanicization of America, and that he regards anyone who disagrees with him on this as a bad person motivated by resentment who must be treated with contempt and silenced.

A reader writes to David Frum:

Today is my 36th anniversary. I mention this because in the years to come when I am discussing the Bush presidency I will remember this date as the moment I thought there was a tipping point in conservative support for him.

I have over a hundred relatives in California: all Republicans, all conservative. Some of the women have married into Mexican-American families. I talked to many over the weekend. Do they still like Bush? I cannot repeat their language. Let us just say: Not so much. The reason? Immigration. The three main Mexican-American families are all professionals. They consider the illegals riff-raff.

For them, they are more than disappointed with Bush. They feel angry and betrayed. You know, these are not the right words to describe their feelings. The right word is “bitter.” They are very bitter.

Posted by Lawrence Auster at May 30, 2007 12:48 PM | Send