(12-01-2018 10:46 PM)OptimisticOwl Wrote:  

(12-01-2018 06:52 PM)RiceLad15 Wrote:  With the sad passing of HW this weekend, I’m seeing a lot of posts about how decent of a human he was. His time in politics was before my time, but from clips of him that I’ve seen, it seems like those tales are spot on. Not sure we could see a Republican talk about illegal immigrants the way Bush (and Reagan for that matter) did back in 1980.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YsmgPp_nlok&app=desktop

yeah, there's been some water under that bridge(pun intended). Things change.

I wonder what the Democrats in 1980 were saying about what Bush and Reagan were saying. I don't remember there being consensus on immigration back then, and if so, why didn't we pass some laws unanimously to take care of the problem? The Democrats controlled both the House and Senate all 12 years of Reagan and Bush41, I believe.