- "John McCain and War"
" Rush to Saunders and Brooks: McCain's Liberalism Is the Problem"
"McCain, Judicial Nominations, Sleeves, and Warts "
When the GOP or McCain ask for money to support McCain, print and send them one of these.
Posted on 08/26/2008 5:11:01 PM PDT by Delacon
All eyes may be on Denver this week, but the Republican National Committee began their meetings to draft an election platform today ahead of next week’s convention. Sparks flew when delegates got into debate over illegal immigration, which reflected where John McCain originally stood on the issue, but has now taken a more conservative stance.
Delegates were split into different subcommittees and it was in the national security meeting where members got into heated discussion surrounding the issues of amnesty and English as the official language of the United States.
Two delegates wanted to harden the language surrounding the issue of amnesty. The draft read, “We oppose amnesty.” But, delegates from North Carolina and Colorado wanted to include opposition to “comprehensive immigration reform” because they believe it is a code word for amnesty. This sparked a heated discussion between members with a delegate from Washington DC who said that the Republican Party is a “not a xenophobic party, not an intolerant party. We are a compassionate party that follows the rule of law and endorses federal law,” said Bud McFarlane. Kendal Unruh from Colorado, who wanted to include “opposition to comprehensive immigration reform” to the draft, seemed to take offense to that statement citing her missionary work and saying that she would “never have the label” of xenophobic “slapped on me.” She continued to press that the committee add the tougher language to stop “behind the door tactics” to prevent “amnesty” of illegal aliens.
McFarlane was joined by several other members including from borders states such as New Mexico that said if the amendment was added it would give the impression that the Republican Party was not interested in fixing the immigration problems facing the country and the Republicans had “historically welcomed immigrants.”
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“not a xenophobic party, not an intolerant party.”
Spinning Bush’s line again that if you oppose it, you’re racist.
Kendal Unruh from Colorado, who wanted to include “opposition to comprehensive immigration reform” to the draft, seemed to take offense to that statement citing her missionary work and saying that she would “never have the label” of xenophobic “slapped on me.”
***Good for Kendal. Doing God’s work.
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“The MSM gets out the “GOP is a bunch of racist yahoos” story template”
The “GOP” can do that all by itself.
The wage-depression short-term profiteering lobbies are strong in both parties.
" Rush to Saunders and Brooks: McCain's Liberalism Is the Problem"
"McCain, Judicial Nominations, Sleeves, and Warts "
When the GOP or McCain ask for money to support McCain, print and send them one of these.
lol the bill-payers (of the pols, not of fedgov’s budget) aren’t going to be stopped on amnesty, but one must find a way to throw crumbs to the peons who must pull the levers.
By now freepers should have realized that the duopoly parties are globalization parties, and represent interests in favor of unlimited global trade (including movement of labor from cheaper markets to higher markets) and expanded political boundries of respective trade blocks (the EU, NAU, etc). Throw some foreign money into our political system (China, Gulf States) and all that we see in politics makes a lot more sense.
Flakey bast*rd. These kinds of weasle words are why I no longer call myself a Republican.
The Stupid Party is going to return back to its losing days in the mid-1900s. All the GOP has to do is have a clear conservative-libertarian agenda and they’ll win. The party is clearly controlled by a bunch of Rockefeller, beltway group-thinkers who don’t want to step on any toes. The GOP needs a hard-ass to run the party. Ron Paul was right when he said the party is stagnating and not attracting new and younger voters.
But this has been going on for 40 years running.
And it must end!
This dynamic must change.
That’s why a certain individual the libs are pushing for VP must be stopped at all costs.
There’s that word again.
“It is so devastatingly obvious that Republicans/Conservatives are paralyzed from fear of the MSM.”
It’s the money.
The “comprehensive” supporters in the GOP structure their arguments to appeal to the liberal media, in words, and opportunities to frame themselves as moral and “conservatives” as mean.
Karl Rove handled them like an expert puppeteer.
But it wasn’t enough. We got the internet.
Bravo for the delegates from North Carolina and Colorado. Wish we had more like them.
Time to cut off the free ride for illegals. Take away the welfare and they'll leave on their own.
They don’t want to be in office. That’s clear. So we won’t put them in office. We will find our own conservatives.
In reality, the RNC is no doubt arguing which is the best way to bury the on going violent nationwide immigration disaster, now that they've stood by for years, gawking at up to 40 million illegals and their anchor babies stroll into our country.
I can hear them now...."Hey guys, how can we slip in the word illegal alien during the convention so we can appease all these stupid Americans that have been begging, voting, and screaming for relief from this violent invasion for years? Hey, lets show them pictures of Bush in that border patrol dune buggy we ran a couple of years ago."
Good thinking!!
The Argument:
Should we let them in or should we give them green cookies and THEN let them in?
And that includes a lot of Hispanics who are sick of having their communities trashed by the illegal Barrio Bros, their drugs and ho's.
So how do we swamp these delegate committees with mail, input, whatever to get this right?
I used to be compassionate but Bush ruined that word for me. I got tired of being called a racist and a bigot just because I want our laws enforced, and I don't want our country invaded. NO amnesty!!!
What the heck is this relic still doing hanging around?
I'm surprised he's not in jail.
For the Republicans, it's the money. They get campaign donations from those making money hand over fist on the backs of the illegals and decide to throw the conservatives under the "Straight Talk" bus for that little bit of money.
For the Democrats, it's the 20+ million new Democrat voters they will secure in the next decade.
On the illegals issue, the Republicans, once again, are the stupid party.
OK, so who are you going to vote for, or do you plan to sit at home on election day? I have a problem with McCain on a couple of issues, but he's much, much better than Obama. We've got about 3 USSC Justices either going to retire or die, and if Obama gets to appoint them, a liberal USSC court will resemble the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals that gives Americans so much grief. A liberal USSC can go back and overturn the recent Second Amendment decision and eventually, they will rule against gun owners. What is your plan if you're not going to vote for McCain?
So how do we swamp these delegate committees with mail, input, whatever to get this right?
Thank you!
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“The mere fact the GOP has to debate this issue is an indication how far the party has moved to the left.
The biggest distinction between the two parties is one has its convention in Denver and the other in Minneapolis.”
Actually, I am kinda proud of our RNC guys on this. You should have seen the intial draft. They added much stronger language this time around. The problem is that they are tripping over themselves trying to make the language “work” for the republican rank and file and McCain at the same time.
Bob Barr Please read "McCain, Judicial Nominations, Sleeves, and Warts".
McCain will kiss the Democrats' @sses on all issues. McCain will be just as liberal on Justices as any Democrat.
I'm not crossing the isle to vote for that liberal piece of garbage McCain!!!
FYI Fred Thompson and Marsha Blackburn are on the Tuesday speech line-up.
They really are blowing it, not just legally and constitutionally, but even politically.
Like one poster here clarifies, for the Republicans it's about the money from those making it off the backs of the illegals, e,g,Tyson, corp agriculture, et al. For the Democrats it's about the votes.
But because of the universal citizen agreement which you say, they (the "Republicans") could really consolidate the issue by declaring the circumspect protection of the American citizen, clarifying what amounts to a foreign invasion, and countering it; all within the bounds of international order, reason, and decency.
Mexico doesn't have the civility and resources to address it's own?
This is unfortunately the Bush administration's arrogance and stupidity - puppets of the CFR, as well of course as the United States Senate. How many times for example have we seen Candoleeza Rice discuss the invasion with Calderon?
The United States government from the very top is every bit as sinister, or at least corrupt, as the conspiracy mongers say.
Coburn appears as the one guy who's fighting it (the corruption). And he is NOT a lawyer.
Incidentally this is EXACTLY why, among the naive, Barrack Obama has traction; among them he is seen as a departure from the DC political status quo, regardless of issues.
Obviously a misdirected analysis, but we only have the last four or five years of total disdain for the bully pulpit, and what conservatism is, to blame.
George Bush and the United States Senate are puppets of the Council on Foreign Relations. We can prove it over and over and over again.
Too bad Duncan is not our nomnee. There would be little or no wool gathering on the matter as we have seen here.
This issue is going to come back and bite them severely. They have missed a chance to actually win this election hands down, going away out of the September chocks.
If anything, it goes to show just how far out of touch with the American people the Republican party has become.
Ron Paul, like yourself, does not have a clue. John McCain is beating Obama exactly because he has brought in new voters. Hopefully he will also continue to rid the party of the lingering tumor that is the old right and attract even more moderates.
The American people have nominated two candidates who are pro-immigration. It is you not the GOP who is out of touch.
The problem is that no one will vote for “your conservatives”.
ping
Kick their compassion right out the door along with Bush!
We don’t need imigration reform we need enforcement of current law!
At any rate, I wonder if this would be adopted by the RNC. It is worth a shot at trying to get it to them, I am glad they have a grassroots way in effect to feedback to them via internet.
Robert, (and others), may I ask, what would be your thoughts on this following draft wording for the RNC in Minneapolis?
Immigration
"US Constitution, Article 4, Section 4: The United States shall guarantee to every State in this Union a Republican Form of Government, and shall protect each of them against Invasion; James Madison: "When we are considering the advantages that may result from an easy mode of naturalization, we ought also to consider the cautions necessary to guard against abuses ・aliens might acquire the right of citizenship, and return to the country from which they came, and evade the laws intended to encourage the commerce and industry of the real citizens and inhabitants of America, enjoying at the same time all the advantages of citizens・ We affirm the integrity of the international borders of these United States and the Constitutional authority and duty of the federal government to guard and to protect those borders, including the regulation of the numbers and of the qualifications of immigrants into the country.
Each year approximately one million legal immigrants and almost as many illegal aliens enter these United States. These immigrants - including illegal aliens - have been made eligible for various kinds of public assistance, including housing, education, Social Security, and legal services. This unconstitutional drain on the federal Treasury is having a severe and adverse impact on our economy, increasing the cost of government at federal, state, and local levels, adding to the tax burden, and stressing the fabric of society. The mass importation of people with low standards of living threatens the wage structure of the American worker and the labor balance in our country.
The Republican Party opposes the abuse of the H-1B and L-1 visa provisions of the immigration act which are displacing American workers with foreign.
The Republican Party favors a moratorium on immigration to these United States, except in extreme hardship cases or in other individual special circumstances, until the availability of all federal subsidies and assistance be discontinued, and proper security procedures have been instituted to protect against terrorist infiltration.
We, the Republican Party, also insist that every individual group and/or private agency which requests the admission of an immigrant to the U.S, on whatever basis, be required to commit legally to provide housing and sustenance for such immigrants, bear full responsibility for the economic independence of the immigrants, and post appropriate bonds to seal such covenants.
The Republican Party demands that the federal government restore immigration policies based on the practice that potential immigrants will be disqualified from admission to the U.S. if, on the grounds of health, criminality, morals, or financial dependence, they would impose an improper burden on these United States, any state, or any citizen of these United States.
We oppose the provision of welfare subsidies and other taxpayer-supported benefits to illegal aliens, and reject the practice of bestowing U.S. citizenship on children born to illegal alien parents while in this country.
We, the Republican Party, oppose any extension of amnesty to illegal aliens. We call for the use of U.S. troops to protect the states against invasion.
Finally, our Party opposes bilingual ballots. We insist that those who wish to take part in the electoral process and governance of this nation be required to read and comprehend basic English as a precondition of citizenship. We support English as the official language for all governmental business by these United States."
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No forgiveness needed. Seems relevant to me.
McCain became the presumptive nominee of the party with just 31% of the vote, thanks to winner take all and open primaries. The issue is the rule of law and illegal immigration, not "pro-immigration."
A wonderful post which I agree with whole heartedly.
Ooooooooooookay here’s the phone number for the spineless scum AKA RNC...202.863.8500
The party is clearly controlled by a bunch of Rockefeller, beltway group-thinkers who have been coughing up hairballs for so long they think it’s a normal function of all ass kissing politicians.
“Bravo for the delegates from North Carolina and Colorado...”
This is a better sign than ya think. Sen. Dole is on the fence but leans open borders/total amnesty..plus she was for the free med care for illegals.
Sen.Burr, co chair of the RNC platform, is is completely for open borders/total amnesty as FReepers will remember.
You clearly mean pro-illegal immigration. Please use the correct words and don’t try to confuse anyone by suggesting that immigration and illegal immigration are the same thing. That’s a tactic of the left and the media.
susie
We don’t need no stinkin’ law!
susie
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