Right---this jerk's been in bed with RINOS for 20 years while our country was being invaded......then suddenly at reelection time he wakes up and discovers he's a conservative.
Posted on 04/22/2010 7:31:43 AM PDT by BradtotheBone
Republican Sen. John McCain, who once championed a path to citizenship for the nation's roughly 12 million undocumented immigrants, is now pushing for a crackdown on illegals amid the toughest re-election fight of his career.
McCain's hardline stance on immigration comes in the face of a credible GOP primary challenger, former Rep. J.D. Hayworth, and the possibility that the party's 2008 presidential nominee could lose his Senate seat because many conservatives don't consider him one of their own.
Engaged in a fierce contest with the tea party-backed Hayworth, McCain has moved to the right on numerous issues, including gay rights and climate change, and disavowed his long-standing maverick label.
The killing of an Arizona rancher last month stoked conservatives' emphasis on fighting illegal immigration. The state Legislature on Monday sent Republican Gov. Jan Brewer one of the toughest immigration laws in the country; Brewer hasn't said what she will do. The turn of events has moved immigration to the forefront for voters — and Hayworth has used the issue as a cudgel against McCain.
On March 27, rancher Rob Krentz, 58, was found dead on his all-terrain vehicle after making a garbled call about encountering someone apparently needing help. Authorities say they believe Krentz was shot by an illegal border-crosser, possibly someone working for a smuggling cartel, although they haven't made arrests in the case.
Hayworth has assailed McCain's work on a 2005 bill that included providing a pathway to citizenship for illegal immigrants, a provision Hayworth calls amnesty. McCain co-sponsored the bill with the late Sen. Edward M. Kennedy, D-Mass., and argued in 2007 when the effort failed that he wouldn't give up because "the American people will not settle for the status quo — de facto amnesty and broken borders."
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Right---this jerk's been in bed with RINOS for 20 years while our country was being invaded......then suddenly at reelection time he wakes up and discovers he's a conservative.
McCains take on the new bill pending on Gov Brewers Desk:
McCain on Monday called the bill “a good tool” for law enforcement that “needs to be used.” But his office later clarified that his statements didn’t amount to an endorsement.
We in AZ have a dead rancher, trashed properties, harassed and scared citizens and documented increased crime along the border. The Feds refuse to do anything; the liberals whine, the illegals continue to swarm in and most people in the other states enjoy cheap labor. Well I can assure you, that is not the view in AZ on the border.
If this keeps up, by the primary (August?), McCain will be so conservative even his mother won’t recognize him.
He didn’t realize how much distance there actually was between him and the conservative side. He’s been reaching across that aisle to the liberal side a long, long time.
McCain is a pro-amnesty RINO. He is areally a Democrat mole.
Murdered rancher and his murdered dog. McCain sickens me.
Come on AZ. Retire this guy already.
Why do you hate cheap lettuce?
LOL
* May 29, 2003 interview: McCain: “Amnesty has to be an important part because there are people who have lived in this country for 20, 30 or 40 years, who have raised children here and pay taxes here and are not citizens.“
Dec. 15, 2000 press release: McCain: ”I support the Latino and Immigrant Fairness Act (LIFA). Negotiations between the White House and the leadership, which endorsed more limited immigration reform, have resulted in a compromise.... this bill makes meaningful but insufficient progress on amnesty for those wrongly denied it.“
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There is and has been for many many years LEGAL means for citizens of other countries to legally enter this country to visit, work here, live here, and even become citizens. Mexican citizens have been favored in this process for years so they have no valid complaint.
It makes no sense to give amnesty to those that chose to violate our immigration laws. If violating immigration laws is no big deal- why not throw out all of our laws so no one will any longer be in violation of anything?
*Arizona taxpayers owed $1 billion from illegal immigration*
http://www.kvoa.com/news/arizona-taxpayers-owed-1-billion-from-illegal-immigration/
The cost of illegal immigration has exhausted the Arizona State Treasury. In order to pay for the federal government’s responsibility of securing our national borders and incarcerating individuals who enter the United States illegally and commit crimes, the state has incurred hundreds of millions of dollars of debt to pay these bills,” said Treasurer Dean Martin.
...DUH.When you import poverty, you have ...more POVERTY!
I heard this Dean Martin is a good guy and a conservative. I always like the other one too.
The people of bankrupt AZ can thank Amnesty McCain.
Ping!
Lindsey Grahamnesty is filling in for John McCain while John is running for re-election. John is rhe puppetmaster pulling Lindsey’s strings. What Linsdsey is doing is what John McCain really believes. Hope AZ isn’t so watered down now by Californian’s fleeing CA to pollute another state with their votes that they vote McAmnesty back in.
Yup. Lindsay Graham-nesty is McCain’s puppet. The real McCain is 100% for amnesty. They are both liberal Democrats.
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