Posted on 02/05/2015 3:03:38 AM PST by Cincinatus' Wife
Then there’s this link
In the article Walker supports path to citizenship and says Bush would make a fine president.
Thank you. Now here is compilation of comments by Walker on immigration - and summarized by a less than friendly source.
It’s the article’s first sentence, so maybe you should ask the author how he gathered this opinion of Walker.
Check Post #34.
Sorry!
Check Post #37.
From the link you sent:
“we’ve got to have a healthy balance. We’re a country both of immigrants and of laws. We can’t ignore the laws in this country, can’t ignore the people who come in, whether it’s from Mexico or Central America.”
Finally, Walker told Raddatz he was not advocating deporting the estimated 11 million undocumented residents in the country.
He summed up his position this way: “I am saying in the end, we need to enforce the laws in the United States, and we need to find a way for people to have a legitimate legal immigration system in this country, and that does not mean amnesty.
Again, from the link you sent
Walker campaign spokesman Tom Evenson said they were consistent with his past comments on what to do with those living here illegally. Walker does not consider the penalty-laden pathway to legal status that he endorsed in 2013 “amnesty,” and he’s not advocating amnesty now, he said.
Yes. It has MANY quotes. That’s why I linked it.
When summed up you cannot say that he advocates amnesty. You cannot.
He will be speaking more on this, I expect.
What do you think Mitt Romney meant by this statement?:
..I would have the best chance of beating the eventual Democrat nominee, but that’s before the other contenders have had the opportunity to take their message to the voters.
“I believe that one of our next generation of Republican leaders — one who may not be as well-known as I am today, one who has not yet taken their message across the country, one who is just getting started — may well emerge as being better able to defeat the Democrat nominee. In fact, I expect and hope that to be the case.”
When gop-elite Mitt gives you the jet and the donors and voter base, it means his chosen candidate is most aligned with him.
We can take Romney’s platform, plank by plank and see how Walker is dovetailing into each of them.
Did you read the quoted piece in Post 37?
“He will be speaking more on this, I expect.”
I expect you’re right.
I don’t have that big of a problem with his position on immigration.
In a perfect world maybe but this is hardly a perfect world.
I like his positions overall and I’m really impressed with the fact that he has a checkable track record.
It’s still too early to make make a bedrock decision but I’m leaning heavily toward Walker.
Having a libertarian streak I was interested in Paul but I think he’s just flat out pandering now.
Ordinarily, I would opine that the media and the left (I know, that's redundant) will soon go to work on destroying Walker the way they've tried with Cruz.
What favors Walker, however, is that they've already thrown everything at him, and he's prevailed.
No.
I think he’ll be a formidable candidate and possibly an effective President should he win. But I don’t think we should expect him to be some sort of conservative “holy grail”.
I still need to wait and listen to Walker. I want to hear a lot more from him before I start thinking about breaking up with Ted Cruz.
“I think he’ll be a formidable candidate and possibly an effective President should he win. But I don’t think we should expect him to be some sort of conservative “holy grail”.”
I think expecting anybody to be a Holy Grail is a recipe for disappointment.
Walker has a proven track record in a state that mostly leans the other way.
I know the hard left hates him but that tells me that he’s managed to peel off more than his fair share of the middle.
There are multiple sources. Here is one. I’ve also included a few other good ones. Its best to understand his position now rather than several months down the road. To me, he’s all over the place.
http://www.wausaudailyherald.com/article/20130703/WDH01/307030324/Walker-endorses-path-citizenship
http://mediamatters.org/issues/border-security
https://hotair.com/archives/2015/02/02/scott-walker-im-not-for-amnesty/
Read the quoted material in Post #37. The material the author used to construct his “GOP ideology” remark about Walker.
Now, regarding immigration - Walker has not been boxed into a corner on this. His position appears to be contemplative and we will see how he addresses this, as we all know will happen.
Keep your powder dry until it’s needed.
As the saying goes If it walks like a duck and quacks like a duck. Sounds like amnesty to me. What is your definition of amnesty?
Walker campaign spokesman Tom Evenson said they were consistent with his past comments on what to do with those living here illegally. Walker does not consider the penalty-laden pathway to legal status that he endorsed in 2013 “amnesty,” and he’s not advocating amnesty now, he said.
No. Cruz is a senator. He needs to stay there and finish the work he was elected to do.
You make a good point, he’s only 44 and his term runs til Nov. 2018.
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