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McClintock on Top in California Illegals Debate
Crosswalk ^ | Cal Thomas

Posted on 09/29/2003 1:51:28 PM PDT by ambrose


McClintock on Top in California Illegals Debate
Cal Thomas
Syndicated Columnist

Watching the debate among candidates for California governor -- should the recall be approved October 7 -- was an exercise in political correctness run amok. Only state Senator Tom McClintock had the guts to say what needed to be said.

While others mostly pandered to the Latino crowd by falling all over themselves, saying illegal immigrants should be welcomed and given driver's licenses and services, McClintock said they should receive no benefits at all.

He is right, but being right in politics no longer matters. Getting elected matters. Our politics are so miserable.

If Lt. Governor Bustamante and the rest of the pack won't uphold our laws, what is their purpose for holding office? Don't they take an oath to uphold the law?

This is an open invitation for more illegals to come here, including terrorists. It is more than an outrage. It is criminal that we allow so many people to break our laws and then reward them for doing so.

Good for Tom McClintock for saying the right thing and not pandering.

I'm Cal Thomas in Washington.



TOPICS: News/Current Events; US: California
KEYWORDS: bustamante; illegalimmigration; immigrantlist; mcclintock; recall; schwarzenegger

1 posted on 09/29/2003 1:51:28 PM PDT by ambrose
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To: DoctorZIn
ping
2 posted on 09/29/2003 1:51:40 PM PDT by ambrose (A Vote For Schwarzenegger is a Vote for Gary Coleman)
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To: ambrose
Cal Thomas=Bustamante supporter! I read on join arnold.com that (R)nold explained that he could vote for Prop 187 and say that children of illegals "deserve everything" because "I have two sides of my mouth for a reason.

The (R)nold Groupies yelled "Yippie! We know how to Triangulate!"


3 posted on 09/29/2003 1:59:33 PM PDT by PeoplesRep_of_LA (That's pre-election bogus, Arnold Schwarzenegger.)
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To: ambrose


yeah yeah .. whatever

4 posted on 09/29/2003 2:00:24 PM PDT by VU4G10 (Have You Forgotten?)
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To: PeoplesRep_of_LA
Tom Ridge = Bustamante supporter
5 posted on 09/29/2003 2:01:23 PM PDT by VU4G10 (Have You Forgotten?)
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To: PeoplesRep_of_LA
Cal Thomas a Bustamante supporter... who woulda thunk?? </ sarcasm>
6 posted on 09/29/2003 2:10:52 PM PDT by ambrose (A Vote For Schwarzenegger is a Vote for Gary Coleman)
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To: *immigrant_list; A Navy Vet; Lion Den Dan; Free the USA; Libertarianize the GOP; madfly; B4Ranch; ..
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7 posted on 09/29/2003 2:11:16 PM PDT by gubamyster
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To: ambrose
I'm tired of the all the pandering. The illegals need to be deported and the military on the border.
8 posted on 09/29/2003 2:13:49 PM PDT by bluebunny (Formerly known as lemondropkid56)
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To: gubamyster
Thanks gubamyster...sigh, when will our misery end?
9 posted on 09/29/2003 2:14:34 PM PDT by abigail2 (Refuse to do business with companies that are bilingual...)
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To: bluebunny
I 2nd you......
10 posted on 09/29/2003 2:15:13 PM PDT by abigail2 (Refuse to do business with companies that are bilingual...)
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To: ambrose
bump
11 posted on 09/29/2003 2:17:02 PM PDT by truthkeeper
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To: ambrose
Rnull say no.. the Country Clubbers need there government subsidized dirt cheap day labors
12 posted on 09/29/2003 2:20:46 PM PDT by tophat9000
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To: tophat9000
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13 posted on 09/29/2003 2:27:55 PM PDT by tophat9000 (Why? because illegal are gov. subsidized dirt cheap day labors for the Country Club Republicans)
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To: ambrose
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14 posted on 09/29/2003 2:31:43 PM PDT by DoctorZIn
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To: ambrose
I am sending Money
15 posted on 09/29/2003 4:26:39 PM PDT by RnMomof7
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To: gubamyster
"Good for Tom McClintock for saying the right thing and not pandering."

Yeah, but if McC's numbers don't skyrocket on this issue alone, then Mexifornia will become reality in our lifetime. I will stand corrected on this if I'm being hysterical about it but California is on the brink now - I see little hope.

16 posted on 09/29/2003 5:24:12 PM PDT by Paulie
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