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McCain, GOP in cease-fire -- for now -- over immigration policy
Riverside Press-Enterprise ^ | 9/4/08 | Jim Miller and Ben Goad

Posted on 09/04/2008 10:58:17 AM PDT by NormsRevenge

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1 posted on 09/04/2008 10:58:18 AM PDT by NormsRevenge
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2 posted on 09/04/2008 11:03:03 AM PDT by gubamyster
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3 posted on 09/04/2008 11:04:38 AM PDT by Guenevere
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4 posted on 09/04/2008 11:04:58 AM PDT by Guenevere
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To: NormsRevenge

It may be Palin’s job to educate McAmnesty that if he wants to be in the White House, he needs to wise up to the destruction from down south...stop being politically correct and run the invaders back down to Tortillaville.

My town is a dump and we spend millions on children not even supposed to be in classrooms.

It has to stop...it will, if Palin can rid the coot of his Liberal tendencies that piss off the base.


5 posted on 09/04/2008 11:05:15 AM PDT by wac3rd (Carter80/Obama08)
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To: NormsRevenge

Wow, I’m surprised it took them until Sept. to try and use this wedge to divide the GOP. That’s kind of good news-—it suggests they are really getting desperate.


6 posted on 09/04/2008 11:08:29 AM PDT by LS ("Castles made of sand, fall in the sea . . . eventually." (Hendrix))
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"McCain, she said, has tried to address the issue fairly...

"Whether you agree with him or disagree with him on immigration, he's working on the issue," she said."

Oh really.

You might ask Sen. John Cornyn - I'm relatively certain he has a different opinion on that...

7 posted on 09/04/2008 11:08:47 AM PDT by Redbob (W.W.J.B.D. - "What Would Jack Bauer Do?")
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To: wac3rd

We have no choice but to elect McCain/Palin; the consequences of the alternative are horrible beyond our ability to imagine. But let us not fall asleep on the immigration problem. After the election we of the grass roots will be obliged to light a fire under that seemingly intractible problem.


8 posted on 09/04/2008 11:10:20 AM PDT by Elsiejay
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Wow...the platform sounds tough on illegals...great.

Now lets keep McCain with the platform...and keep the Chamber of Commerce/Collective of Communists out of this issue.

The fact that “illegal aliens” are referred to as “illegal aliens” probably is most telling. Tired of hearing so called “conservatives” using the “illegal immigrant” term

Referring to “illegal aliens” as “immigrants” is like referring to “bank robbers” as “depositors”


9 posted on 09/04/2008 11:10:53 AM PDT by UCFRoadWarrior (Can't we move Palin to Pres...McCain to VP?)
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"It may be Palin’s job to educate McAmnesty..."

You think she has a lot of experience with illegal immigrants there in Alaska?

I'd find that a little hard to believe.

10 posted on 09/04/2008 11:11:10 AM PDT by Redbob (W.W.J.B.D. - "What Would Jack Bauer Do?")
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To: NormsRevenge
"We don't go around talking about things we disagree with John on," said Jon Fleischman, a California delegate and the publisher of the Flash Report, a conservative Web site.

I do.

"Even taking those into account, he's vastly better than Barack Obama."

That ain't sayin' much.

Added Mike Madrid, a Latino political consultant: "The family feud is over now."

Not for me it isn't!

11 posted on 09/04/2008 11:12:37 AM PDT by DumpsterDiver
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To: wac3rd

considering a majority of the speakers are hardly in the category of hard-core conservatives or anything close to right wing extremists but prefer the middle of the road, I would say Sarah has her hands full at kicking liberal tendencies to the curb, if she is even allowed to do so, if elected..


12 posted on 09/04/2008 11:13:31 AM PDT by NormsRevenge (Semper Fi ... Godspeed ... ICE toll-free tip hotline 1-866-DHS-2-ICE ... 9/11 .. Never FoRget!!!)
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“”The party’s platform is written by and supported by the Republican Party activists. It’s not written by the general American public,” Garcia said.”

Count your blessings, Garcia...if it had been written by the American public it would be a lot harsher!


13 posted on 09/04/2008 11:15:30 AM PDT by AuntB ( "During times of universal deceit, telling the truth becomes a revolutionary act." - George Orwell)
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So...what is Palin’s stand on illegal aliens/border security? Is she weak like McCain...or along with the majority of the GOP and America (no illegals)?

Weakness on Illegal Aliens/border security is weakness on National security. If you cant be firm on illegals...you will defintely be squishy on terrorists

Instead of all the tabloid crap...I want to know how she stands on the issues..


14 posted on 09/04/2008 11:18:54 AM PDT by UCFRoadWarrior (Can't we move Palin to Pres...McCain to VP?)
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To: LS

I think more than a few of us here are already resigned to a McCain administration and the inevitable battles that lie ahead on the immigration issue, for starters.

This avoidance or burying of the issue reminds me of the goings on in the Schwarzenegger regime and how it came to and holds power today.

That some of the same folks worked for him and the Bush administration should come as no surprise.

Just Win, Baby! We’ll sweat the details later. ;-]


15 posted on 09/04/2008 11:19:02 AM PDT by NormsRevenge (Semper Fi ... Godspeed ... ICE toll-free tip hotline 1-866-DHS-2-ICE ... 9/11 .. Never FoRget!!!)
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To: NormsRevenge
Immigration policy

Two! Two! Two countries, one government! The United States and Mexicorruption.

16 posted on 09/04/2008 11:19:17 AM PDT by WilliamofCarmichael (If modern America's Man on Horseback is out there, Get on the damn horse already!)
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To: NormsRevenge
In July, the nonpartisan Field Poll found that Latinos preferred Obama to McCain 64 percent to 21 percent.

Note this was BEFORE the party announced it's "hard line" on illegal immigration.

In other words, the party has NOTHING to lose and EVERYTHING to gain by taking a hard line, Bonnie.

17 posted on 09/04/2008 11:19:49 AM PDT by skeeter
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Campaign spokesman Rick Gorka said McCain would quickly move to enact the more widely accepted portions of his comprehensive immigration reform plan, if he is elected. Foremost among that, he said, is a strengthened border.

The problem is, McCain will argue that amnesty is ‘widely accepted’ and call the rest of us bigots.....just like he did last time.


18 posted on 09/04/2008 11:26:49 AM PDT by sheana
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To: NormsRevenge
"McCain, GOP in cease-fire -- for now -- over immigration policy"

Not on your life!

Once elected, Juan will have to be reminded daily that the same people who put him over the top kicked him to the ground only a year before - over amnesty as "reform".

He can't take grudging approval of his candidacy, and real excitement about his pick as VP, as a license to pay off his perceived debts to the mexican government or their operatives in Arizona and Crawford.

19 posted on 09/04/2008 11:30:37 AM PDT by norton
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Added Mike Madrid, a Latino political consultant: "The family feud is over now."

Yeah, we've heard it before about global warming: "The debate is over." Don't count on it!

"I think he understands that we're very concerned about the effects on our economy," Dix said. "It's crippling."

That never stopped him. His cap and trade bill will cost the economy trillions and Fiorina was just touting this again yesterday at the convention.

Added Rep. David Dreier, R-San Dimas, "He fought like a tiger for his bill, and he failed. Now he's gotten the message."

How come he continues to say that "comprehensive immigration reform" is still his priority, David? Isn't his position the same OBL policy that you have backed?

20 posted on 09/04/2008 11:33:00 AM PDT by calcowgirl ("Liberalism is just Communism sold by the drink." P. J. O'Rourke)
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