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  • Giuliani talks Minutemen, Iraq in Anaheim visit [wants to 'expand legal immigration']

    08/25/2007 11:01:01 AM PDT · by Aetius · 25 replies · 558+ views
    Orange County Register ^ | 8-23-07 | MARTIN WISCKOL
    The relevant part; Q. One thing I haven't heard you talk about is the Minuteman civil border patrol project, which has a strong base in Orange County. What do you think of these activities? You wouldn't need any of that if the government would do what it's supposed to do, which is to end illegal immigration. Q. For the time being, are they serving a positive purpose? A. If they want to organize themselves in way to lawfully deal with illegal immigration, they have a right to do that. If they're going to start doing unlawful things, then you've got...
  • My Kind of GOP (call for Republicans to become liberals, published by National Review)

    11/30/2006 11:24:55 AM PST · by Aetius · 34 replies · 1,304+ views
    National Review Online ^ | 11-30-06 | Chester E Finn Jr
    My Kind of GOP Why do the Republicans seem to be on autopilot? By Chester E. Finn Jr. To be a heartfelt Republican has gotten hard in recent years, but while we were in charge in Washington and most state capitols it was easy, though perhaps unwise, to keep still about this. Will the GOP use its recent losses to change itself into something that more people again feel positive about? Or will everyone assume that the 2006 election was just an anti-Bush, anti-Iraq glitch and therefore the party should stay on its present course until those two unpopular interruptions...
  • R Stands for “Restrictionist (more immigration nonsense from Tamar Jacoby)

    11/28/2006 7:38:20 PM PST · by Aetius · 33 replies · 482+ views
    National Review ^ | 11-28-06 | Tamar Jacoby
    R Stands for “Restrictionist”? To the Editor I knew Mark Krikorian was a master of spin, but he took my breath away in “Interesting Opportunities ” (NRO, November 9, 2006) with his distortion of a sentence I wrote in the current issue of Foreign Affairs. As a proponent of comprehensive immigration reform, I have indeed, as I said in that piece, been eagerly awaiting the day when “the political stars would realign” to make it possible to enact law repairing our broken immigration system. But that need not mean — did not mean — I was waiting for the Democrats...
  • Most Americans favor guest-worker program: poll (another misleading poll)

    11/21/2006 10:30:00 AM PST · by Aetius · 58 replies · 1,076+ views
    Reuters ^ | 11-21-06 | Reuters
    Most Americans favor guest-worker program: poll Tue Nov 21, 2006 11:25 AM ET NEW YORK (Reuters) - Most Americans believe illegal immigrants should be allowed to become guest workers and eventually U.S. citizens, but Congress should do more to close the border to stop more illegals entering the country, according to a new poll published on Tuesday. The nationwide poll, conducted by Quinnipiac University, found that by a margin of 69 percent to 27 percent, American voters say illegal immigrants should be allowed into a guest worker program with the ability to work toward citizenship over a period of several...
  • The Libertarian Vote and Republican Prospects

    10/12/2006 4:19:25 PM PDT · by Aetius · 76 replies · 1,079+ views
    CATO ^ | David Boaz and David Kirby
    The Libertarian Vote by David Boaz and David Kirby David Boaz is executive vice president of the Cato Institute. He is the author of Libertarianism: A Primer and editor of The Libertarian Reader, Toward Liberty, and Left, Right & Babyboom: America's New Politics. David Kirby is executive director of America's Future Foundation and a graduate of Harvard's Kennedy School of Government. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The main theme of political commentary in this decade is polarization. Since the battles over the impeachment of President Clinton and the Florida vote in 2000, pundits have been telling us that we're a country split down the...
  • Progress for America Set to Spend $35 Million

    10/12/2006 3:01:28 PM PDT · by Aetius · 7 replies · 400+ views
    Newsmax ^ | 10-12-06 | Newsmax
    Thursday, Oct. 12, 2006 11:13 a.m. EDT Progress for America Set to Spend $35 Million The conservative group Progress for America is poised to spend $35 million to help Republicans maintain control of Congress in the November elections. The organization emerged in 2004 as the leading independent committee on the right, raising nearly $45 million for ads supporting President Bush and attacking Sen. John Kerry. This time around, the group has amassed between $35 million and $40 million from donors, the New York Sun reports, and has spent about $3 million so far. Its latest ad focuses on the terrorist...
  • McCain nixes marriage measure

    05/24/2006 5:13:34 PM PDT · by Aetius · 50 replies · 1,388+ views
    The Washington Times ^ | 6-22-06 | Robert Stacy McCain
    McCain nixes marriage measure By Robert Stacy McCain THE WASHINGTON TIMES Published May 22, 2006 Sen. John McCain said yesterday he would vote against a constitutional amendment defining marriage as between one man and one woman, saying to do otherwise would be to act from "political expediency." "I will vote against it because I believe very strongly ... first of all, on the sanctity of a union between man and woman, but I also believe that the states should make these decisions," the Arizona Republican said. "The states regulate the conditions of marriage. And unless there's some decisive overruling by...
  • Gay-marriage ban a no-win deal for Bush

    05/22/2006 4:45:17 PM PDT · by Aetius · 24 replies · 666+ views
    Philadelphia Inquirer ^ | 5-22-06 | Dick Polman
    The American Debate Gay-marriage ban a no-win deal for Bush By Dick Polman Inquirer Political Analyst The religious conservatives who worked hard to reelect President Bush in 2004 have long anticipated that the White House would reward them by pushing a constitutional amendment to ban gay marriage. But that's not happening. Too many other issues predominate, everything from Iraq to immigration. As a result, Bush seems ill-positioned to spend dwindling political capital on a social crusade - especially at a time when a nod toward greater religiosity might turn off secular Republican voters and thus imperil the moderate Republicans in...
  • Brownback Joins Dems on Immigration Bill

    04/09/2006 6:57:45 AM PDT · by Aetius · 34 replies · 1,571+ views
    Newsmax ^ | 4-8-06 | Newsmax
    Saturday, April 8, 2006 10:49 p.m. EDT Brownback Joins Dems on Immigration Bill The extent to which the immigration issue has driven a wedge between Americans -- putting conservatives at odds with conservatives and liberals contesting with liberals -- has been starkly illustrated by the sudden alliance between Sen. Sam Brownback, R-Kan., and liberals such as Sens. Harry Reid and Ted Kennedy. The fiercely conservative Brownback unexpectedly joined a group of Democrats and some fellow Republicans in their attempt to bring about major changes in the nation's immigration laws that would open the gates for most of the 12 million...
  • Sen. Alexander: Vouchers to Learn English

    04/03/2006 5:02:42 PM PDT · by Aetius · 33 replies · 546+ views
    Newsmax ^ | 4-3-06 | Newsmax
    Monday, April 3, 2006 5:06 p.m. EDT Sen. Alexander: Vouchers to Learn English Legal immigrants fluent in English could become U.S. citizens in four years rather than five under a proposal that could become part of a broad immigration bill. The proposal by Sen. Lamar Alexander, R-Tenn., was at the top of the agenda as the Senate began a second week of debate Monday on tightening U.S. borders against illegal immigrants, increasing penalties on employers who hire them and on whether to let more than 11 million undocumented aliens stay or make them leave at some point. An estimated 7.2...
  • John McCain Praises Pro-illegal Protests

    04/02/2006 5:45:33 PM PDT · by Aetius · 152 replies · 3,106+ views
    Newsmax ^ | 4-2-06 | Newsmax
    Sunday, April 2, 2006 11:58 a.m. EDT John McCain Praises Pro-illegal Protests Sen. John McCain is praising the recent wave of pro-illegal immigration demonstrations, saying that if the protesters hang tough they will succeed in forcing Congress to liberalize immigration laws. "If such demonstrations continue, I think we will have a bill for the President to sign soon," the Arizona Republican told a New York City gathering on Friday sponsored by the Irish Lobby for Immigration Reform. "The more debate, the more demonstrations, the more likely we will prevail," McCain added, in quotes picked up by the New York Daily...
  • Montana Senate: Burns Burnt?

    03/21/2006 3:45:43 PM PST · by Aetius · 27 replies · 814+ views
    Rasmussen Reports ^ | 3-21-06 | Rasmussen
    Montana Senate: Burns Burnt? March 21, 2006--Senator Conrad Burns is now lagging behind both potential Democratic opponents in the race for his Senate seat. In the latest Rasmussen Reports poll, Burns trails State Senate President Jon Tester 46% to 43%. In our last poll he was neck and neck with Tester. Burns trails State Auditor John Morrison 48% to 43%. In the rolling average of our last three polls, Tester leads Burns 46% to 45% and Morrison leads Burns 47% to 44%. Rumors abound that Senator Conrad will bow out and be replaced by either Congressman Denny Rehberg (thought to...
  • Can the GOP Keep the Senate?

    03/20/2006 4:54:46 PM PST · by Aetius · 30 replies · 1,304+ views
    National Review ^ | 3-20-06 | John J. Miller
    March 20, 2006, 8:09 a.m. March to the Senate How it’s looking. As we head into spring, this year's Senate races come into sharper focus. Democrats need to gain six seats to secure control of the chamber — a tall order, even as they stand poised for a good fall. Here's a quick tour of nearly two dozen contests, updating a report from January. ARIZONA: Before it's over, developer Jim Pederson, a Democrat who once headed the state party, will spend a bundle to defeat Republican senator Jon Kyl. A Pederson upset is not inconceivable, but it will take an...
  • Bush says guest workers could not stay

    01/24/2006 4:19:22 PM PST · by Aetius · 111 replies · 1,509+ views
    The Washington Times ^ | 1-24-06 | Stephen Dinan
    Bush says guest workers could not stay By Stephen Dinan THE WASHINGTON TIMES Published January 24, 2006 President Bush yesterday said illegal aliens who take part in his guest-worker program would not be allowed to stay permanently. "I do not believe that any guest-worker program ought to contain amnesty because I believe that, if you granted amnesty to people here working now, that would cause another 8 million people or so to come here," he said in response to a question from the audience at a speech at Kansas State University. Mr. Bush said illegal aliens could join the guest-worker...
  • Narnia's lion really is Jesus

    12/05/2005 4:28:27 PM PST · by Aetius · 31 replies · 595+ views
    The Sunday Times - Britain ^ | 12-04-05 | Christopher Morgan
    The Sunday Times December 04, 2005 Narnia's lion really is Jesus Christopher Morgan AN unpublished letter from the novelist C S Lewis has provided conclusive proof of the Christian message in his Narnia children’s books. In the letter, sent to a child fan in 1961, Lewis writes: “The whole Narnian story is about Christ.” It has been found by Walter Hooper, literary adviser to the Lewis estate. It has emerged ahead of this week’s release of The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe. The film, starring Tilda Swinton and Jim Broadbent, cost £75m to make and...
  • Sen. Reid: Alito Fails to Diversify Court

    11/16/2005 4:21:08 PM PST · by Aetius · 55 replies · 1,024+ views
    AP ^ | 11-16-05
    Wednesday, Nov. 16, 2005 11:02 a.m. EST Sen. Reid: Alito Fails to Diversify Court Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid on Wednesday said he has "significant concerns" about Supreme Court nominee Samuel Alito, calling President Bush's latest choice one of the most conservative judges in the United States. "A picture of Sam Alito is emerging that may explain why the extreme right-wing is popping champagne corks," Reid, D-Nev., said in a Senate speech, referring to a 20-year-old document in which Alito asserted "the Constitution does not protect a right to an abortion." Abortion rights activists are concerned that Alito and recently...
  • Foxman's hypocrisy

    11/11/2005 10:28:31 AM PST · by Aetius · 18 replies · 774+ views
    Jerusalem Post ^ | 11-10-05 | Hillel Halkin
    Abraham Foxman, national director of the Anti-Defamation League - the one major American Jewish organization whose primary goal is fighting anti-Semitism - is worried. American Jews, he believes, are threatened, not by anti-Semites, but by the non-anti-Semitic Christian Right. In an address to the League's national commission in New York last weekend, Foxman said: "Today we face a better financed, more sophisticated, coordinated, unified, energized and organized coalition of groups in opposition to our policy positions on church-state separation than ever before. Their goal is to implement their Christian worldview. To Christianize America. To save us!" Gevalt! And what are...
  • Kaine Stirs Up Abortion Issue, While Kilgore Targets Ad Use

    10/29/2005 11:46:41 AM PDT · by Aetius · 6 replies · 502+ views
    Washington Post ^ | 10-27-05 | Michael Shears & Robert Barnes
    .....At the Fairfax County Chamber of Commerce debate in mid-September, moderator and NBC journalist Tim Russert asked whether Kilgore would ban abortion if a new Supreme Court gave him the chance. "That's a hypothetical question," Kilgore responded, adding that he wouldn't answer a hypothetical. Russert then asked if he would sign or veto a tax increase. "I'd veto a tax increase that wasn't approved in a referendum," Kilgore said. "That's a hypothetical question!" Russert thundered, prompting laughter from the audience. ......Both candidates also turned to rising stars in their respective parties for help. Kaine tapped Michigan Gov. Jennifer M. Granholm...
  • GOP Shouldn't Take the Religious Vote on Faith

    10/26/2005 12:08:44 PM PDT · by Aetius · 7 replies · 319+ views
    FrontPageMag ^ | 10-26-05 | Flavia Colgan
    GOP Shouldn't Take the Religious Vote on Faith By Flavia Colgan FrontPageMagazine.com | October 26, 2005 What do the death penalty, the Sudan, Iraq, and the environment have in common? Many of my Republican friends identify these issues with far-left hippies, protesting in tie-dye, singing Kumbaya. While, in fact, these are issues the left cares about, they are also issues of great moral importance to the religious community – the same community that Conservatives argue to have ownership of. As a progressive and a deeply religious person, I can tell you Republican conservatives are dead wrong. The lazy reading of...
  • Right Nodding (McCain and the base)

    09/27/2005 8:33:38 AM PDT · by Aetius · 72 replies · 1,136+ views
    National Review ^ | 9-27-05 | Rich Lowry
    September 27, 2005, 8:07 a.m. Right Nodding The McCain 2008 goal. Katrina has indeed altered our political landscape: For the first time in years, conservatives have listened to Arizona Sen. John McCain talk about a high-profile domestic issue and have nodded their heads vigorously. The maverick Republican made his reputation by bucking his own party, especially its conservative base, and, after his failed 2000 nomination bid, seemed to want to make a career out of it. Democrats fantasized about a Kerry-McCain ticket in 2004, as McCain occupied his own little world of resentment at how the 2000 nomination had supposedly...