Strong conservative? Year after year trying to push through language in a bill that establishes a giant giveaway to Mexico and starts the SPP?? What we have is a bunch of voters who don't even know the record of the candidates they support.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1877110/posts
Cornyn urges more immigration
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1694018/posts
Cornyn wants U.S. taxpayers to fund Mexican development [Unfreakin' Real Alert]
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1664905/posts
>> What we have is a bunch of voters who don’t even know the record of the candidates they support.
Completely obnoxious. You ought to re-read Reagan’s 11th commandment ... it is a monumentally bad idea for conservatives to tear down their own candidates in the primary. Don’t put the well-being of your candidate (Hunter) over the well-being of the cause.
You lost credibility with me some time ago - but this tripe about Cornyn didn’t help matters.
I know John Cornyn relatively well. He led the charge in the Senate to kill the amnesty bill, and he’s been one of the Senate’s most conservative members for quite some time.
You’ve cited a Dallas Morning News hitpiece about the border fence - written in an election campaign where a Democrat, with the help of the Dallas Morning News, is trying desparately to get traction. The Dallas Morning News is a liberal rag. Cornyn is rock-solid on immigration, and is ultimately responsible for the death of the amnesty bill.
You’ve cited an article showing that John Cornyn wants to allow more LEGAL immigration ...
Cornyn: “Letting in more qualified immigrants will help the country combat huge personnel shortages in high tech, engineering, nursing and other fields”
Duh. Conservatism is not anti-immigration. We’re anti-ILLEGAL-immigration. I think bringing qualified, vetted, intelligent immigrants, through controlled legal channels, to contribute to the American economy is a phenomenal idea.
As to the third article ... its the first I’ve heard of it. Doesn’t sound like a great idea ... but, it wouldn’t be the first time a good conservative has had a bad idea (Reagan’s 1980s amnesty, for instance).
I didn’t say Cornyn was Christ-incarnate ... the living model of conservative perfection. I said he was a strong conservative. He’s plenty conservative, and would make a fine running-mate for Fred Thompson.
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