Posted on 08/09/2009 6:56:23 PM PDT by RebelYell1990
Sarah Palin finally came out and made her stance on illegal immigration clear. She is pro amnesty for illegal aliens. In an interview to Univision she stated unequivocally that she is for a pathway to citizenship. In the same interview she says she is against amnesty for illegal aliens. Have your cake and eat it to, I think that is called.
Back on the same day that John McCain chose Sarah Palin as his vice-presidential candidate I started investigating Palin's past on illegal immigration. I invited others to send in anything they found. There was nothing on the record. Many did write in and said that Laura Ingraham said that one time she was talking to Palin and she said she was against amnesty. That was the only statement anywhere that could be found.
Now we know that she is against amnesty, all the while she is for it with a "pathway to citizenship".
You see this is what is wrong with these people. They think they can be on both sides of the issue at once and that simply isn't possible. You are either against amnesty or you are not. If you are for a pathway to citizenship for those who have illegally entered our country then you are pro-amnesty as you have virtually absolved them of all of their illegality.
People have bashed me for questioning "the Palin". They wrote in to say that obviously she is against illegal immigration. This was all wishful thinking and like so many other issues that the politicians have avoided, until they take a clear stance don't assume anything (and even then, if they're only saying it look at their record).
Sarah Palin is in lock-step with John McCain when it comes to amnesty for illegal aliens. Her answers are almost indistinguishable from McCain's, Obama's or even the most pro-illegal alien congressman in the house, Luis Gutierrez, for that matter.
Read it and weep.
Univision
Univision: Governor, let me ask you about immigration. How many undocumented immigrants are there in Alaska? Sarah Palin: I don't know, I don't know. That's a good question.
Univision: As governor, how do you deal with them? Do you think they all should be deported? Sarah Palin: There is no way that in the US we would roundup every illegal immigrant - there are about 12 million of the illegal immigrants - not only economically is that just an impossibility but that's not a humane way anyway to deal with the issue that we face with illegal immigration.
Univision: Do you then favor an amnesty for the 12 or 13 million undocumented immigrants? Sarah Palin: No, I do not. I do not. Not total amnesty. You know, people have got to follow the rules. They've got to follow the bar, and we have got to make sure that there is equal opportunity and those who are here legally should be first in line for services being provided and those opportunities that this great country provides.
Univision: To clarify, so you support a path to citizenship for undocumented immigrants? Sarah Palin: I do because I understand why people would want to be in America. To seek the safety and prosperity, the opportunities, the health that is here. It is so important that yes, people follow the rules so that people can be treated equally and fairly in this country.
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Univision: What is your strategy? How are you planning to win the latino vote? Sarah Palin: I will tell you, I wish that there were more hours in the day so that we can get out there and to more of the communities with such the strong Latino vote that is out there and really tell them that we desire to work for them. We are asking them to hire us and let us work for them.
Sickening we can't find a real leader in this country who cares about Americans first.
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Than the Lebanese and Kenyan should have thought about the consequences of breaking the law before coming illegally. In America, we have a system of blind justice. You sound an awful lot like Justice Sotamayor.
Any "solution"--no matter how "reasonable" or "compassionate"--that does not involve enforcing valid U.S. immigration law constitutes a de facto amnesty. Furthermore, any so-called "conservative" advocating such a policy is no conservative at all.
Deport the illegals and return them to their foreign States of origin, in accordance with U.S. law.
The one trick pony the pro amnesty crowd always trots out. Nailed IT!!
You both might want to repeat that for the benefit of the hundreds of obsessively single-issue anti-immigration members on FR who routinely reject outright any politician who won't publicly advocate for exactly that, because I don't think they got the memo. Look at all the FR mmbers on this thread alone, including the original poster, who're clamoring for the 12 million to be deported tomorrow, no exceptions!
The article is from the time period of the McCain election.
She was the VP nominee defending McCain’s policy.
We’ll see what her policy is regarding illegals soon.
Not a dislike, but a concern that he was not quite as steady at the helm as some would have us think.
Anyway, this doesn’t sway me from Sarah. So far, I’ll be voting for her.
Im sorry to hear that your opinion to reward illegal trespassers has “evolved” like it has. I hope your opinion continues to evolve to see the tremendous damage the illegals have done to our country.
She was for it before she was against it?
lol...
Why would you post an article from October 2008
Why not, that was only last year? Why the protest? What are you afraid here?
There will not be a job after the illegal employer has his assets auctioned off.
Look, read Sarah Twitter comment from a while back about illegal aliens and you will know she is not for comprenhensive immigration.
But she was the VP candidate and even Rush Limbaugh lamented she had to parrot “McCain’s talking points”, but Rush never criticized Sarah but just accepted it as a part of Presidential politics.
What was Sarah supposed to do-tell McCain he was full of s**t over advocating with Lindsay Graham the comprehensive immigration bill.
Sure for you political virgins you’ll probably try to make the argument that Sarah should have refused the VP offer from McCain.
Look, ask yourself how would the conservative movement be thinking or feeling now if it weren’t for Sarah Palin? Admit it: we need her more than she needs us.
So she is a liar than. Either she is a liar, or she supports amnesty. The fact she allowed for sanctuary cities in Alaska and allowed them to have driver’s licenses doesn’t speak well for her. So either you support a liar or a pro amnesty hack.
Ok, Mr Jurist, since you want to play constitutional law and history please explain how I am like Sotamayor? First question for $200.
I can see how Obama will win again now. Every so-called conservative will find some reason, even if they have to stretch the truth to get there to not support any one candidate, so Zero wins again. I don’t see one thing wrong with what she said. She didn’t give the democrate attack dogs anything to jump her about by using the words she did.
A little.
There are two types of "conservative" Republicans. The first type believes that government is broken, but simply needs Republicans to better manage it, while the other believes we need to actually reduce government.
This has been posted before and discussed at length. What, did you feel like stirring the pot on a Sunday night? The search function works 24/7, use it.
A McCain rerun and another obamma land slide.
This is why millions of conservatives felt betrayed and gave up on the the Republican party. Utter BS and mass betrayal did them in.
Either/Or Fallacy. I appreciate the spunk here but argue logically.
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