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.
I think you objectively summarize the situation, well.
You know that liberals don’t come here how?
That is a baseless claim, considering this is a conservative and a republican site, liberals don’t come here. You can’t make outlandish claims like this as you don’t know what we have done on other sites. It worries me that Palin supports the Obama position, worse yet, there are several republicans that support the Obama position.
You make it to easy with the bogus charges.
And you actually believed him?
Lindsey is not a Palin suppporter
Too easy to what...start the name-calling? Attacking the person rather than actually rebutting the claims?
Oh wait, I forgot, you just dismissed my analysis as "bogus" outright.
In post 258 you said
"Immigration was only illegal recently."
and
"You do realize that the founders of our country were British?"
and
I take it you have never sped on a highway? If not, why don’t you go ahead and offer up the fines gratis since ‘doing the right thing’ shouldn’t have a time limit.
In post 294 you said..
"Have you ever gotten on the road (or any of the freepers here arguing against my logic) a little tipsy? Every tried pot BEFORE it was a misdemeanor? What about your taxes? Ever 'forgot' about something and declared it or not?"
WOW... you are awsome! I have never seen anything like this...
Let me get this straight....
We "SHOULD HAVE" done something about illegal immigration decades ago... but NOW we should compromise...
Illegal Immigration laws are NEW (a lie) and therefore irrelevant...
The British Colonialists that founded our country can be compared to illegal immigration...
AND..... If ANYONE has EVER broken ANY law.. big or small... they should NOT demand illegal immigration law be enforced?!?!?!
Your a riot dude! LOL!
But dont worry about the law abiding conservative viewpoint to much.....you are in perfect lockstep with obama, pelosi, La rAza, the ACLU.... and Reid.... you and the rest of the liberal lunatics will probably win on this anyway.
You’re awful new here to be telling people how to think and what to do and I resent it!!!
I currently don't support any candidate although I do think that Sarah may be the one I eventually support.
To answer your question, if Sarah had run in 2008 on a ticket that supported Socialized Medicine then that would be a pretty big negative in my book.
What a knee slapper.
Don’t worry, it seems that these people don’t care if America devolves into Tijuana as long as everyone gets a tax cut and they can buy cheap Chinese goods from Walmart.
You forgot the part about how we'll all "be safe" (even if such safety comes at the expense of our liberties and freedoms).
If Sarah had run in 2008 on a ticket that supported Socialized Medicine then that would be a pretty big negative in my book.
Well she ran on a ticket with an idiot that clearly supported open borders and mass amnesty. Hello?
And you actually believed him?
LOL, what?
Read my post again. It was only two lines.
McCain’s team? Palin’s team? Give me a break. It was all the same ticket, and as many Freepers noted during the election cycle, McCain was on top and Palin had to do as her boss wished.
There are times in life, when we accept certain opportunities that come up in our careers, with the hope that we may be able to effect some changes in policy once we get in, instead of standing outside and watching a train wreck happen.
Look, most folks on FR and most conservatives were never keen on McCain from the get go. However, his nomination of Sarah Palin convinced a lot of conservatives to go vote for the ticket, not so much for McCain, but for Sarah Palin and against 0bama.
I think it's quite possible, that Sarah Palin had every intention of fighting for conservative causes from within a McCain administration if he they had won.
As an example, I remember seeing Sarah Palin on CNBC once in an interview, in which she said she was going to continue to work hard on McCain, about that ANWR drilling, which she was 100% for, but which McCain was 100% against. Sometimes its better to work within an administration even when you don't agree 100% with all the policies, in order to effect change.
Try reading my post again genius. Ya know the part where I said, "not that I would trust McCain".
Unbelievable.
If Sarah had run in 2008 on a ticket that supported Socialized Medicine then that would be a pretty big negative in my book.
Well she ran on a ticket with an idiot that clearly supported open borders and mass amnesty. Hello?
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