A Reagan Legacy: Amnesty For Illegal Immigrants(An article from NPR, July 10, 2010)

NPR ^ | July 4, 2010 | NPR Staff

[cripplecreek]

If anything, Perry is more conservative than Reagan ever was.

I doubt Reagan would have promoted bi national health insurance to care for "border dwellers" who have limited financial means.

[b9]

Thank you!

[Lazlo in PA]

So you are citing a FR post of a blog post to buttress your argument that Perry is a POS Commie? Wow.

[b9]

Yup

[Politics4US]

You are wrong. It wasn’t as big of an issue. There wasn’t the backlash in 1986 that there was in 2007, when they tried to pass that amnesty bill. Secondly, there weren’t as many illegals in the country in 1986, so it couldn’t have been as big of an issue.

[Sudetenland]

LOL!!! Some clown's vanity citing Gellar's already disproven lies? Really?

Try this one: Rick Perry is not the 5th Column Candidate

Or this one: Debunking the Rick Perry "Pro-Sharia" School Curriculum Myth"

Learn the facts before you post garbage that is not factual and cannot stand scrutiny.

[Zeppo]

I fail to see how NPR has any standing whatsoever to use certain actions or statements of Ronald Reagan to lecture modern-day conservatives about anything.

My preferred response to this would be to lecture leftards on their own failings, using Ronald Reagan’s actions and statements to demolish their agendas.

[Texas Eagle]

Not to make excuses for President Reagan but I think, back then, people who came here illegally LOVED America and WANTED to become Americans.

Whereas, today, illegals HATE America, they don't want to become Americans. They want America to be just another Mexico.

Idiots.

[b9]

Sorry, pal.

This makes more sense.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2764459/posts?page=4#4

[CowboyJay]

I can paraphrase this pretty easy for you.



LEAVE RICK PERRY ALONE! LEAVE HIM ALONE!

[JaguarXKE]

How nice of NPR to write about what Reagan believed in -— when it fit’s their narrative of course.

[Sudetenland]

I guess that's why Perry has such close relationships with Israel and why they like him so much.

More half-truths from Perry haters.

[central_va]

Reagan was wrong on amnesty. He later regretted that decision.

[central_va]

If Mexico was filled with very conservative white people who were sneaking into this country by the millions would NPR be so “open border”? Not.

[Azzurri]

I liked Eisenhower's method of dealing with this pestilence!

I only wish that they would've locked down the border with a fence after Operation Wetback...when the country still had a spine and stomach for such actions. California might even be a livable place today.

[E. Pluribus Unum]

You don't have to deport them.

Just don't give them jobs or free health care or government checks and they will head home.

[Jennikins]

Agreed.
California is no longer what it once was.
It used to be heaven.

[bubbacluck]

My point in presenting this article was that whoever our candidate is, they are going to have flaws. We all do. Does the candidate have fatal flaws or do I just not see eye to eye on certain non-critical issues?

If I remember correctly, Reagan had three big hitters: destroy the Soviet Union, build up the military, and lower taxes. As long as he stood true to those three, he could be forgiven the extraneous stuff.

This country is at a point now where we may have to take some bad with mostly good in our candidate. The times do not dictate being real picky and choosy about a candidate's bonafides.

He should have some demonstrated core values.

[Jennikins]

Agreed.
California is no longer what it once was.
It used to be heaven.

[Jennikins]

Agreed.
California is no longer what it once was.
It used to be heaven.