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There you go. You were a moment ago going to throw your vote away to a group you supposedly knew nothing at all about. Maybe your understanding of President Bush's plan to end the illegal immigration problem and your understanding of his motivation for it are as equally flawed as your understanding of what the Libertarian Party stands for.

When did I ever say I was going to throw away my vote? I only said I was going to search for a candidate or a party that best represented my views, and my attention would go to the Libertarians (my attention will be with the Libertarian Party candidate(s)). I never said I would vote that way, only look into it. I have not checked out the Libertarian site yet, but will do so. If I don`t like what I see, I will look elsewhere. Maybe you didn`t notice, but I am not the only one who is upset with the Presidents proposal. If you wanted to boost support for G.W.`s plan, you should try and change my mind with instructive words, not insults.

There you go. You were a moment ago going to throw your vote away to a group you supposedly knew nothing at all about.

Well, I did some research and guess what, this group has grabbed my attention. --Immigration

We affirm the integrity of the international borders of the United States and the Constitutional authority and right of the federal government to guard and to protect those borders, including the regulation of the numbers and of the qualifications of immigrants into the country.

Each year some 972,000 legal immigrants and hundreds of thousands of illegal aliens enter the United States. These immigrants — including illegal aliens — have been made eligible for various kinds of public assistance, including housing, education, Social Security, and legal services. This

unconstitutional drain on the federal Treasury is having a severe and adverse impact on our economy, increasing the cost of government at federal, state, and local levels, adding to the tax burden, and stressing the fabric of society. The mass importation of people with low standards of living threatens the wage structure of the American worker and the labor balance in our country.

We favor a moratorium on immigration to the United States, except in individual hardship cases or in other individual special circumstances, until the availability of all federal subsidies and assistance be discontinued.

We also insist that every individual group and/or private agency which requests the admission of an immigrant to the U.S., on whatever basis, be required to commit legally to provide housing and sustenance for such immigrants, bear full responsibility for the economic independence of the immigrants, and post appropriate bonds to seal such covenants.

The Constitution Party demands that the federal government restore immigration policies based on the practice that potential immigrants will be disqualified from admission to the U.S. if, on the grounds of health, criminality, morals, or financial dependence, they would impose an improper burden on the United States, any state, or any citizen of the United States.

We oppose the provision of welfare subsidies and other taxpayer-supported benefits to illegal aliens, and reject the practice of bestowing U.S. citizenship on children born to illegal alien parents while in this country.

We oppose any extension of amnesty to illegal aliens.

We oppose bilingual ballots. We insist that those who wish to take part in the electoral process and governance of this nation be required to read and comprehend basic English as a precondition of citizenship. We support English as the official language for all governmental business by the United States.