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Hillary Clinton Against Illegal Immigration?
Hardbeat News ^
| December 15, 2004
| Staff
Posted on 12/15/2004 5:23:29 AM PST by yoe
HBN, WASHINGTON, DC, Tues. Dec. 14: Sen. Hillary Clinton is seemingly taking a hard-line against illegal immigration and is being lauded by Conservatives for the position.
The Washington Times yesterday cited at least two instances in recent weeks, when the New York Senator has stated her tough stance on the issue.
These reportedly include an interview last month on Fox News last month when Clinton said she does not "think that we have protected our borders or our ports or provided our first responders with the resources they need, so we can do more and we can do better."
And in an interview on WABC radio, she said, "I am, you know, adamantly against illegal immigrants," according to the Washington Times.
"Clearly, we have to make some tough decisions as a country, and one of them ought to be coming up with a much better entry-and-exit system so that if we're going to let people in for the work that otherwise would not be done, let's have a system that keeps track of them," the paper quoted her as adding.
Rep. Tom Tancredo, a conservative Colorado Republican, who has been a staunch backer of tighter immigration policies, has taken notice.
"She's not a dumb woman," Tancredo spokesman Carlos Espinoza told the Times. "She's got a great liberal base, and she realizes there's no better way to draw in more conservative voters. She has really come out to the forefront on that."
Meanwhile, in a statement on the passage of The Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act of 2004, Clinton stated, While I look forward to a productive debate on immigration issues in the next Congress, I am pleased that there are a number of key immigration reform provisions in this legislation, including those addressing the process of obtaining U.S. visas.
The move is being viewed by Conservatives as a welcome ploy to pull in more voters from Republican states, should she run for President in 2008. Hardbeatnews.com
TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Crime/Corruption; Extended News; Foreign Affairs; Front Page News; Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: aliens; carlosespinoza; hillary; hillaryclinton; illegalimmigration; immigrantlist; pamperingdems
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To: yoe
(in finest John Lovitz voice)"I'm for..no...I'm against....yeah...I'm against ... ummm....undoc...no...illegal...yeah...illegal...I'm, ya know...against illegal aliens...yeah! that's the ticket! The entire demoncrapic party is doing their finest John Lovitz/Saturday Night Live imitations since the election, aren't they? Sad thing is, I'm so SICK of these invaders that I'd actually vote for her if I thought for one second she could be trusted to do anything about them.
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posted on
12/15/2004 6:01:14 AM PST
by
dzzrtrock
(When you can't make them see the light, make them feel the heat (Ronald Reagan))
To: Mikey_1962
Running to the Right of Bush so she can blame him when terrorists strike.Exactly.
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posted on
12/15/2004 6:02:56 AM PST
by
Fatalis
To: Personal Responsibility
I am not sure what is worse. That it is such blatant crap or that even with it being that blatant that people will still fall for it.What's worse is that she was given the opportunity to run to the right of the GOP on illegal aliens, because so many of them have cut to the left.
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posted on
12/15/2004 6:04:45 AM PST
by
Fatalis
To: Personal Responsibility; All
The only spending cuts the left cares about is the military. That is all.
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posted on
12/15/2004 6:05:08 AM PST
by
KevinDavis
(Let the meek inherit the Earth, the rest of us will explore the stars!)
To: yoe
I've been waiting for a savvy politician to grab on to this issue in a presidential bid. It is the low hanging fruit. Something like 70% of us want our borders locked down. The pol that can convince Americans that they'll get it done may just have the White House.
All she has to do is maintain Kerry's blue states and grab a couple red ones in '08(Arizona, New Mexico, Arkansas). With this issue the red border states would be vulnerable.
God help us!
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posted on
12/15/2004 6:06:38 AM PST
by
yooling
(Now, go away or I shall taunt you a second time!)
To: yoe
If she makes opposition to illegals her central issue, the crisis faced in many states could swing otherwise solid Republicans in her direction.
She's correctly identified the single issue that might help her crack some Reddish states while holding onto the Blues. It also gives her a chance to take the lead in opposing Bush's amnesty agenda and to grab the national spotlight.
The Dims simply must come up with something that will make people cross party lines or they can't win the White House again. Especially someone as repulsive as Hillary!.
To: yoe
A brilliant move for the Hildabeaste. She knows that many (most?) conservatives disagree with President Bush's stand on this. So she attempts to preempt him.
But, let us not forget she is pure evil and wishes to do great harm to our country. Deep inside, nothing has changed. This is just a clever(?) political ploy.
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posted on
12/15/2004 6:10:41 AM PST
by
upchuck
(This tag line shutdown for it's "30,000 messages posted" check up.)
To: yoe
It's called TRIANGULATION
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posted on
12/15/2004 7:10:57 AM PST
by
soccer_linux_mozilla
(Economic growth through limited government and lower taxes!)
To: yoe
FYI
"Live" with TAE...Michael Medved
The American Enterprise ^ | January/February 2005 | David Isaac / Michael Medved
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1301924/posts
TAE: You met both Bill Clinton and John Kerry while you were at Yale. You disliked both. On the other hand you found Hillary Rodham a genuinely warm and sincere person. Has their later behavior confirmed or challenged what you saw then?
MEDVED: I thought at the time that Kerry was simply too pompous to go as far as he has. Usually politicians who are successful are people with some kind of spontaneous likeability. I had close contact with John Kerry, and his likeability factor is nonexistent.
I think Hillary will be more of a challenge in 2008 than a lot of conservatives think. She's really worked hard in the Senate. She's definitely moved to the center. And her voting record on military things is now conservative. If she's able to allow her native niceness to come out, she will be a formidable candidate.
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posted on
12/15/2004 8:28:40 AM PST
by
Valin
(Out Of My Mind; Back In Five Minutes)
To: Mikey_1962
Running to the Right of Bush so she can blame him when terrorists strike.
Is there anyone running to the left of Bush on this issue? Somehow I doubt it.
To: 1_Inch_Group; 2sheep; 2Trievers; 3AngelaD; 4.1O dana super trac pak; 4Freedom; 4ourprogeny; ...
To: gubamyster
She's of SH*T. Hildebeast can fool some but living in the Village of Hempstead I know different.
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posted on
12/15/2004 9:13:00 AM PST
by
cyborg
(http://www.zimbabwesituation.com/flamelily.html)
To: gubamyster; JohnHuang2; keri; international american; Kay Soze; jpsb; hershey; TomInNJ; ...
She'll get more mileage out of this one issue than you could imagine. HILLARY GEARING UP FOR 2008 - ping.
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posted on
12/15/2004 9:13:59 AM PST
by
Happy2BMe
(It's not quite time to rest - John Kerry is still out there (and so is Hillary))
To: Fatalis
I don't know why everyone is so down on the Clintons. They've been like a gift from heaven to republicans - look at whats happened politically since Bill was elected president. They're last contribution was Kerry's defeat.
Now Hillary's cynical ploy will drive the illegal immigration debate to the right, where it desperately needed to go. Thanks, gang!
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posted on
12/15/2004 9:19:43 AM PST
by
skeeter
(OBL "Americans" won't honor any law that interferes with their pocketbooks)
To: Happy2BMe
Like I keep saying, she can't win. But I am laughing my butt off that she is gonna force Bush to deal with the immigration issue:)
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posted on
12/15/2004 9:34:05 AM PST
by
international american
(Generation Jones: "I need, I need someone to set a pick for me at the free-throw line of life)
To: SheLion
I don't think many will pay attention to what she says now. Most people will only remember how evil she was/is and will see right thru her.
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posted on
12/15/2004 9:50:56 AM PST
by
hsmomx3
(Who says the media doesn't control what Americans think/feel?)
To: hsmomx3
I don't think many will pay attention to what she says now. Most people will only remember how evil she was/is and will see right thru her. I hope you are right. She has a lot of sheeple, though. But she could never change MY mind.
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posted on
12/15/2004 9:53:32 AM PST
by
SheLion
(Only 9 more days until Christmas Eve!!!)
To: yoe
Hildebeast should prove her sincerity by starting a bill through congress to require enforcement of huge fines against employers for hiring of illegals.
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posted on
12/15/2004 10:00:09 AM PST
by
Mogollon
To: Personal Responsibility
"I am not sure what is worse."
Me either, knowing that "moderates" will fall for Hillary's trick, or the Republican kool-aiders who think the (Bush/Rudy/Arnold)GOP is remotely conservative.
We need Tancredo, Santorum, or somebody like that. (Is there anyone else like that in DC right now?)
To: Happy2BMe
By the way, Merry Christmas. Keep up the good fight.
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posted on
12/15/2004 10:13:10 AM PST
by
international american
(Generation Jones: "I need, I need someone to set a pick for me at the free-throw line of life)
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