Corin, pinged me to answer some questions concerning Allen's position on the 2nd Amendment and I posted some information that I thought was relevant to the issue. I am not prepared to discuss his positions on abortion and immigration, other than to state that in the 10 plus years that I have known him, he has impressed me as being genuinely pro-life, and though I am not crazy about the "virtual fence" statement, feel that he is more in line with Tom Tancredo, than George Bush on immigration.
FWIW P8riot, EV wouldn't be happy if the Apostle Paul was on the ballot.
ALL of these issues have been explained to him over and over. He just won't listen.
I just got off the phone with a friend who is ~very~ close to the Allen camp (and has been for years). I told her some of the things folks like EV have been saying.
She was a baffled as I.
Both Georges have the same rhetoric on illegal immigration.
"Our reforms should be guided by a few basic principles. First, America must control its borders." -- George W. Bush
"Comprehensive immigration reform begins with securing our borders." -- George W. Bush
"I don't think that we ought to be passing anything that rewards illegal behavior or amnesty." -- George Allen
"For the sake of justice and for the sake of border security, I firmly oppose amnesty." -- George W. Bush
"I oppose amnesty, placing undocumented workers on the automatic path to citizenship. Granting amnesty encourages the violation of our laws, and perpetuates illegal immigration. America is a welcoming country, but citizenship must not be the automatic reward for violating the laws of America." -- George W. Bush
"It may be several years down the road or months down the road - we can get a consensus on how you handle a good temporary worker system." -- George Allen
"We need a guest worker program to fill the needs of employers. The guest workers must be checked out and have background checks, so we know they aren't terrorists or criminals. We also need to expand seasonal visas for people who come just to work and not to live here. We also need to make it easier for people who come here legally to become citizens." -- George Allen
"The vast majority of people coming into this country, even if they are coming in here illegally, want to work. They want a better life for their families, but we need to match up those employers and entrepreneurs in this country who can't find Americans to fill a job." -- George Allen
"The United States Senate is debating a very vital issue for our country, and that is immigration reform. I urge the senators to continue to work toward getting a comprehensive bill; a bill that will help us secure our borders; a bill that will cause the people in the interior of this country to recognize and enforce the law; and a bill that will include a guest worker provision that will enable us to more secure the border, will recognize that there are people here working hard for jobs Americans won't do, and a guest worker provision that is not amnesty, one that provides for automatic citizenship." -- George W. Bush