Posted on 02/19/2007 1:14:04 AM PST by Jim Robinson
Edited on 02/19/2007 2:20:11 AM PST by Jim Robinson. [history]
I don't remember the exact question or my exact answer, but a couple two or three years ago, someone asked me something to the effect of please list the Republicans in congress who were doing something about illegal immigration? I admitted that I did not know. It wasn't a hot issue to me at the time and I wasn't following who was doing what about illegals. It has become more of an issue with everyone now, and I truly believe it will be a key issue in the coming election. If a candidate gets it wrong on the war or on national security, including border security, then he/she will have big problems getting the nod in the primary or winning the presidency in the general, IMHO.
And should the wrong man or woman win the presidency, we're all going to pay the consequences. The nation will be secured now, or in January 2009, or after a whole lot of people die unnecessarily. Makes sense to secure the borders as soon as is humanly possible.
No, but I was the millionth and first customer at the Star Trek Experience. Does that count for anything? The guy directly in front of me was the millionth customer and got all kinds of stuff. My wife, she's always late for stuff.
"Makes sense to secure the borders as soon as is humanly possible."
I admit, it wasn't a big issue for me at one time, either. Most people think it's just Mexicans coming across to get jobs and better their lives.
It is so well known around the world of our extremely porous border and lack of will to solve the problem, that we are getting criminals and terrorists from every country sneaking in here. It is only a matter of time before something catastophic happens.
The crossing of the border illegally has to be treated as an act of war.
That's not what being a Supreme Court Justice is all about. It's about interpreting the law, not rewriting it to fit your political views.
***That's exactly what the supreme court is all about because that's how we got in this mess in the first place. A bunch of activist liberal judges ascended and nearly wrecked our republic. I'd love to see an objective standard but it does not exist when the democrats admitted that they would use abortion views and Catholicism as a litmus test -- because they had nothing else on the nominees. So, it's not a case of "Social conservatives who think that legislating an agenda is the answer", it is the case of socons trying to right some wrongs that have occurred.
Amen
I say you're right.. exactly accurate..
Who's to enact or try to enact this regime?..
ONE person.. Newt Gingrich.. unless there would be a civil war.. You know.. after Hillary takes office.. and moves 180 degrees off top dead center of this platform..
So which of our conservative planks should we remove and replace with socialist planks?
First they get sanctuary cities, then free education, then free health care, then driver's licenses, then bank accounts, then home mortgages, then credit cards, then social security. Yup, they'll soon be demanding the vote.
Amen to that too.
Paraphrasing RR: In this crisis, government IS the problem, not the solution.
I was told earlier this evening that it's impossible for a conservative to win the general election against Hillary Clinton.
For what it's worth, and speaking only for myself, I never said that and would never say something so silly. I did ask the name of one. I know Duncan Hunter is very popular ariuynd here (for obvious reasons) but (as it stands now) my mother has a better chance of winning the Whitehouse in 08 the Duncan Hunter...and she's been dead for 10 years.
As it stands now there a two Republican candidates how have a realistic shot at the Whitehouse Rudy Giuliani, Mitt Romney.
And I understand Hillary is out polling ALL of them. Sorry, but I don't care how popular she is, she's much too liberal for me and I will not vote for her.
Outshout, outvote and send them packing.
NO republican will winn in 2008 for the reasons as you say.. Giuliani, McLaim, Romney, Newt anybody.. Hillary will win.. she will.. Most democrats and RINOs are women.. Hillary will play that hand into estrogen paradise.. Aided by Oprah and Ellen DeGeneres.. probably letterman and leno too.. and a thousand others.. in the MsM and MsP.. already linkage is happening there..
America is pretty much brain washed.. and the republican party is fractured.. splintered.. it is a done deed.. Bush did it.. or had a large hand in it happening..
Whats to be done when Hillary is elected is THE TASK.. it WILL happen..
Hanging her socialism around her neck like a millstone is or should be the task at hand.. Newt is the ONLY ONE that can make the case.. That she is the U.S.'s worse nightmare.. He(Newt) could not win in 2008 but he CAN MAKE THE CASE..
I think YOU are the ostrich.. not willing to face the hard questions.. The republican party is fractured like a car window.. What to do?.. Get ready for a fight.. a grass roots fight..
I'm 100% confident they would vote for the conservative patriot with the big "R:"
http://www.freerepublic.com/perl/poll?poll=171;results=1
Contrast that with what will happen if we run a social liberal with a big "R:"
So which of our cherished hard won liberties should we sacrifice to appease the beast and then huddle in fear praying he doesn't come back for more?
FR is far from being a mirror of the American populace.
What makes you think they will be able to take away one or more of our liberties?
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