[Norman Bates]

To achieve our objectives, America needs the strong reform I've proposed that will:

-Vastly improve our border surveillance and enforcement capabilities;

-Increase the manpower, infrastructure and capabilities necessary to block, apprehend, detain and return those who try to enter the country illegally;

-Strengthen the laws and penalties against those who hire illegal aliens and violate immigration law;

-Achieve and maintain the integrity of official documents to stop fraud, verify immigration status and employment, and enforce immigration law;

-Encourage immigrants to come out of the shadows so we know who is in this country and develop a sensible guest worker program that will serve the nation's best economic and security interests.

[Norman Bates]

John McCain on current border policy:

“The truth is that our nation's porous borders and failed immigration policies are a national disgrace”

“Washington has failed miserably in this vital responsibility”

“[T]he status quo is simply unacceptable”

[Norman Bates]

John McCain on a new policy:

“We must devote the resources necessary to do the job right, and our efforts must be sustained. Imagine what we could achieve if we spent less money on pork barrel schemes such as "bridges to nowhere" and more on enforcing our immigration laws and other homeland security imperatives.”

“Legitimate status must be earned by paying stiff fines and back taxes, undergoing criminal and security checks, passing English and civics tests, remaining employed for six years before going to the back of the line to achieve legal permanent residence status, and adhering to other strict requirements.”

[Yossarian]

He's scared of the polls he's be receiving, and is now trying to spin his way out of the his alliance with ted kennedy on the McCain-Kennedy Immigration bill.

[Norman Bates]

The McCain List.
Common sense conservatism



The Official McCain Platform

The Official McCain Platform: Human Dignity & the Sanctity of Life

[AntiGuv]

The truth is that, on immigration, and just about everything else, John McCain is failing the American people.

[PGalt]

LOL! McCain-Feingold the ultimate Washingtonian. John, YOU have failed miserably. All of these years and WHAT have YOU done?

[HuntsvilleTxVeteran]

McCain/Kerry F the POWS/MIAS
McCain/Feingold F free speech
McCain/Kennedy F American Sovereignty
McCain/Gang of 14
McCain/Keating 5
McCain/Terrorist Bill of Rights
McCain/Gun Grabber

More?

[Malesherbes]

Pure hypocrisy by the co-author of McCain-Kennedy.

[seastay]

"Many of our own ancestors came for the very same reason"

Many more of most of our ancestors within the last 200 years were born on US soil and died on US soil. This notion that US is made of immigrants is false. Traditionally immigrants have made up less than 5% of the US population, most Americans would have to acknowledge that 95% of all their relatives who lived and worked in the US were native born.

Estimates are as high today as 30 million immigrants in the US, out of 300 million, that’s 10%, and McCain, is implying here that we need to respect levels of immigration that are twice as high as normal, and that we need to take in more , greater percent than any time in US history because some people have a few percent of their ancestors who immigrated ?

Huh... with that logic, we might as well make it mandatory that every child under 18 run away and join the circus, since many have few percent of our ancestors who could juggle, or their grandmothers grew beards.

[OKIEDOC]

McCaniac working with that lurch Kennedy made me want to puke.

I just do not trust the man and doubt he will make it past the February primaries.

Where was McCain when Republicans needed his support so now were are Republicans when he needs our support, no where.

[zarf]

I simply don't trust McCain.

I trust Obama to present himself as to who he is and what he stands for.

I don't trust McCain.

[Luis Gonzalez]

"AMONG THE federal government's most important obligations is to secure America's borders and enforce sensible immigration laws that will keep our nation strong and safe. For far too long, Washington has failed miserably in this vital responsibility."

That's a hell of a thing to say, considering that he's in Washington and has been part of the Federal government for the past 24 years.

That just tells me that he failed right along with everyone else.

[c-b 1]

The truth is that our nation's porous borders and failed immigration policies are a national disgrace, adversely affecting both our economic prospects and national security.

Make them all citizens with the stroke of a pen, problem solved.

Someone needs to tell little Johnny, doing the same thing over, and over, and expecting different results is insanity. I've tried, he refused to listen.

[TigersEye]

Free Republic Opinion Poll:
Would you be for or against McCain?
Member Opinion
against 92.4% 2,989
for 7.6% 247

The Real McCain

McCain and 'the Constitution'

SEN. JOHN McCAIN: THE ULTIMATE "RHINESTONE HERO"

SEN. JOHN McCAIN: THE ULTIMATE "RHINESTONE HERO" Part II

John McCain Is No Hero

U.S. Sen. John McCain is no War Hero

John McCain: The Manchurian Candidat

JOHN MCCAIN, WARTS AND ALL

John McCain, you treasonous bastard, I challenge you or any of your traitorous cohorts... (thread by Jim Robinson)

McCain Is Booed by Labor Activists

McCain Rides to Kerry's Rescue: "John Kerry is Not Weak on Defense" (Today Show alert)

John McCain SCREAMS AT 9/11 FSA MEMBERS FOR OPPOSING HIS BILL TO GIVE AMNESTY FOR ILLEGALS

John McCain's Skeleton Closet

A number of articles on McCain. (some the same as above)

McCain Seeks to Change California Primary

John McCain Gets Soros Cash

McCain/Soros by Rabbi Areyh Spero

Soros' "Reform" (an article about Soros‘ instrumental hand in McCain/Feingold)

Not Child‘s Play [McCain/Schumer bill could effect FR?]

McCain's Letter (McCain aligns with Global Enviro activists)

The Turning Point on Global Warming (McCain and Lieberman Op-Ed Alert)

Climate bill sets stage for debate (Sens. McCain, Obama, and Lieberman join forces)

McCain Looked into Caucusing with Democrats

McCain Still Disliked by Fiscal Conservatives (Club For Growth)

John McCain Goes Left for Money

McCain, Obama Make Deal on Financing

Sens. Snowe, Collins to head Maine exploratory committee for McCain

Double Talk Express. McCain in his own words. VIDEO

More YOUTUBE - McCain On Abortion (UH OH! YouTube Has a Video of Him in 1999)

[EternalVigilance]

McCain's getting out anyway, as soon as his best political friend, Fred Thompson (co-author of McCain-Feingold-THOMPSON, and prime mover of McCain-Feingold) gets in. They're two peas in a pod, and they've obviously realized that McCain is dead meat.

[detch]

"Amnesty John" is trying, once again, to triangualte on the issues.

He's soft on immigration and it's costing him with the Party.

He's toast.

[dennisw]

Don't trust a damn thing this rat bastard backstabber says. John McCain is 100% amnesty and open borders

[mtntop3]

Regardless of how one interprets - and that is the right word - McCain on the usual buzz-words/subjects on this site, there is another consideration:

McCain flew 23 combat missions in Vietnam as a Navy aviator. His aircraft was shot down on 29 July 1967 on his 23rd mission while bombing a power plant in Hanoi.

Ejection from the A-4E Skyhawk broke both his arms and a leg.

Parachuting, he plunged into a lake near the target. A mob dragged him from the lake, broke his shoulder with a rifle butt. He was repeatedly bayoneted.

McCain spent five and a half years in the notorious "Hanoi Hilton" where he was repeatedly beaten and tortured. Three and a half years of this was in solitary confinement.

He refused an early release from that prison. He was finally released, along with other American POW's in March 1973, two months after the Vietnam war ended.

McCain is the recipient of a Silver Star, Bronze Star, the Legion of Merit, and the Distinguished Flying Cross.

All this ALONE entitles McCain to a hell of a lot of respect.

If some of the keyboard warriors on this site cannot understand this, then the failing is in them - not McCain.

[sheana]

Thank you for posting. It just gave me the incentive to call McCain's office and tell them to stick his Amnesty, (no matter what he calls it) where the sun don't shine. I am not subject to 'spin'.

I will never vote for this man in a million years and it satisfies me to no end to tell them so.

[jetson]

McCain has been reading Free Republic posts.