GOP hopefuls keep distance on immigration

WashingtonPost.com ^ | May 15, 2007 | Michael D. Shear

[malibu2008]

Less than a year ago, Sen. John McCain of Arizona was the most visible Republican in the fight for immigration reform, having joined forces with Democratic Sen. Edward M. Kennedy (Mass.) in an ultimately unsuccessful bid to clamp down on border security and create a guest-worker program for the nation's 12 million illegal immigrants. ....In his formal presidential announcement speech in New Hampshire last month, he (McCain) made no mention of the issue.

Former New York mayor Rudolph W. Giuliani, whose record is filled with pro-immigrant speeches and actions, has been largely silent on the debate.

[malibu2008]

Former New York mayor Rudolph W. Giuliani, whose record is filled with pro-immigrant speeches and actions...sounds to me like a true libertarian on this issue. Libertarians support allowing free and open immigration. Giuliani - the former Democrat now seeking the GOP nomination - can be distinguished on this issue from opponent Congressman Ron Paul (R-TX) who maintains that the main argument against open immigration is the abuse of social programs by illegal immigrants. Dr. Paul opposes amnesty for illegals, along with an end of the North American Union concept that would unite Canada, the U.S., and Mexico. Congressman Paul was also an early and outspoken opponent of CAFTA.

[malibu2008]

Rudia is best when he shuts up, so that no one knows where he really is - here a closet Libertarian on immigration.

[SolidWood]

Duncan Hunter 2008. We neither can afford liberals like Giuliani or McCain, nor lunatic isolationists like Paul.
We need Duncan Hunter.

[Kevmo]

Geez, these guys need to get a clue about Duncan Hunter.

http://www.gohunter08.com/index.asp

[gidget7]

All this stuff in this rather large article, and yet it is deafeningly silent on the fact that there IS a strong immigration candidate on the same stage. Duncan Hunter!

[malibu2008]

Paul is NOT an isolationist, but his foreign policy IS non interventionist.

[Jake The Goose]

Friggen Rudy better watch his step on this one - I can tell you that - from a Rudy supporter.

This is one hot potato (is there an ‘e’ on the end?)

[PghBaldy]

McCain was at the celebration of the Reconquista today, along with his pals Kennedy, Feinstein, Chambliss, Specter, Graham and the two Bush stooges Sec Chertoff and Sec Guitezz (however that name is spelled).

[malibu2008]

there IS a strong immigration candidate on the same stage. . . 10- term Texas Congressman Ron Paul.

[brownsfan]

Savage said it: “Borders, Language, Culture.”

Anyone who runs on that platform is a shoe-in. Yet, the candidates avoid it. That leaves me with only one conclusion:

There is more money than I can imagine behind the open borders movement. Lots of people getting rich on selling out their neighbors and their country. I’m not surprised. I’ve talked to freepers who would do the same.

[penowa]

"Less than a year ago, Sen. John McCain of Arizona was the most visible Republican in the fight for immigration reform..." (REFORM - that's a laugh and a half!)

Now he's sharing the stage as shown on CNN with other traitorous Republicans like Arlen Specter, taking credit for the last nail in the coffin of the Republic.

[SolidWood]

If you want a candidate who is strong on immigration, go for Duncan Hunter. I want an interventionist President. We neither can afford open border traitors, nor can we afford terrorist states to gain WMDs.

I don’t make compromises on this.
Giuliani, McCain are good on foreign policy, bad on border. Paul is good on border and bad on foreign policy. Please wake up. Paul’s foreign policy will lead us into disaster. We can’t close our eyes and do nothing.

I want someone who is good on both. So far there are Hunter and Tancredo.

[Snoopers-868th]

They can all run but they can’t hide.

[JamesP81]

bttt

[malibu2008]

Dwight David Eisenhower's adoption of a non-interventionist 'Cold War' is the same application of Dr. Paul's current foreign policy in Iraq - we can save alot of lives and it is more fiscally conservative -I like Ike and I like Paul.

[wilco200]

That’s right. Time is short the time is now to pump up the volume on Hunter or Tancredo

[neverhillorat]

Rudy can, don`t know if he will, own the BORDER issue with one speech. So can Mitt. How?
Either one travel to the Border and say “this is worse then I thought, we have to make this a priority, 100 days after I`m in office a fence will be up from one end to the other”. The Rats have no comebacks except those racist Republicans and they are going to use that anyway. Records in this case don`t mean much.

[SolidWood]

Ike? We are not longer in the Cold War. Ike didn\t have to face lunatic terrorist states. He faced the Soviet Union and could rely on a large number of friendly autocrats in the third world.
But states like Iran aren’t any longer ruled by US friendly autocrats like the Shah. We are dealing with islamist, lunatic madmen trying to acquire WMD’s and determined to kill us. Times have changed.
The problems in the Middle East call for a proactive, preemptive and aggressive US policy. 9/11 was the wake-up call.

[freedomfiter2]

GOP hopefuls keep distance on immigration

The only ones keeping silent on this important issue are the ones who aren’t worthy of holding an elected office.

[malibu2008]

We left Afghanistan - well sorta, we didn't seal the deal -and the Taliban /al-Qaeda follow us to Iraq through Iran. The border is the way to prevent terrorists from following us WHENEVER we leave Iraq for home. This is why we regard the draft-dodger Julie-Annie as weak on terror - a weak border with sanctuary for illegals. Rudia is the reason for 9/11... that piece of Shiite.