Posted on 11/16/2007 9:45:34 PM PST by neverdem
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Here's another nugget from the Quinnipiac Ohio poll: 61 percent oppose giving a public school education to the children of illegal immigrants.
"Show me just what Mohammed brought that was new, and there you will find things only evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached." - Manuel II Palelologus
I don’t think we need all the restuarants we have. Home cooking?...family time?
America needs to grasp on to family, not purely focus on commerce. Money is hallow aspect of life, if one doesn’t have love.
Six foot five inches tall Fred Thompson will mop the floor with Mrs. Hillary Clinton. Both are lawyers, but how many cases has Hillary tried? How many has she prosecuted? How many crooked governors and presidents has she taken down? Ponder that for a moment. It’s no wonder the democrats fear Fred and hope that Mitt “Gay Marriage” Romney, Rudy “Drag Queen” Giuliani or Mike “Open Borders for Jesus” Huckabee get nominated.
This year's version of Kerry's Super-Secret Ultra-Cool Plan for Solving Iraq. (Which he still hasn't revealed.)
There's always an issue that pops up in an election that hits the candidates when they weren't expecting it. The dems, who have all the advantages going into the election cycle when it comes to winning the presidency, are willfully blind on this issue. They don't WANT it to be important, so they're trying the old Jedi mind trick and hoping the rest of us will go along.
This may be the issue that dooms them, though of course it's way too early to know for sure. If Hillary continues to look shaky (despite the embarrassingly obvious attempts by the media to shore her up), she may try to come down as a hawk on immigration, winking to the dem coalition of the needy to assure them she'll sign some nothing piece of legislation that looks good (Comprehensive Immigration Reform!) while doing nothing. But that may be one about-face too many.
“I dont think we need all the restuarants we have. Home cooking?...family time?”
So absolutely true.
I think we are in trouble ......
hillary clinton, last debate, wanted, encouraged, supported, illegals getting drivers licenses. She received much flap. Oh, yes, hillary clinton was in BIG trouble.
Last night clinton was asked if she supported illegal getting drivers linceses and her response was ...NO!!
and this was after Obana gave his lengthy response that resulted in his yes being dragged out of him. Almost like he knew he had to say it, it was a set up and he had better respond correctly or .....
They all looked like fools.
But we are the ones being fooled!!!
Who are the we, and what are they being fooled about?
To anyone with a brain and a grasp of what’s going on around him, it has been evident for some time now (two years for me) that illegal immigration will be the defining issue in the 2008 presidential and congressional elections, unless the Republicans prevent it.
Unfortunately, in 2006 the Republicans in charge - Bush, Rove, McCain, Graham, Martinez, etc. - did prevent it, by their stupid suicide defense of amnesty which allowed the Democrats, who are totally enamored of amnesty and open borders and voter fraud, a free pass.
The people have now overwhelmingly spoken out on immigration - in Washington with the recent defeats of the Senate amnesty bill, of the Dream Act, of the AgJobs act; in states and localities (over a thousand so far) with ordinances and legislation cracking down on illegals, in high profile episodes like Spitzer’s NY drivers license retreat, and in local elections where immigration was the issue, like Hazleton PA and Prince William VA.
If you don’t live inside the Beltway, you know where the overwhelming sense of the majority lies, and it will even grow more as other issues with illegals at their core only worsen - subprime mortgage and banking collapses, medical costs, welfare costs, voter fraud, epidemics, and crime waves.
We know where Democrats stand - open borders, citizenship, voter rights.
But will Republicans stand for what is right (i.e., following the law) or will they continue the Bush-Rove-Graham-McCain-Martinez path on immigration.
Next year’s election will turn on that choice. Iraq will not be the central issue in 2008. If Republicans at the top continue with the open borders mantra, get ready for La Dona Hillary, Senora Presidente.
If the GOP is smart, it will make Illegal Immigration the focus of the next election. It should be Topic 1. The theme of the entire election strategy. And no politician should receive GOP campaing help whose position on illegal immigration is out of touch with that of the American people.
When asked, “When will the war end?”, the right answer is “When all the illegal immigrants have returned to their home countries.”
When asked, “What’s your solution to the healthcare problem?”, the right answer is “Take the burden off of our healthcare system by getting all illegal immigrants out of the country.”
The party's over if they do. Got your exit strategy?
Ding! Ding! Ding! We have a winner!
Unfortunately the RNC hasn’t grasped this yet and may not even want it in their heart of hearts. It’s just not certain we’ll get the candidates needed at all levels of government with the heartfelt conviction to turn back the incremental measures achieved by the Left and the GOP globalists in the last couple decades.
Four years ago I moved to NW Montana. Politically, I don’t see a place to go yet.
If Hillary is the next President, she may also be the last.
Yet Hunter and Tancredo remain last in the polls.
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