Posted on 02/02/2008 2:25:14 PM PST by Tennessee Nana
TUSCALOOSA, ALA. -- Mike Huckabee has changed his mind and will sign an Alabama senator’s immigration pledge for presidential candidates - an effort to defeat the McCain-Kennedy proposal in the U.S. Senate.
In Birmingham last week, Huckabee said he was almost ready to sign the pledge put forth by Sen. Jeff Sessions, R-Ala., but was on the fence regarding one of its aspects. "Which one?" a reporter asked.
Huckabee said it had to do with the 13th point of the 15-point pledge, one to “eliminate the visa lottery program and change current preference categories that guarantee automatic entry for aging parents and extended family members and replace it with a system that fairly and objectively evaluates at least 50% of applicants based on characteristics such as education, skills, English ability, and age.”
Huckabee said he wasn't sure if the ratio for immigrants with advanced degrees was "arbitrary" or flexible enough for changing needs.
"Everything else about it is...absolutely fantastic," Huckabee said. "That's the one piece we haven't been able to completely work on. Hopefully we can get with Senator Sessions to get that verified."
Later at a rally in Tuscaloosa, Huckabee announced he would sign Sessions' pledge. Asked about the decision during the media avail that followed, he said, "Point 13 dealt with ratios of people in engineering-- we looked at that and decided it really is not a big issue and certainly not something that ought to keep us from signing it. It's very consistent with our 9-point immigration plan so I thought, what better time to do it than when I'm in Alabama."
Regarding the seemingly quick manner in which he decided to sign the pledge, he said, "We've been looking at it for about a week…I looked at it last night and today and decided when we got here that this would be a great time to sign the pledge."
I wish Sen. Sessions would become President.
Tancredo has endorsed Romney, maybe Sessions is next. Huckabee is late to the dance.
:)
Better take your meds....quick.
Good one!
Romney has a pattern of running as a liberal in the general elections
He tried to out Teddy Teddy Kennedy for the US Senate seat in 1994
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a9IJUkYUbvI&feature=related
now that has got to be hard to do but RINPO Romney did his best
And then in 2002 he accused the Democrat running for Gov of being pro-life and therefore “frightening” the people
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P_w9pquznG4
Do I have your vote? I promise I'd be better than anybody running!
And I'd let you stay in the Lincoln Bedroom!
Don’t expect the Paulites to be against illegals.
Saw a Paulite rally earlier today including Mexican gang bangers with tat to the neck and head holding Paulite signs. They know who loves um.
The L Ron Paul bots can have him.
Romney is pro life, really. I live in Massachusetts. His change of mind came years ago and he has stood firmly by it. Imo, this is not 'flip flopping', but being open and intelligent enough to change his mind on an important social issue and being sincere enough to stand by it. He has stood by his pro-life stance in Massachusetts and has taken it on the chin by liberals here. He's the real thing, and he gets my vote.
BTTT...
I hope so. There are good and bad things about all of them.
Huck and McCain are RINOS....
Liberals at heart .....
Too little too late. Gov Huckspanic is toast as a candidate and he knows it. He’s only hanging around hoping for table scraps from Juan McKennedy if he can manage to fool enough middle of the road and easy to decieve voters.
I trust nothing Huckabee has to say on the issue of illegal immigration.
As governor, he supported in-state tuition and college scholarships for illegal aliens.
As governor, he supported driver licenses for illegal aliens.
Nah. Something has changed. I think Huck, McCain and Romey are true republicans. Conservatives are now the RINOs:’)
I have NO idea how I got on this ping list...it’s very convenient for Huckabee to decide to sign the pledge only when he’s coming to Alabama. A vote for Huckabee is a vote for McCain, he should have dropped out before SuperTuesday.
During the Sunday Morning Talk shows should do nicely.
Cheers!
With my luck, if I tried talking to a rock, a drooling RHINO would crawl out from under it, making Liberal mewling noises.
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