McCain casts doubt on immigration as issue (says Santorum lost due to tough stance on illegals)

Politico ^ | March 17, 2008 | by Jonathan Martin

[gondramB]

I wonder if it even registers that he is barely acceptable exactly because of his wretched record on immigration.

[cripplecreek]

My congressman won against a pro amnesty RINO and McQueeg pal and he did it with a Minuteman PAC endorsement.

[Cobra64]

War on terror? ... My a$$.

Spending almost a trillion a year supporting illegal immigrants?

Breaking the law by not upholding the immigration laws?

Amnesty supporters should be thrown in jail.

[a_different_conservative]

At least we know what his campaign promises are worth. I see no reason to believe anything he says.

[Tailback]

McCain is such a clueless dirtbag. Santorum lost due to being from a liberal state combined with massive inner city vote fraud.

Santorum would cruise to a easy victory in any 50/50 state.

I’m sure McCains idea of a true GOP ideal is Arlen Spector since he got reelected in the cesspool formerly known as Pennsylvania.

Arlen can kiss my you know what, along with the RNC, McCain, and anyone else opposed to enforcing immigration laws.

[Digital Sniper]

I continue to be amazed that Juan Hernandez's lips don't move when McCain talks about immigration...

[Cacique]

btt

[bill1952]

I would hope that many of our Republican candidates would understand the political practicalities of this issue.”

There aren't going to be that many of you creatures left. - Keep it up and seal the deal.

BTW, the check is not in the mail.

[DGHoodini]

See! You just can’t trust this sack of sh.. He’ll lie every time. He’s no better than a Democrat.

[Gaffer]

I hear ya. Apparently, his promises aren't worth what ended up on that wad of toilet paper I swiped across my a$$ this morning. I wonder what the appeasers here are going to say to 'triangulate' this.....

[CAluvdubya]

Exactly!

[Cicero]

I’ve said it before. I will NOT vote for that crazy old coot McCain unless he is looking pretty sick and old and he appoints a REAL conservative as his VP.

No FAKE conservatives like Romney need apply, thank you. And if it’s another RINO like Crist, forget it.

McManiac may not be quite as bad as hillary, but he’s darned close. AND he would pull enough Republicans along in the Senate with pork and perks to guarantee that he could pass more liberal cr*p than hillary could ever get through congress.

It’s a very depressing situation. About all we can do is try to get more conservatives into state and local governments and into congress, and try to hold on for another four years. McCain is a disaster.

[Cicero]

By the way, Rick Santorum lost to Casey because of Casey’s father, because Casey ran as a conservative pro lifer (which was, as expected, a lie), and because the base was still mad at him for backing Arlen Specter.

[Tallguy]

Wow. If that is what McCain truly thinks about Santorum’s loss, I shudder to think of the kind of campaign that McCain will mount later this year. Frankly, I see signs that he’s going to stumble around aimlessly in the same way Bob Dole did in ‘96.

[Kakaze]

I would hope that many of our Republican candidates would understand the political practicalities of this issue.”

The problem is right here in the above statement...

For McCain and career politicians the victory is in the election, for the rest of us, the victory would be in saving the republic.

[End Times Sentinel]

Santorum lost due to being from a liberal state combined with massive inner city vote fraud.

AND that he was targeted by a national effort to get him out of office, AND probably 15% of the voters thought they were voting for Bob Casey Sr. in spite of the fact that he's been dead for 6 years.

[Gritty]

Every time I reflect on the horror of our government run by the Stalinists on the other side, I muse I just might have to gird up my loins and pull the lever for this idiot,... he comes up with something like this which again convinces me he is merely a senile old fool who should be sitting in a sanitarium, and not the GOP candidate (and our only hope) for the Presidency!

My Gawd, I'm hating this wretched election year!

[Dante3]

McCain's words are the kind I would expect from a Manchurian Candidate. I am not accusing him of being the Manchurian Candidate, but how does one explain his vote against the Cronyn amendment, his frenzy over amnesty, speaking to himself during the last debate as if answering unseen voices, etc.?