Posted on 05/18/2008 12:17:10 PM PDT by Bob J
Immigration is one of those challenging issues that touch on many aspects of American life. I have always believed that our border must be secure and that the federal government has utterly failed in its responsibility to ensure that it is secure. If we have learned anything from the recent immigration debate, it is that Americans have little trust that their government will honor a pledge to do the things necessary to make the border secure.
As president, I will secure the border. I will restore the trust Americans should have in the basic competency of their government. A secure border is an essential element of our national security. Tight border security includes not just the entry and exit of people, but also the effective screening of cargo at our ports and other points of entry.
But a secure border will contribute to addressing our immigration problem most effectively if we also:
Recognize the importance of building strong allies in Mexico and Latin America who reject the siren call of authoritarians like Hugo Chavez, support freedom and democracy, and seek strong domestic economies with abundant economic opportunities for their citizens.
Recognize the importance of pro-growth policies -- keeping government spending in check, holding down taxes, and cutting unnecessary regulatory burdens -- so American businesses can hire and pay the best.
Recognize the importance of a flexible labor market to keep employers in business and our economy on top. It should provide skilled Americans and immigrants with opportunity. Our education system should ensure skills for our younger workers, and our retraining and assistance programs for displaced workers must be modernized so they can pursue those opportunities
Recognize the importance of assimilation of our immigrant population, which includes learning English, American history and civics, and respecting the values of a democratic society.
Recognize that America will always be that "shining city upon a hill," a beacon of hope and opportunity for those seeking a better life built on hard work and optimism. Border security and our failed immigration system are more examples of an ailing Washington culture in need of reform to regain the trust of Americans. In too many areas -- from immigration and pork barrel spending to Social Security, health care, energy security and tax relief -- business-as-usual politics prevents addressing the important challenges facing our nation.
***The McCain List.
Common sense conservatism***
Is that supposed to be like common-sense gun laws?
LOLLLLLL!
“Recognize the importance of building strong allies in Mexico and Latin America who reject the siren call of authoritarians like Hugo Chavez, support freedom and democracy, and seek strong domestic economies with abundant economic opportunities for their citizens.”
Along with securing the borders, THIS is extremely important. Having worked in South America, I can tell you that there is one word that is continually used to describe the USA. The word is “organizado.” For many years we have had the reputation of being the country that actually follows its laws and its Constitution. We are those who “drive between the marked lines on the road,” and punish corruption much more than in their countries. THIS is what is lacking with our neighbors to the south and they are very impressed by it.
The general press will often tell you something different, but this is what many of the PEOPLE say.
;-)
Actually, WE the People are the government and we have what we have elected.....by action or default.
Agreed that this blurb from his campaign site is doing everything to hide what is obvious to everyone concerning where he stands and what he intends to do.
The open primaries in the early ones were a killer. Unless the GOP changes that at the state level we are going to be perpetually stuck with the mccains of the party.
“Am I the only one who remembers the Republican debate in which McCain said he does not, in any form or fashion, support English being the official language of America?”
Let’s discuss that. What does it mean exactly to make English the “Official Language” of the US?
Can you give some evidence to support “what you hear?”
This number may be low too, but certainly closer than the 10-12M tossed around. Thanks.
Is that supposed to be like funny?
I tell ya guys, I’m all broke up about the viscious rumors surrounding Cindy McCain (sob).
About that non-profit “charity” she founded.
Those danged liberal newspapers said the reason why she ripped-off the “medical charity” was to get money for prescription drugs she was hooked on——and that she bought drugs illegally in the names of her employees.
And Cindy was arrested.
I tell ya, it’s a darn shame (sniffle).
Well unfortunately it has been my experience that most Anti-McCains have nothing but slogans and jingoisms to offer and are wholly and blissfully undereducated on almost all the issues.
Now that is their own decision but when they want to make the whole of FR undereducated and blissfully ignorant I have a problem with that.
You should too but you don’t because ignorant FReepers require much less work.
In other words, you don’t have the slightest idea.
Yes, he doesn’t mention any of them because it would hurt his election.
“The best he can do is pick a running mate that doesn’t share his anti-Americanism, win, and then...well put it this way...do what a lot of 72-year-olds do every day.”
My guess is that the Democrats LOVE to read posts like this (except for the WIN part). Even the age-discrimination thingy...it fits with their own ad hominem agenda.
;-0
“Did McCain train you on that?”
No, it was the blissfully ignorant and purposefully propagandic anti-McCaniacs who not only refuse to discuss any political subject about McCain like an adult but wish the same ignorance on others.
I don’t like McCain, wish it were someone else on the ticket, but being ignorant and uneducated is no way to go through life much less foistering it on others.
Common-sense gun laws are BS, so going by that McCain’s “common-sense” Conservatism is BS.
” No intellectual discussion can hide the fact this man is an idiot who lies and cannot be trusted.”
Funny, that’s my opinion of most politicians.
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