Posted on 05/29/2008 2:05:51 PM PDT by T.L.Sink
After adjusting his immigration stance when his comprehensive immigration bill died last summer, John McCain, now with the Republican nomination in hand, has once again ruffled conservaive feathers on the immigration issue by returning to the position that almost stopped his campaign dead in its tracks. Last week McCain joined California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger in supporting a "comprehensive" immigration plan. "Sen. Kennedy and I tried very hard to get a comprehensive immigration plan through Congress. We must make it a top agenda item," McCain said. But the Arizona senator's staunch defense of such a comprehensive package at the expense of border security almost cost him the Republican nomination. The grassroots revolt was not lost on a McCain camp left practically broke, financially and politically, by the issue. But McCain's decision to reintroduce comprehensive immigration reform to the presidential debate after securing the GOP nomination has raised concerns the Arizona senator is returning to his amnesty roots. McCain is scheduled to address the annual La Raza convention in July, making him the first Republican to go. La Raza is a controversial Hispanic rights group criticized for its separationist sentiments and open border advocacy.
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By legalizing the embedded illegals, whatever their numbers, the US will suffer from a massive inflow of additional immigrants. Through the US policy of family reunification or chain migration, each of the new citizens will be able to legally sponsor their family members to come into the US to begin the process of naturalization. Upon naturalization, those new citizens could do likewise. McLame knows this. He knows the result of his advocacy means somewhere in excess of 50 million eventual new citizens through his proposed “humane amnesty. “
I'm withya LVR.
I will not say NEVER when it comes to voting for McCain, but I would not vote for him if the election were today. I don't see how he will convince me from now until November either, since he will continue to lurch left as the days get close to the election.
Don't ask McCain Youtube video of town hall meeting
If this idiot can’t see that the majority of Americans DON’T WANT ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS GRANTED AMNESTY then he does not deserve the Presidency.
CP is looking better and better.
McLame, textbook RINO.
What an arrogant ass.Hey where are all the rino supporters to defend this A-hole on amnesty?
Me too, man, me too.
If the damn Rats would ever nominate someone who wasn't a hard core Stalinist who I fear would destroy the country, it would be easy to go 3rd party.
We are screwed!!! I am going to vote for Obama. I’m sick of the slow train. Let’s get on the express and finish the d**n ride. Who is John Galt?
McCain’s brain is a record player in an earthquake.
McQueeg is hellbent on ensuring his own defeat. Conservatives may just vote to assure a congress that’s got enough GOP members in it so there is gridlock and let Obama beat McCain.
Face it, most of the politicians in D.C. care more for Mexicans than they do American citizens. McCain will never get my vote. I also left the Republican party right after the last amnesty fiasco. I am a registered Independent.
Greece has done TWO amnestys for illegals. The reason for the second was the flood of illegals AFTER THE FIRST AMNESTY.
This is 1986 all over again.
Much of this is to UNDO THE RESTRICTIONS PUT FORTH IN 1996.
(ie rolling amnesty went from 6 years to 10 years. Ted Kennedy HATED that one specifically)
I think the DC insiders LITERALLY want to recreate slavery in the USA via ecconomic servitude.
(ie the company store as the song states)
I am weighing this question seriously and would love to hear others' opinions on the merits because of all the liberal positions McCain has taken, his amnesty & God's children remarks have angered me most of all.
Regards . . . Penny
“I’m still struggling with this election. Every time I think I might be able to give this man my vote (notice I didn’t say vote for) something like this rears it’s ugly head....again”
Time for Operation Chaos at the Republican convention! We need to have the delegates dump McCain and draft Fred Thompson as President and Mitt Romney as VP!
The major reason I'm NOT voting for Juan McCain.
You'd be right if you can't see beyond the Republican label.
Challenging the credentials of the McCain delegates at the convention is probably the only chance there is of stopping these Rockefeller socialists.
Consider pulling the lever for an alternate party candidate instead of doing a write in. At least this way your vote will go towards the growing protest vote against the current marginally diversified one party socialist candidates and count for more than the write in which isn't even counted nor scored in the final tally. Make your vote count for something.
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