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Rutledge: McCain and Cornyn will put past differences over immigration reform aside
Rio Grande Guardian ^ | 15 September 2008 | Steve Taylor

Posted on 09/16/2008 8:15:53 AM PDT by 3AngelaD

MISSION - Hidalgo County Republican Party Chairman Hollis Rutledge says he is confident that John McCain and John Cornyn will patch up any differences they still have over immigration policy, should McCain be elected president. In May 2007, the two U.S. senators famously got into a shouting match over the finer points of a bipartisan comprehensive immigration reform bill. The Washington Post reported at the time that McCain swore at Cornyn, accusing the Texas Republican of trying to “blow up” a pact between Republicans and Democrats.

Cornyn countered that the Arizona Republican was trying to “parachute” in on delicate Senate negotiations after being absent for much of the year on the presidential campaign trail.

“I am sure that John McCain and John Cornyn can put their past differences over immigration aside,’ Rutledge told the Guardian. “In fact, I am confident they can work well together on the issue because John McCain supports a guest worker program and so does Senator Cornyn...”

The Post reported that the spat started when Cornyn began voicing concerns over the number of judicial appeals undocumented immigrants could make. Senators were negotiating the Comprehensive Immigration Reform Act of 2007, which was a compromise piece of legislation that incorporated aspects of the Secure America and Orderly Immigration Act proposed by McCain and Sen. Ted Kennedy, D-Mass....

“After McCain swore at Cornyn and accused him of trying to blow up the pact, Cornyn accused the presidential candidate of ‘parachuting’ into the negotiations at the last minute,” the Post reported, on May 19, 2007...

Eventually, the bill died, much to the disappointment of President Bush and Cabinet members like Carlos Gutierrez.

The Texas Border Coalition, an advocacy group representing cities and counties from El Paso to Brownsville, came down on McCain’s side. The group praised the senator for a visit he made to Laredo to talk about border security and immigration reform with border leaders.

“Senator McCain has been a leader on this subject, having introduced the McCain-Kennedy immigration reform bill last session,” said TBC Chairman and Eagle Pass Mayor Chad Foster. Rutledge told the Guardian that he backed McCain’s immigration reform plan also.

“I think that when he becomes president, John McCain will finish off what President Ronald Reagan started, which was a guest worker program,” Rutledge said. “If we had a properly functioning guest worker program...we face at the border, the drug cartels. We need to be able to connect willing workers with willing employers...."

Rutledge said his comments should not be viewed as a criticism of Cornyn.


TOPICS: Government; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: aliens; amnesty; cornyn; crapweasel; godschildren; illegalimmigration; immigrantlist; judiciary; mccain; mccainpalin; mccainsfolly
Ah yes, I remember it well.
1 posted on 09/16/2008 8:15:54 AM PDT by 3AngelaD
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To: 3AngelaD
The illegal immigration issue has been mute this during this entire campaign on both sides of the aisle.
2 posted on 09/16/2008 8:21:45 AM PDT by itsthejourney (Sarah-cuda IS the right reason)
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To: 3AngelaD

Cornyn has already endorsed McCain, did so before the Texas primary.


3 posted on 09/16/2008 8:21:57 AM PDT by Perdogg (Sen Robert Byrd - Ex community organizer)
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To: 3AngelaD

Maybe Cornyn will get Palin on his side and together they will “educate” McCain.


4 posted on 09/16/2008 8:25:32 AM PDT by Resolute Conservative
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To: 3AngelaD

Party over Principle


5 posted on 09/16/2008 8:29:16 AM PDT by Sybeck1 (Either way, learn you some Spanish......)
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To: Resolute Conservative
Probably not. McCain in Florida talking to Hispanics yesterday...

McCain told the crowd that once he is in office, a comprehensive immigration policy would be one of his first priorities.

6 posted on 09/16/2008 8:31:21 AM PDT by 3AngelaD (They screwed up their own countries so bad they had to leave, and now they're here screwing up ours.)
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To: 3AngelaD
Rutledge says, "McCain and Cornyn will put past differences over immigration reform aside."

Which means: "Screw you, my friends! I'm bravely surrendering to Mexico!"

If Osama bin Laden had been smart, he would have sent over millions of covert Islamo-fascist terrorists into the underground economy and undermined America by stealth...exactly as Mexico is doing.

7 posted on 09/16/2008 8:34:51 AM PDT by E. Cartman (Screw you, my friends! I'm bravely surrendering to Mexico!)
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To: E. Cartman
"Screw you, my friends! I'm bravely surrendering to Mexico!"

LOL damn.
8 posted on 09/16/2008 8:37:39 AM PDT by cripplecreek (Voting Conservative isn't for the faint of heart.)
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To: E. Cartman

There must be something in the water down there in the lower Rio Grande Valley.


9 posted on 09/16/2008 8:38:19 AM PDT by 3AngelaD (They screwed up their own countries so bad they had to leave, and now they're here screwing up ours.)
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To: E. Cartman

Well you know the campaign theme is “Country First”. It just doesn’t say which country.


10 posted on 09/16/2008 8:39:09 AM PDT by Sybeck1 (Either way, learn you some Spanish......)
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To: 1_Inch_Group; 2sheep; 2Trievers; 3pools; 3rdcanyon; 4Freedom; 4ourprogeny; 7.62 x 51mm; ...

ping


11 posted on 09/16/2008 8:39:25 AM PDT by gubamyster
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To: 3AngelaD; cripplecreek; Sybeck1
There must be something in the water down there in the lower Rio Grande Valley.

We'll change the battle cry from "Remember The Alamo!" to "Surrender The Alamo!"

12 posted on 09/16/2008 8:43:25 AM PDT by E. Cartman (Screw you, my friends! I'm bravely surrendering to Mexico!)
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To: Resolute Conservative

>> Maybe Cornyn will get Palin on his side and together they will “educate” McCain.

That’s what I would like to see. I’m not holding my breath, however.

I must say I am proud of Mr. Cornyn, my reliably conservative junior Senator. (Kay Bailey, not so much.)


13 posted on 09/16/2008 9:18:41 AM PDT by Nervous Tick (I've left Cynical City... bound for Jaded.)
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To: Sybeck1

Cornyn will have to pull that knife out of his back......along with everyone who votes for McCain.


14 posted on 09/16/2008 9:57:01 AM PDT by sheana
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To: 3AngelaD; gubamyster

¡Republicanos!


15 posted on 09/16/2008 3:30:49 PM PDT by SwinneySwitch (US Constitution Article 4 Section 4..shall protect each of them against Invasion...domestic Violence)
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