Interview with Sarah Palin Immigration, latino vote, Irak, Obama (Univision)

Univision.com ^ | 22 October 08 | Jorge Ramos

[TADSLOS]

...Governor, let me ask you about immigration. How many undocumented immigrants are there in Alaska?

I don't know, I don't know. That's a good question.

As governor, how do you deal with them? Do you think they all should be deported?

There is no way that in the US we would roundup every illegal immigrant -there are about 12 million of the illegal immigrants- not only economically is that just an impossibility but that's not a humane way anyway to deal with the issue that we face with illegal immigration.

Do you then favor an amnesty for the 12 or 13 million undocumented immigrants?

No, I do not. I do not. Not total amnesty. You know, people have got to follow the rules. They've got to follow the bar, and we have got to make sure that there is equal opportunity and those who are here legally should be first in line for services being provided and those opportunities that this great country provides.

To clarify, so you support a path to citizenship for undocumented immigrants?

I do because I understand why people would want to be in America. To seek the safety and prosperity, the opportunities, the health that is here. It is so important that yes, people follow the rules so that people can be treated equally and fairly in this country.

And the last question would be about politics. You only have two more weeks left...

Yes

What is your strategy? How are you planning to win the latino vote?

I will tell you, I wish that there were more hours in the day so that we can get out there and to more of the communities with such the strong Latino vote that is out there and really tell them that we desire to work for them. We are asking them to hire us and let us work for them.

Thank you so much. It would be impossible to ask you to say a few words in Spanish, right?

Oh my good-well, I don't want to embarrass myself, but … but gracias and I do thank you so much for this opportunity. I appreciate it.

Thank you, muchas gracias, thank you.

[pissant]

You could be correct about the reasons Mccain picked her. He could not have picked another RINO, that much was clear.

regardless, he will need to expose ALL of Obama’s history if he wants to win. Arguing about taxes is not going to do it.

[Eagle of Liberty]

Your (y'all) support of these RINOs instead of principle seals our doom.

Okay, so McCain is not Conservative. I think we know that and McCain has not gotten much support around FR for YEARS! But there is NOTHING good about Obama. Nothing! If Obama wins, I for one am not looking forward to experiencing Socialism and I am not looking forward to correcting all that an Obama Administration will ruin. The effects of an Obama Administration will be felt for at least a generation. Just look at how we are still dealing with FDR's New Deal crap and LBJ's Great Society crap. I REALLY don't want to live through Obama's Great Messianic Transformation.

[B4Ranch]

>She has to say what she has to say for now just win the election.<

>What does that mean?<

>Are you saying she is lying just to win?<

She’s a politician and she wants to win. Outright lie, no I don’t think so. Flex and twist, probably.

[Eagle of Liberty]

Carter got us Reagan, BTW.

Yea, and Carter was a BLAST to live through. No thanks.

[WalterSkinner]

..I think McCain and his surrogates have been pointing to Zero's radical alliances--perhaps not enough--I think we will see the heat really go up the last two weeks. We KNOW negative campaigning works.

I forgot to mention the polls

RCP averages are nonsense--as a matter of fact most of them are--right now.

We are seeing the effect of oversampling of Dems. I believe that the race is within 1 or 2 points. Everything has been trending toward McCain since he went on the attack in the last debate. Joe the Plumber (like Sarah) is gift from heaven. I'm catching some things in the wind here on FR that tell me that there is a dynamic at work in several battleground states that are under the radar.

I hope someone will be shadowing Zero in Hawaii to see if he actually is visiting his grandmother or scrambling to clean up the COLB issue--I still think that is the hand grenade that could blow up the whole thing...

[wiseprince]

I’m not going to keep replying to these assertions. I’m a little busy trying to bring Obama down a notch or two. I detailed what a path to citizenship could look like. Read it and disagree if you like but I am not going to discuss it until November 5th when I can tare President McCain a new one on the subject

[pissant]

They have mentioned ACORN and Ayers, but without the requisite intellectual force needed.

Has Mccain said that Ayers was still a radical, wiping his feet on the US flag when Obama palled around with him? Or did they mention the ringing endorsement of Ayer’s radical book dealing with Juveniles in 1997? Have they slammed the radical nature of the Ayers related ‘education’ groups that Ayers and Obama gave millions to as part of the Annenburg Challeng and the Woods foundation.

They also have not talked about his commie mentor, Frank Marshall Davis, his freak show of spiritual advisers and “good friends” James Meeks, Fr. Pfegler, and Jeremiah Wright. They have not brought up his connections (he had employees from) the Nation of Islam and Farrakhan. No mention of Rahsid Khalidi or Khalid al-Mansour or Edward Said. No mention of his missing transcripts and college thesis. No mention of his intimate ties to the New Party, etc, etc.

[WalterSkinner]

..I agree that there are several more logs that they can add to the fire.

Believe it or not, Huck (yes, Huck) has been doing a really good job of hitting these things on his new Fox show. I have even been proud of the way Rudy has been using his prosecutor's skills in hammering these issues. He's probably lobbying for AG--but I'm suspicious by nature...

[calcowgirl]

Go Back to sender No charges pressed You can return to the country once the border has been secured If you can prove employment for >= 6 months you don’t have to go back to sender for as long as you can prove employment (on a bi weekly basis). Once you can no longer prove employment (with the same employer) Go back to sender

Yep. Fits the definition of an Amnesty, at least according to most modern dictionaries.

[CottonBall]

,,, but I am not going to discuss it until November 5th when I can tare President McCain a new one on the subject

Good luck with that. (He has never listened to conservatives before.)

[CottonBall]

Yea, and Carter was a BLAST to live through. No thanks.

I'm not saying we WANT Obama, but that if the worst happens, we can hope for something better in '12. If Palin is for amnesty as she states in this interview, perhaps a real conservative will come along. After 4 years of Dems ruining the country, people 'might' be smart enough to see the light.

[calcowgirl]

No politician states they are for amnesty any more. Even Bush and McCain use the PC term 'pathway to citizenship'. Just as Palin did.

Amazing, isn't it?

"I have never supported amnesty and never would."

John McCain, 2007 Presidential Debate, South Carolina

[ding_dong_daddy_from_dumas]

>>You can return to the country once the border has been secured<<

McCain’s idea of “the border has been secured” is: 2 Dem and 2 RINO border governors deem it to be “secure.”

I think it’s possible that Palin has not thought much about immigration, since it’s not much of a problem in the Great White North. She may not realize that backing McCain’s amnesty is likely to lose support for both her and McCain among us right wingers, an important part of her defenders.

[ding_dong_daddy_from_dumas]

What do you think about Palin being for "a path to citizenship" (Like Bush, McCain, Obama)?

To me, it's sad that we can't even get a solid anti-shamnesty VP candidate in either major party. Nor in Bob Barr's party for that matter.

Palin could have responded with an evasive answer if she really disagreed with McCain on amnesty.

Link: Michelle Malkin thinks Juan Hernandez got to Palin

[Eagle of Liberty]

I'm not saying we WANT Obama, but that if the worst happens, we can hope for something better in '12. If Palin is for amnesty as she states in this interview, perhaps a real conservative will come along. After 4 years of Dems ruining the country, people 'might' be smart enough to see the light.

Good luck with that. What she states is that she is for a plan for citizenship and to me, that means that she would like to see those who came in illegally to step to the back of the line. Seems like a pretty good idea to me. Despite the phrase "plan to citizenship", there are actually plans to citizenship that are good out there and they are NOT amnesty.

[ding_dong_daddy_from_dumas]

>>Despite the phrase “plan to citizenship”, there are actually plans to citizenship that are good out there and they are NOT amnesty.<<

Such as?

[DoughtyOne]

This is precisely why I didn’t particularly like the idea of hitching Palin to McCain’s bandwagon.

Any issues she hadn’t already formed a sound policy on in her own mind, would be subject to heavy influence by this rat bastard.

Palin is a good woman. That doesn’t mean good women cannot be turned. The longer she is saddled with McCain, the more issues she will begin to sound like him on.

This answer on illegal immigration was disgraceful.

[Kimberly GG]

DING, DING, DING....

There you have it folks.

Just like I thought....Palin’s a.....well, I’m not ready for banning. Not just yet. Needlesstosay, she WON’T be setting MCSHAMNESTY straight on this issue!!

[CottonBall]

What she states is that she is for a plan for citizenship and to me, that means that she would like to see those who came in illegally to step to the back of the line.

Perhaps that's what she meant - and if it includes going back to their country while waiting in line, that would be find. But McAmnesty's 'path to citizenship' meant those here illegals would get citizenship long before the law-abiding millions waiting overseas. So it's a phrase that can be twisted, since nobody these days is man enough to admit they are really for amnesty. I hope she is what we hope she is.

[CottonBall]

lots of typos in that post....just typing too fas6t.