"John McCain has been so clear with his policy and it makes a lot of sense too. We secure our borders first. But then with a comprehensive approach we must deal humanely with those who are here, and we must allow the steps to be taken to protect the families of those who are here, maybe as illegal immigrants today," she told Univision's "Al Punto" Sunday political talk show in an interview aired this weekend.
More Palin quotes [from the Univision interview] in the Times blog entry.
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I sincerely hope that Gov. Palin turns out as "Reagan in a skirt" rather than McCain in a skirt.
I just want to be the first to say it’s the media’s fault.
They got to her....
If McCain loses she better come out fast with how they forced her to say this crap.
Here is the rest of what she said.
She said she doesn’t support “amnesty” because those here illegally should be shuttled to the back of the line for services.
“Not total amnesty. You know, people have got to follow the rules. They’ve got to follow the law, 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.”
She also said she opposes driver’s licenses for illegal immigrants and said she would not halt immigration raids. She said decisions on raids should be made “on a case-by-case basis to consider all the ramifications of each individual action.”
But I don't care about the Palin quote. Voting enthusiatically for Palin / against Obama.
Where is the real source? This is a Washington Times blog page saying she said this, but as we know from the fake report from a Spanish language blog a week ago, anyone can write anything in a blog.
How can you comment on this without reading & quoting from the ENTIRE article? Further down, additional quotes negate the sensationalism.
She supports a path to citizenship...but only when the ILLEGALS get to the back of the line.
What politician is going to cut their own throat on this issue eight days out?
Quit making it sound worse than it is.
I am voting against Obama, regardless of this. Besides, as the VP nominee, she has to take this approach in support of the top of the ticket.
Talking about immigration at this late point is a waste. Because of McCain’s past positions they’ll have to do too much trimming to make a strong case that could be a game changer. Meanwhile, bringing it up at all is diluting the Marxism message. They need to stay on target; there’s not enough time to wander around with the message.
I want to take this opportunity to thank all of the third party voters, the too proud conservative and, of course, the 0bama voters and the DNC for making the above quote possible. If it comes to pass, the blood will be on your hands. You had a chance to stop it, but instead, you chose to make it happen.
Wolverines!
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“Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin says she supports John McCain’s position on immigration, including a path to citizenship for illegal immigrants.
She said she doesn’t support “amnesty” because those here illegally should be shuttled to the back of the line for services.”
Yeah well, no matter how the moderators try and twist it (as did Bush and McCain, who ALSO publicly oppose “amnesty”) unless the end of the line is back in their home country, with no access to their undeserved, illegally held American jobs, and behind countless others in their respective countries, who’ve already applied for entry/or citizenship, then Palin supports rewarding the lawbreakers with SOME FORM OF EARNED AMNESTY.
Of course, such a statement usually leaves the illegal alien loving globalists quaking in their ‘economy’ boots. To them I say...”Ownership Society” and thank you very much GWB.
This is why she has very little clout other than holding the applause sign for McAmnesty. They will not receive my vote.