McCain Remarks on His Political Career [commitment to amnesty]

The Washington Post ^ | 2008-11-25

[rabscuttle385]

QUESTION: Considering you were one of the leading advocates of immigration reform in 2007, do you intend to take up on that role again with President Obama? Or is it too much of a political liability, considering you're running for re-election?

MCCAIN: Running for re-election has never been a concern of mine as far as issues like that are concerned. I intend to discuss that with the president-elect.

It's pretty clear that our agenda, that all Americans are, is our economy, but I still am committed to comprehensive immigration reform, with the need to secure our borders and a guest-worker program that works, as well as providing a path to citizenship with many of those who are here illegally.

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[rabscuttle385]

FYI

[agooga]

Damn, I’m glad this ponce didn’t get elected... wait.. er...

nevermind.

[gwilhelm56]

McLAME future in one word .....

RETIREMENT

[NRA2BFree]

Once a POS, always a POS!! Screw American citizens, let's give it all to Mexicans and let them send it back to Mexico. Here we are in the beginning of a recession and they want to add another 20 - 30 million hungry mouths to feed. They have lost their freaking minds!!!

In less than a decade, the US will be just like Mexico!! Violence and poverty will abound with this amnesty, and within a decade Mexicans will begin to win all the elections and soon will take over our federal government. Thanks alot McCain. You and your traitor pals who just can't wait to destroy America!!

[MaggieCarta]

I still am committed to comprehensive immigration reform, with the need to secure our borders and a guest-worker program that works, as well as providing a path to citizenship with many of those who are here illegally.

We are so screwed. Of course, he would have said the very same thing had he been elected POTUS. Naturally, the nice people of AZ will send him back to the Senate again. Can't they field a REAL Republican for his seat?

[RetiredArmy]

McIdiot. Truly McIdiot. Now if you wonder why he lost, you must be an Obama voter.

[pissant]

Join the dems, Johnny.

[ruination]

He’s getting to be as big an idiot in his old age as Ted Kennedy.

[MplsSteve]

I’m in favor of a guest-worker program too.

Let’s face it. We need one.

But I don’t want a guest-worker plan based on anything McCain or Kennedy have cooked up.

[Melchior]

When Dole lost he disappeared. McCain, please take note! Conservatives should be aware that whether or not Chambliss wins McCain will be voting with Democrats most of the time, and his catamite, Lindsay Graham will follow along.

[marron]

We already have a guest-worker program that works. Its called “legal” immigration. We allow a million people per year to immigrate legally. Every year. I’ve yet to see anyone try to explain that a million a year isn’t enough. If it isn’t enough, increase it to any defensible explainable number. But don’t saddle us with a legal monstrocity that will create in law what we already have in fact, a population of second-class workers.

If you need a man bad enough to bring him into the country, then you need him bad enough to grant him the rights of any immigrant. If you don’t need him that bad, you don’t need him that bad. It shouldn’t be that tough when you’re hiring to hire from among the million immigrants coming in legally, or the 280 million Americans already here.

[stockpirate]

I’m glad McCain lost. Now all will learn first hand just what socialism is about. Of course McCain supports most of what the socialists want to do.

[exist]

Oh god help us he won't rule out running again....

[Extremely Extreme Extremist]

Rabscuttle, I hereby humbly apologize for any insults I slung your way during the campaign. If I ever told you to vote for McCain because he was better than Obama and called you a troll or a closet Obama supporter because of it, then you have my sincerest apologies.

Now back to my broiled crow dinner...

[stockpirate]

Let’s hope the new head of the RNC finds a conservative to run against McCain.

[TomGuy]

The key to stopping McCain/Obama is the same that stopped Bush in 2006 and 2007 attempt one and 2007 attempt two:

Which Senators will be up for reelection in 2010.

If enough, from constituencies that are against it, are up for reelection, they will gaggle against it.

Senator positions up in 2010
Retiring
Sam	Brownback	(R) of	Kansas
Democratic incumbents
Blanche	Lincoln	of	Arkansas
Barbara	Boxer	of	California
Ken	Salazar	of	Colorado
Christopher	Dodd	of	Connecticut
	Biden		Delaware
Daniel	Inouye	of	Hawaii
	Obama		Illinois
Evan	Bayh	of	Indiana
Barbara	Mikulski	of	Maryland
Harry	Reid	of	Nevada
Chuck	Schumer	of	New York
Byron	Dorgan	of	North Dakota
Ron	Wyden	of	Oregon
Patrick	Leahy	of	Vermont
Patty	Murray	of	Washington
Russ	Feingold	of	Wisconsin
Republican incumbents
Richard	Shelby	of	Alabama
Lisa	Murkowski	of	Alaska
John	McCain	of	Arizona
Mel	Martinez	of	Florida
Johnny	Isakson	of	Georgia
Mike	Crapo	of	Idaho
Chuck	Grassley	of	Iowa
Jim	Bunning	of	Kentucky
David	Vitter	of	Louisiana
Kit	Bond	of	Missouri
Judd	Gregg	of	New Hampshire
Richard	Burr	of	North Carolina
George	Voinovich	of	Ohio
Tom	Coburn	of	Oklahoma
Arlen	Specter	of	Pennsylvania
Jim	DeMint	of	South Carolina
John	Thune	of	South Dakota
Bob	Bennett	of	Utah

[norton]

"I’m in favor of a guest-worker program too.
Let’s face it. We need one."

Yeah,
But I don't think McCain, Ahrnold, Jorge, or any of the other likely transplants are qualified for any jobs Mexico has to offer.

[Joann37]

I felt HORRIBLE when Bush 41 lost to Clinton, but wasn’t nearly as upset this time when McCain lost. dHe burned the Republicans too many times over the years for most of us to feel any allegiance toward him.

0bama’s got his hands full; that’s for sure.