"It is not about 'heart', Rick"
Posted on 09/28/2011 5:12:30 PM PDT by South40
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Republican presidential candidate Rick Perry said on Wednesday he was wrong to say that opponents of his immigration policy in Texas have no heart, as he sought to dampen conservative ire over the comment.
Perry, the Texas governor, has drawn fire from rival candidates Mitt Romney and Michele Bachmann over remarks he used to defend a measure that allows children of illegal immigrants to pay cheaper in-state tuition rates at Texas colleges.
The policy is outside usual conservative orthodoxy and Perry compounded the issue by saying at a Florida debate last week to those who oppose it, "I don't think you have a heart."
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Does this mean we do have a heart?
And the far leftists are over passionate also when they call people who disagree with their policies racists.
A predictable retreat coming way late. Perry should have apologized for that “heartless” remark as soon as he said it.
back peddle back peddle back peddle back peddle back peddle......
I want two things from Perry on immigration. First apologize to the vast majority of the base that he called heartless. Second, a commitiment to rigorously enforce current immigration law, and not try to push “Comprehenive Immigration Reform” down our throats.
Part one, done. Waiting for part two.
"It is not about 'heart', Rick"
Nope, fraid I’m still heartless and becoming more so by the second.
Oh, OK, well it’s allright then.
Not.
I'd like to see that too, Hugin. But we're talking about a man who has made a career of pandering to ILLEGAL aliens. I think we might have a long wait.
Real Simple Rick: No amnesty in any form or by any name.
Enough boots on the ground to seal the border. Empower states to enforce federal immigration laws as they see fit. Allow states to decide on their own regarding how best to handle education of illegals (although if we identify them as illegal - why are we not deporting them instead of educating them?) Drop any federal litigation against states like Arizona that are working to stop the magnet that attracts them. NO new immigration laws - enforce the ones already passed !!
lol!
Is it too much to ask to see GOP Presidential candidates be passionate about deportation and cutting off the welfare freebies?
“A predictable retreat coming way late. Perry should have apologized for that “heartless” remark as soon as he said it.”
EXACTLY. He needed NEARLY A WEEK OF POLLING to figure out that he had to admit making a mistake (first time I’ve seen him do that in the 10 years I’ve had to live under him).
Insincere contrition won’t buy my vote. Perry’s liberal record prevents me from ever voting for him just I would never vote for any liberal.
EXACTLY! And if the polling had gone the other way we would still be heartless.
I don’t remember who used the term “Road to NH conversion” in the last election but it was a good one.
feh...
What on earth is “over passionate”? Is that like misremembered?
I’d like to characterize his response another way. His reponse was rude, obnoxious, and not particularly helpful to a country being destroyed from the inside by corrupt leftists and being invaded from the outside by reconquistadors from our south.
I think I’d like to go with a condidate who has a better grasp on our current situation, and not one who wants to pander to x group of voters.
I don’t think so. As conservatives we should demand as much from our nominee or they don’t get our votes. To accept those who are pro-ILLEGAL alien is to sanction pro-ILLEGAL alien policy and I just won’t do that.
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