Posted on 11/23/2011 3:48:13 PM PST by TBBT
Technically Gingrich didnt accuse him of anything, he just strongly insinuated it. Its Romney whos going for the jugular:
My view is that people who come here illegally should not have a special break or a special pathway to become permanent residents or citizens of this country, Romney said, speaking at a campaign stop at Nationwide Insurance in downtown Des Moines. They should be in line or at the back of the line with other people who want to come here illegally.
Further pressed on whether he thinks Gingrichs remarks qualify as amnesty, Romney said it certainly was.
But he didnt go on to describe the people who have been here 20 years. How about 12 years, 10, five, three. How many children do you have to have to apply this principle, Romney continued. He didnt describe that. The real issue is are we going to spend our time talking about how extensively we have amnesty.
As frequently happens in GOP squabbles over immigration, theyre defining amnesty in different ways. Romneys defining it as any special treatment for illegals: Because Gingrich wants local community boards to consider the cases of illegals who have been here for 25 years rather than sending them to the back of the line of citizenship applicants, hes for amnesty...
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Newt effectively suggested we give amnesty to illegals. He then went on to suggest it was the moral thing to do.
Saying it is “technically” not amnesty does not change the fact that he is suggesting that we forgive those who have illegally invaded our nation, and in the process are pushing us closer and closer to bankruptcy.
Now Newt could have made the “practicality” argument, but he chose instead to make it a moral one. If I recall we did the same thing 25 years or so ago with all the fanfare about how this was a once and done event. How did that work out for us?
Quite frankly I am sick and tired of politicians lecturing me about what is and isn’t moral. I am sick of politicians selling my children’s future for votes and power. Just what we need, four more years of compassionate conservatism.
Weigh the options, they are getting slimmer as time goes on.
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