I respect your attempt to openly think this problem out and deal with the illegals now here. My problem with Cain is he refuses to do that himself. People want details not "periods" or obfuscation. Newt has bravely begun to flush out the finer points of the matter. Leaving it to the states is really no answer at all, it's a cop out.
It would make it a lot easier for all these guys to take on the issues if they knew that the masses would actually listen to what they have to say. And I will admit that I haven’t checked closely into whether or not my perceptions of Perry and Newt are misguided so I need to correct that. But I do know that the media is butchering what Cain is actually saying, and even conservatives are swallowing the media sausage with no qualms or skepticism. As long as that is the case, we’re never going to get these guys talking candidly about this issue. There’s too much of an agenda.
I do appreciate Newt taking it on. They all need to do that. I just don’t agree with Newt on it, and I don’t think he grasps the issue of lawlessness within our government, which I see as the most critical issue we face.
I am incredibly tired of gotcha politics. I wish we were all fighting the right enemies. A lot of our enemies are right within our government offices, and I am desperately looking for somebody who realizes that and takes it seriously. If whoever is in power simply ignores laws they don’t like, and the people have no way to force the law to be obeyed, the people will always be screwed pawns regardless of who we elect.
Newt (or any of the others) could be the most wonderful POTUS ever, but if he doesn’t have the wisdom to see how dangerous the failure of the checks and balances is and work to correct that culture of lawlessness and of denying the people standing to hold government accountable, we’re still on a path to this country’s destruction.
OK, my time quota is up. I really have to get to work now.