Why Not Do It Sooner And End The 'thon?
Some Freepers would try the patience of the saints. There is no getting them to back off at least until the real clear picture is shown.
Skepticism is healthy, but outright hostility to every single one of our potential candidates does get wearisome and is not good for our future.
He should have said “there will be no amnesty” in a Walker adminstration.
His answers and history have been a little ambiguous. All of the Republican candidates are under pressure from the donor class country club greedy sell outs. So they have to be. But, Scott Walker is the only one that has shown that he can stand up to the machine and win. The only other one who talks the walk is Cruz but he has not yet had the chance to prove that he can do what Walker did.
Just being inside our boarders should not entitle a non-citizen to the fruits of US citizens’ labor.
It depends on what amnesty means.
In practice, almost no presidential hopeful wants the extreme that anyone who slipped into the US should be ejected and never allowed back. Given that, then the question remaining is what kind of a slap on the wrist should they get before being allowed back.
We also need to change the laws to severely curtail the appeals process for illegals with deportation orders. We need to end catch and release policies for illegals.
I heard this in the press, Walker’s strategy was to say I don’t know as a wink wink to the right wing.
I never believed that and don’t know anyone who did.
He was asked point blank by Hannity, “Should illegals be given a path to citizenship....”
Walker’s answer was “There should be no amnesty.....” and then some metaphors about three sides, blah, blah and some other stuff.
Frankly, I’m not satisfied with his answer. I’ve seen other instances where when posed a question about “...could you envision an eventual pathway, blah, blah.....” where he answered first with “Sure.”
I am not going to take a platform answer of “I’m against Amnesty.” We live in a world dominated by the idiom now “What the meaning of ‘is’ is.”
I’ve heard other RINO m’effers say the same damned thing! It turns out their version of the meaning of Amnesty has to do with immediate actions and nothing to do with eventual pathways to capitulation.
He did not truthfully answer the question IMO. He either does that or I do not vote for him period. He’s slick and says a lot of good things, but this one thing is a deal breaker for me.
For what it’s worth, Juan McCain is also opposed to “amnesty”....and so is Lindsey Graham.
All we can go are his actions. He previously supported a plan that provided a “path to citizenship”. He is on the record saying he supports that.
He recently asked Mexico to set up a consulate in Wisconsin.
I like Walker fine, but don’t trust him on immigration.
Step 2, or maybe 1 (a), secure the border.
Finally, those illegals who are here to work hard and not live off America's teat can go to the back of the line and go through the process legally.
I think Walker’s views have changed for the better.
Anyone who can look at the problem and change his mind is to be saluted.
If he means what is stated here, this is good news.
Remember that Bush said no amnesty in both of his campaigns only to say, “see ya at the signin’”
No amnesty means something entirely different to me than what John McCain means when he says it.
Scott Walker on “amnesty”.
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In the interviews he was always talking about Legal immigration, but some found that hard to see. I saw it, but the problem was that the interview wasn’t really about Walker as a national candidate dealing with immigration.
It was Walker running as governor who as asked a non-sequitur question that he was dealing with off the cuff. His answer was legal immigration is good, it was good for his parents, and legal immigration should be encouraged for the hard working.
Some took the hard-working to be referring to the idea “jobs that Americans won’t do” illegals.
But he didn’t say that.
Until/unless the economy improves.... Until/unless the threat of terrorism is addressed and resolved, there MUST be a moratorium on ALL immigration to the US.
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There is NO logic to challenge THAT!
A few weeks ago, I heard Walker tell Mark Levin personally, that he “didn’t think deportation was the solution”. If they aren’t deported, that means they’re allowed to stay. Sure sounds like amnesty to me!
Just a few days ago, there was a rating of politicians and IIRC, he scored neutral.