No problem.
Amnesty, and its myriad interpretations by politicians, is my bellwether; it is my FIRST litmus test for a candidate.
Illegal immigration is my number one issue above all else because if they are allowed to become citizens we are lost as a country, frankly. Once that gate is passed successfully, then the rest of the concerns can follow.
I am highly suspicious of it [Amnesty in general] because of McCain and Kennedy’s 2007 attempt to do exactly what I’m afraid of. WITH avid support from GWB I might add. When the announcement of the proposed bill was made, my two Senators here in Georgia, Isakson and Chambliss, got on that wagon like it was Saturday night and it was goin’ to town.
What happened next was that those two got b!tch slapped back to the stone age by constituent outrage. So much so they both immediately retracted and opposed. But what they did was change their tunes and not their hearts.
Both continued to be backstabbers - Chambliss later figured he’d probably not survive a primary challenge and retired, Isakson now again acting like a conservative because he is up for reelection next year. But he is a still a compromising RINO in his heart. (You will see a serious challenge to him in the primary I think).
So. I look for two things: specificity in how they describe what they’ll do (e.g., no equivocations or twisted word meanings), and the believability in their sincerity of what they are saying which is awfully difficult to judge.
Regardless, Walker has now set it down clearly about Amnesty and I’ll take his word for now and will have to wait how sustained that position will be. Still, his Wallace interview is more encouraging than the 2013 interview.
“Illegal immigration is my number one issue above all else because if they are allowed to become citizens we are lost as a country, frankly. Once that gate is passed successfully, then the rest of the concerns can follow.”
You’re wise, because in California we have already lived that. You can either learn from us or repeat our experience. It’s really questionable whether we are still part of the United States, at least as far as culture and voting goes.