Posted on 02/11/2003 9:32:24 AM PST by TaRaRaBoomDeAyGoreLostToday!
Saying that she is strongly opposed to "illegal immigrants," New York Sen. Hillary Clinton announced Tuesday that she would support a national identification card for U.S. citizens if other measures to keep illegals out of the country failed.
"I am, you know, adamantly against illegal immigrants," Clinton told WABC Radio's John Gambling. Then, a few moments later, the Democratic Party presidential frontrunner added, "We might have to move towards an ID system even for citizens."
Clinton said she would support a national ID card as part of an overall effort to improve the U.S.'s national security.
"Clearly we have to make some tough decisions as a country," the top Democrat warned. "And one of them ought to be coming up with a much better entry and exit system so that if we're going to let people in for the work that otherwise would not be done, let's have a system that keeps track of them."
Asked specifically if she favored a national identification system, Clinton said she would support "at least a visa ID, some kind of an entry and exit ID. And, you know, perhaps, although I'm not a big fan of it, we might have to move towards an ID system even for citizens."
Sen. Clinton, whose husband opened the floodgates to illegal immigrants in 1996 in hopes of naturalizing them in time for that year's presidential election, complained that too many Americans were employing illegals.
"People have to stop employing illegal immigrants," she told WABC. "I mean, come up to Westchester, go to Suffolk and Nassau Counties, stand in the street corners in Brooklyn or the Bronx (and) you're going to see loads of people waiting to get picked up to go do yard work and construction work and domestic work. You know, this is not a problem that the people coming into the country are solely responsible for. They wouldn't be coming if we didn't put them to work."
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I agree. But let's analysis this statement with evil lawyer thinking. Like what is the meaning of "is".
I think Hillary is "crazy" in that her lust for power and self-aggrandizement has warped her preception of reality and blinded her to what is good. But she is not insane, like she thinks she's a fruit salad. She is a cold, calculating (rhymes with "rich").
I agree. But let's analysis this statement with evil lawyer thinking. Like what is the meaning of "is".
I think Hillary is "crazy" in that her lust for power and self-aggrandizement has warped her preception of reality and blinded her to what is good. But she is not insane, like she thinks she's a fruit salad. She is a cold, calculating (rhymes with "rich").
Well, IMO Bush has gone to the UN in order to kill it. But that is another subject.
Since you bring up Bush though consider this; the Bush administration has suggested that one bullet would solve the Iraqi situation. If the unelected officials of the UN declare themselves rulers of the world the "one bullet" solution will work there too.
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