Excerpts from Schwarzenegger press conference as governor-elect (DefactoAmnesty? On Day 1?)

SF Gate ^ | Oct 8, 2003 | AP

[Luis Gonzalez]

"But the illegals that are here should be deported post haste, IMO."

There's a stance that McClintock never took.

"And they definitely should not be partaking of the taxpayer's largesse."

There's another stance that I did not hear (or read) him take during the campaign.

[Luis Gonzalez]

"But the illegals that are here should be deported post haste, IMO."

...and their jobs of course, can be handed to the unemployed programers from Silicon Valley.

[EternalVigilance]

What in the world does Tom McClintock's view have to do with it?

You still fighting the campaign?

[EternalVigilance]

Fill their jobs with legal immigrants, then.

[Luis Gonzalez]

Read the posts on this thread, people are still claiming that McClintock would have done something about it.

[Tempest]

Sure thing New Hampshire boy.

[EternalVigilance]

Well, that is all subjective and somewhat moot now, isn't it?

But IMO, yes, he would have done quite a bit more than Schwarzenegger ever will.

[EternalVigilance]

I was simply responding to your post specifically with my own opinion. That's all.

[Luis Gonzalez]

"Fill their jobs with legal immigrants, then."

Document the ones here, throw the bad ones out, and now you have legal immigrants, AND a system to give everyone what they want.

It's sure a lot easier (and doable) than finding, apprehending, and deporting millions, while processing millions more to replace the ones you're throwing out, and doing it all in a manner that will not hurt an already ailing economy.

[EternalVigilance]

So much for the rule of, and respect for, the law, then.

[Luis Gonzalez]

"...he would have done quite a bit more than Schwarzenegger ever will."

That's pure speculation because Tom never said that he would do anything at all (short or overturning the driver's license thing) about illegal immigrants.

[Luis Gonzalez]

The law is whatever the law is amended to be.

[EternalVigilance]

I jsut said it was a subjective opinion. You did read that, right?

[EternalVigilance]

The law is whatever the law is amended to be.

Yeah, but you're rewarding lawbreakers with one of the most precious things on the planet.

[Luis Gonzalez]

So, Ronald Reagan had no respect for the rule of law?

[EternalVigilance]

You tell me, Luis.

[Luis Gonzalez]

I asked you, since he did something far broader than anything being discussed here, did he have no respect for the rule of law?

[EternalVigilance]

Perhaps he was the one who started us down the road we are on, eh?

Surely you don't think Ronnie was perfect, do you?

[Luis Gonzalez]

I asked a simple question.

Did Ronald Reagan have no respect for tne rule of law?

[SteveH]

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