Wesley Clark vows to curb illegal immigration if elected president (Fires salvo from right at Bush)

AP ^ | Jan 31, 2004 | BETH FOUHY

[nwrep]

Wesley Clark pledged Saturday to "get our balance right" by stemming illegal immigration while allowing immigrants to earn citizenship over time.

Appearing in this military community near the border with Mexico, the retired general said, "We are going to control our borders, going to work with the government of Mexico to stem what's going on down there because we have to."

[nwrep]

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[B Knotts]

Clark is a nut, but this is a very smart move.

[Lion in Winter]

What a joker! Maybe he will use his tried and true WACO tactics against illegals.

[Texas Eagle]

Wesley Clark vows to curb illegal immigration if elected president;

Yeah, yeah. Sure you will. While you're at it, why don't you promise a middle-class tax cut. We've never heard that one before either.

What a dumbass.

[Mamzelle]

Yes--clearly dishonest, but an interesting development, anyway.

[SandRat]

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Were any of you there? How big a crowd?

[Dane]

Clark is a nut, but this is a very smart move

And how is this different from Bush's proposal?

In one way, he says citizenship, Bush never mentioned citizenship. If they want citizenship they have to go back to their home countries and apply.

But what the hey to the anti-Bush bandwagon, they will take the red meat and be ignorant of the facts.

[LasVegasMac]

There are a whole lot of people that will take notice of what The Weasel just said.

Too bad it did not come from the Republican side first.

LVM

[Lion in Winter]

Why? He gave no specifics. He is just making so much noise.

Will he give orders to BOMB the illegals from 15,000 ft. like he ordered NATO to do to the Serbs.... who were trying to stop ILLEGAL ALBANIANS from taking their country.

The mind reels at clark's idiocy. Or maybe it is just my blood pressure pills kicking-in. LOL.

[nwrep]

Too bad it did not come from the Republican side first.

I agree, and I fully expect Savage to endore him tomorrow.

[goldstategop]

A Democratic candidate could win the election running on a platform of reduced spending, tax cuts, and ending illegal immigration. Pinging Jean F. Cheri...

[xJones]

"We are going to control our borders, going to work with the government of Mexico to stem what's going on down there because we have to."

Hahahaha! Presidente Fox loves the illegal immigration. Money sent back home to Mexico provides the second largest national source of income. And in addition to losing all that income, if they stayed home they might cause trouble for the Mexican government which has always been near-legendary for corruption.

There's no way Fox will actually work toward stemming it; the effort will have to be uninilateral from our side, and Fox has gripped mightily about the current border patrols.

[Lion in Winter]

Oh, I don't know... but something about killing a house full of innocent women & kids just to get one nutcase preacher, sorta bothers me.

[Lion in Winter]

BTTT

[Dane]

Too bad it did not come from the Republican side first

It did, Bush basically stated the same thing, except Clark actually wants to extend citizenship.

[NetValue]

"Wesley Clark pledged Saturday to 'get our balance right' by stemming illegal immigration while allowing immigrants to earn citizenship over time."

So typical of democrats to try to have it both ways! Advice to Clark: Change your ways. Do right. Some will be gratified; the rest will be astonished.