“Are you familiar with Fred’s position on “Comprehensive Immigration Reform”? What are the differences and similarities between Fred’s position on CIR and Duncan Hunter’s position?”
Is this a test? LOL Of course I am aware of the similarities and differences on both CIR and border security, I post about them all the time. It’s one of the main reasons I chose Duncan Hunter over Fred Thompson. 2008 is a critical election year, our sovereignty and security are at stake.
Duncan is very specific about how he will secure the borders. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W7BqCU6fWs8
Other than declaring that border security should be a priority, Fred Thompson has failed to be specific about HOW he intends to effectively secure the borders.
As far as the illegal aliens who are already here, while both were opposed to the CIR bill....Duncan Hunter has clearly stated that attrition through enforcement is the solution. Not Amnesty.
Thompson says there is no good solution, that he opposes “blanket” amnesty, that we need to determine who is here and that we must give them “aspirations of citizenship”.
And Hunter’s voting record is consistent and better than Thompson’s.
Duncan Hunter ‘08
On the subject of CIR, Fred and Duncan are equally vocal and specific in their opposition to the bill that was recently blocked (I wouldn’t classify it as defeated since the senate version would have passed had it been allowed a vote on the floor and who knows what would have come out of the conference committee).
Fred has rightly stated that the issue of how to deal with the illegals already here is a difficult question with no easy or good solution. He has also stated a position similar to Hunter’s “attrition through enforcement” as part of the solution. If the immigration issue is your number one most critical issue and Duncan Hunter is the candidate who is closest to perfection on that issue, then I believe it would be fairly safe to say that Thompson is probably the next closest after Hunter on that issue among any of the declared or undeclared GOP candidates. It may be that Fred’s position and/or statements on the issue are two “nuanced” for some, but I personally think that reflects a recognition that any solution will have to take a multi-faceted approach in order to have success. I don’t think there is an “all-or-nothing” solution that can be brokered.