Posted on 03/07/2008 1:24:33 PM PST by wilco200
Republican presidential nominee John McCain said Friday that Georgia will be a competitive state in the race for the presidency and he vowed to return and fight for every vote.....
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One employee, standing at the second floor railing, asked McCain his position on illegal immigration.
McCain responded with a joke. "Yes," McCain said, "illegal immigration. This meeting is adjourned."
He went on to say...
"It is an emotional issue with America," McCain continued. "It is a national security issue with America and it is also a Judeo-Christian issue with America."
He said the first duty is to secure the nation's borders and that only once that was done to the satisfaction of border state governors would he work to create a temporary worker program.
"I believe we need temporary workers," he said. "I believe I can back that up with statistics."
There he goes again. Don't be fooled. We must derail Mccain
I think it was a very reasonable position to take.
So, you're campaigning for Hillary or Obama?
Where does he say anything about amnesty? He did say something about temporary workers.
that headline makes me hungry
“So, you’re campaigning for Hillary or Obama?”
Nope. I’m campaigning to find some kind of dirt or egregious error that forces Mccain to step down as the nominee
he presents the immigration problem as if it is only an issue for border states
I suppose McCain missed today’s big decline in employment. I suppose that is due, as he even admitted, economics is his weak point. One question I would ask McCain is where is in the Western world has there been a “guest worker” program that has not resulted in permament stayers?
His term “temporary workers” redefines the word temporary!
“Where does he say anything about amnesty? He did say something about temporary workers.”
“Temporary workers”
“secure the borders, first”
“virtual fence”
“judeo-christian vlaues”
These are all code for Amnesty. Don’t believe me, ask Mccain about building the Hunter fence.
Nothin’ wrong with temporary workers...as long as you make sure they go home...AND as long as they NEVER BECOME RESIDENTS/CITIZENS!
Derail McCain, and replace him with whom and derail him how?
With regard to “temporary workers”, the devil is in the details. I can support certain temporary worker programs, depending on the conditions. I don’t support amnesty for illegals. I do support border security. I hated the Senate bill. I don’t trust McCain to “do the right thing”. I DO TRUST billary and obama to do the WRONG thing—every single time.
“I believe we need temporary workers,” he said. “I believe I can back that up with statistics.”
Yes. From slave plantations.
Guest worker = Rent-a-slave
But after all, McCain and Bush think alike on this issue and we were able to torpedo McCain-Kennedy anyway.
We do need one, a TEMPORARY WORKER program that can be enforced, instead of the status quo of people coming here for life.
If this is the best we could do for a nominee, we deserve to lose.
McCain/Kerry ‘08! /sarc
It was coupled with yet another decline in UNemployment (we’re down to 4.8%). The Boomer retirement bubble is just getting started.
McCAIN: THE AMNESTY KING FOR ILLEGAL ALIENS
# 2006- Sen. McCain voted against extending the border fence in the Sessions Amendment (2) to H.R. 5441.
# 2006- Sen. McCain voted to prevent the border fence from being built by voting in favor of the Managers Amendment to S. 2611, the Comprehensive Immigration Reform Act of 2006.
# 2006- Sen. McCain voted to allow illegal aliens to receive Social Security by voting to table the Ensign Amendment to S. 2611, the Comprehensive Immigration Reform Act of 2006.
# 2006- Sen. McCain voted against funding additional immigration investigators by voting against the Sessions Amendment (1) to H.R. 5441.
# 2005- Sen. McCain voted against providing funding for additional Border Patrol and ICE agents by voting against the Byrd Amendment to H.R. 1268.
o 2007 ? Sen. McCain was heavily involved in the backroom negotiations of S. 1348 with Sen. Kennedy and Pres. Bush ? this was an amnesty (permanent residency & path to citizenship) for more than 10 million illegal aliens.
o 2007 ? Sen. McCain cast several votes to protect the amnesty in S. 1639 and to move the amnesty toward a vote.
o 2007- Sen. McCain is a cosponsor of S. 774, the DREAM Act. The bill would grant in-state tuition and amnesty to more than a million illegal aliens under the age of 30.
o 2007- Sen. McCain is a cosponsor of S. 340, the Agricultural Job Opportunities, Benefits, and Security Act of 2007 (AgJOBS). This bill would grant amnesty to millions of illegal agricultural workers.
o 2006- Sen. McCain voted in favor of S. 2611, the Comprehensive Immigration Reform Act of 2006. This bill would have awarded amnesty to 10.2 million illegal aliens.
o 2005- Sen. McCain and Sen. Kennedy introduced S.1033, an amnesty for virtually all illegal aliens.
o 2005- Sen. McCain was a cosponsor of S. 239, the AgJOBS amnesty.
o 2003- Sen. McCain was a cosponsor of S. 1645, the AgJOBS amnesty.
o 2003- Sen. McCain was a cosponsor the S. 1461 amnesty for millions of illegal aliens.
“Derail McCain, and replace him with whom and derail him how?”
Don’t know. All I know is that Bush managed to sink Mccain with one story in SC.
We need the same here. Let the convention fight it out over who should take his place...Romney, someone else, who knows?
If there’s one thing I’ve learned about the motivations of politicians - it’s self-interest and power. With Mccain as POTUS R’s will fallinto line behind Mccain no matter what he proposes. With HillObama R’s will attack her no matter what.
He’s just taking the issue away from the Democrats. After he’s elected he’ll become conservative. No wait; in his second term he’ll become a conservative.
Within two days we lost 5 children to illegal aliens in Michigan and Minnesota. We may be border states but those illegals who killed those kids weren’t Canadian.
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