Posted on 05/15/2008 7:37:18 AM PDT by ktime
While listening to McCain's policy speech, Sen. McCain incredibly stated the following regarding illegal immigration. I repeat this is not a joke.
Excerpt of speech:
MODERATOR ADDITION - CRITICAL CONTEXT WAS MISSING FROM THIS POST. CONTEXT HAS BEEN ADDED IN ITALICS. POSTER'S ORIGINAL TEXT WILL RESUME AFTER THE ITALICS.
So, what I want to do today is take a little time to describe what I would hope to have achieved at the end of my first term as President. I cannot guarantee I will have achieved these things. I am presumptuous enough to think I would be a good President, but not so much that I believe I can govern by command. Should I forget that, Congress will, of course, hasten to remind me. The following are conditions I intend to achieve. And toward that end, I will focus all the powers of the office; every skill and strength I possess; and seize every opportunity to work with members of Congress who put the national interest ahead of partisanship, and any country in the world that shares our hopes for a more peaceful and prosperous world.
By January 2013,END MODERATOR ADDITION
"Border state governors have certified and the American people recognize that after tremendous improvements to border security infrastructure and increases in the border patrol, and vigorous prosecution of companies that employ illegal aliens, our southern border is now secure.
Illegal immigrants who broke our laws after they came here have been arrested and deported.
Illegal immigration has been finally brought under control, and the American people accepted the practical necessity to institute a temporary worker program and deal humanely with the millions of immigrants who have been in this country illegally."[1]
These statements are contrary to reality.
1) The border is not secure as the virtual and 700 mile fence have yet to be built.
2) Illegal immigrants have not been arrest and deported, unless 20 million people disappeared recently.
3) Current illegal immigration continues unabated today.
4) The US public is overwhelming against amnesty.
Source: JOHN MCCAIN IN COLUMBUS, OHIO 15 MAY 2008
So it was either a trolling attempt (and a bad one at that), or a serious mental malfunction.
Comment:
If she filed separately from John then I see no need to view her private documents.
Let them drink beer would make a good tag line if I drank beer more than once a month.
Yes. I admit it. I fall upon my sword. I guess I just have a hair trigger when it comes to McCain and the immigration issue.I had walked into the room just as he talking about the excerpt above and I went apoplexic. I did not realize he was stating that was his vision. A thousand pardons.
I don’t want to keep drilling this in the ground but you keep hanging more rope out there for yourself. You had to go out on the net and search the text of his speach out. You had to scan down to the portion you remembered. You had to cut and paste it into a thread.
You weren’t careless, you were dishonest. That’s what you should be apologizing for.
I was not fooled at all by the post. I already know McCain’s talking point, slight of hand nonsence, word for word. The man has been saying the same line the entire time.
He wants to pass amnesty the very minute the border governors give him the political cover to do so.
Freepers, including me, wanted Kerry's wife to release her tax returns and eventually she did some of them. I do not recall anyone arguing that she should not.
And wasted no time in doing so based on the posting time.
Exactly. No wonder some people are reminded of the Manchurian Candidate whenever his name is mentioned.
>>>You weren’t careless, you were dishonest. That’s what you should be apologizing for.
No need for personal attacks.
I admitted I screwed up. I did a quick search for part about immigration and had not read the entire speech.
I would be careful about who you call ‘dishonest’ publicly. I am sure you have made mistakes in your live as well.
I’m with you ktime, I glance thru an article to get to the meat of the story. To me the meat of the story is illegal immigration and I didn’t notice that this was a fantasy of McCain.
ping
Casting stones again, are we?
It wasn’t personal.
Kerry must have something to hide. Why else refuse to release them?
Maybe a little. I can get as heated up as anyone. Not that I need a lecture from you on casting stones.
Well, I couldn't call pointing out one of the loudest and disingenuous McCain operatives on the Freep "casting stones".
How about hypocrisy detection?
*snort*
I see your grasp of English is still tenuous at best. Good luck with that. ;-D
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