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Thomas Sowell On Gingrich And Immigration
IBD Editorial ^ | November 28, 2011 | The great THOMAS SOWELL

Posted on 11/28/2011 3:51:13 PM PST by Kaslin

Now that Newt Gingrich has become the latest in a series of Republican front-runners, he is getting the kinds of scrutiny and attacks that have done in other front-runners.

One of the issues that have aroused concern among conservative Republicans is that of amnesty for illegal immigrants, especially after Gingrich said that it would not be "humane" to deport someone who has been living and working here for years.

Let's go back to square one. The purpose of American immigration laws and policies is not to be either humane or inhumane to illegal immigrants. The purpose of immigration laws and policies is to serve the national interest of this country.

There is no inherent right to come live in the United States, in disregard of whether the American people want you here. Nor does the passage of time confer any such right retroactively.

The usually sober and thoughtful Wall Street Journal, on issues other than immigration, outdoes Newt Gingrich's claim that it would not be "humane" to deport illegal immigrants who have been living here a long time. A Wall Street Journal editorial says that it would be "psychotic" to do so.

"No one honestly believes the government should or will mount a nationwide manhunt to deport millions of people," according to the Wall Street Journal.

What we have today is virtually the opposite of that. Cities that openly proclaim themselves "sanctuaries" for illegal immigrants put their own policemen under strict orders not to report illegal immigrants to the federal authorities, with the result that illegal immigrants who have committed crime after crime are free to stay here and commit more crimes, including murder.

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TOPICS: Culture/Society; Editorial; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: aliens; reevaluategingrich; sowell; thomassowell
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To: heiss
Newt has openly advocated for “limited amnesty”.

Looks to me like you are not clear on the appropriate use of quotations:

"I am not for amnesty for anyone... I think the vast majority [of illegal immigrants] will go home and should go home and then should reapply. I do not think anybody should be eligible for citizenship. I am suggesting a certification of legality with no right to vote and no right to become an American citizen unless they go home and apply through the regular procedures back home and get in line behind everybody else who has obeyed the law and stayed back there." -Newt Gingrich 11/25/2011

21 posted on 11/28/2011 5:01:06 PM PST by presidio9 (Islam is as Islam does.)
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To: Kaslin
That article by Sowell did offer good thoughts. It didn't talk much about Gingrich except:

As for Newt Gingrich, his position on immigration is just one of the items in the "baggage" he has to overcome. But what the voters have to overcome is an insistence on a perfect candidate. Ronald Reagan, after all, supported an immigrant amnesty bill, but that did not prevent him from being a great president otherwise.

I wouldn't call Sowell's words an endorsement, but they weren't an attack either.

It sounds like he's committed to the nominee being some conservative.

22 posted on 11/28/2011 5:01:32 PM PST by xzins (Retired Army Chaplain and Proud of It! True Supporters of our Troops PRAY for their VICTORY!)
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To: jazusamo; Kaslin
I'm busier than a one legged man at a jitterbug contest. :-)

So that's what you've been up to! :o)

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23 posted on 11/28/2011 5:07:49 PM PST by smoothsailing
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To: Scotsman will be Free
Kinda sounds like Dr. Sowell is in Newt’s corner.

Can't see you you come to that conclusion when everything Dr. Sowell has to say leads to precisely the opposite conclusion.

24 posted on 11/28/2011 5:10:39 PM PST by John Valentine
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To: Kaslin

Well, I did.


25 posted on 11/28/2011 5:19:06 PM PST by Scotsman will be Free (11C - Indirect fire, infantry - High angle hell - We will bring you, FIRE)
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To: heiss

Newt’s on BOR right now saying whatever he thinks he needs to say that will clarify his “inhumane” statement last Tuesday.

Doesn’t sound like Newt is taking the heat, but trying to put out the 5 alarm firestorm he has created for himself.


26 posted on 11/28/2011 5:21:10 PM PST by not2worry
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To: 9YearLurker

The second to the last paragraph on page 2 is what I’ve been hearing from the Newt supporters. He ain’t perfect and we gotta quit looking for perfection, to paraphrase him. It’s not an out right endorsement by any means, but...


27 posted on 11/28/2011 5:21:36 PM PST by Scotsman will be Free (11C - Indirect fire, infantry - High angle hell - We will bring you, FIRE)
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To: presidio9

I wouldn’t say that Dr. Sowell is agreeing with Newt’s illegal alien idea, but read the second to the last paragraph. It’s the old no one’s perfect and we gotta quit looking for perfection in our candidates. That’s the same old song Newt’s backers on this forum have been singing.


28 posted on 11/28/2011 5:24:01 PM PST by Scotsman will be Free (11C - Indirect fire, infantry - High angle hell - We will bring you, FIRE)
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To: Sudetenland

Newt’s supporters are not interested in the facts.

Newtbots just follow their leader by making excuses for his past and present progressive political policies.


29 posted on 11/28/2011 5:24:32 PM PST by not2worry
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To: Don Corleone

Bump to an excellent post


30 posted on 11/28/2011 5:25:49 PM PST by Kaslin (Acronym for OBAMA: One Big Ass Mistake America)
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To: Don Corleone

You didn’t finish. You know, the part about having “local boards” decide who stays and who doesn’t and that illegal aliens that have been here for 25 years shouldn’t have to go, etc.


31 posted on 11/28/2011 5:25:55 PM PST by Scotsman will be Free (11C - Indirect fire, infantry - High angle hell - We will bring you, FIRE)
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To: jazusamo

You are very welcome


32 posted on 11/28/2011 5:27:08 PM PST by Kaslin (Acronym for OBAMA: One Big Ass Mistake America)
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To: John Valentine

His second to the last paragraph on page 2 doesn’t lead precisely to the opposite conclusion.


33 posted on 11/28/2011 5:28:07 PM PST by Scotsman will be Free (11C - Indirect fire, infantry - High angle hell - We will bring you, FIRE)
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To: Scotsman will be Free
I wouldn’t say that Dr. Sowell is agreeing with Newt’s illegal alien idea, but read the second to the last paragraph. It’s the old no one’s perfect and we gotta quit looking for perfection in our candidates. That’s the same old song Newt’s backers on this forum have been singing.

I'm a Gingrich backer, and that's not what I am saying. As far as I am concerned, Gingrich is the only Republican candidate actually behaving like a president right now. You might HATE his immigration proposal, but you have to respect the fact that he is the only candidate who has actually presented one. His opponents have reduced themselves to fearmongering the same way the left has kept the Social Security debate going for decades.

Lead, follow, or get the hell out of the way." -George M. Steinbrenner III

34 posted on 11/28/2011 5:28:57 PM PST by presidio9 (Islam is as Islam does.)
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To: gorush

There are two I will not vote for. One is Ron Paul and the other one is Mitt Romney


35 posted on 11/28/2011 5:29:17 PM PST by Kaslin (Acronym for OBAMA: One Big Ass Mistake America)
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To: Kaslin
If Thomas Sowell were in his sixties rather than his eighties, he would make a great Presidential candidate.
36 posted on 11/28/2011 5:30:00 PM PST by bwc2221
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To: Kaslin

“But what the voters have to overcome is an insistence on a perfect candidate.”

Amen


37 posted on 11/28/2011 5:30:33 PM PST by nuconvert ( Khomeini promised change too // Hail, Chairman O)
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To: presidio9

I don’t respect ideas that will assist in the destruction of the republic.


38 posted on 11/28/2011 5:31:56 PM PST by Scotsman will be Free (11C - Indirect fire, infantry - High angle hell - We will bring you, FIRE)
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To: Don Corleone
You left out: people who have been here a long time, established roots, have family members here, belong to churches local boards (comprised of liberals) and a few other things.
39 posted on 11/28/2011 5:33:48 PM PST by bwc2221
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To: Scotsman will be Free
I don’t respect ideas that will assist in the destruction of the republic.

In that case, you must really HATE all the other candidates, who are tacitly advocating doing nothing.

40 posted on 11/28/2011 5:36:41 PM PST by presidio9 (Islam is as Islam does.)
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