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Huckabee Defends Obama’s Immigration Policy: ‘It’s An Admirable Thing’
Mediaite ^ | June 16, 2012 | Frances Martel

Posted on 06/16/2012 1:18:50 PM PDT by Free ThinkerNY

Mike Huckabee told the crew at Fox & Friends this morning that he understood his stance on immigration was not particularly popular among Republicans, and he didn’t support and executive order for it, but the policy President Obama tried to implement for young undocumented people was something he had also attempted to pass in Arkansas. “You don’t punish a kid for what his or her parents did,” he argued, saying the policy was not a “job-killer.”

“The content itself, the goal, it’s an admirable thing,” Huckabee argued, adding that he had “tried to pass a similar measure in Arkansas,” but it failed in Congress and he let it lie. “It never occurred to me that I could simply bypass the legislature and do what I wanted to do,” he added, calling it “basic constitutional 101,” so much so that the President had previously said himself that he could not pass the bill along.

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1 posted on 06/16/2012 1:18:56 PM PDT by Free ThinkerNY
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To: Free ThinkerNY

Call it whatever you want, but amnesty is immoral, as are those that support it.


2 posted on 06/16/2012 1:22:11 PM PDT by rottndog (Political Correctness KILLS...)
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To: Free ThinkerNY

GOP: still working hard to snatch defeat from the jaws of victory.


3 posted on 06/16/2012 1:24:54 PM PDT by Izzy Dunne (Hello, I'm a TAGLINE virus. Please help me spread by copying me into YOUR tag line.)
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To: Free ThinkerNY

Apprently Juck isn’t as patriotic as we all thought.


4 posted on 06/16/2012 1:26:25 PM PDT by BenLurkin (This is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion or satire; or both)
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To: Free ThinkerNY
“You don’t punish a kid for what his or her parents did,”

No, you reward the parents for doing it by allowing them to stay here with Junior. We don't want to break up the "family" now do we? Parents, relatives, grandparents, all of them who want to be here to watch Junior get his G.E.D. certificate.

5 posted on 06/16/2012 1:26:25 PM PDT by FlingWingFlyer (Free Stuff or Freedom! You Decide 2012.)
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To: Free ThinkerNY

This is why Huckabee won’t ever be president.

There is a difference between being compassionate and being stupid.


6 posted on 06/16/2012 1:26:50 PM PDT by fatnotlazy
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To: Free ThinkerNY

““You don’t punish a kid for what his or her parents did,””

Soooo....Is he saying that sending them home to their own country is ‘punishment?

Would that not imply that not all cultures are equal? Sounds racist! We must repatriate them to prove that all cultures are equal!


7 posted on 06/16/2012 1:27:23 PM PDT by Norm Lenhart
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To: Free ThinkerNY
Hey Huck..Answer me this; Why can not they apply for immigration the way the good people do that want to come to this country?

Oh I see! Its a inconvenience to them! How sad, then they dont get special treatment.

I dont think we should follow any federal laws then since they inconvenience us!

How is that Huck?

8 posted on 06/16/2012 1:29:33 PM PDT by crz
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To: Free ThinkerNY

Huckleberry was a gross fat dumb beachball who couldn’t get a job as a Janitor in any other state then Arkansas! He is a certified Moron and the Liberal media Loves Him for that!
Huckleberry gave America to Obama on a Silver Platter by siding with the Brain Dead McPAIN as the Republican candidate for 2008! The Guy deserves to be tried for TREASON!


9 posted on 06/16/2012 1:31:12 PM PDT by True Republican Patriot (May GOD SAVE OUR AMERICA from ALLAH and his Prophet, HUSSEIN OBAMA!!)
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To: Free ThinkerNY

Congress has had the opportunity to act on this legislation, time and time again. They have passed certain laws and decided not to pass other bills, including one much like this latest Executive Order.

So how does the President have the authority to administer a law the Congress has specifically chosen not to pass?

The answer is that he doesn’t. That is the only question here. Any discussion about who should and should not be permitted into the country is irrelevant.


10 posted on 06/16/2012 1:35:09 PM PDT by Haiku Guy ("The problem with Internet Quotes is that you never know if they are real" -- Abraham Lincoln)
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To: Free ThinkerNY
Huckabee Defends Obama’s Immigration Policy: ‘It’s An Admirable Thing’

The Huckster, Rubio and especially 0bama can go to hell. If they don't like this law, or any law, they are free to introduce legislation to have the law amended or repealed. In the mean time, the usurper swore (twice presumably) to uphold The Constitution and the laws of the United States, INCLUDING immigration laws. Failure to do so is an impeachable offense!

12 posted on 06/16/2012 1:38:59 PM PDT by The Sons of Liberty (Sworn to Defend The Constitution Against ALL Enemies, Foreign and Domestic. So Help Me GOD!)
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To: Schmuckabee

"You don’t punish a kid for what his or her parents did"

You don't punish the citizens of the USA to accommodate criminals, pud wad.


13 posted on 06/16/2012 1:41:34 PM PDT by I see my hands (It's time to.. KICK OUT THE JAMS, MOTHER FREEPERS!)
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To: Free ThinkerNY

Romney Republicanism. It’s not just for Massachusetts any more.


14 posted on 06/16/2012 1:41:43 PM PDT by EternalVigilance (To be added to the new EternalVigilance ping list, FReepmail me. www.TomHoefling.com.)
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To: Free ThinkerNY
One good thing about Obama's attempt to do an end-run around congress and decree amnesty de facto to the children of illegal aliens is that it is rapidly separating the conservative and the RINO Republicans. Not that we didn't know Mike Huckabee was a RINO. However, this statement verifies it for us, once again. Thanks, Mike. Now, go away and stop pretending to be a conservative. You just 'outed' yourself - again.
15 posted on 06/16/2012 1:41:55 PM PDT by Jim Scott
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To: Free ThinkerNY
In America, where every elected represented swears to uphold the Constitution's protections of the rights and liberties of all, there is no "admirable" action if, by that action, the person who does it violates the Constitution's limits on his/her delegated power.

No matter how "admirable" or worthy the cause or the rhetoric, if the Constitutional restraint on the coercive power of government officials is violated, then it is unconstitutional and wrong.

Tennessee Congressman Davy Crockett made a speech on the floor of the Congress called "Not Yours to Give" about an incident during his tenure which summarized such an idea here.

16 posted on 06/16/2012 1:42:02 PM PDT by loveliberty2
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To: Free ThinkerNY

We are letting the left win this, “You aren’t compassionate” argument.

I’m compassionate to legal citizens and legal immigrants.


17 posted on 06/16/2012 1:43:49 PM PDT by Winstons Julia (Hello OWS? We don't need a revolution like China's; China needs a revolution like OURS.)
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To: Free ThinkerNY
I am so glad this guy flunked the test. Being president of the United States means protecting the Constitution, and exclusively embracing policies exclusively and primarily for the health and well-being of the American Citizen and legal alien resident. Both societal and financial.

If you can't do that, try doing something else. A rock band comes to mind, which I can view or not at my sole discretion.

18 posted on 06/16/2012 1:44:13 PM PDT by publius911 (Formerly Publius 6961, formerly jennsdad)
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To: BenLurkin
"we all"

Not we all.


19 posted on 06/16/2012 1:45:20 PM PDT by I see my hands (It's time to.. KICK OUT THE JAMS, MOTHER FREEPERS!)
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To: Free ThinkerNY
Sorry about that link!!!! "Not Yours to Give"
20 posted on 06/16/2012 1:46:42 PM PDT by loveliberty2
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