Posted on 03/16/2013 7:25:51 PM PDT by smoothsailing
March 16, 2013
Laine Milam
As she has done many times before, bestselling author Ann Coulter delivered an uncensored critique of the Republican party at this year’s Conservative Political Action Conference. Her criticisms this year were harshest when it came to the party’s current divide on the topic of comprehensive immigration reform.
Following up on her column from last month, Coulter argued that the GOP needs to have a tough but cohesive message on immigration policy, but not the one that many party leaders have touted lately.
“One public policy that will harm average Americans, drive up unemployment permanently, and is supported by businessmen who will never vote for a Republican anyway, is amnesty for illegal aliens,” she said.
She went on to outline the consequences of Republican support for amnesty and how it could lead to the destruction of the conservative movement.
“If amnesty goes through, America becomes California, and no Republican will ever win another national election. The state that gave us Richard Nixon and Ronald Reagan will never elect another Republican,” said Coulter.
Coulter’s tough stance on immigration reform helped attendees understand why she could not support a popular figure like Chris Christie, who is pro-amnesty, for president in 2016. She instead offered her thoughts on who the GOP should nominate for the top of the ticket in three years.
“You can’t run a congressman. I have learned that,” she said. “You can’t run a governor from a state that is as big as a congressional district. That’s the equivalent of running a congressman. And we can’t run businessmen, pundits, or candidates who have not won elections in at least midsize states.”
So who does that leave for the ultra-conservative pundit? Options that fit Coulter’s bill included Gov. Brian Sandoval of Nevada, Gov. Susana Martinez of New Mexico, Gov. Rick Snyder of Michigan, Gov. Paul LePage of Maine, Gov. Rick Scott of Florida, Gov. Mike Pence of Indiana, and Gov. John Kasich of Ohio. She was also willing to back the new kid on the block, Sen. Ted Cruz of Texas.
Flashing back to the 70’s.. I am voting for Alice Copper... I loved his song Elected......And if I am elected
I promise the formation of a new party
A third party, the Wild Party!
I know we have problems,
We got problems right here in Central City,
We have problems on the North, South, East and West,
New York City, Saint Louis, Philadelphia, Los Angeles,
Detroit, Chicago,
Everybody has problems,
And personally, I don’t care.”
How do you propose that we “break the race barrier”?
Ann is over Chris Christie.
I heard Ann say on a talk radio show that when Christie burst into tears upon meeting Bruce Springsteen, she completely gave up on Christie as a presidential candidate.
I live in Maine, and Ann’s inclusion of Maine’s governor, Paul LePage, on her presidential sweepstakes list is interesting.
Maine’s governor is a TEA Party conservative and he doesn’t take any crap from the democrats in this state. Gov. LePage has attended Second Amendment rallies in Maine and has vowed to protect the right to keep and bear arms.
does a bear $hit in the woods???...Her cocktail ticket depends on book sales....she feels the pinch and the liberals aint buying....but the good thing is...
NEITHER ARE WE!...Never again annie...Sorry...
but keep running your horses ass mouth...
Yeah, that's it. She has a tough row to hoe.
We have part ownership of a family farmhouse in Maine (Hebron) and I try to catch up on the state’s politics when we visit or vacation. LePage definitely interests me. He’s a little tough to pin down, but he certainly seems to be his own man, not beholden to anybody.
Coulter has never been soft on amnesty. She has been consistently against it.
Guess what, Bunky? I’m not voting for Jeb Bush or Pork Porkie, either.
So, hello President Clinton.
It is already the law of the land. It was contained in the 1986 amnesty bill. It was never enforced. AZ has passed a law mandating the use of e-verify with businesses losing their license if they knowingly hire illegal aliens. SCOTUS upheld the law in 2010.
How does the GOP “break the race barrier?”
It really doesn’t matter how you vote in 2016. Hillary is a lock to be the next President. Demography is destiny.
“How do you propose that we “break the race barrier”?”
I wish I could tell you but the truth is I am as in the dark as everyone else.
My current thoughts on the subjects involves building upon the findings of republican latenos.
http://www.rnha.org/
I know there are those out there that say we need to change a few of our policy approaches. That may be so, but we also need to go after the way the left place the race war in a one sided conflict.
Perhaps we should try picking out the racist remarks made by democrats and trying to publish them to nail the democratic party is a lateno hating organization?
I wish I could tell, Some say we need to change policy positions.
Others say we need to change the way we speak to avoid the democrats using every little word being savagely used by democrats to portray us as racist hating the minority group in question.
My problem with that approach is that we can never hope to keep the democrats from finding something among millions of republicans to use to label the whole party.
We can try to chastise anyone that does, but in the end that’s a never ending game that only diminishes our own position and never gets to everyone.
So if you ask me we need to go on the offence, we need to start using Democratic racist remarks to portray democrats as Hispanic and black hating racist to theses groups.
If democrats want to play race politics let them get burned by their own fire.
It is NOT a race barrier. It is a spiritual barrier. Confusion about that true nature, is an uncrossable rubicon.
I have a funny feeling all is not well with Hillary, health-wise. She'll be 69 when election day 2016 rolls around.
Whether that is true or not i’m force to refused to believe that because it if is we are doomed. We must proceed as if there is a hope, or there is no hope.
Yeah, it’s a tough nut. Most of the people from Mexico I knew in San Diego were good people, but we can’t go on as we have—kicking this can down the road with virtually open borders.
I would have to agree about the importance of the issue, with the problem located not just in AZ, CA, NM & TX, but as well between VA and MD. Young people must not think much of us. We can’t even seem to do what most college students manage—budget or balance a checkbook.
I don’t know about you but I don’t use illegals to mow my yard, make my beds, cook my meals, clean my (non-existent) pool or roof my house.
People who do, I believe to be the source of the problem. Just as I don’t use drugs, we wouldn’t have a drug problem either if there wasn’t a market. So maybe it isn’t really that tough a problem: Americans must accept that the fiesta’s over ...
Your type are costing me and my family a fortune. Husker is exactly right. The cowards stayed home and helped the child king narcissist get his 2nd term.
So you will be OK with 2 or 3 Sotomayor and Kagan type’s appointed to SCOTUS. And therefore abortions will continue by the millions. You are OK with Obamacare, with our healthcare premiums jumping 20%. You have no problem with 47 million on food stamps and 22 million people have given up looking for jobs, because the community organizer from Chicago has never worked in a profit making business and has zero clue how to stimulate private sector.
How disgusting.
Ann’s GOProud.
She’s as conservative as McCain.
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