He’s trying to be too clever for his own good. He has always struck me as a “pretend” conservative, more aligned with his dad’s views and just playing along to snag some tea party votes. I guess he thinks, by running for national office, he can afford to let the facade slip a little.
“The bottom line is that the Hispanic community, the Latino community, is not going to hear us until we get beyond that issue.”
Lemme see if I understand: people who break the law to enter this country are not going to hear us until we stop saying, “We’re not going to let you break the law to enter this country”? Does that about wrap it up? That’s the “reasonable” approach?
[Shakes head in disbelief]...
I agree. We can’t be the party of deportation because it would require a small-scale military action on the homeland to logisticly and physically transport 12 million illegals across the physical border of the United States.
And we damn sure aren’t gonna tell them that they can stay. No amnesty, lawbreakers.
So we’re at an impass. We don’t want to be the party of amnesty and we can’t be the party of deportation without the power of the military.
Where does that leave us? With practical amnesty.