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DEL.ICIO.USMcCain: “Guardedly optimistic” in the short and long term
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Before the Friday afternoon fundraiser, mentioned below, Republican presidential hopeful spent a few minutes with reporters, talking mostly about the two issues which have dogged him through this campaign, immigration and Iraq.
McCain said he was “guardedly optimistic” about the latest effort in the Senate to revive the immigration bill. Noting the 10th District congressional race, where no one in any of the three parties represented has much good to say about the bill, we asked McCain if he thought the bill, even if it passes, comes with a long-term political cost.
“I think there’s a long-term political benefit to getting something done,” the Arizona senator replied. “Everybody agrees that the status quo is unacceptable. and I say to those opponents of this legislation, what is your proposal? The fact is that if you do nothing we will still have de facto amnesty, because we already have 12 million people who are here illegally.”
The challenge, McCain said, is to “convince Americans that we are truly enforcing the border and securing the border” - which Saxby Chambliss and Johnny Isakson would probably be quick to agree with.
On the effectiveness of the surge in Iraq, McCain noted that the last troops involved in the buildup have just arrived in Iraq.
“Don’t understand the viewpoint that we’re trying to determine whether it’s worked or not when we’ve finally gotten the last contingent over there,” he said.
Asked about the latest wave of violence in Gaza and the victory of the Hamas faction, McCain let out a barely audible “whew,” which is probably the most honest response to a volatile situation over which the United States has no control.
“We now have a terrorist organization, Hamas in control of Gaza. I think it’s very obvious we’re going to see increase attacks on Israel, with Hamas in control,” McCain said.
McCain said while he didn’t favor direct U.S. involvement, an international peacekeeping effort should be brought to bear in the Palestinian territories.
McCain came in tow with former U.S. Sen. Phil Gramm, incidentally. The Columbus native and former Texas politician was looking well, and said he still gets back to Georgia every year to go turkey hunting.
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By Will Jones
June 15, 2007 5:40 PM | Link to this
McCain, from a family of Roman Catholic carpetbaggers, says: “I say to those opponents of this legislation, what is your proposal?”
This American says: build the fence, guard the border, and expropriate the assets of the entire Roman Fifth Column in Our Whig Founded Republic.
The stench of their treason - which assassinated Meriwether Lewis, John Kennedy, Abe Lincoln and Dr. King, is compounded by their sending us to false wars in Vietnam, Korea and Iraq, committing 9-11 and funding Hitler - rises to Heaven. Now they are promoting illegal immigration to accomplish enslavement by the ballot box.
Masons, Baptists, Protestants and Jews. White, Black, rich and poor who value the principles of The Republic must now find common ground. The Roman Catholics who yet have “W” stickers on their windows must be recognized as the waning vestige of the pedophile priesthoods Fifth Column in service to all that is evil in Our Land.
Rome’s treason must be punished that America never perish. Build the wall, remove Rome. Treat decent, honest labor humanely and grant all the opportunity to learn to be true Americans.
Death For Treason.
By d.a. king
June 15, 2007 10:59 PM | Link to this
My own suggestion - keep this nitwit agent of corporate Amereica out of the White House…we can all see what happens when we put a man like him in the Oval office.
By Michael H. Smith
June 16, 2007 11:08 AM | Link to this
On this issue of illegal immigration America is being told it is a bought amnesty with an optional installment plan or de facto amnesty, take your choice. With these two choices what reasonable thinking person has cause to believe those we have elected will do anything to enforce immigration laws?
I would appreciate it if McCain and the rest of his ilk would stop lying long enough to simply tell the truth. There have been other proposals made to break with the status quo, and one of them is enforcement first. Yes it would be painful, yes it would cause fear, yes it could separate families too but that is the normal consequences anyone faces for committing a crime in this country. That is the very design and intent of the laws we have on the books that are meant to persuade us not to break those laws.
Folks don’t let anyone kid you America has never done enforcement of immigration laws. All S 1348 will do is abolish for the most part the laws our government never enforced.
Anyone who supports S 1348 will not get my vote. I sincerely hope and urge others to join in that commitment.