Great news: Time for another thinly veiled pro-amnesty ad from McCain
posted at 4:04 pm on September 12, 2008 by Allahpundit
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Writes Kaus of the Spanish-language spot I posted earlier, “Would McCain ever run this ad in English?” Answer: Yeah, maybe, judging by this new one. The rhetoric from the Spanish-language clip about who’s “on the side” of illegals is dropped but the Orwellian habit of referring to “immigrants” instead of “illegal immigrants” is thoughtfully retained, as are the trademark McCain aspersions cast on the motives of amnesty opponents. Quote: “Whether from Italy, Ireland, Mexico, or the Far East, too often, new immigrants have been treated as objects of fear, instead of symbols of hope.” Which, of course, explains why most people who fought his comprehensive piece of shinola bill last year still support legal immigration, including from Mexico. Hey, Maverick? Not one more dime.
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Good. Let’s solve it, I don’t have a problem with that. Here’s the plan:
Border security, attrition by enforcement, increased legal immigration.
Spirit of 1776 on September 12, 2008 at 4:06 PM
We need to make sure these “symbols of hope” use the front door instead of climbing the fence. Juan Hernandez is behind this I’m sure…
cannonball on September 12, 2008 at 4:06 PM
He doesn’t even need to talk about immigration. This is retarded. Focus on the freaking economy, and opening the doors is not good for the economy.
El_Terrible on September 12, 2008 at 4:08 PM
Outrage!!!! Immigrants are not people!!!
Oh, I’m sorry. I was channeling Allah there for a second.
nickj116 on September 12, 2008 at 4:08 PM
I hear only Palin. See only Palin. And will speak of only Palin.
D0WNT0WN on September 12, 2008 at 4:08 PM
I’m all for fairness. Isn’t it fair to focus on those going through legal channels first?
rbj on September 12, 2008 at 4:09 PM
Win, then put the gloves back on. sigh ~
Connie on September 12, 2008 at 4:09 PM
I don’t remember who said it (perhaps more than one), or what thread, but recently a commenter here said, “I’d rather fight McCain on this issue than Obama”. And that about sums it up. For those who think the GOP would cooperate with McCain but not Obama, think back to when the controversy was full-swing; Bush was right there with McCain on amnesty. Did other Republicans back off because of it? No. Why should a President McCain be any different?
OneGyT on September 12, 2008 at 4:09 PM
Hey you nativists. I gave you Palin. Now you give me one.
JiangxiDad on September 12, 2008 at 4:10 PM
fixed
+1
moxie_neanderthal on September 12, 2008 at 4:11 PM
Hmmm… Maybe he’s running this ad because New Mexico, Nevada, and Colorado are the battlegrounds this election.
Illinidiva on September 12, 2008 at 4:11 PM
“Fairness”?! How dare he? Doesn’t he know that “fairness” is just a codeword for “unfairness”! I say we need 1,000 posts condemning McCain for implying that the opponents of fairness are in favor of unfairness!!!!!
CK MacLeod on September 12, 2008 at 4:12 PM
Groan
Are we going through this again….
Kini on September 12, 2008 at 4:12 PM
What ever immigration reform plan McCain has it will be 120% better than Obama’s plan. If Obama could have it his way, there would be no passport requirement, no checkpoint between Mexico and USA. It would be a free for all for all.
McCain is dealing with a reality that the Republican party cannot ignore. Hispanics are here and many of them can vote. Ignore them at the risk of never having a Republican president ever again or a Republican senate or congress. It a choice that is open, but I would not recommend people to take it.
coolrepublica on September 12, 2008 at 4:12 PM
Just what exactly is Palin’s stance on illegal immigration?
Quotes?
Links?
Regards
BowHuntingTexas on September 12, 2008 at 4:12 PM
Makes me long for a re-run of the stupid lipstick ad.
mwdiver on September 12, 2008 at 4:12 PM
Yeah, keep bringing this up, AP. Perhaps Obama will then become POTUS.
People, guess what. McCain is our nominee and Palin (who is most deffinantly a conservative) would be one heart-beat way from being POTUS. Instead of posting stuff like this that may kill the current enthusiasm from Republicans/conservatives, how about we vote for the ticket and fight it afterwords.
DethMetalCookieMonst on September 12, 2008 at 4:12 PM
Every time things start looking good, this guy shoots himself in the foot. I swear there’s gotta be some kind of back room deal because the man seems at times to be intent on losing this election.
tomk59 on September 12, 2008 at 4:13 PM
I love the warm sunny tones in the background.
DrSteve on September 12, 2008 at 4:13 PM
Obama for President!!!!
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carbon_footprint on September 12, 2008 at 4:14 PM
I understand the frustration with McCain, but –
The best way to prevent the next administration from passing an amnesty bill is to get a good number of Republicans in Congress. The only way that we’re going to get Republicans into Congress – at least on the basis of the latest polling – is on McCain/Palin’s coattails.
Anti-amnesty people should enthusiastically support McCain/Palin not because McCain is better on amnesty than Obama or vice versa. They should do it because the only way to block an amnesty bill from either Presidential candidate is to get Republicans into Congress – which will only happen if McCain/Palin win or make it close.
Otherwise: veto-proof Dem Congress + Obama. You really want to roll the dice on Kaus’s hope that Nancy Pelosi will listen to reason and take care of embattled Blue Dogs that she doesn’t need anyway or like?
omriceren on September 12, 2008 at 4:14 PM
Republicans have ZERO chance of getting the hispanic vote (except in Cuba, where it is locked up, so no need to pander to them). Why in Allah’s name would McCain risk pissing me off by pandering to a group that will vote between 75 and 90% for Obama? Answer: he knows he has me locked up, because the alternative to him is, well, Obama.
lionheart on September 12, 2008 at 4:16 PM
And here I was approaching the tipping point where I was thinking of actually voting for the jerk, (for Palin, really), but he’s just gone and added another weight to wrong side of the scale.
FloatingRock on September 12, 2008 at 4:16 PM
Just as I thought I was going vote for him he pulls the crap out of the toilet……NO AMNESTY!!!!!! GOT IT!!!!
grapeknutz on September 12, 2008 at 4:16 PM
Some days, reading this site makes you want to run your engine with the garage door closed and duct-taped. Oy.
capitalist piglet on September 12, 2008 at 4:16 PM
Immigrants are people, illegal immigrants are law breakers that need to go.
Elric66 on September 12, 2008 at 4:17 PM
Who’s on the other side?
capitalist piglet on September 12, 2008 at 4:17 PM
John, we are trying to warn you………….. secure our damn borders!!!!!!
Seven Percent Solution on September 12, 2008 at 4:18 PM
McCain finally pulls in the polls with “Americans” so I guess he thinks that it’s time to pander to illegals again. Earth to John…you’re winning! If you want to talk about illegal aliens, talk about sending them home and putting them in jail.
Sure McCain’s better than Obama, but I think that he could pull further ahead if he just shuts up about his amnesty plan.
orlandocajun on September 12, 2008 at 4:19 PM
The US Border Patrol has done an amazing job stopping all of those Irish and Italian immigrants crossing the Mexican border. Now if we could just stop the Mexicans from sneaking across and breaking the US law.
Hening on September 12, 2008 at 4:19 PM
Jesus was a community organizer…..
carbon_footprint on September 12, 2008 at 4:19 PM
We don’t need anymore immigrants … we simply need to stop killing our own children.
darwin on September 12, 2008 at 4:19 PM
You do realise with the complaining that you all are doing right now, the dems/libs are (1) not sweating the Palin pick as much because of how more of you are going “well, maybe I won’t vote McCain” and “Hey, you people out there. McCain sucks. Take it how you want it.”, (2) are laughing at us.
AP, stop posting this crap. I mean, God forbid McCain refuses to lie and therefor tell everyone that he’s against Amnesty. I thought we wanted honest politicians.
DethMetalCookieMonst on September 12, 2008 at 4:19 PM
Oops, I meant the Cuban vote in south Florida, not in Cuba. That’s kindof funny.
lionheart on September 12, 2008 at 4:19 PM
Allahpundit is a community organizer….
carbon_footprint on September 12, 2008 at 4:20 PM
Geez! Palin got me excited about voting Republican again and the old guy with white hair stats this crap again.
brtex on September 12, 2008 at 4:21 PM
McAmnesty is determined to ram social welfare for illegals up America’s ass while he’s lying about no tax increases. “Country First” is an empty and cynical McCain slogan.
Fletch54 on September 12, 2008 at 4:21 PM
Only Palin, I’d like to think, but she’d only be the VP and hasn’t been able to tip the scale against McCain/Obama/Biden yet.
FloatingRock on September 12, 2008 at 4:22 PM
The bounce is ending with a giant thud.
Now illegals are “symbols of hope.”
BigD on September 12, 2008 at 4:23 PM
Is it fair to allow illegal aliens to murder our citizens?
Is it fair to have illegals abuse our hospitals and funding systems?
Is it fair to take jobs from citizens that WILL do the jobs amnesty jackasses say they won’t?
McCain I’ll vote for your ticket but you are such an ass on this.
MNDavenotPC on September 12, 2008 at 4:24 PM
Plus another 500 posts for implying that Republicans are racists by putting up an ad depicting Republicans as non-racists. The traitor! Everyone knows that loyal Republicans put up ads depicting anyone but white people as depraved criminals and vermin-like invaders!
CK MacLeod on September 12, 2008 at 4:24 PM
I’m an American citizen, and I don’t approve of that message.
Dr.Cwac.Cwac on September 12, 2008 at 4:24 PM
Biden/Hernandez 2012!!!
Akzed on September 12, 2008 at 4:25 PM
” Magnet Post of the Day ” weee ..just what we need another one of the same .. watch the post counter …weeee …
redrock on September 12, 2008 at 4:25 PM
McCain can say whatever he wants about illegals. Palin should take a stand on this issue (if she’s asked about it) and everyone with a brain in the GOP should just ignore McCain’s mistake on this, sticking to the simple idea of enforcing our laws and concentrating on interior enforcement. After the election, though, the fight is going to be on, big time.
progressoverpeace on September 12, 2008 at 4:26 PM
Why tell us this? Tell it to McCain.
Yes, AP, please shield us from reality so that we can all feel happy and content in our ignorance.
FloatingRock on September 12, 2008 at 4:26 PM
I’m a Legal Nationalized American Citizen and I’m offended by that message.
Kini on September 12, 2008 at 4:27 PM
I thought McCain wanted to win the election.
Why is he trying to lose?
Kini on September 12, 2008 at 4:28 PM
I remember Ronald Reagan’s name for amnesty. It was “a ONE-TIME” Amnesty. We believed him.
I wonder if McCain remembers that.
NellE on September 12, 2008 at 4:28 PM
So you don’t want McCain to be honest? Roger that!
Of course, if McCain were to say “Okay, I’m not longer pursuing amnesty” you all would go “Oh, he’s just pandering”.
Stop being Single-Issue Eagles! No candidate will ever be perfect.
DethMetalCookieMonst on September 12, 2008 at 4:28 PM
I have to admit, I am glad he’s honest about it.
No one wants to be mean and cruel to the nice folks, John, we just want them to be legal. You said it yourself the other night – Americans. We want America for the Americans.
It is not a lot to ask. Bad enough the Democrats want America to be European and Socialist – be a stickler for human rights and dignity, but be a stickler for law and order too.
The illegal folks have got to go!
kybowexar on September 12, 2008 at 4:28 PM
Y’know what? Everyone who complains about the illegal immigration issue seems to think there’s actually something that can be done about it. Like putting up a fence. NEWS FLASH: IT DOESN’T WORK!
II is gonna happen in America. It’s just a matter of how much. We know McCain ain’t gonna change that, and we know Obama isn’t going to change that. NO ONE will change this, unless it’s city, county, or state law enforcement.
So everyone who are one-issue voters, specifically on Immigration, stop thinking one-issue and go to other issues.
Sakaki on September 12, 2008 at 4:29 PM
Welcome, my fellow citizen. It’s good to have you here.
Dr.Cwac.Cwac on September 12, 2008 at 4:29 PM
Country First means Border First and no amnesty Juan McVain!
Elric66 on September 12, 2008 at 4:30 PM
A lot of Democrat voters oppose amnesty too, gov’t programs for illegals, all those incentives to even more illegal immigration, etc. Opposition by everyday Democrats is part of what stopped it the last go-round. We have to elect McCain, not Obama. Then afterwards fight McCain on this and other things.
McCain isn’t the only one who can reach across the aisle. If you know Dems who oppose that sort of thing, tell them to keep telling their representatives.
ForNow on September 12, 2008 at 4:30 PM
I understand McCain thinks he’s got to play to the Hispanic vote, but not all Hispanics love having millions of illegals running around taking jobs from them either. I think he believes this is necessary to win the election, but c’mon … simply by stating his intent to immediately secure the borders, beef up enforcement, and declaring no amnesty … he’d sew it up right there.
Does he want to win or not?
darwin on September 12, 2008 at 4:30 PM
ouch, that left a mark. Might have got 1 new vote for every 10 that ran away.
kirkill on September 12, 2008 at 4:30 PM
I didn’t hear a world about amnesty in this ad. I came from immigrants, my wife came from immigrants and I support a sensible immigration policy that is fair to all and does not adversely effect our national security. If someone saw or heard something other than those criteria in this ad please let me know.
rplat on September 12, 2008 at 4:30 PM
Attrition by enforcement around my town has been so successful in the county they have to close down about 80 classrooms for 6-12 grades, no students. It was much easier to meet the mandated student teacher ratio, they have to lay off around 100.
The other unintended consequence, plenty of U.S. citizen blacks are now being employed where we have not seen one in 10 years. The blacks say, that no one would hire them before. I wonder why?
tarpon on September 12, 2008 at 4:31 PM
Exactly. The best way for II to be dealt with is enforcement. And I know McCain is big on enforcement stuff. He’s a friend of cops.
Sakaki on September 12, 2008 at 4:33 PM
Life is a shit sandwich and we’re all gonna have to take a bite. MCain is what he is on this issue and no one is going to move him off of where he is before election day. this is something that acolytes of Maverick and Goose will need to get their collective hands around or else say hello to President Obambi.
Maverick is calling for a fly-by on this, knowing the pattern is full, but he’s got to buzz the tower anyway. Its part of who he is and I have reluctantly made peace with it…until a jihadi crawls thru Laredo and tries to take out Dallas while the Rams are playing the Cowboys.
Mike D. on September 12, 2008 at 4:33 PM
Holy mother of pearl! McCain – KNOCK IT OFF!!!!!!!!!! I agree with one thing only. Fairness for all – LEGAL AMERICANS AND THOSE WHO ABIDE BY THE RULES. ILLEGAL ALIEN BORDER JUMPERS MUST BE DEPORTED ON SIGHT.
J.J. Sefton on September 12, 2008 at 4:33 PM
Sakaki, I am not a one-issue voter, but this is a big issue.
The whining can get a bit deafening at times, though.
Got an idea, (actually stole it from LaRaza), why don’t we simply annex Mexico. Then we could build the fence on their former southern border. It’s a lot shorter and mountainous.
Or we could simply keep the guards Mexico already has there to keep the folks out.
See it is okay if other countries protect their sovereignty. Why can’t we?
kybowexar on September 12, 2008 at 4:33 PM
When President Obama proposes a pathway to citizenship, the GOP will fight against it. When President McCain proposes a pathway to citizenship, the GOP will fight FOR it.
Although Obama is worse that McCain on most issues, McCain is terribly wrong on the most important issue of all: voter demographics.
When McCain rams a pathway to citizenship down our throats, like he tried to in 2006 and 2007, the socialist votes of the 20+ million new citizens will overwhelm the votes of conservatives, probably forever.
Obaba is bad, but McCain as President means the demographic death of conservatism.
Oppose McCain!
(no matter how great Palin is.)
Thresher on September 12, 2008 at 4:34 PM
You rogered your own statement? I’m glad to know you have a clear understanding amongst yourself.
FloatingRock on September 12, 2008 at 4:34 PM
Agreed. If His Holiness takes it, there will be a mass rush for the border. With McCain, we stopped them a few times. We’ll just need to make our voices louder.
New slogan: “Country First. Border First.”
Dr.Cwac.Cwac on September 12, 2008 at 4:34 PM
Minus the amnesty, I’ve got big no problems with McCain’s immigration policy. He’s on board with the fence and the current immigration policy is a joke that is being exploited by bleeding hearts and corrupt corporations alike.
Illegals from Mexico are a small part of the problem. The enormous problem is our 26 versions of guest worker visas, especially the TN visa, which is an absolute joke. Canada will give anyone a green card, then they can come to the US and stay here so long as they have a job and do paperwork once a year. Here is TX, they take a ride across the boarder, get a stamp, then back to living in the USA on high $$ jobs. Also, prior to Bush we had about half those visa, prior to Clinton was half again. There is no real justification for any of them. I know this first had from having run a company that dealt with these things.
Fence the boarder, reform the visa system, federally prosecute sanctuary cities and reform the path to citizenship from OUTSIDE the country. If you’re here and you’re illegal, you have forfeited your chance to citizenship… forever. I like citizens who follow laws.
Damiano on September 12, 2008 at 4:35 PM
Understood. I just get annoyed with people who make Illegal Immigration their pet project and threaten to stay home if they don’t get their way. Because they’re actually hurting their cause by doing so.
Sakaki on September 12, 2008 at 4:35 PM
Woah! You mean the GOP fought FOR amnesty (which Bush was for) and the Dems against it a year or two ago? Interesting. I could have sworn it was the other way around.
DethMetalCookieMonst on September 12, 2008 at 4:36 PM
I don’t think so. We just had a Dumbocrat controlled Congress and a POTUS that was down with the legislation. The grassroots really exploded the few times it tried to sneak through. I have faith the American people will make their voices heard again and again.
Dr.Cwac.Cwac on September 12, 2008 at 4:36 PM
Please tell me you’re kidding. As much as I dislike his amnesty and global warming malarkey no way I’m gonna let the clown Obama have a chance, especially with Palin now on the national stage.
darwin on September 12, 2008 at 4:36 PM
People, don’t fall for the dems on this site posing as conservatives. Notice they only come out of the word work when topics like this pop up.
DethMetalCookieMonst on September 12, 2008 at 4:37 PM
Illegal Immigration is a pet project because its also a huge economic issue, a huge national security issue and a threat to our future.
Case in point. On that country by country poll oh who committed 9-11. More Palis think al-Qaeda did it than Mexicans. I dont want anti-Americans nutjobs making up a huge voting block in this country. Do you?
Elric66 on September 12, 2008 at 4:39 PM
I’m suddenly happy I never gave him a cent.
amkun on September 12, 2008 at 4:40 PM
I have no problem with legal immigration, and I don’t believe most Americans do…
Now as far as illegals go; they should be shipped out whenever they’re found.
The only “immigration reform” I really wanna consider now is:
1) Seal the Borders
2) Establish strict new, LOW levels for a few years, ’til the population level stablilizes-and no exceptions for relatives, no exceptions…period!
3) Overhaul the guest worker program, at both the high and low end, to make sure that no Americans are unemployed while were importing folks from India or Asia to do high-tech jobs…
4) Did I mention seal the borders?
Mav better be careful, no ‘Cuda good will can get him past this issue…
RocketmanBob on September 12, 2008 at 4:42 PM
Obama wants Republicans to become as disheartened as they were before Palin was announced. He brought up Illegal aliens because that is the one issue that can turn off the base like no other, and McCain fell for it. He may be a war hero/POW but he isn’t very smart.
DFCtomm on September 12, 2008 at 4:43 PM
Heh. I doubt the Mexicans who have been living in the U.S. were counted in that. I’m thinking the ones who think the U.S. government killed 3,000 of its own people haven’t been scurrying across the border.
amerpundit on September 12, 2008 at 4:44 PM
Hmmmmm … I have to look at this differently now since Palin’s in the mix. As far as I can see she really does try to work with common sense. She’ll have McCains ear … she’s in tune with the average American. When the elections over, his policy can be fine tuned, but unless we get him in office it’s pointless.
McCain/Palin
darwin on September 12, 2008 at 4:45 PM
I’m not going to get hung up with this at the moment as much as I disagree with the amnesty portion of the McCain/Kennedy bill.
Individual states are exercising their rights by enforcing stricter employment practices, etc. That’s probably the way to go since the Federal gov’t can’t get out of the PC mode to do anything. They will dither forever.
Support state legislation to curtail illegal immigration and any benefits allowed to illegals.
Cody1991 on September 12, 2008 at 4:45 PM
Allah the King Maker.
redrock on September 12, 2008 at 4:45 PM
Let’s see how it plays at a campaign rally.
BigD on September 12, 2008 at 4:46 PM
DethMetalCookieMonst,
I am a conservative and I bet I’ve given more money to conservatives than most of the people reading this site. Since you can’t answer my argument, because it is correct, you say I am a Democrat.
Thresher on September 12, 2008 at 4:46 PM
To put it bluntly, I’m not buying their shit anymore. I’m not going to argue or debate with them anymore. Fuck off! Enforce the law. Fuck off assholes! Blunt enough?
GarandFan on September 12, 2008 at 4:47 PM
Um… no. I understand that it sucks to have to vote for McCain in order to vote for Palin, but thems the brakes.
Ars Moriendi on September 12, 2008 at 4:49 PM
Especially the enforcement which deals with illegally hiring, technical and other professionals, and tradesmen.
Entelechy on September 12, 2008 at 4:51 PM
Ron Paul and Barr don’t count.
Way to completely ignore my post when I said
“Woah! You mean the GOP fought FOR amnesty (which Bush was for) and the Dems against it a year or two ago? Interesting. I could have sworn it was the other way around.”
DethMetalCookieMonst on September 12, 2008 at 4:51 PM
Time for a reality check here. Despite today’s polling numbers, Republicans are likely to lose seats in both the House and Senate. Dems could gain a veto-proof (and more than enough for cloture) seats in the Senate. Lindsey Graham & Crew aren’t going to abandon amnesty because it’s a Democrat pushing for it.
And Obama granting amnesty changes that how?
Yeah, forget about judges, Iraq, Iran, fighting terror, and energy. Oppose McCain because he supports amnesty. When Obama’s sitting down for tea with Ahmadenijad we can all comfort ourselves with the fact we voted against McCain because he supports amnesty.
amerpundit on September 12, 2008 at 4:53 PM
Well, just to get the ball rolling, I heard it from a guy who knows a guy who saw it on the daily kos that Palin supports illegal russian immigrants in alaska.
She even supports ’sanctuary igloos.’
Not only that, she sponsored and strong armed a measure to give away free hunting rifles to illegal russian imigr- wait – “undocumented” russian not yet US citizens so they could kill animals in alaska, so Palin could take the carcases and line them up to form a 5 mile word, only visable from the air in an alaskan bush plane. It read: “F*CK PeTA!”. (without the “*” but the letter “U”.)
And another Palin immigration fact: John McCain never seriously considered anyone else for VP unless the candidate could sing at least two mexican folk songs by heart. Sarah Palin sang 4 and then 2 russian folk songs.
/Palin pro-immigration/shamnesty facts.
wise_man on September 12, 2008 at 4:54 PM
Attrition works. If Palin sells us out on this she’s dead to me.
someone on September 12, 2008 at 4:55 PM
Even if they aren’t they still want exactly the same thing as other Obama supporters. For McCain to lose, and for Obama to win.
wise_man on September 12, 2008 at 4:56 PM
I don’t know how successful some of us will be, but civilian arrests of illegals as we see them, we’ll do…. reporting of illegals at Home Depot, we’ll do…. and, being a card carrying member of the Minuteman Civil Defense Corps, I’ll make sure illegals know I see them. Those who don’t like it, tough!
MNDavenotPC on September 12, 2008 at 4:56 PM
…. do you think you might want to actually wait until Palin ’sells you out’ before you trash her? …. no?
I didn’t think so.
wise_man on September 12, 2008 at 4:57 PM
Right, they swim the Bering straits and at night they sneak across ANWR.
BigD on September 12, 2008 at 5:00 PM
This tactic isn’t about stopping people from voting for McCain. It’s about cooling the excitement of the base, and stopping donations, volunteering and other activities that resulted from Palinmania. It’s a tactic that will work if he keeps McCain talking about it. Hell, you can see it working here on these boards, since for the last two weeks all we have seen are articles about Palin, and today all were seeing is McCain talking about how great “immigrants” are.
DFCtomm on September 12, 2008 at 5:00 PM
This is one of a few issues I totally disagree with McCain on.
This is what is happening right now in my neighborhood. I see two homes across from mine that have been foreclosed. Yes, Hispanics lived there and now they don’t. Banks have taken them over.
Also, right next door to my home is one where they left last week. For severals weeks, they had yard sales. Two weeks ago the woman came over to use my phone. She spoke a little English. He had been laid off, he used to do lawn service, but due to the draught in Georgia, his workload dropped off to nothing and she couldn’t find work cleaning homes. They were moving back to Guatemala. The house is empty now, no for sale sign up, and the a/c is running. I’m waiting for the bank to come and take the house over. This does wonders for our pricing of homes in this neighborhood.
They come for jobs, not for anything else. They don’t come for the love or the opportunities this country offers. This is what McCain doesn’t get. When things go bad, they pack-up and leave and go back to where they came from. They can’t even put the house up for sale. Just abandon it.
Too bad McCain can’t figure this out.
moonsbreath on September 12, 2008 at 5:01 PM
I am thinking perhaps McCain thinks the conservatives are taken care of with Sarah … so he can go after the liberals.
Dangerous.
I am ALL FOR LEGAL IMMIGRATION. I am extremely against illegal immigration and the costs Americans pay, not just in money. As excited as I am about Sarah Palin, that topic can still be a deal breaker for me and my very conservative husband.
eucher on September 12, 2008 at 5:02 PM
Folks, let’s remember this.
Obama for streamlining H2B visa process
What is an H2B visa?
Which there are lawyers here that help to get around this pesky provisions so that Americans are not hired.
Wink, wink. Nudge, nudge.
Yeah. That can’t be faked, right?
What happens if they happen to download a kid here, eh?
Take home, McCain makes his pitches, but Teh One would be worse.
Dr.Cwac.Cwac on September 12, 2008 at 5:03 PM
Amerpundit – that is exactly right.
To me the biggest issue (and a single issue if I had to pick one) is judges.
Folks, the president is the executive – some great powers and all that, but with the SCOTUS acting like half of them have never seen the Constitution, much less read it, the one power that the president has is very, very important.
Have I mentioned it is important. Hello! Do you really want Obama to pick your Supreme Court judges?
No, I don’t think so.
kybowexar on September 12, 2008 at 5:04 PM
amerpundit on September 12, 2008 at 4:53 PM
Janos Hunyadi on September 12, 2008 at 5:04 PM
………… *unsure* ………. it could happen!
wise_man on September 12, 2008 at 5:05 PM
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