Posted by
tohu.vavohu on Monday, January 07, 2008 5:16:04 PM
"No person living in the United States of America, Chris, ought to live in the shadows, ought to live in fear, ought to hide." ~
Mike Huckabee, Fox Forum, Jan. 6, 2008.
Actually I want criminals and those that have broken the law to live in the shadows, live in fear, and to be hiding. [And I want them to be found out and brought to justice. I want them to do the right thing.]
I'm getting tired of some people saying we shouldn't be arguing about peoples records or how different policies won't work. Illegal immigration is an issue, so we have to hash it out. I want to know, as a voter, someone's record on an issue, because it will inform his/her decision in the future. Stand up to what you have done in the past and defend or clarify your previous positions [*cough*
McCain [
2] + "I have never ever supported amnesty
and never will." ~
John McCain, Fox Forum, Jan. 6, 2008.] + [
look as some numbers]. Romney has given a response to his record of saying
"...immigration proposals by McCain and others as 'quite different' from amnesty". Now it's up to the public to either believe his response or not. I'm not going to say what they should do. But at least don't duck the issue. If you did it, own it, and defend it. Don't turn into Hillary and start crying that someone is contrasting your
record. [Soon I'll be hearing them say that Romney [and others] is bullying them. And you can't do that...] It's called a debate. Debate your record and debate the issue.
And I don't like the line that this is being used to divide us. It's exactly what will unite us. Whatever happens to make those here illegally become legal, it will unite the country. Keeping people under the banner of illegal only makes a divided country. Something needs to be done. Defend your record or change it and move on.
Saying it divides us reminds me when
Barack Obama said in a debate in June of last year, "...this is the kind of question that is designed precisely to divide us..." when asked of the candidates to raise their hands if they believed English should be the official language in the United States. I agree with the response from
Dennis Prager about Obama's comment [about 7 min. in]:
"This is such a play on words... Folks! The whole point of making English the official language is to unite us! It's all backwords!?! One language unites! Many languages divide. Ask Canada! Canada is much more divided since French became an equal language with English. Since when do multiple languages unite people? It's upside down thinking. Upside down, and they applauded. Oh, what a crowd... ...a language unites. Isn't that obvious? It's not the question that divides, Senetor Obama, it's multiple languages in a society that divide. ...One of the only things that unites Indians is English because of British Imperialism, otherwise they have no way to talk to each other in India. ...Where is there an example of multiple languages uniting people? That was demogogary Senetor Obama! ...I am stunned at how emotions overwhelm the rational process."
I want to know who is going to be best equipped to handle the problem with immigration and I need to know someones record to make a educated decision. Let's here it.
And this goes beyond illegal immigrants of Mexico and various other origin as
I have learned and now fear [with more reports coming out instep with past findings]. Is it about illegal immigrants - yes. Is it about national security - you're darn tootin'.
~tohu.va.vohu