I don't think you can trust Dems like this either. We need real
conservatives -- vote for a third party if you can't stand the Republican
nominees, and campaign like Hell for them! Lieberman did it in Conn.;
surely
conservatives in the South can do it!
"-" <jazzerciser@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message
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> http://www.wvwnews.net/story.php?id=4605
>
> Will a Democratic Landslide Mean Amnesty?
> Immigration; Posted on: 2008-05-15
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>
> Not necessarily
>
> By Ian Jobling
>
>
>
> With the victory of Democrat Travis Childers in Mississippi yesterday,
> Republicans have lost three House seats in special elections this year
in
> districts once considered impregnably Republican.
>
> These losses foretell a Democratic landslide in November, and
Republicans
> are
> going bonkers. However, for immigration reformers, the results turn not
to
> be
> so bad. Two of the three Democrats who have won sound more like Tom
> Tancredo
> than Nancy Pelosi on immigration issues. In fact, I prefer all of these
> new
> congressmen to John McCain. Essentially, the Democratic victories
reflect
> public disgust with the Iraq War, rather than a ****ft to liberalism on
> immigration.
>
> Childers contrasted himself to Wa****ngton establishment Democrats during
> his
> campaign. His stance on many issues, including immigration, is quite
> conservative:
>
> "Now, I have to be honest. I'm a Mississippi Democrat, not a Wa****ngton,
> DC
> Democrat. I'll be on the side of the family struggling, the child that
> needs
> health care and the teenager who's only hope is a college degree. I'm
> pro-life
> and pro-gun. I believe marriage is between a man and a woman. And I will
> take
> a tough stand to stop illegal immigration into our country."
>
> Don Cazayoux, who won a Louisiana seat, has stated his anti-amnesty
> position
> clear as day:
>
> "I am strongly against amnesty for illegal immigrants. America is a
nation
> of
> immigrants, but we also are a nation of laws. In Congress, I will fight
to
> secure our borders and work to crack down on employers who knowingly
hire
> illegal workers."
>
> Bill Foster, the Democrat who took a Republican district in Illinois, is
> considerably mu****er in his immigration reform principles. Nevertheless,
> his
> proposals are slightly to the right of today's policies. He believes in
> mandatory workplace verification of the immigration status of workers.
> Foster
> would allow illegal aliens to stay in the country only if they are
needed
> to
> prevent businesses from collapsing. Aliens allowed to stay would receive
> special worker visas. They would have to pay taxes, or "impact fees," as
> Foster calls them, and would not receive any advantage over other
> immigrants
> in obtaining citizen****p. In short, it seems that the life of the
illegal
> alien would not be a happy one if Foster got his way.
>
> The reason these Democrats won is simple: all of them agree with the
large
> majority of the public that we need to withdraw from Iraq.
>
> These three candidates are a testament to the extraordinary
effectiveness
> of
> the immigration reform movement, which has made it extremely difficult
for
> pro-amnesty candidates of either party to get elected.
>
> In short, a Democratic landslide will not inevitably mean amnesty. The
> only
> danger is that the liberal party elders will be effective in coercing
the
> new
> moderate Democrats to abandon their principles.
>
>
> Continue
>
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>
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