Posted on 12/04/2005 2:53:18 PM PST by EternalVigilance
Lake Forest, CA — Minuteman Project founder and 48th Congressional District candidate Jim Gilchrist – who this weekend garnered the endorsement of the National Border Patrol Council, the union that represents 10,000 front-line U.S. Border Patrol agents and employees – today criticized opponent John Campbell for “backsliding” on his support of the California Border Police Initiative. Campbell in a recent media interview confirmed his discomfort and lack of commitment towards the Initiative he supposedly co-sponsors.
Campbell has “sold out all of the people who have donated money and who have ‘given their blood, sweat and tears’ to get this critical Initiative on the ballot,” stated Gilchrist.
“John Campbell should be ashamed of himself for reneging on his commitment to all those volunteers who have dedicated themselves to qualifying the California Border Police Initiative for the California ballot,” Gilchrist said. “Campbell, who has been pretending to be a co-sponsor of this initiative, pulled the rug out from under supporters when he announced, in a November 27 article in the Daily Pilot, that he hopes the border police force ‘never has to be used.’”
Campbell’s statement has caused a backlash among activists in the fight to stop illegal immigration and promote border security, who view the Initiative as an essential and urgently needed tool for beefing up law enforcement in the state.
“Every supporter of this initiative should ask the question, ‘what have we been fighting so hard for?’” said Barbara Coe, spokeswoman for the California Coalition for Immigration Reform and a long-time Orange County leader against illegal immigration.
Gilchrist noted that “those of us who are close to this issue have been aware for months that the California Border Police Initiative and Campbell for Congress campaign are managed by the same political consultant, Dave Gilliard, of the ‘big-dog’ – and very high-priced – Sacramento consulting firm of Gilliard, Blanning and Wysocki. It has become increasingly obvious that Gilliard set Campbell up as co-sponsor of this initiative for the sole purpose of ‘Johnny-come-lately’ candidate positioning.”
Continued Gilchrist, “Gilliard has intended all along merely to rehabilitate Campbell with voters who were justifiably upset with his sorry history of pro-illegal alien votes in the California State Legislature. Gilliard has attempted to cloak Campbell with an aura of credibility as ‘tough’ on border security and illegal immigration that he has never deserved on the merits. And now, from John Campbell’s own recent statements, we learn that, indeed, the ‘fool the voters’ Initiative will be set aside by Campbell after this special election for Congress is decided.”
“After his recent fundraising junket to Washington D.C., John Campbell has turned his back on the California Border Police Initiative and the hard work of its advocates. He is more clearly than ever revealed as a lackey to the Bush Administration’s pro-amnesty, open borders agenda. The ambitious politician who is John Campbell has revealed his true colors … again.”
“In the best tradition of John Kerry, Campbell now says that ‘I supported implementing the border police force before I opposed implementing the border police force.’ In fact, John Campbell is a worthy successor to the John Kerry of the 2004 election, as ‘flip-flop champion’ of 2005,” claimed Gilchrist.
“Now,” added Gilchrist, “the chickens are coming home to roost for ‘flip-flopping Honest John’ Campbell. In the last few days, our headquarters has been deluged with new supporters and volunteers, many of whom tell us that that John Campbell has let them down. I want the voters of the 48th District, who are going to the polls this Tuesday, December 6, to know that my dedication to support and materially sustain the men and women on our first line of defense will never waver. I will never back off from my commitment to put a halt to the flood of illegal immigration and to secure our borders.”
Well, enjoy your 'nebbish'.
Nothing will change until conservative voters make the important things nonnegotiable.
And nothing could be more important than the God-given, unalienable right to life.
After all, without life, liberty means nothing.
He supports the repeal of the estate tax, along with all other forms of income taxation.
Gilchrist no longer poses a threat to installing Young, the Dem. His campaign ran off the rails. He didn't spend money on absentee voters, and made some comments about globalism that put him rather into the kook category for the 48th district. He had a disasterous interview with Hugh Hewitt that was sprayed across the blogs.
Become a curdmudgeon. That is my ticket.
I guess he changed his mind then. He is on record saying the opposite, but that was before in took on the very well to do 48th district. Cunningham district is just down the road. There are fewer mega estates down there, and a lot more blue collar whites worried about job competition by hard working illegals.
John and Ken have been ripping Campbell a new one the last couple of days.
It seems that Johnny backed out of Monday's debate on their show with Jim. Made up all sorts of lame excuses.
They were pretty easy on him early on, but now they're comparing him with David Dreier.
Looks like they finally have his number! :-)
You might be surprised how the alarm at the illegal invasion runs across socio-economic lines.
But, you and I have had this conversation before.
We need to send Campbell, and the GOP leadership, a message. Vote Gilchrist, and get everyone you know to vote Gilchrist. Campbell's record is bad enough to warrant not only a message, but punishment. We won't lose this seat to the Rats, but even if we do, it's a price worth paying and would serve as a wake-up call to the "leadership" and other GOP candidates well in advance of the dangerous '06 elections.
Gilchrist is running as an American Independent only because he couldn't have won the GOP nomination. He is a Republican, and recognizes that the solution to this crisis will from from the GOP, if anywhere. He told me so,
and I trust him.
I'm sure you're right. The affluent don't have to live with this problem. It's also convenient for them in some ways. It's the regular folks who have to live with it.
I'm with the regular folks.
We shall see next Tuesday. I didn't predict that well the primary. Maybe I will blow it again! Keep hope alive.
Why is it that, whenever there is some unelectable wingnut running that beats one note again and again, the guy who's got an actual conservative record is suddenly 'masquerading' while the guy with NO political record beyond public statements is assumed to be 100% genuine?
Oh, and I'd also like to mention, that it is never true that the Dem isn't a factor, in any race. There isn't a district in the country that is reliably over 66% R, especially in terms of Congressional races.
And if, among other things that people had mentioned, Gilcrest was really interested in making a difference, he would have run as a Republican and tried to win the primary, which would have three effects: A. Prove he's not a wingnut out for himself, B. Even if he lost, force Republicans to take the immigration issue into account, C. Actually give him a realistic path toward winning.
Jim Gilchrist is one of the few men left in this country who knows how to take action, not just talk.
He volunteered for the Marines and went to Vietnam, where he was seriously wounded. Purple Heart recipient. Took a sniper bullet to his arm and face.
His Minuteman Project has done more to focus public attention on the border problem than anything else.
I posted Campbell's open borders record above. It is indisputable.
He's talking a good game now, sort of, but his record doesn't back it up.
If you want to talk about the difference between the two men's records, no problem...
I find it interesting that you and 'johnmecainrino' misspell the exact same words the exact same way.
You channeling him?
Sometimes I wonder if we don't have an actual total of one open borders advocate on FR....one who posts under multiple nics.
They just copied and pasted my initial typo. Chill out. What are my other nics by the way. :)
ping
Your other nics?
Hmmm...
'FRResidentLiberal'??
'GOPLeftwing'??
'WatchOutImALawyer'??
;-)
LOL. I will have to look those posters up.
"There are fewer mega estates down there, and a lot more blue collar whites worried about job competition by hard working illegals."
I think the tide will turn, and in some places it already has, when legal-Hispanics and African Americans realize that they are truly being hurt by illegal immigration in the job market, maybe even more so than Whites.
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