Posted on 06/15/2012 3:48:58 PM PDT by Signalman
This article was posted with a false headline and a false premise:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2895759/posts
The article was posted on FR with the title:
Romney on Immigration: "I happen to agree with Marco Rubio."
But the actual title of the article is:
Romney: Obama immigration move makes long term fix harder
If you read the article, it says that Romney said:
I would like to seek legislation that deals with this issue and I happen agree with Marco Rubio as he looked at, considered this issue, he said that this is an important matter that we have to find a long term solution," Romney said.
So Romney is not agreeing with Obama on this and he's only agreeing with Rubio's comment that "There has to be a long term solution". Read the article.
Maybe you should apprise the Moderators of this title fakery.
You know.. instead of posting a whole thread about it.
Where you will be mercilessly mocked.
Merciless mockery in 3.. 2.. 1...
Let’s forget it, better still....
See the little ‘Report Abuse’ button. Try it out.
Thanks Signalman.
By the way, it looks like the mods already fixed that article, but if it was mistitled like you said, the posters dishonesty speaks for itself. That is playing MSM type games.
The thing is, many who responded to the article were reacting extremely negatively to Romney’s supposed position based on the headline. When you read the article, though, it paints a completely different picture of what Romney’s position is. So it was rather misleading.
Hum?
From the article:
Romney said - I believe the status of young people who come here through no fault of their own is an important matter to be considered, and should be solved on a long term basis so they know what their future would be in this country.
Romney said - I’m worried about the youngsters here. They’re bright, they can help carry this country forward in a way previous generations have and I think they do need some assistance and some recognition for the work they are doing in school.
Romney said - I’m delighted with the idea that people (illegals) who come to this country and wish to serve in the military can be given a path to become permanent residents of this country.
Romney quoted - Rubio has already offered his own version of the act that would not provide citizenship, but instead give legal status for undocumented immigrants brought to the United States by their parents when they were minors.
And that’s just this article.
You are right, but the way things are going, people would respond that way no matter what the title said.
“I believe the status of young people who come here through no fault of their own is an important matter to be considered, and should be solved on a long term basis so they know what their future would be in this country,” Romney said after a campaign stop in Milford, New Hampshire.
I see nothing wrong with that.
“I think the action that the president took today makes it more difficult to reach that long term solution because an executive order is, of course, a short term matter and can be reversed by subsequent presidents,” Romney said.
So Romney, is in no way, agreeing with Obama’s action, today.
The article also stated:
“Romney has not come out in support of Rubio’s measure, saying only that the two have spoken about the proposed legislation.”
You’re right, Romney’s agreeing with Rubio that Obama’s actions don’t go far enough: they’re outflanking him on the left!
No reference to Obama’s overreach of power or that any amnesty is just wrong.
See post 10.
Correction, post 11.
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The point wasn’t that, it was the falsification of the title that the poster of this thread accused. If what he said is true, it was a dishonest change.
Sorry, I was meaning to post that to the one right before yours.
In December, Romney said he would veto the DREAM Act if he were president, saying instead he would support a path to residency – not citizenship – for those who served in the military, but not other DREAM Act proposals.[...]
"I'm delighted with the idea that people who come to this country and wish to serve in the military can be given a path to become permanent residents of this country," he said. "For those who come here illegally, the idea of giving them in-state tuition credits or other special benefits I find to be contrary to the idea of a nation of law."
Rubio has already offered his own version of the act that would not provide citizenship, but instead give legal status for undocumented immigrants brought to the United States by their parents when they were minors.Added for context.
Romney has not come out in support of Rubio's measure, saying only that the two have spoken about the proposed legislation.
"He [Rubio] and I have spoken about his thinking on his version of a different act than the DREAM Act that's been proposed in the Senate," Romney said in April at a campaign event in Pennsylvania.
He continued, "The one that's been proposed in the Senate creates a new category of citizenship for certain individuals. The Senator's proposal does not create that new category but instead provides visas for those that have come into the country that came in as young people with their families."
I am going to say here what I said on the other thread:
“Not surprised Romney agrees with amnesty, that’s been his position all along”.
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