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Kerry opposes driver's licenses for illegal immigrants
Cable News Network ^ | Thursday, July 1, 2004 | AP/CNN

Posted on 8/14/2004, 3:33:38 PM by SunkenCiv

Kerry spokesman David Wade said Wednesday that Kerry thinks it is a state responsibility to decide who gets a driver's license. Wade said Kerry would not support any federal efforts to stop states from giving them to illegal immigrants.

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KEYWORDS: 2004; aliens; arabs; bush; bustamanta; cheney; driverslicense; edwards; election; immigrant; immigrants; immigration; kerry; laraza; mexico; terrorism
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He's ****ed this up. ;'D La Raza is a racist hate group; California's LG, Bustamante, used to belong to it and hasn't repudiated its goal; Kerry is resorting to the "states' rights" BS he pulled regarding gay marriage. While I don't think this will hurt him much with the La Raza crowd, it should be made to hurt him everywhere else.
George W. Bush will be reelected by a margin of at least ten per cent

1 posted on 8/14/2004, 3:33:39 PM by SunkenCiv
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To: SunkenCiv

Wait five minutes. He'll change his mind.


2 posted on 8/14/2004, 3:34:40 PM by mewzilla
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To: SunkenCiv

wow how brave of him to take a stand on something...

did he take an opposing view previously? probably


3 posted on 8/14/2004, 3:35:17 PM by Mr. K
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So he opposes having them given to illegals, yet doesn't oppose them being given to illegals.

If I read the story right.

4 posted on 8/14/2004, 3:39:01 PM by AmericanCheeseFood (Zing!)
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To: SunkenCiv

Totally phony headline. He is not opposing the licenses. He is saying to let the states decide and that he would not make a federal effort to stop it.


5 posted on 8/14/2004, 3:39:13 PM by doug from upland (John Kerry is a sports fan like Lorena Bobbitt is a surgeon)
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To: SunkenCiv

Woooooooo - Hooooooooo !!

Kerry '2004


6 posted on 8/14/2004, 3:39:14 PM by traumer
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To: SunkenCiv

State drivers licenses should not be issued to illegal immigrants.


This isn't a state rights issue, this is a national security issue. If states refuse to conform, the federal government will step in and put a stop to it.


7 posted on 8/14/2004, 3:39:18 PM by coconutt2000
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To: doug from upland

In other words, he's all for it :)


8 posted on 8/14/2004, 3:40:32 PM by mewzilla
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To: Mr. K

No, he hasn't taken a stand on this. This is a soft stance issued via a proxy speaker, with plausible deniability. He can come out later and say it was misworded by his spokesperson and he can adjust it according to what the polls tell him what people want to hear.


9 posted on 8/14/2004, 3:41:04 PM by coconutt2000
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To: traumer

Totally phone headline for a totally phone candidate. Surely you don't support Kerry for '04 as you suggest?


10 posted on 8/14/2004, 3:41:09 PM by Peach (The Clinton's pardoned more terrorists than they ever captured or killed.)
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To: SunkenCiv

This title does not match what the article says. It says Kerry would OPPOSE any federal aims to stop the handing out of drivers'licenses. Is this a switch or isn't this what he's always been saying? I just don't see the title accurately saying what Kerry's aide says. Am I missing something?


11 posted on 8/14/2004, 3:41:31 PM by Wait4Truth ("There is nothing complicated about supporting our troops in combat!" - GWB)
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To: AmericanCheeseFood
Kerry would not support any federal efforts to stop states from giving them to illegal immigrants.

The headline is reversed. Heinz-Kerry said he wont STOP Federal efforts to STOP all illegal alien drivers licenses. He just tossed it over the transom (like Gay Marriages) and ducked it by making it a State issue. Note he takes no position on whether they are APPROPRIATE. This is badly posted and badly analyzed.

12 posted on 8/14/2004, 3:41:37 PM by freedumb2003 (I want to die in my sleep like Gramps -- not yelling and screaming like those in his car)
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To: SunkenCiv

He was for them before he was against them.


13 posted on 8/14/2004, 3:42:36 PM by Paleo Conservative (Do not remove this tag under penalty of law.)
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To: doug from upland

"Totally phony headline."

Indeed, for a moment I thought Kerry had picked the right side of an issue, at least for now.


14 posted on 8/14/2004, 3:43:59 PM by Bahbah
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To: AmericanCheeseFood

You read it EXACTLY right. He's doing his flip-flops simultaneously to save time.


15 posted on 8/14/2004, 3:49:06 PM by Sacajaweau (God Bless Our Troops!!)
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To: coconutt2000
If states refuse to conform, the federal government will step in and put a stop to it.

In your dreams...

16 posted on 8/14/2004, 3:50:38 PM by ErnBatavia ("Dork"; a 60's term for a 60's kinda guy: JFK)
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To: Sacajaweau

Understand, an Campaign AIDE said this...that means Kerry cannot be held to this statement at a later date.


17 posted on 8/14/2004, 3:51:01 PM by Cyclops08
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To: ErnBatavia

If states continue to endanger public safety by issuing drivers licenses to illegal immigrants, the fed would have no choice but to intervene...

I don't think it would happen soon. Policy changes like this take years and years of debate.


18 posted on 8/14/2004, 3:57:11 PM by coconutt2000
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To: SunkenCiv
Kerry thinks it is a state responsibility to decide who gets a driver's license ...Kerry would not support any federal efforts to stop states from giving them to illegal immigrants.

Well, I certainly hope my state changes its reciprocity agreement with any state that gives driver's licenses to illegals.

19 posted on 8/14/2004, 3:58:10 PM by JoeGar
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To: SunkenCiv

Kerry opposes driver's licenses for illegal immigrants............


He opposed them before he didn't oppose them.


20 posted on 8/14/2004, 3:58:10 PM by dennisw (Once is Happenstance. Twice is Coincidence. The third time is Enemy action. - Ian Fleming)
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