Posted on 02/02/2008 7:53:57 AM PST by AuntB
Well I am absolutely stunned. After wondering for months about how serious Romney was on tackling illegal immigration and the strange endorsement of Tom Tancredo after dropping out of the race, Romney has issued the coup de grace. Mitt Romney has appointed Immigration Warrior Kris Kobach to his advisory staff.
Who is Kris Kobach? Well you may remember Kris as the lead attorney in defending Hazleton, Pennsylvania's Illegal Immigration Relief Act. Kris has been a leader in the fight against illegal immigration in this country and his addition to the Romney team shows that he is deadly serious about ending illegal immigration.
I'm telling you, I'm sitting here just absolutely stunned. That is how unforeseen this was to me.
After this appointment, I see no way that I cannot at least support Romney's immigration stance now. Before it was all words. As for Romney's other positions, well that's up to you to judge.
This in from The Carden Chronicles
For those that are not familiar with Professor Kobach, he is a noted Immigration expert, Professor Of Law And Head Of The Kansas Republican Party.
In 1996, Professor Kobach joined the University of Missouri – Kansas City School of Law (UMKC) faculty.
In 2001, he was awarded a White House Fellowship serving in the office of U.S. Attorney General John Ashcroft. There he would serve as the Attorney General's chief adviser on immigration law and border security. After the 9/11 terrorist attacks, Kobach was charged with the Department of Justice's (DOJ) efforts to tighten border security and implement the National Security Entry-Exit Registration System.
Before leaving DOJ in 2003, he led the reform of the immigration court system. Professor Kobach has litigated a number of high-profile immigration lawsuits including representing the city of Hazleton, Pennsylvania.
He is a Senior Counsel at the Immigration Reform Law Institute. At the Law School, he teaches Constitutional law and immigration law.
Absolutely stunned.
Contrast this with McCain's disgusting appointment of Juan Hernandez as his Hispanic Outreach Director discovered a few days ago.
For more on Kris Kobach read my extensive day by day coverage of the Hazleton trial from March 2007.
All that is left in this race is RINOs.....we all know that.
If McCain, Hillary or Obama win and something like the Z visa goes through and all the formerly illegal people become citizens and register overwhelmingly as democrats how will conservatives ever win another election in our lifetimes? We MUST stop McCain, Hillary/Obama NOW.
Interesting.
ping
Mitt Romney Volunteers Needed - details below
A few of the volunteers will stage a MITT ROMNEY FOR PRESIDENT Rally, tomorrow, Sat, Feb 2 at 2pm
SIGNS WILL BE PROVIDED
We will stage in a high traffic, heavy Republican voting area in Alta Loma, CA.
DATE
Sat Feb 2
TIME
2pm
LOCATION
Corner of 19th and Carnelian
PARK IN THE VON’S parking lot
8778 19th St,
Alta Loma, CA 91701
On the issue of the 2nd Amendment, Mitt is going to have to stand in the middle of the field during the Super bowl at halftime and sign a parchment declaration in BLOOD while on videotape he will veto any attempts and vigorously promote erasing all gun laws all the way back to and including 1938 NFPA.
Abolish all TRACES of BATFE. The A and the T can come under control of FDA. E can go to the FBI.
There is more but you get my drift.
I don’t trust them any more. I had decided to quit the pubis till Fred came along and it AIN’T gonna break my heart to quit the pubbies again.
My vote isn’t cheap and I can vote for Fred which I fully intend to do.
If Mitt wants my vote he is gonna have to HUMP! Personally I don’t think he will make it. He has a history of being a lib and probably will not be able to convince any real conservatives of his “conversion.”
True, but Romney's hire comes a little late and smells of desperation.
Nice try, though, Mitt.
Nifty!
Kris Kobach is a constitutional lawyer and head of the Kansas Republican party. You can hear him Sunday evenings 7:00 to 9:00 on Kanas City AM Radio 980 KMBZ.
See schedule at:
Are you planning to vote in the 2/9 Caucus?
KRIS! KRIS! KRIS!!!
TANCREDO FOR VP!!!
WOOHOO!!!
PRAISE THE LORD!!!
You mean the I HATE AMERICA AND LOVE MEXICO FREAK JUAN HERNANDEZ!!
Now that is GOOD!
Those campaign flyers are very interesting,....looks like conservative positions to me....
See the campaign flyers Auntb mentioned at post #39.....
Romney is a lot more conservative than many would have us believe.
Go California. Support Romney, stop McCain.
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