Posted on 04/21/2013 7:32:51 PM PDT by JohnPDuncan
Rand Paul U.S. Senator, 50 By Sarah Palin
When the Tea Party movement wanted to send a message to the Senate in 2010, it elected a clear-sighted eye doctor from the Bluegrass State. In a D.C. too often defined by the venal equivocations of a permanent political class more interested in consolidating its own power than in upholding the Constitution or defending the common good, Senator Rand Paul is a voice of reason awakening the public to what must be done to restore our prosperity and preserve the blessings of liberty for future generations. His brand of libertarian-leaning conservatism attracts young voters, and recently he inspired the nation with his Capraesque filibuster demanding basic answers about our use of drones. I sent him some caribou jerky from Alaska to help keep up his strength on the Senate floor. There’s more where that came from for this bold Senator with 20/20 vision willing to take a stand for liberty.
Palin is a former governor of Alaska
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I do not recall Reagan campaigning on Amnesty? I am pretty sure he did not. Border enforcement maybe, amnesty no.
I’ve seen that article. The journalist or writer is saying “According to Ed Meese..” he doesn’t quote Meese directly or Reagan. He could have an agenda by claiming that and he hasn’t provided a quote so I dont consider it a good source.
You ask for evidence and dismiss it immediately-—just as I expected.
1984 Debate vs. Mondale:
“I believe in the idea of amnesty for those who have put down roots and lived here, even though sometime back they may have entered illegally,” he said.
Source:
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=128303672
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So he said it in a debates. It was his official policy position to reward lawbreakers and he made this clear. He then signed the bill in 86 and kept his word.
I’m aware the numbers are all different now and why its bad but trying to say no conservative has ever supported amnesty or rewarding illegals is wrong and if you were lucky enough to vote for Ronnie in 84 you were voting for amnesty.
I agree that targeting employers of illegals with very heavy fines and jail time would accomplish quite a bit. Like another Freeper said-—Mexico self-deported them here, and we could do the same.
Here’s the problem: I never lived through the Reagan admin.. I was 6 !
From my internet research all I can see is him supporting amnesty, he said it clearly in debates in 84 and he signed the bill in 86. For him to then regret this is a huge leap. If a writer suggests this I need better than “According to Meese...”. There’s no quote from Meese directly and in that NPR article there are Reagan aids who said he supported normalization and stuck to it.
Well I voted for Reagan in 80 and 84 and I did not vote for amnesty. We were promised ENFORCEMENT! We were promised ONE TIME AND ONE TIME ONLY. Like I said show me enforcement, show me a secure border and then we can talk. But without those two things first no plan goes anywhere with me or any other conservative.
We all want enforcement and - without doing much research - i’m sure Tip O’Neill and the Democrats of the time watered the bill down but he told America that he supported the concept of amnesty very clearly before the 84 election and he followed through and signed the bill.
I’ve seen no evidence that he regretted it. There are people who claim he supported gun control in his later years and wrote an op-ed but he was definitely a pro-gun president and that’s all that matters.
So long as you vote for them, they will produce 3 X 5 glossies with circles and arrows and a paragraph on the back of each one explaining the picture (apologies to AG)
Great find! Thanks! As far as I can tell Meese doesn’t say he regrets it... he’s just asking “What would he do today?”.
I’ve no doubt he would approach it differently today. The numbers themselves are much greater but as far as I can tell Reagan did not regret it or repudiate his policy of granting amnesty.
Don’t waste your time with this jerk, JohnPDuncan. He is a newbie and I suspect a troll.
Thanks, kabar...I haven’t seen that article.
The base didn’t turn out for Romney. The GOP elite had their perfect pod candidate, and he actually did everything at least pretty well, some things quite well. He wasn’t old like Dole, or grouchy like McCain, he wasn’t a walking malapropism like either Bush. He still lost, mostly because conservatives didn’t turn out for him. He didn’t give them anything to vote FOR. Liberal/Moderate Republicans cannot win unless they masquerade as conservatives (see Bush, and Bush), and I think too many are onto that ruse.
We do need to do better among all groups, and trying to be Dem-Lite won’t be the answer.
...folks, get a grip.
You get the Hispanic vote by appealing to them with solid policies on solid issues.
The single biggest mistake Republicans make, is thinking every Hispanic approves of illegal immigration.
Whose jobs are the first to be taken by illegal immigrants? Any guesses? It’s the jobs of Hispanics who are established in our nation. The newcomers undercut their salaries and incomes.
Why oh why can’t politicians grasp this? Most Hispanics resent illegal immigrants, because today’s illegals are not seen by them to be hard working people. They are seen as people who will try to get every government program they can without working.
You do not get the Hispanic vote by surrendering your nation to foreign nationals who have flooded into it.
Here’s the thing: regardless of whether Reagan can be quoted as admitting a mistake on amnesty, it manifestly WAS a mistake.
I’m not a troll. Just because I disagree with you that the US military shouldn’t be in various countries doesn’t make me a troll.
Robert Taft who is considered a Republican statesman holds many of the same positions I do.
When he comes out in favor of queer “marriage”, exactly like his Episcopalian faith does, let’s see how great Palin says he is and how many supporters he still has on FR.
Meese just confirms my research than Ronnie supported “adjustment”. Meese even said he supported it himself!
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In the mid-80’s, many members of Congress — pushed by the Democratic majority in the House and the Select Commission on Immigration and Refugee Policy — advocated amnesty for long-settled illegal immigrants. President Reagan considered it reasonable to adjust the status of what was then a relatively small population, and I supported his decision.
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There’s no regrets from either of them for this amnesty.
The rest of the article he is taking exception with the 2006 bill which many of us would agree with and I’’m sure Rand Paul would too.
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