Posted on 02/05/2015 10:53:27 AM PST by 2ndDivisionVet
“At the same time, he did not say (in this article, anyway) that he supports amnesty for illegals.”
Well, there is this, which is ambiguous, but doesn’t sound promising at all:
“I think there’s got to be a way, not only do they need to fix things for people who are already here or find some way to deal with that...”
I have never heard an anti-amnesty politician talk about “fixing things” for illegal immigrants or “finding a way” to deal with them. Anti-amnesty politicians already know how to deal with them, so there is no need to search for a solution. We already have laws to deal with them, they just need to be enforced.
Oh, certainly, that's one way to look at it. Another would be having to pay that very same media half a billion dollars to run ads nationwide to overcome the negative media coverage that they fling at you. Not a lot of campaigns can survive that type of landmine, step over it and move on.
He's got plenty to run on, and the media play on it has already run the course. 'Oh, look at those poor teachers who get to keep all of their salary instead of handing it over to the unions...' doesn't play well just about anywhere.
Legislation originates in Congress, step over the landmines that the media lays to 'gotcha' conservative(ish) candidates, and focus on things that a president is supposed to provide - leadership, vision, and executive management of an incredibly huge monolith of government.
Walker needs to recognize that the same MSM that is rocketing him into the stratosphere has done much oppo research on him the last four years as well, and all that research is shockingly still available.
If he’s going to let Romney, Rush and Drudge do his heavy lifting, while cramming to put together a foreign policy and fiscal (besides ‘I like Paul’s ideas) he isn’t connecting much with the people who have to pull the actual lever.
He needs to recognize the MSM brought him to emergency Homecoming King coronation, and that they’re not 68 million voters.
“Legislation originates in Congress, step over the landmines that the media lays to ‘gotcha’ conservative(ish) candidates, and focus on things that a president is supposed to provide - leadership, vision, and executive management of an incredibly huge monolith of government.”
So we don’t need “leadership” when it comes to millions of people illegally invading our country, driving down wages and driving up unemployment, when we are already in bad shape?
Just let Congress handle it, sure, which never seems to happen. I don’t see how that gets us any different result than Obama’s non-enforcement strategy (aka amnesty for those too cowardly to openly support amnesty).
2016 is not going to be about immigration if the candidates are smart, and if they're not that smart, they probably shouldn't be running for president. Yes, I know it is important, so light a fire under your congresscritters and get them to start working on the issue.
How is a pathway to legal status for illegals not amnesty? Because Scott Walker refuses to call it what it is?
Walker campaign spokesman Tom Evenson said they were consistent with his past comments on what to do with those living here illegally. Walker does not consider the penalty-laden pathway to legal status that he endorsed in 2013 “amnesty,” and he’s not advocating amnesty now, he said.
Walker Crying Over Paul Ryan Speech (another Boehner??)http://www.cbsnews.com/videos/gov-scott-walker-cries-during-paul-ryan-speech/
Walker Praising Ryan’s Budget which Screwed our Military http://www.jsonline.com/news/statepolitics/scott-walker-praises-paul-ryan-for-federal-budget-deal-b99164282z1-235942181.html
Walker Softening on Gay Marriage - His Son was Witness to Gay Wedding of Walker Relative http://www.jsonline.com/watchdog/noquarter/scott-walker-declines-to-say-where-he-stands-on-gay-marriage-today-b99290317z1-262952941.html
Walker Soft on Immigration and Border Security http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/07/03/scott-walker-immigration_n_3541600.html
I hear you. It seems to me that the Wisconsin voters made a good choice in electing Walker, because he was the better candidate, but that doesn’t mean that he will be the best in the field as candidate for president.
I think Walker’s great for WI, but we already have our man who has identified and committed to eliminating the US’s enemies foreign and domestic, and that is Ted Cruz.
Agreed!
We do. What's the problem, Scott?
Just the other day he said that “deportation is not an option.”. If you don’t deport, that means they can stay. Sure sounds like amnesty to me!
“You can twist perception, but reality won’t budge.”
“I don’t know anyone who wants to fight this battle on the campaign trail, as it will dominate entirely the campaign.”
Of course the politicians don’t want to talk about it, they don’t want to talk about anything controversial.
I don’t care. If they don’t talk about it, I assume they are silent because they favor amnesty, and they won’t get my vote.
Fruitland Idaho
“The statement you quoted could be taken that way.”
Only if you assume what is unstated (securing the border). He says nothing about that, other than that he doesn’t think we would need to worry about it.
“He’s not going to be Santorum or Cruz on this issue, but he won’t be Jeb Bush, either.”
Meh, I don’t think “not as bad as Bush” is going to be a winning campaign theme.
From that video (Gov-Walker-on-federal-immigration-reform:
"Not only do I think they need to fix things for people who are already here, find some way to deal with that. There's got to be a larger way to fix the system in the first place because if it wasn't so cumbersome, if there wasn't such a long wait, if it wasn't so difficult to get in, you wouldn't have the other problems that we have with people who don't have legal status here in the first place."So Walkers position is:"You hear some people talk about border security and the law and all that. To me I don't know that you need any of that if you had a better saner way to let people into the country in the first place."
"Fix things for those already here."According to Walker, the problem of illegals is not the fault of Illegals or lack of border security & immigration enforcement. NO! It is the fault of US immigration laws not accommodating all those foreigners who wanted to come here."If it wasn't so... difficult to get in here" we won't have this problem with so many Illegals."
"People talk about border security... I don't know that you need any of that if you had a better saner way to let people into the country."
How can anyone say that this is NOT PRO-AMNESTY?
Immigration “REFORM” = AMNESTY
It’s not brain surgery...Walker wants “reform” i.e. amnesty
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