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Posted on 04/22/2015 12:51:10 PM PDT by Laissez-faire capitalist
Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker executed an "Olympics-quality flip-flop" on immigration on Monday in an interview with conservative radio host Glenn Beck, according to a former aide to the 2016 Republican presidential prospect.
The ex-staffer, Liz Mair, commented on Twitter:
Sad to see the full, Olympics-quality flip-flop by a former boss today. I guess some people think they can do what Romney did in 08 + win.
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Walker has said he previously supports opening a pathway to residency for immigrants who came here illegally - a position that resonates with the country's growing Hispanic electorate but has less support among the core Republican voters who decide presidential primaries.
Of late Walker has backed away from his earlier position, Politico reports [link at URL].
"My view has changed," he told Fox News in March.
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(Excerpt) Read more at newsmax.com ...
And don't forget what Hot Air reported on a little while back: "Scott Walker: Sure, Obama loves his country." This was also reported on by Yahoo News, the Associated Press, the Washington Examiner and others on March the 1st and 2nd, 2015.
But before that, Walker said that he wasn't sure if Obama loves his country, which was reported on by Newsmax, USA Today and the Chicago Sun-Times - among others - on February 21, 2015.
What a change of heart on that matter --- in just a few days, too.
Scott has a problem.
He states his immigration policy has changed.
What do you do if you want to protect the jobs of U. S. Citizens? Don’t you send back the people who are here illegally holding down jobs?
In this video clip his old (2013) policy is aired in a second video clip. He backs illegals staying in the U. S. if they pay a fine.
It is also mentioned that he favored the McCain/Kennedy immigration bill. (You know, amnesty but not an amnesty) He acknowledges that.
Then in this (03/01/2015) clip, Walker is asked if illegals can stay, if they pay a fine. He responds with, I believes a way can be found to do that.
This is the same policy as his old policy.
Then he states that his policy has changed. No Scott, it hasn’t changed. You just got through endorsing the same policy, illegals being allowed to stay in our country if they pay a fine. So you even fibbed about it.
In 2006/07, 2013, and now in 2015, his immigration policy regarding illegal immigrants is the same as that under McCain/Kennedy. Let them pay a fine and stay.
Immigration is discussed starting at 9:20 and the “...a way can be found...” is located at 10:20
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uymMeeRV1RU
That comment about Obama loving this nation may also be in this clip. I saw it somewhere and don’t remember.
What an amazing thing to say.
Does anyone here have a doubt about Obama’s love of this nation, the topic that is? There’s no way he loves it IMO.
Wall Street Journal, 3/26/2015:
“Scott Walker Adjusts Stance on Immigration at Private Dinner. Likely GOP presidential candidate says he backs allowing undocumented immigrants becoming eligible for citizenship...”
Wasn’t she like an employee of his maybe a couple of hours because hell dropped from the skies when people found out he hired her?
Cruz has said he’s open to discussing a path to legal status for some, but not citizenship. Good if It’s vague enough to get an extra five percent of the Hispanic vote then so be it.
If he had a quick change of mind on hiring her for whatever reason, what caused him to say one thing one day about Obama loving his country and then saying another thing about this a few days later?
And what caused Walker to shift from the position the WSJ [link in post #3] reported on?
Didn’t John McCain say something similar during the 2008 campaign? How’d that work out?
“Scott Walker: Sure, Obama loves his country.”
Not that I am a big Walker fan, but sometimes a politician has to make a political statement, and sometimes it is better to avoid a fight it is impossible to win. It really is subjective, can not be proven, and the press would have blown it up out of all proportion for months. Everyone can answer that question for themselves. Remember the reason he gave: Anyone who runs for president loves the country. If he were Machiavellan, you could think he was telling us his real thoughts with that ridiculous line, ridiculous if he really believed it.
1. Liz Mair was a Scott Walker aide for all of one day. Describing her as a “former Scott Walker aide” without further explanation or qualification is substantially misleading.
2. Walker claims he was misquoted in the Wall Street Journal article.
3. I wish Scott Walker had adopted his current immigration stance much sooner. But I am glad to welcome his arrival at the correct point of view. Aren’t you?
4. Who is paying you to spout these anti-Walker talking points? Who do you support?
Even the beloved “Operation Wetback” under Ike had a guest worker program.
Mair compares Walker to Romney. Romney’s signature political achievement was signing Romneycare into law. Whereas Walker’s signature achievements were gutting civil service unions and repealing a law that allowed illegals to pay in-state college tuition - in a state that hasn’t voted for a Republican presidential candidate since Reagan ran for his second term in 1984.
Putin.
Didn’t know that. Let’s let Cruz say what he has to say. Like the Kenyan did with gay marriage. Why must we always be so upstanding. We know how he really feels.
Wasn’t she a staffer for about three days or so? Looks like she is not interested in being a staffer for anybody else.
Google it.
Here’s a tip for any would-be candidate:
GO on a fake “listening tour”
Pretend your changed positions reflect “what the voters across this country told me when I met with them”
It’s going to work for PIAPS
Well it worked fine didn’t it? LOL
Walker’s thoughts on Obama loving this nation is included in the above linked video.
I just checked and Walker did wind up saying that anyone who runs for office loves America. Wallace pushes, and Walker agrees Obama loves the U. S. because he ran for office.
This is not verbatim and I don’t want to mischaracterize it, so I urge folks to start listening at the 3:10 mark to hear Walker discuss this, and determine for themselves if he’s accurate or not.
I don’t know many Conservatives that think Obama loves this nation.
doing it right now.
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