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Posted on 01/25/2012 10:25:37 AM PST by Happy Valley Dude
So, how many of you pro-Gingrich folks are going to turn against him, now that he called a hardline illegal immigrant stance "inhumane".
And remember, Gingrich said this on a spanish-language show. Not that he is going to be pandering to special-interest groups or anything, no that won't happen.
This is now the headline on Drudge. Before that it was the crazy Pelosi statement about Newt never being President. Drudge is so in the tank for Flip it’s become an embarrassment. No longer any pretense of objectivity at all.
What the hell. Please don't piss down my back and tell me it's raining.
Everyone on Earth is a human - let's have them all come here! Idiot.
Gingrich folds.
[Harbinger of things to come if he gets in the White House.]
Like it or not, most people don’t support hardline stance on illegal immigration.
Sealing the border? Yes.
Deporting most illegal immigrants, especially dangerous ones? Yes.
Tracking down and deporting every single one? No.
Newt does love falling back on left-wing talking points.
Look. Like it or not, Newt said “millions will go, millions will stay”. And he’s right.
He is for an enforcement first multi step plan. Not some “Comprehensive” stew where most of the best ingredients are forgotten about.
How about, "Gingrich doesn't double-down on things that aren't working," as opposed to Mitt's staunch insistence that RomneyCare is a good thing?
During the 2006 amnesty debate, the Center for Immigration Studies (CIS) commissioned a Zogby poll offering respondents not the false choice between mass deportation or amnesty (a word CIS did not use in the survey), but rather a three-way choice between mass deportation, earned legalization, and attrition — and attrition was preferred two-to-one over legalization.
hardline illegal immigrant stance “inhumane”
And it’s hard to characterize Romney’s stance as “hardline”. He just suggests he would enforce the laws and who even knows if he’d do that once he’s in office?
Newt and those working for him really have cut the legs out from Republican positions. There is plenty to criticize Romney about but his business success (which I happen to admire and think should be a great asset from a Republican perspective) and his rather reasonable stance on immigration shouldn’t be included in such criticism.
Romney should have used the appropriate term, “attrition through enforcement.” Why do we need to legalize the status of any of the lawbreakers? What is the urgency or rationale?
“Rubio plans to stay neutral in the race. He’s a potential running mate whom both candidates would love to have on the ballot.”
Except for one small detail. Rubio is not a natural born citizen. If the republican nominee is so stupid as to try to run Rubio as VP then the lawsuits will start immediately and we will have to contend with that crapola and watch Obama coast to re-election.
Even I don’t support the last one, simply because it is impractical. In fact, if you do the first one, the other two eventually will take care of themselves.
But the broader point is no one here on FR thinks that Newt is perfect. The reason we support him is the alternative is for the GOP to sell its soul to the Northeastern Rockefeller liberal Republicanism that kept us in the minority for forty some years. If I can agree with Newt on 90% of the issues, and Romney’s record as Massachusetts governor shows he agrees with Obama on 90% of the issues, then the choice is clear.
And we also know even Reagan had immigration policies we didn’t like.
“Gingrich folds.”
More like feints. As opposed to the romnoids who bumble.
“So, how many of you pro-Gingrich folks are going to turn against him, now that he called a hardline illegal immigrant stance “inhumane”.”
Not me. There is no other candidate to turn towards.
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