Could a hot topic catapult a GOP second-tier candidate into the 2008 presidential nomination?
Earlier this year, it looked like illegal immigration could be that topic. It brought headlines to Colorado Rep. Tom Tancredo, and headaches for President Bush and Arizona Sen. John McCain.
Now Republicans seem united in opposing illegal immigration. In last week's presidential debate, McCain, after making an insensitive reference to "the Guatemalans" on Mitt Romney's lawn, said, "No one, by the way, is for amnesty. I and the president of the United States, both of us from border states, came forward with a plan that we thought was comprehensive and workable with the priority being border security, which remains my position."
What remaining issue could spark an insurgency? Iraq. Anti-war Rep. Ron Paul of Texas articulated his anti-war argument in New Hampshire.
"(We've) lost over 5,000 Americans over there in Afghanistan, in Iraq and plus the civilians killed," he said. "How many more you want to lose? How long are you going to be there?
"How long -- what do we have to pay to save face? That's all we're doing, is saving face. It's time we came home."
Given US commitments to Iraq, a pullout seems unlikely, and Paul will have plenty of chances to reiterate his views.
Much type and hype have been exhausted on the Hamlet of Tennessee, Fred Thompson. Perhaps Republicans, Democrats and Americans in general should instead follow the consistent and relevant candidacy of Ron Paul.
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1. I absolutely agree, Ron Paul is an honorable man with good ideas and intentions. Now, I certainly don't agree with him on a lot of the issues, but, unlike the other republicans, he isn't afraid to tell the truth, whether it helps him or not, and I greatly respect him for that.
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Patrick at 9:12PM on Sep 12th 2007
2. President Bush and most of the U.S. Congress don’t really want to stop these illegal aliens from entering the USA. They are all looking to see how they can GAIN politically or monetarily.
This thing with giving any type of amnesty to illegal aliens makes me sick at my stomach. Look at all the other people around the world who want to come to this country and are trying to do it legally. Some of these honest people have been waiting in a real waiting line for American Citizenship for up to 20 years.
The proper way to handle this problem is not build a temporary fence that will fall down in a few years, but build a permanent concrete wall as high as needed and top it off with RAZOR WIRE to keep these Illegal Aliens from entering our country at will. I know all these people in favor of amnesty say that a wall will not keep these Illegal Aliens out, but it sure works great around our prisons. I’m starting to wonder if the American President and Congress really want what best for our country and the real American people. We are talking about some really serious stuff here.
I wonder what these same people in favor of amnesty and against a permanent concrete wall along our south border will say when someone walks a weapon of mass destruction into the USA via Mexico and activates it in one of our large cities and kills a million Americans. I promise you this is going to happen if we don't start taking our borders more seriously and stop playing politics. We are in a real war with terrorist around the world and we better wakeup to this fact.
I’ll tell you how stupid the American president and congress really are. If someone really does walk a weapon of mass destruction into America via the Mexican border, they may try to activate it in Washington D.C. and kill all the people at the very top of our government. The very people that could build a concrete wall on our southern border are the same people who are at the greatest risk and they still are not in favor of building a REAL CONCRETE WALL to keep ILLEGAL ALIENS out.
1) We need a "Single BILL to BUILD A PERMANENT CONCRETE WALL 2 feet wide and 15-20 FEET HIGH along the entire 2,000 mile border with Mexico and top it off with RAZOR WIRE".
This Concrete Wall is needed for Security reasons, to stop the invasion of America by terrorist from all around the world, illegal aliens and drug traffickers transporting illegal drugs into our country.
2) We need a "Second BILL to fine and prosecute anyone caught hiring illegal aliens". Fine them $50,000 for every illegal alien they hire". All ILLEGAL ALIENS caught working in USA would FOREVER BE BARRED FROM EVER BECOMING a bonafide LEGAL AMERICAN CITIZEN and would be exported back to their home country".
Then if they are caught a second time trying to illegally enter AMERICA, they would sent to prison.
3) We need a “Third BILL to eliminate the ANCHOR BABY law back to its very inception”. This will stop all pregnant ILLEGAL ALIENS from entering our country to have a baby for the purpose of gaining USA citizenship for the whole family.
You can’t believe how many American hospitals along our southern border that are forced to close because of the high expense of delivering these free Illegal Alien babies. Then the present American Citizens are left without a local hospital.
4) We need a “Fourth BILL to MAKE ENGLISH THE ONE and ONLY OFFICIAL LANGUAGE IN THE USA".
This means that everyone who are legally given AMERICAN CITIZENSHIP into this country must take and pass an ENGLISH PROFICIENCY TEST.
Then we should enforce these bills to letter of the law, for once like we really mean it. And all CONGRESS members who votes against any one of these four bills should be voted out of office in favor of someone who will enact and support these laws.
harry potter at 9:06AM on Sep 15th 2007
3. It absolutly astounds me that people would say you would waste your vote if you choose Ron Paul. A vote for someone saying what they think you want to hear instead of a vote for an individual whose record demonstrates clearly where he stands is the real waste. For far too long this country has been run by individuals who make promises to us only to revert back to their true colors once elected. Those who fail to pay heed to the past are doomed to repeat it. This country can't afford not to elect Ron Paul in 2008.Four years of the medias darling, be it Hillary or Rudy will definitly put us over the edge to where this Republic will never recover.
RH Prescott at 12:36PM on Nov 16th 2007