http://www.sundriesshack.com/2008/05/23/another-chance-for-mccainiacs-to-earn-valuable-straight-talking-points/ Delivering the Best of the New Media Since 2004. Sat, 28 Jan 2012 20:08:42 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.sundriesshack.com/2008/05/23/another-chance-for-mccainiacs-to-earn-valuable-straight-talking-points/comment-page-1/#comment-649931 Lori Sat, 24 May 2008 03:35:02 +0000 http://www.sundriesshack.com/?p=4547#comment-649931 Fostert - The real issue is enforcement. I don't think most conservatives are as hip about a fence (nor blind to its weaknesses) as they appear. They have just latched on to it because it is the most visible sign of the govt.'s commitment to enforcing the law. If they would just enforce the laws; deport the ones they find, block them from tax-payer funded programs (health care, food aid, public school, etc.) and enforce the illegal use of social security numbers, then this place would not even be hospitable to illegals...and hence, they would leave and many more would never come. Fostert – The real issue is enforcement. I don't think most conservatives are as hip about a fence (nor blind to its weaknesses) as they appear. They have just latched on to it because it is the most visible sign of the govt.'s commitment to enforcing the law. If they would just enforce the laws; deport the ones they find, block them from tax-payer funded programs (health care, food aid, public school, etc.) and enforce the illegal use of social security numbers, then this place would not even be hospitable to illegals…and hence, they would leave and many more would never come.

]]> http://www.sundriesshack.com/2008/05/23/another-chance-for-mccainiacs-to-earn-valuable-straight-talking-points/comment-page-1/#comment-649908 fostert Fri, 23 May 2008 23:40:45 +0000 http://www.sundriesshack.com/?p=4547#comment-649908 Why is this a real issue? I just don't get it. There's no point in building a fence unless it completely surrounds the US. If there is a gap, that's where people will cross. And let's be honest: Are we willing to close down every beach in America and turn it into a barbed wired border fence? I don't think so. But if we don't, that's where they'll come to shore. There really isn't a realistic fence solution. And even if there were, Mexicans would quickly adopt the Chinese method, which is to come here in cargo containers (which are rarely inspected). The Chinese, of course, will come here regardless of what we do. Why is this a real issue? I just don't get it. There's no point in building a fence unless it completely surrounds the US. If there is a gap, that's where people will cross. And let's be honest: Are we willing to close down every beach in America and turn it into a barbed wired border fence? I don't think so. But if we don't, that's where they'll come to shore. There really isn't a realistic fence solution. And even if there were, Mexicans would quickly adopt the Chinese method, which is to come here in cargo containers (which are rarely inspected). The Chinese, of course, will come here regardless of what we do.

]]> http://www.sundriesshack.com/2008/05/23/another-chance-for-mccainiacs-to-earn-valuable-straight-talking-points/comment-page-1/#comment-649731 McCain Campaign: Don’t Believe Your Lying Eyes. Believe Us! | The Sundries Shack Fri, 23 May 2008 18:00:48 +0000 http://www.sundriesshack.com/?p=4547#comment-649731 [...] to the McCain campaign, the whole brouhaha this morning over his immigration reform statements are all just a big nothing. Jim Geraghty called the campaign [...] [...] to the McCain campaign, the whole brouhaha this morning over his immigration reform statements are all just a big nothing. Jim Geraghty called the campaign [...]

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