Comments on: John Cornyn Puts The Target On His Own Back

By: GregInFla

GregInFla — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 02:18:04 +0000

That is an original perspective of mine. I have yet to debate it with an environmentalist evolution believer but it does seem like a contradiction to me. A funny situation was when all these scientists (which means evolution-believers) were trying to get this humpback whale back into the Pacific Ocean when it went up the Sacramento River in California. This animal was trying very hard to evolve into a land or fresh water creature, and these folks were pushing/guiding it back where it came from.

By: GregInFla

GregInFla — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 02:09:31 +0000

If its Meeks vs. Crist. Rush is a qualified, full-time resident.

By: GregInFla

GregInFla — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 02:06:33 +0000

Marco covered this topic at a gathering this afternoon that I was very fortunate to have attended. Marco’s position is very similar to Fred Thompson’s attrition policy. First, illegals cannot be given citizenship. Steps to take are:

(1) Secure the borders. Without this, nothing done means anything. It is an immigration and a security requirement.
(2) Fix the current Visa system. Many people here illegally came here legally, and overstayed their Visas. The US legal system is not handling this situation well. Enforce laws on companies for status checks to keep illegals from getting jobs.
(3) Come up with a productive immigration policy. The illegals will leave on their own. (You cannot round up 11 million illegals without becoming a police state.)

Marco used a great example of the shortcomings of current policy: a person who throws a baseball 94 mph has better chance of getting into the US than a scientist curing cancer. I’ll have more elsewhere later.

By: soljerblue

soljerblue — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 18:26:59 +0000

Greg –

I gotta love your signature quote.

– A true evolutionist would let endangered species die off. Anyone care to change sides?

By that standard, the Dems are true evolutionists — they’re all for killing the unborn, euthanizing the terminally ill, and rationing health care to the elderly. So what if they let a few sand fleas, dodo birds, snail darters and polar bears live out their lives in peace. You gotta compromise somewhere.

By: redpens

redpens — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 16:56:04 +0000

in Florida if you have to choose between the democrap and Governor
Suntan

By: dclamage

dclamage — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 16:45:26 +0000

Too busy trying to get Liberals to like them. Too busy acting like Liberals thinking this is what the constituents want. Too busy sucking up to Democrats.

By: cobrajohn

cobrajohn — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 14:08:25 +0000

And I totally support Jeb Hensarling, but when he endorsed Dede in NY-23, I called and being respectful, told them what I thought as a constituent of his choice to endorse in that race! I talked to his Campaign Chairman Bunni Pounds and talked to his chief of staff in his district Richard Sanders and, in turn, they talked to Jeb.
If the legislators don’t know the mood of the people, they will follow the will of the advisors!

By: tomaso

tomaso — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 13:16:39 +0000

Erick: Will you ask the powers that be, if RINO Crist will support the Republican nominee if he, RINO Crist is not? I will not vote for the democrap, but I will not vote for RINO Crist, either. I will write in my own name.

By: merryj1

merryj1 — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 13:08:58 +0000

…and not too bright if he thinks a conservative “can’t get elected” in Illinois when he’s talking about the seat Peter Fitzgerald held. Fitzgerald, a true conservative, had to fight his own Party for his full term; he resigned at least partially because the Illinois ‘heavies’ were still in a snit that he’d won the Primary against a hand-picked (George Ryan’s) candidate to keep her from trying a gubnatorial run opposing Ryan.

For that matter, it was due to Party lip-diddling that Mosley-Braun took that seat in the “Year of the Woman:” The committeemen decided no one could beat Dixon, so they slated an attorney (Williamson, I think) who didn’t really want to be a senator and campaigned as though he’d rather be out fishing. Dixon lost the Primary to Mosley-Braun, and the GOP had already out-smarted itself.

In any event, Kirk’s “Cap & Clobber” vote means he won’t get mine.

By: vassar

vassar — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 12:42:26 +0000

You should read that’s being said about the fear factor now. Go read “Vote Stealing and the Fear Factor in Public Governance” at TownHall.com. We’re for it.
VB

By: peg_c

peg_c — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 11:50:52 +0000

If they actually start walking the walk, I’ll do it.

By: GregInFla

GregInFla — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 02:10:02 +0000

Marco Rubio has spoken of putting into any guest worker program agreements to get rid of citizenship-by-birth-here for children of guest workers. I have not heard anyone else mention that.

My wife and I will be meeting Marco Rubio tomorrow afternoon at a private home meet-and-greet here and I will try to ask him about immigration and report back here tomorrow about the meeting. I’ll also ask him if he’s spoken to Jeb Bush, whose endorsement would mean a lot here for Marco, in terms of support and finances. Jeb and Marco worked together when Marco was FL House Speaker and I have gotta believe that Jeb wants to come out for Marco.

By: michigan

michigan — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 00:27:27 +0000

along with a couple of links to articles in the local newspapers from last summer when Dede was chosen by local Republican county chairpersons. It wasn’t an acknowledgment from the National Republicans.

By: AceInTX

AceInTX — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 23:09:55 +0000

And by the way, multiple County Chairs in NY-23 said they chose Scozzafava on the advice and input of the NRCC.

I’ve been trying to find an article I read when the Scozzafava candidacy was first announced where Sessions explained their roll in her selection…can someone help me out? If it can be found…it would be very instructive compared to what’s being said now.

It may have been posted under Erick’s name…I’m not sure but I can’t Google it and find it

By: bs

bs — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 23:04:57 +0000

…considering these comments that he made about Kirk & Illinois back in March.

By: Erick Erickson

Erick Erickson — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 21:57:25 +0000

Rubio repeatedly hit the highlights of the conservative agenda in a two-day Panhandle tour last week that took him from a Pensacola diner that boasts "no grits, no glory'' to a wood-paneled Best Western in DeFuniak Springs. Offshore oil drilling? Check. No amnesty for illegal immigrants? Check. Limited government, gun rights and term limits? Check, check, check.

Source

By: ceili_dancer

ceili_dancer — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 21:53:20 +0000

By: Erick Erickson

Erick Erickson — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 21:46:53 +0000

does not support amnesty. No offense at all by this statement, but where I usually hear this is people see the hispanic guy and think he must support amnesty.

He was a strong voice against it and stood with Jim DeMint in opposition to both the President’s plan and the Pence plan.

By: ceili_dancer

ceili_dancer — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 21:42:00 +0000

I’ve never seen or heard anything along those lines.

By: ZeusKingoftheGods

ZeusKingoftheGods — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 21:03:43 +0000

bk-

See above. I meant to leave that as a response here to your post:

“I’ll have to look for a bit to figure out what it was but there are some things that he did a long time ago that seemed to be for the purpose of tweeking conservatives. I’ll let you know.”