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Reaping What You Sow: The Immigration Issue and the 2008 Election
Thu, 11/13/2008 - 6:08am | posted by Dr. John Killian
Exit polls in the 2008 election show that John McCain lost the Hispanic vote almost 3-1. Among recent immigrants, Obama’s dominance was even greater. This comes in spite of the fact that John McCain led the charge for amnesty for illegal aliens and has been rated as worse on the immigration issue than Obama. Actually, Obama’s calls for preferring citizens over illegal immigrants in hiring may have made a difference with activists who have called for more control of the border.
Yet, with all of the pandering on the immigration issue, McCain was soundly rejected by the constituency to which he was reaching. George Bush’s open-border policy, combined with aggressive voter registration among recent immigrants, actually provided a great number of votes for Barack Obama. When will the Stupid Party ever learn that they will never out-promise the Democrats?
Ronald Reagan led the GOP to victory by campaigning against big government and the accompanying welfare schemes. The GOP loses when they try to out-bid the Democrats on those matters which made Democrats.
You must wonder what Reagan was thinking…
Eisenhower had it right about illegal immigration.
http://www.csmonitor.com/2006/0706/p09s01-coop.html
Reagan, Bush, McCain-Kennedy had it wrong………..
Illegal immigration exacerbates the conflict of “citizens rights & responsibilities” vs “human rights & dignity”.
Responsible population growth in the USA is a key component of opportunity for all.
If religious communities, the ACLU & the US chamber of commerce want to help illegals; perhaps they should spend more time & effort pushing their human rights agendas in Mexico & south America.