I'll be backkkkkkkk........

Posted by Ron H.

on Saturday, May 10. 2008

RINO Presidential candidate John McCain appears to be feeling his oats lately about his poll ratings and has returned to his usual comfort zone this past Monday when after delivering a speech at a town hall meeting in Charlotte, North Carolina. Afterwards during a Q&A with reporters McCain apparently felt comfortable enough bringing up and touting a couple of his past accomplishments and how he felt proud to be a part of his past participation in the infamous ‘Gang of 14’ saga back in 2005 and his nearly single handily ramming through his version of ‘comprehensive immigration reform’ aka as the shamnesty boondoggle back in 2006.

He went on to say that comprehensive immigration reform is the only way he could see solving America’s immigration problems. If elected he would make shamnesty once again a top agenda item of his administration. And that's just what he plans on telling the Mexican reconquista's at the annual conference of the racist LaRaza (LaRaza translates into 'The Race') on July 14, 2008 where he is an honored speaker. Hey, I thought Americans overwhelmingly defeated that budget busting piece of legislation and every reworked version of it over the past few years. I guess McCain will be taking his que's from lame duck President Bush and tell Americans he knows better than we do what is good for us no matter what we think.

McCain touts 'Gang of 14,' immigration reform
May 5, 2008 - CHARLOTTE, North Carolina (CNN) — John McCain the presidential candidate suddenly sounded like the John McCain of 2005 on Monday, touting two pet issues that have generated considerable heartache among grassroots conservatives: the “Gang of 14” compromise and comprehensive immigration reform.
McCain brought up the “Gang of 14” saga unprompted at a town hall here, in advance of a major speech on judicial appointments he is set to deliver tomorrow in Winston-Salem.
“I know what bipartisanship is,” McCain said. “I am going to talk tomorrow again about our Gang of 14: seven Republicans, seven Democrats that got together rather than blow up the Senate, and we confirmed so many federal judges.”

In the spring of 2005, McCain and 13 other senators from both parties agreed on a compromise to avoid the so-called “nuclear option,” which would have curtailed the right of the minority to filibuster. Democrats had been filibustering to prevent the confirmation of three conservative judicial nominees named by President Bush.
McCain said he took pride in his votes to confirm Supreme Court Justices John Roberts and Samuel Alito, a line that drew applause from assembled members of the Charlotte Chamber of Commerce.
The Arizona senator also seemed to move past his usual “secure the borders first” mantra in favor of calling for, as he put it, “comprehensive immigration reform."
Last summer, McCain and Sen. Edward Kennedy led the charge on an immigration reform package that aroused the ire of conservatives and ultimately threatened to undermine McCain's then-frontrunning presidential bid. (McCain also supported immigration reform bills in 2005 and 2006.)
“Unless we enact comprehensive immigration reform I don’t think you can take it piecemeal,” he explained Monday, answering a question about providing visas for skilled workers.
“In other words,” he said, “because as soon you and I start to talk about the highly skilled workers, our agricultural interest people are going to say, ‘Look we need ag workers, too.’ And then somebody’s going say, 'We need the DREAM Act,' and then somebody’s going to say, 'We’ve got to enforce our border.'”
Throughout the Republican primary battle last fall, McCain faced relentless questions about his support for the Comprehensive Immigration Reform Act, the 2007 bill that would have allowed illegal immigrants to remain in the United States if they faced certain penalties. Opponents labeled it “amnesty.”
Since clinching the nomination, McCain has largely avoided speaking about wide-ranging immigration reform, arguing primarily that the government needs to focus on securing the border with Mexico before taking on other measures.
On Monday, he lobbied for a broader approach that includes a temporary guest worker program and tamper-proof ID cards.
“We get in this kind of a circular firing squad on immigration reform in the Congress of the United States," McCain said, "and the lesson I learned from it is we’ve got to have comprehensive immigration reform.”