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Why McCain doesn’t deserve my vote

Posted 23 Jan 2008 in 2008 election, conservatism, illegal immigration, John McCain, Republicans

john+hillAs sad as I am about Fred Thompson’s withdrawl from the race, I flatly refuse to follow the conventional wisdom that’s pointing to Senator McCain as the Republican candidate to beat. Although he served his country honorably during his time in the military, his congressional record is another matter entirely. I strongly disagree with his positions against the Bush tax cuts as well as his attempts to give full constitutional rights to captured enemy combatants and hamstring the efforts to gather critical intelligence needed to prevent terrorist attacks. I think his McCain-Feingold Act is an unconstitutional step into government censorship. And his recent attempt to force America to accept amnesty for 7-20 million illegal aliens might be the most glaring example of why he’s unfit to serve as this nation’s chief executive. Illegal immigration happens to be one of our most important domestic issues, and on that he repeatedly receives a failing grade from yours truly. Michelle Malkin brings the heat:

For all his supposed, newfound enlightenment about what most Americans want—protection against invasion, commitment to the rule of law, meaningful employer sanctions, an end to sanctuary cities, enforcement-by-attrition plus deportation reform, and an end to special illegal alien benefits that invite more law-breaking–The Maverick remains a Geraldo Rivera Republican. Like the ethnocentric cable TV host who can’t string a sentence about immigration together without drowning in emotional demagoguery, McCain naturally resorts to open-borders platitudes when pressed for enforcement specifics.

Instead of emphasizing the need for local and state cooperation with federal immigration authorities to prevent the release of illegal alien criminals or discussing 100 percent preventable crimes by illegal alien thugs who should never have been on American soil in the first place, McCain harps on open-borders sob stories. Several times over the past year, in response to citizen questioners who have expressed frustration with the lack of accountability for immigration law-breakers, McCain has responded: “I am not going to call up a soldier and tell him I am deporting his mother… I’m not going to do it. You can do it.”

But what if that mother had stolen an American citizen’s Social Security number to work here illegally? What if she had been previously deported, re-entered illegally, and had been convicted of previous crimes? What if she were part of a human smuggling ring? What if she had been working in a sensitive area—airport security, a military base, a port? Would he still refuse to abide by his constitutional obligation to provide for the common defense and secure the blessings of liberty for law-abiding Americans?

If McCain refuses to enforce immigration law against illegal alien parents of soldiers, what about illegal alien soldiers who used stolen or fake identification to get into the military? And why only illegal alien parents of soldiers? Why not illegal alien parents of police officers, teachers, doctors, and store owners? McCain’s selective enforcement policy is the exact recipe for immigration anarchy that we have today.

RINO, indeed. Looks like I’m gonna have to throw my support behind Duncan Hunter or Mitt Romney.
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UPDATE: Sadly, Duncan Hunter is bowing out and endorsing Mike Huckabee. For true conservatives, this hasn’t been a good week.

Posted by FullMetalPatriot
12th gen. American, Constitutionalist, Harley-riding Texan, gun owner & NRA member, blogger, illustrator, Florida Gator alumnus. #TCOT

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