John McCain "flip-flops", will support "comprehensive immigration reform"; DNC still concept-challenged

John McCain has "flip-flopped" on immigration. Except, it's not really a flip-flop because it's been his position all along, despite attempts by the Democratic Party and others (such as Media Matters) to pretend otherwise. On May 5, while announcing his new Spanish-language website, he said this:

"Unless we enact comprehensive immigration reform I don't think you can take it piecemeal... In other words... 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.'"

His previous position was that the borders needed to be certified as secure first. But, even if he meant to do that, it would basically be a sham designed to making getting amnesty ("comprehensive immigration reform") easier. So, this isn't so much a flip-flop as simply a more explicit indication of what he really wants.

Needless to say, the Democratic National Committee (DNC) continues their charade and also reveals that they're still concept-challenged (link):

McCain said he would pursue comprehensive immigration reform as soon as he takes office. But in the same news conference, McCain also took the opposite position: saying that the borders have to be secured first. McCain touted a virtual fence today and said we could have secured the border if it wasn't for all the earmarks and pork spending in Washington. But as recently as March, McCain called the virtual fence a "failed effort" and a "disgrace." Asked whether state and local law enforcement agencies should be enforcing federal immigration laws, McCain said "I support the enforcement of every law that's on the books in the United States of America." But moments later McCain took the opposite position, blaming the federal government for having "failed to act" and asserting, "when I'm president, beginning in January 0f 2009 we will have a federal approach to what is a federal problem." ...Democratic National Committee spokesman Luis Miranda [says] "John McCain cannot have it both ways. He cannot pander to the right wing of his Party by promising an enforcement-only approach to immigration while telling Hispanics that he supports comprehensive reform.

Obviously, their "opposite positions" aren't opposite at all.

Comments

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So a former soldier---supposed " Hero" wants to give the country over without a fight. This guy is a louse, a traitor and a doddering old fool. Don't tell me anyone is suprised by this friend to John "Vietnam" Kerry? I say get a third party candidate Tancredo,Hunter or other and all who would vote none of the above throw support and their vote behind them. Enough of this crap from these lying crooked weasels!!

It's going to be comical watching the Democrats portray McCain as too much of a hardliner on immigration. I recall that in May Day marches there would be signs ripping Bush on amnesty, CIR, etc. and you think 'you do know he's got 2 cabinet members pushing an amnesty bill full time, right?' You do know McCain's name has been on amnesty bills, right? Obviously a lot of the people who get people out to these marches are trying to political organize in general (check out the increasing number of non-immigration issue signs). If Republicans get little or no credit, even blame, from pro-amnsty people, many of which can't vote, why bother pandering to them? Maybe it would be a smarter tactic to take a position which would attract swing/Reagen Dem/Lou Dobbs voters who are all eligible to vote. I have only seen two (basically the same) statements from McCain which could be characterized as taking a hard line (at least on criminal aliens): 'The remaining 12 million, obviously two million of them who have committed crimes have to be rounded up and deported immediately. They cannot stay in our society.' http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0801/10/acd.02.html "There are about 2 million people here illegally who have committed crimes; those people should be deported immediately," McCain said, attributing those numbers to Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff. http://www.newsmax.com/insidecover/gop_immigration/2007/12/31/60869.html I don't count the 100% detail-free 'I'll secure the border (first)'. A third grader can see that's just a prelude to CIR/amnesty.

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