The mêlée over illegal immigration has just begun and the Tea Party members, Conservatives and independents should be mindful of Democratic Sen. Barbara Boxer of Californians record. Boxer debated candidate Republican challenger Carly Fiorina, former CEO of Hewlett-Packard, for US Senate seat, confronting each other in the first of their debates this election season. Fiorina took the lead in in the political discussion that was informative, even when both contributors were argumentative. Voters must make the best assessment between the two very dissimilar candidates, from opposed ends of their political philosophy. Both opinionated over how to best construct a jobs program; about their records in the environment, business sector,...
It was a match for the ages: a three-term United States Senator against the former CEO of a Fortune 50 international corporation. California politicos had been looking forward to the highly anticipated debate between Barbara Boxer and Carly Fiorina. Last night, the two finally met for an hour-long debate that could be the only time voters get to compare the candidates side-by-side before casting their vote.
If there were one way to summarize the overall tenor of the debate, it would be this: Get Carly. As the two candidates were questioned by the journalists on the panel, the moderator, and questions...
The DREAM Act **is** an amnesty!
According to best estimates done by the Center for Immigration Studies for the 2007 version of the DREAM Act, about 2.1 million "young people" (who could be as old as 35 when they apply for the amnesty!) would be directly eligible. And then they could naturalize (i.e. become U.S. citizens) six years after receiving legal status. Once they're citizens, they could sponsor relatives for legal permanent residence, including their parents -- and their parents are the "original" criminals, the people who brought the DREAM-Act amnesty recipients here as kids. So the effective scale of the amnesty would undoubtedly be much bigger than "merely" 2.1 million.
Further, the DREAM Act is so...
Brittanicus, you wrote:
"Its about the failure of both parties to listen to the American people"
I agree.
The last commoner in the oval office was Ronal Reagan.
An entire generation has grown-up under Yale and Harvard alums.
"Whether we believe in our capacity for self-government or whether we abandon the American Revolution and confess that a little intellectual elite in a far-distant capital can plan our lives for us better than we can plan them ourselves"
"The Founding Fathers knew a government can't control the economy without controlling people. And they knew when a government sets out to do that, it must use force and coercion to achieve its purpose. So we have come to a time for choosing" RONALD REAGAN the original tea party...
Both had great posts.