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    In 2005, Romney said McCain immigration plan was reasonable

    On November 30, 2005, Mitt Romney, then governor of Massachusetts and presently a Republican presidential candidate. described the immigration reform proposal of President Bush and those of Sen. McCain and Sen. Cornyn as "reasonable proposals". Unlike Gov. Romney, Rep. Tom Tancedo has never considered any of the immigration reform proposals from President Bush or Sen. McCain to be reasonable. All of Sen. McCain's immigration proposals have been amnesty proposals. In November 2005, while Gov. Romney was sharing with the Boston Globe his belief of the reasonableness of proposals that would give millions of illegal aliens with legal status, Rep. Tancredo was fighting for passage of H.R. 4437, a bill that ultimately passed the United States House of Representatives that would have strengthened enforcement of the immigration laws and enhanced border secuirty, but would not have given legal status to any illegal aliens.

    On March 16, 2007, a news article concerning Gov. Romney's changing words about Senator McCain's proposals was published in the online edition of The Boston Globe. The article reported the following:

    PHOENIX -- When Mitt Romney swooped into the heart of John McCain country this week, he brought a pointed message on illegal immigration: McCain's approach is the wrong one.

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    "McCain-Kennedy isn't the answer," Romney said in a well-received speech to conservatives in Washington this month, describing it as an amnesty plan that would reward people for breaking the law and cost taxpayers millions to provide them benefits.

    But that is markedly different from how Romney once characterized McCain's bill, elements of which are receiving new attention in Congress and from President Bush. Indeed, Romney's past comments on illegal immigration suggest his views have hardened as he has ramped up his campaign for the 2008 Republican presidential nomination.

    In a November 2005 interview with the Globe, Romney described immigration proposals by McCain and others as "quite different" from amnesty, because they required illegal immigrants to register with the government, work for years, pay taxes, not take public benefits, and pay a fine before applying for citizenship.

    "That's very different than amnesty, where you literally say, 'OK, everybody here gets to stay,' " Romney said in the interview. "It's saying you could work your way into becoming a legal resident of the country by working here without taking benefits and then applying and then paying a fine."

    Romney did not specifically endorse McCain's bill, saying he had not yet formulated a full position on immigration. But he did speak approvingly of efforts by McCain and Bush to solve the nation's immigration crisis, calling them "reasonable proposals."

    Romney also said in the interview that it was not "practical or economic for the country" to deport the estimated 12 million immigrants living in the US illegally. "These people contribute in many cases to our economy and to our society," he said. "In some cases, they do not. But that's a whole group we're going to have to determine how to deal with."

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    On November 30, 2005, Mitt Romney, then governor of Massachusetts and presently a Republican presidential candidate. described the immigration reform proposal of President Bush and those of Sen. McCain and Sen. Cornyn as "reasonable proposals".
    ...cross him off the list...though I doubt he had many, if any, voters on this forum.
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    He is definately not getting our vote!

    Anyone running for President who does not have a solution for the Illegal Immigration problem is not being honest with us. These people running for office are far too smart to nott have an immigration plan.

    They must have another reason for not disclosing what they truly believe in and usually it has something to do with special interest such as their pocket books.

    This is where we will have the biggest fight. All the people who own stocks in the business that are affilated with Nafta. These folks are making money off of the loss of jobs by American Citizens are the ones who are really playing the Middle Class. How can they make money in the Stock Market and bring our jobs back to the states? It does not look good. Don't buy stocks from companies that send their jobs out of our country and if you own such stocks, sell your stocks now while they are still worth something.

    Because Legal Immigration will prevail and our jobs will come back to the states if we keep the course. Don't shop Walmart, look around and do business with your fellow American. So what if it costs you a few cents more. I can assure you that we are paying way more by supporting a business that buys products mainly from other countries and/or sends their jobs out of our country and/or supports Illegal Immigration.

    Stay on Track. Libertybell

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    Libertybell..
    So true ,we must all stop dropping money in the traitor machine. I go to the farmers market for instance instead of the corps like Barney or Kroger. I would rather rub shoulders with illegals there than assist the coffers of La Raza.I am awaiting info on COMCAST as they used to be Time Warner. Its hard to get these jerks on the phone because they loop you back to a press 1 network. Its like trying to speak to the wizard.Also,Target is clean.Use an Ace for your hardware shopping and individual nurseries for plants.

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    Mitt Romney is another East Coast Politician that will say anything to try to get elected it is the only thing he cares about. Romney is exactly like Kerry except he is a RINO.
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