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Schieffer: Romney 'Has Taken Such a Hard Line' on Illegal Immigration

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By Matthew Balan | December 19, 2011 | 17:31

CBS's Bob Schieffer displayed his liberal leanings on Sunday's Face the Nation when he raised the issue of illegal immigration. Schieffer claimed during an interview of Newt Gingrich that "Mitt Romney has taken such a hard line, it seems to me, on immigration that some within the Republican Party are saying he is simply running off Hispanic voters."

The journalist asked Gingrich for his take on this claim about halfway through the half-hour long interview. Gingrich replied, "I'm not going on comment on Governor Romney," and simply recited his policy recommendations on illegal immigration. When the candidate stated near the end of his answer that "I do not believe the American people are going to send police out to round up folks who have been here 25 years," Schieffer followed up and asked, "There are 11 million of these people. I mean, what are you going to do with them? I mean, you can't build that many prisons to put them in jail....and you can't get that many buses to haul them back."

This isn't the first time that the CBS host's views on the issue have come out. Just under a year ago, on the December 26, 2010 edition of Face the Nation, the journalist used part of a year-end commentary, which took the form of a poem, to criticize Arizona's tough anti-illegal immigration law.

About a month and a half earlier, on the October 31 edition of The Early Show, anchor Erica Hill asked Schieffer about how he pressed then-Republican presidential candidate Herman Cain about an ad where a campaign aide smokes on camera. Her CBS colleague claimed that "I don't take positions during my interviews very often." Well, it didn't take him very long to cast doubt on that already dubious claim.

The transcript of the relevant portion of Bob Schieffer's interview of Newt Gingrich from Sunday's Face the Nation:



BOB SCHIEFFER: Let's talk about another big issue in the campaign, and that is immigration. Mitt Romney has taken such a hard line, it seems to me, on immigration that some within the Republican Party are saying he is simply running off Hispanic voters. Do you agree with that?

NEWT GINGRICH, (R), PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE: Well, I'm not going on comment on Governor Romney. I will say that I do not believe that the American people are going to tolerate going after somebody who has been here 25 years, who has a family, has children and grandchildren- belongs to a local church. What I have proposed is very standard things- control the border by January 1, 2014; make English the official language of government; go to a much better visa program that's much- that makes it more desirable to visit the U.S. legally; go to a much easier deportation program that makes it much easier to move people out who shouldn't be here; have a guest worker program outsourced to American Express, Visa or MasterCard, so that you know that fraud is very unlikely; and have much steeper penalties for employers who hire people illegally. In that context, what I've said- which I think most people think is common sense- is there is a group of people who have been here a long time, and we've talked about creating a citizen review board, in the World War II selective service model-

SCHIEFFER: Could you-

GINGRICH: One last thing: and we've said if somebody has been here a long time and has an American family willing to sponsor them, they should be subject to review to get a residency permit- not citizenship, but a residency permit. I don't think- I just disagree with some of my friends. I do not believe the American people are going to send police out to round up folks who have been here 25 years.

SCHIEFFER: That's the question that I'm coming to. There are 11 million of these people. I mean, what are you going to do with them? I mean, you can't build that many prisons to put them in jail-

GINGRICH: No. Seven or eight million-

SCHIEFFER: And you can't get that many buses to haul them back.

GINGRICH: My guess is that seven or eight or nine million would ultimately go home, get a guest worker permit, come back under the law. But the last million or two are people who have been here a very long time. They are very part of- they're part of the community. They're not citizens, but they're part of the community, and the folks- you and I may well know some of these folks- and 25 years ago, they did something wrong, but they've been very good neighbors. They belong to the local church. And as I said, one of the requirements would be they have to have an American family sponsor them to be eligible for review by the citizen review board. I think it's a responsible position that recognizes the humanity of the problem, but firmly establishes the rule of law.

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Here's the article referenced above:

In Show-Ending Poem, CBS's Schieffer Spins Christmas Classic Into Critique of Tea Party, AZ Immigration Law

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By Matt Hadro | December 27, 2010 | 17:25

Ending Sunday's "Face the Nation" in poetic fashion, CBS's Bob Schieffer gave a year-end commentary where he portrayed John Boehner as the flustered "orange-faced" leader of a divided House GOP. Schieffer also snidely criticized the Arizona immigration law.

"His face was bright orange, a sun-tan hall-of-famer. / I knew in a flash – it must be John Boehner," spoke Schieffer, painting the soon-to-be Majority Leader as the head of a herd of reindeer, the House Republicans. "He hollered, cajoled, oh how he did plead, / But the deer wouldn't listen, each wanted to lead."

Composing his end-of-show commentary to verse, Schieffer summarized the 2010 political scene and provided some insight of his own as to how the next two years in Washington will unfold. Though Democrats met a bitter fate this November, Schieffer implied a possible downfall for the GOP with a split between Tea Partiers and incumbent Republicans.

He did not shy away from pigeonholing notable Republicans such as Sarah Palin and John Boehner. "The Left Wing cried foul, said she didn't know nothin'" he said of Sarah Palin's reality show. He called Boehner an "sun-tan hall-of-famer" with a smoking habit, having to control the rebellious Bachmann, Pence, and Cantor. "'Stop Cantor! Quiet Bachmann! Sit down, Mr. Pence! / Line up like a team, please don't jump the fence!'" the imaginary Boehner cried.

Schieffer briefly described the Democrats' downfall and was more-than-content with sending President Obama off to vacation in Hawaii. "To Hawaii they went, why not if they please?" he said of the Obamas.

However, even here Obama faced trouble with Arizona officials looking for his identity papers, Schieffer bizarrely narrated. He seemingly equated Arizona law enforcement with birthers.

"POTUS was out running hard in the tropical sand, / Birth certificate clutched wheel-tight in his hand," he said of Obama's ongoing vacation in Hawaii. "'Can't be too careful,' he told his wife's mother, / 'Arizona police may be here undercover'."

A transcript of Schieffer's poem, a segment which aired on December 26 at 10:53 a.m. EDT, is as follows:

BOB SCHIEFFER: Twas the day after Christmas, 'neath the Capitol dome
It was quiet for a change, Congress finally went home.
They stayed longer than usual, and actually found
Not a lot, to be sure, but some common ground.

The Tea Party hollered, Sarah Palin went huntin',
The Left Wing cried foul, said she didn't know nothin'.
POTUS and FLOTUS were gone with a breeze
To Hawaii they went, why not if they please?

With no stories, reporters have turned to the bars,
The newscasting subs sat in for the stars.
I was just sleepy, needed rest for my brain,
And what happened next I still can't explain.

In my dreaming I saw on the Capitol lawn
A man cracking a whip by first light of dawn.
He was trying to herd some wacky reindeer
Running every which way, first there and then here.

His face was bright orange, a sun-tan hall-of-famer.
I knew in a flash – it must be John Boehner.
He hollered, cajoled, oh how he did plead,
But the deer wouldn't listen, each wanted to lead.

"Stop Cantor! Quiet Bachmann! Sit down, Mr. Pence!
Line up like a team, please don't jump the fence!
You're feeling your oats, and already feel cozy,
But so did that lady named Nancy Pelosi.

"She reached for the sky and wound up in the soup,
So these days she's herding a much smaller group.
Her reindeer still snort that it wasn't their fault.
Whatever it was, they were brought to a halt."

As that scene faded out, Boehner lit up a smoke,
Then I could see Waikiki – and this is no joke –
POTUS was out running hard in the tropical sand,
Birth certificate clutched wheel-tight in his hand.

Can't be too careful, he told his wife's mother,
Arizona police may be here undercover.
It's been a tough year, a difficult trip,
And wouldn't you know, I busted my lip.

My own party against me – will that be my fate?
Or can old Clinton teach me to triangulate?
My dream got confusing, I really was torn
And the old bull still fought, locking horn against horn.

The way they were acting it was sure easy enough
To see no good thing coming from this kind of stuff.
Then I thought of this year and for all the bad talk
Now before it was over the lame duck did walk.

The START treaty was finally beginning to gel,
Taxes stayed even; we can ask, and yes, tell.
That's why I can close this holiday letter
With "Happy New Year to all, it's bound to get better."

About the Author
Matt Hadro is a News Analyst at the Media Research Center.

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W

Originally Posted by ALIPAC

And the FACTS ARE that America has an illegal immigrant invasion in progress that is killing thousands of our innocent citizens.

W

4380 innocent Americans a year!
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All you have to know Is that It is CBS !!! Certainly Bull Sh ....t They are Pro-Amnesty with EVERYTHING when they report on this subject !!!!!!!

Originally Posted by ALIPAC

Im so sick of these leftist Globalist media sources that have completely blown their responsibility to the American public by focusing on being political instead of REPORTING THE FACTS. And the FACTS ARE that American has an illegal immigrant invasion in progress that is killing thousands of our innocent citizens.

W

Yeah, what happened to reporting the facts and not adding their editorial comments? I'm sick of them doing that too!

Originally Posted by topsecret10

All you have to know Is that It is CBS !!! Certainly Bull Sh ....t They are Pro-Amnesty with EVERYTHING when they report on this subject !!!!!!!

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W