Republican Platform Differs From McCain on Immigration, Climate

lilbawler2001 · 08-26-2008, 05:23 PM

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Members of the party's conservative wing have been wary of McCain, in part because of his stances on immigration and global warming. Donald Devine of the American Conservative Union said he was satisfied with the draft. Clashes over the platform during the conventions can accentuate splits in the party and distract presidential candidates from projecting an image of party unity.
``It's certainly a vast improvement over the 2004 document,'' Devine, vice chairman of the advocacy group based in Alexandria, Virginia, said.
The document states opposition to any plan that would provide amnesty for people in the country illegally. ``The rule of law suffers if government policies encourage or reward illegal activity,'' it says.
Split on Immigration
That's a tougher line than the 2004 text, which called for a ``humane'' immigration system with a temporary worker program and a path for illegal immigrants ``to come out of the shadows'' and apply for citizenship. The language four years ago mirrored President George W. Bush's goals for revamping U.S. immigration laws.
The 2004 platform also reflects the position of Arizona Senator McCain, who co-sponsored legislation last year that would have overhauled the immigration system and offered an estimated 12 million illegal immigrants a path to citizenship while tightening the border with Mexico and creating a guest- worker program. He has since said the U.S. must secure its borders before changing the system.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/bloomberg/20...etRSCKIGBsnwcF

A president McCain will likely veto the dream act should it come to his desk before the borders are "secured".

Ianus · 08-26-2008, 06:35 PM

The Republican platform doesn't really matter as long as there are enough moderates in the party to get Dream through with the Democrats,not to mention it is quite likely Democrats will still be in control of the Congress.

Their main line on immigration is that,"We must secure the border",mine would be,"We must secure this election from Republicans".

08-27-2008, 02:05 AM

The thing is, McCain is the "Maverick"... No one knows what he's going to do because he doesn't always follow his party. If a Republican had to be president, we'd want McCain over anyone else..

geronimo610 · 08-27-2008, 05:13 AM

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Originally Posted by Jourbalist

The thing is, McCain is the "Maverick"... No one knows what he's going to do because he doesn't always follow his party. If a Republican had to be president, we'd want McCain over anyone else..

that's true to a point... That is what I liked about McCain way before he ran for president. He really stuck to what he thought was right regardless of what others thought (including his party). Especially the whole anti-lobbyist thing... but you know how that turned out. While he doesn't support those stuff he still has lobbyist working close to him and after all he is still a politician. I don't think we can rely on McCain to be a Maverick on this one (dream act). But you are right, it is better McCain than anyone else on the republican party.

Ayame · 08-27-2008, 12:08 PM

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Originally Posted by Jourbalist

The thing is, McCain is the "Maverick"... No one knows what he's going to do because he doesn't always follow his party. If a Republican had to be president, we'd want McCain over anyone else..

Thats true. As a republican, McCain is not a bad fellow.

But we DON'T want a republican for president. WE want the party AND president that has a better chance of passing our dream act.

Thats not McCain.

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