John McCain: Illegal Illegal Immigrants 'Intentionally Causing Accidents .....

Lora · 04-20-2010, 03:58 PM

Wow McCain Defends Az's on O'Reilly Factor by saying Illigals intentionally cause accidents.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/0..._n_544559.html

Jelly Bean Lover · 04-20-2010, 05:27 PM

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Originally Posted by Lora

Wow McCain Defends Az's on O'Reilly Factor by saying Illigals intentionally cause accidents.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/0..._n_544559.html

I am slowly beginning to think he is going senile...

Lora · 04-20-2010, 05:49 PM

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Originally Posted by Jelly Bean Lover

I am slowly beginning to think he is going senile...

Seriously! I thing that losing the elections really got to him!

Jelly Bean Lover · 04-20-2010, 06:52 PM

I think the problem is that Hayworth is running on a platform harping on McCain about his supposed "McCain-Obama Amnesty Plan." I am not sure what Hayworth means by that other than to try to associate--illogically considering the presidential election--McCain with Obama's as yet hollow promises to do something on immigration. To prove his spurs as a conservative, McCain is grasping at straws to try to out-right the right wing of his party. The sad thing is that he is just sowing hatred against immigrants in Arizona, but the aim of gaining support on the far right will be a failed endeavor: anybody who would vote for Hayworth, is not going to support McCain anyway, because they will believe the illogic of a supposed "McCain-Obama Amnesty Plan," even if McCain came out tomorrow and announced his version of immigration reform was to deport everybody.

Or maybe I am reading between the lines, and he really is just becoming senile.

Demise · 04-20-2010, 09:44 PM

sometimes i wish vietcong would had saved us trouble with this waste of space

angeleno · 04-20-2010, 09:49 PM

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Originally Posted by Demise

sometimes i wish vietcong would had saved us trouble with this waste of space

Let's hope cancer has a better shot at ridding us from this bane.

dreamberry · 04-20-2010, 09:50 PM

I honestly don't care what Senator Mccain says anymore. I use to like him when he fought along side Senator Kennedy, regardless of the many times he flip flopped on other issues. Now, there is just no liking him no matter what he says.

Kari096 · 04-20-2010, 11:26 PM

That's so sad I really wanted to like McCain, but I should have known that he didn't really care about us because he didn't bother to even go on Piolin por la Manana. Well not that that should have any affect on how we feel about him. I just really had hopes that he would support our plight.

Wondering1983 · 04-21-2010, 12:01 AM

I actually felt him after what Bush & his buddies did.

But then he chose Palin and now this (wouldn't being undocumented give some of these drivers more of a reason to be careful). Anything for a win.

Jelly Bean Lover · 04-21-2010, 10:58 PM

I found this on the Huffington Post when I followed a link there tonight. Anyway, you can read below for McCain's attempt to explain his comment. I still think he is going senile...

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John McCain's Campaign Clears Up Controversial Illegal Immigrant Quote

Senator John McCain's office is clearing up a controversial statement the Arizona Republican made implying, during a recent interview on Fox News, that illegal immigrants were "intentionally causing accidents" on highways.

In an email to the Huffington Post, Brooke Buchanan, a spokesperson for the Senator relayed that McCain "was referring to a story Pinal County Sheriff Babeu told" at a press conference on Monday.

In that story, Babeu said that there had been "numerous officers that have been killed by illegal immigrants in Arizona" and that "in just one patrol area, we've had 64 pursuits -- failure to yield for an officer -- in one month."

The line didn't fully mesh with McCain's inference that illegal aliens were causing disasters on the roads "intentionally." But Buchanan pointed out that in a subsequent interview on MSNBC (this Wednesday), Babeu did, in fact, make that point.

"[J]ust last month alone we have had 64 pursuits. That's where these illegals are failing to yield to lights and sirens, as every good citizen would pull to the side of the road, they are intentionally causing serious traffic hazards. They have caused wrecks, running red lights. It puts our deputies and officers in harm's way. One thing new in their tactics, nearly every one of them is armed. So this created, even with one of our deputies crashing into an actual ditch and into water, he was face down unconscious. And a Casa Grande officer literally saved his life."

Certainly, it appears that McCain was influenced during his interview on Fox by information from law enforcement sources on the ground (though his delivery remains a bit in-artful)
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But what stands out more than any particular word choice is just how deeply McCain is dabbling in anti-immigration rhetoric and policy after having willingly played the role of Republican pariah on the same issue several years ago.

As Buchanan notes, Senators McCain and Jon Kyl (R-Ariz.) have "announced a 10-point border security plan - regarding illegal aliens causing car crashes trying to avoid apprehension." The two have also called for the deployment of 3,000 National Guard troops to the Arizona-Mexico border.

McCain's GOP primary campaign in Arizona has had profound political effects on the senator. If immigration reform is to be considered in the months ahead (as President Obama suggested recently), it's all but impossible to see McCain playing a collaborative role in the process.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/0..._n_546263.html

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