Reader comments: 2 candidates focus on courting Hispanic vote

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illegal's are breaking the law | 7:34 a.m. June 29, 2008
The Straight Talk Express has become a symbol of the McCain campaign along with this flip flop McCainiac surrogates and even the McCain Blogettes, 2006 "Some Americans believe we must find all these millions, round them up and send them back to the countries they came from. I don't know how you do that. And I don't know why you would want to." said McCain, 2008 - For months, House Democrats, the ACLU, and the trial lawyers have held up legislation to modernize our nation’s terrorist surveillance laws. Today, the House passed a compromise bill to end this impasse. While I would have preferred to see the Senate bill enacted, which I voted for earlier this year, I am pleased Congressional leaders and the Administration were able to reach an agreement to reform our current surveillance law and not let FISA expire in August. I hope Senate Democrats will allow this matter to quickly be considered by the Senate and sent to the President for his signature. I will support this measure and hope that politics will be put aside in favor of this vital national security matter. Illegal's are still BREAKING OUR LAW'S being here Sir.
Has McCain lost it fully now? | 8:50 a.m. June 29, 2008
I for one minute don't believe for a second John McCain will keep what he just promised that he would make immigration reform that includes a pathway to citizenship for illegal residents "my top priority" if elected, when he should figure it out a way to round them all up and deport them for being here as illegal's in the first place, and not try to suck vote's out of them in this election. Breaking the law is still breaking the law, finish that southern fence and get more help down there to keep the river of the illegal's from flowing into out boarder's in the south and the north John. Get local law enforcement as well as ICE to do the round-up of them, than deport them back. I as a Republican get tired of your flip flop's, and stalling around as a moderate, in this matter and American issue.
Timberwolf | 10:14 a.m. June 29, 2008
McCain either dosen't understand the American people or dosen't care, the American people by a vast majority want change, just look at what happend to Chris Cannon. The so called straight talk express derailed just out of the depot, the Republican party has taken America so far left in the last 8 years so fast that we don't even know what happened to us, the so called war on terror (FISA) the open borders and propossed AMNESTY legislation, these are all things the American people abhore, and hve said as much in the polls, anyone need not wonder why we are about to get one of the biggest socialist ever as our next president.
As far as the immigration situation is concerned, everyone knows you can't deport 20 million illegal aliens back to ther country of origin in one day, remove the incentives and they will self deport.
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no worry | 10:42 a.m. June 29, 2008
Do not worry, minions. McCain will not be elected.

President Obama will work it all out because he does not have baggage. Our, our, new president will be able to work on issues because he has not sold his soul over the years, flipping and flopping, flipping and flopping.

Obama is our hope, and the good news is that he has the talent and experience and goodwill to make it happen. Plus, there will be a democratic congress.
The People's Note | 12:46 p.m. June 29, 2008
Senator John McCain (R-AZ) delivered the following statement on the floor of the U.S. Senate. Mr. President, throughout this debate, we were reminded that immigration is a national security issue, and it is. It is also a matter of life and death for many living along the border. We have hundreds of people flowing across our borders every day, coming here only in search of better lives for themselves and their families. They come to fill the vacant jobs at businesses and farms that struggle with real labor shortages that impact negatively our economy. This Nation is calling for our borders to be secured and for an overhaul of our immigration system, and that it be done in a humane and comprehensive fashion. Vote after vote after vote taken in this body reaffirms that fact. Mr. President, there are over 11 million people in America today who came here illegally. They live in our cities and towns and rural communities. PEOPLES NOTE: Do we really need their vote's come this November 2008?. "NO". Send them all back to their own Country we the people say. OK Mc Cain?.
What would Cindy McCain say?. | 12:57 p.m. June 29, 2008
Moderate John McCain said he would make immigration reform that includes a pathway to citizenship for illegal residents, but what would his wife say to this act?. Cindy McCain was born Cindy Hensley in 1954 to Marguerite and James Hensley, the founder and owner of a large beer distributor based in Arizona. Cindy McCain was raised Christian and attended high school in Phoenix, where she returned to become a teacher after graduating from University of Southern California with a degree in education. Cindy McCain met John McCain in 1979 at a social function in Hawaii. John McCain, at the time married and whose age exceeded Cindy McCain's age by 18 years, divorced his wife in early 1980 and married Cindy McCain a month later. The personal and business connections of Cindy McCain and her family helped launch John McCain's political career in Arizona, and Cindy McCain's considerable personal wealth helped finance his first Congressional election campaign.

"SEND BACK AND DEPORT ALL THE ILLEGALS."

Until they come here to America the legal way only.

God Bless America.
huh? | 7:37 p.m. June 29, 2008
I do not know why Cindy Mcain's name and view came into this forum. I must have missed something.

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