February 09, 2008 07:02 AM UTC

Hey McCain - If we are going to secure the borders first, what comes second ???

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• by: NEWSMAN

Question one has always been something like, “So, what happened with your illegal immigration bill?” McCain will respond by saying he got the message and America wants border security first.

Ok, fine. But what comes second? The next logical question is, “Sen. McCain the American people also defeated the bill because it amounted to amnesty. Do you renounce that part of the bill and renounce future efforts to grant amnesty to illegal aliens?”

He has never addressed the follow-up, and simply stating we will have border security first gives me the heebie-geebies about what will come next.

A Tale of Two Speeches

By Bobby Eberle

On Thursday, both former Gov. Mitt Romney and Sen. John McCain addressed the audience at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC). For Romney, CPAC set the stage for his emergence as a presidential candidate. At last year’s CPAC, Romney came away as the winner of the presidential straw poll. This year, it was the stage for his farewell address. For McCain, who skipped last year’s CPAC, Thursday’s speech was his first attempt to make nice with a conservative base he will certainly need if he hopes to win in November.

How did the two men do? It was a tale of two speeches — one set a tone for what conservatism is all about, the other focused on a set of statements emphasizing that Hillary or Obama would be worse than voting Republican.

Romney’s speech was a class act, and yes, I was a Romney supporter, and I am even more of one now. He pointed out the problems facing America, but also reminded the audience of the great strengths inherent in the American people. Through a firm belief in conservative ideals, America reached the summit as the lone remaining superpower. But with a new set of challenges, America must work to stay at the top, and Romney was clear in presenting the case for how America could do it.

On the flip side, McCain’s speech was focused on telling the audience how conservative he really is. This started even before he spoke a single word. His introduction by Sen. Tom Coburn could be summed up as follows: “Hey CPAC audience…. John McCain is conservative. Really… he is. No, I’m not joking. Hey… stop laughing. He is.”

McCain talked about immigration, and as he has often said, he now believes that we need border security first. It still amazes me that with all the talented reporters out there, that, regarding immigration reform, McCain has NEVER been asked the logical follow-up. Question one has always been something like, “So, what happened with your illegal immigration bill?” McCain will respond by saying he got the message and America wants border security first. Ok, fine. But what comes second? The next logical question is, “Sen. McCain the American people also defeated the bill because it amounted to amnesty. Do you renounce that part of the bill and renounce future efforts to grant amnesty to illegal aliens?” He has never addressed the follow-up, and simply stating we will have border security first gives me the heebie-geebies about what will come next.

McCain also mentioned a litany of what Hillary or Obama would do as president and a laundry list of liberal programs which McCain presented to show that he would not be as bad as they are. That is not good enough! We need someone who will fight for conservative government and ideals. Only that type of person will win our support in November.

http://www.gopusa.com/theloft/…