Mitt Romney looks presidential. He speaks well and usually espouses a conservative point of view. In many ways he comes off like the perfect candidate. I have been holding off on my view of Romney because it is hard to tell if he is a perfect candidate or if he's playing the role of perfect candidate. I personally believe that Romney has true conservative roots which he was willing to water down in order to achieve political capital in a liberal state. If elected president I think he would be a good one.
The negative in my view is that in the last presidential election our side pointed out the flip flops of John Kerry ceaselessly. I dont think it would be a good time to put up a candidate that could so easily face the same scrutiny. I don't think that the whole Mormon thing is much of an issue. I find it hard to believe that anyone would not vote based on a candidate being a Mormon but it seems to be true. I just cant accept that there would be enough of these kooks to sway an election. Romney seems to live the life of a solid values based religious man who holds his faith dear.
If Romney becomes the republican candidate I will support him strongly. I will cast my vote with a clear conscience and will not feel that I am sacrificing my own principles. I don't think that Romney will win the nomination but I do think that he is one of the stronger candidates.
Wednesday, June 27, 2007
Thursday, June 14, 2007
Are Our Elected Leaders Insane?
I have been meaning to post on her for quite a while now. The biggest issue out there has been immigration reform. I have wanted to post my views but up until now I did not think that I could make my case in a logical way devoid of barrages of profanity. I have been listening to other conservative commentators talking about why the senate immigration reform bill would fail. I had taken a much less optimistic position and figured I would hope that I was wrong.
Immigration is made out to be the most difficult issue out there. In fact it is simple. Secure the border! How? Who the hell cares, just do it! Build a fence, hire more border patrol, use technology, use the national guard or use all of the above. If there is any issue on which there is a consensus it is this one. Approximately seventy percent of Americans want the border secured and say deal with the rest of the other crap later. Do it! It's that simple!
What about the approximately twelve million illegals that are here now? The leaders on the left and even some on the right say that because the government can't deport all of these people we have to make them all legal now, including those criminal aliens who are currently pegged for deportation! Many on the left say that in addition to this we need to bring their brothers, sisters, mothers, fathers, uncles, aunts and really close friends here legally to keep them company! This is insane! We have lunatics amongst us and many of them are in the United States Senate! I sit watching these people thinking that I am dreaming some crazy dream. People cannot believe this...can they? Here's what we do with them...
Any illegal alien who commits any crime gets deported. We put barbarian like sanctions on employers who hire illegal aliens. Many of those here who can no longer obtain work will leave. It would also act as a disincentive for more illegals to come across our border.
Do we really need these workers to do jobs that Americans simply will not do? I think that theory is overblown and overplayed. I would allow for a guest worker program. People would be allowed to apply for guest worker status in their own countries. Yes, mean old me would make those who have violated our laws go home before they could return legally. I would require all guest workers to have tamper proof identification cards following real background checks. There would also be very strict limits on how many guest workers would be allowed here.
Now, I could get into more detail but whats the point? The first Senate bill may have went down in flames but a new compromise is already on the way. Our leaders are intent on passing an amnesty bill and banking on the fact that people are stupid enough to believe them when they say that it's not. My belief is that they will pass a bill. The borders will once again fail to be secured amidst all the promises. Democrats will try and figure out how to let these amnestied illegals vote. The situation will get worse than it is now. Those committing horrible crimes will be even harder to deport than they are now and will have the opportunity to become citizens. This whole discussion makes me sick and I cannot even bring myself to proofread this post. If I have rambled, been unfocused or made mass grammatical errors, I apologize. I just cannot bring myself to read this again.
Immigration is made out to be the most difficult issue out there. In fact it is simple. Secure the border! How? Who the hell cares, just do it! Build a fence, hire more border patrol, use technology, use the national guard or use all of the above. If there is any issue on which there is a consensus it is this one. Approximately seventy percent of Americans want the border secured and say deal with the rest of the other crap later. Do it! It's that simple!
What about the approximately twelve million illegals that are here now? The leaders on the left and even some on the right say that because the government can't deport all of these people we have to make them all legal now, including those criminal aliens who are currently pegged for deportation! Many on the left say that in addition to this we need to bring their brothers, sisters, mothers, fathers, uncles, aunts and really close friends here legally to keep them company! This is insane! We have lunatics amongst us and many of them are in the United States Senate! I sit watching these people thinking that I am dreaming some crazy dream. People cannot believe this...can they? Here's what we do with them...
Any illegal alien who commits any crime gets deported. We put barbarian like sanctions on employers who hire illegal aliens. Many of those here who can no longer obtain work will leave. It would also act as a disincentive for more illegals to come across our border.
Do we really need these workers to do jobs that Americans simply will not do? I think that theory is overblown and overplayed. I would allow for a guest worker program. People would be allowed to apply for guest worker status in their own countries. Yes, mean old me would make those who have violated our laws go home before they could return legally. I would require all guest workers to have tamper proof identification cards following real background checks. There would also be very strict limits on how many guest workers would be allowed here.
Now, I could get into more detail but whats the point? The first Senate bill may have went down in flames but a new compromise is already on the way. Our leaders are intent on passing an amnesty bill and banking on the fact that people are stupid enough to believe them when they say that it's not. My belief is that they will pass a bill. The borders will once again fail to be secured amidst all the promises. Democrats will try and figure out how to let these amnestied illegals vote. The situation will get worse than it is now. Those committing horrible crimes will be even harder to deport than they are now and will have the opportunity to become citizens. This whole discussion makes me sick and I cannot even bring myself to proofread this post. If I have rambled, been unfocused or made mass grammatical errors, I apologize. I just cannot bring myself to read this again.
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