Senator John McCain thought it more important...
Senator John McCain thought it more important...
this week to meet with Latino leaders in California
who support his fight for illegal alien amnesty than with congressional -- than with a congressional candidate from his own party, by the way, who is against amnesty for illegal aliens. Senator McCain urged Latino leaders in Orange
County, California, to support their joint fight for
amnesty in this country. He urged them to "speak for
people who cannot speak for themselves. You are the role models."
Senator McCain made the comments on the same day as
he canceled an appearance at a fund-raiser for Republican congressional candidate Brian Bilbray, who opposes
McCain's so-called comprehensive immigration reform plan.
The Senate's so-called comprehensive immigration reform act would have an extraordinary impact on the population of this country were it to become law. A study by the
Heritage Foundation has determined that 66 million people would be given legal status over the next two decades.
Ten million illegal aliens already in this country, if you accept that estimate, will be granted amnesty
immediately under the Senate legislation, as many
as 20 million according to other estimates.
That legislation would also create a new guest
worker program that would admit at least 325,000
workers every year, and their spouses and their
children. And in some cases, their extended families.
The Congressional Budget Office says the guest worker
program and increased welfare benefits would cost
taxpayers an estimated $50 billion, and those are the most conservative estimates. They do not account for
increased illegal immigration spurred by the hope of another amnesty in the future.
http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0606/02/ldt.01.html
Friday, June 02, 2006
Senator John McCain returns $20,000 in political contributions
Senator John McCain returns $20,000 in political contributions
Republican Sen. John McCain,
of Arizona, has returned $20,000 in political
contributions from a powerful Texas family that
is under investigation for possible unlawful use
of offshore tax shelters.
McCain's political action committee, Straight Talk
America, returned $5,000 checks to each of the
following: Charles Wyly; Wyly's brother Sam; Sam's
wife, Cheryl; and Charles' son, Charles, according
to the PAC's most recent Federal Election Commission filing.
The Wylys were hosts of a May 15 Dallas fund-raiser
for McCain but were requested not to attend the event,
a McCain political adviser told CNN.
Family behind donations under federal investigation
see more .......
http://www.cnn.com/2006/POLITICS/05/25/mccain.contributions/index.html
Republican Sen. John McCain,
of Arizona, has returned $20,000 in political
contributions from a powerful Texas family that
is under investigation for possible unlawful use
of offshore tax shelters.
McCain's political action committee, Straight Talk
America, returned $5,000 checks to each of the
following: Charles Wyly; Wyly's brother Sam; Sam's
wife, Cheryl; and Charles' son, Charles, according
to the PAC's most recent Federal Election Commission filing.
The Wylys were hosts of a May 15 Dallas fund-raiser
for McCain but were requested not to attend the event,
a McCain political adviser told CNN.
Family behind donations under federal investigation
see more .......
http://www.cnn.com/2006/POLITICS/05/25/mccain.contributions/index.html
2 faced Senator John Mccain ?
2 faced Senator John Mccain ?
The Two Sides of McCain
Will the Moderate Senator Lose his Soul to Extremists
to Become President?
Next month, the Senate will act out what has become
a favorite Republican ritual in election years by
calling up a constitutional amendment to prohibit
the marriage
homosexual couples. In theory, the objective of this
splashy spectacle is to pass the Federal Marriage
Amendmentwith the required two-thirds majority and send this
obnoxious legislation forward toward full ratification by Congress and the states. But since that is impossible, why would the Senate leadership waste everyone's time?
If nothing else, the marriage amendment provides a
test for the most politically ambitious Republican
senators notably Majority Leader Bill Frist, who promised
evangelical conservatives last winter that he would
bring the amendment to a vote before the summer recess,
and
Senator John McCain, whose principled opposition to the amendment is now an obstacle to any reconciliation with the religious right.
For McCain, the issue of the marriage amendment has
risen again at a particularly inconvenient moment.
As he moves toward a presidential campaign in 2008,
his dilemma is whether to pander to the right, and
thus destroy his centrist "maverick" image, or uphold
principle and damage his prospects in the Republican
primaries.
see more..........
http://www.thebulletin.com/archives/2006/may/bullpen0526.htm
The Two Sides of McCain
Will the Moderate Senator Lose his Soul to Extremists
to Become President?
Next month, the Senate will act out what has become
a favorite Republican ritual in election years by
calling up a constitutional amendment to prohibit
the marriage
homosexual couples. In theory, the objective of this
splashy spectacle is to pass the Federal Marriage
Amendmentwith the required two-thirds majority and send this
obnoxious legislation forward toward full ratification by Congress and the states. But since that is impossible, why would the Senate leadership waste everyone's time?
If nothing else, the marriage amendment provides a
test for the most politically ambitious Republican
senators notably Majority Leader Bill Frist, who promised
evangelical conservatives last winter that he would
bring the amendment to a vote before the summer recess,
and
Senator John McCain, whose principled opposition to the amendment is now an obstacle to any reconciliation with the religious right.
For McCain, the issue of the marriage amendment has
risen again at a particularly inconvenient moment.
As he moves toward a presidential campaign in 2008,
his dilemma is whether to pander to the right, and
thus destroy his centrist "maverick" image, or uphold
principle and damage his prospects in the Republican
primaries.
see more..........
http://www.thebulletin.com/archives/2006/may/bullpen0526.htm
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