'Super-Important Thursday'

I tell my employees that you don't have to be a genius, just act like one. I guess that idea is the best we can hope for from McCain. He isn't a conservative, he just has to act like one. Who would rely on the word of a politician, especially over a 4 year period? If McCain puts another Souter on the supreme court will it be any better then Hillary putting another Ginsburg on the court? The next four years don't look good for America.

United States has the right to secure its borders. However, conservatives are in need of a reality check if they think the U.S. economy is not dependent on immigrant labor. Therefore no U.S. President is going to be able to seal the borders & deny amnesty to the millions of undocumented ("illegal" if you wish) workers already here. That would be cutting our own throat. In well documented studies Americans feel more expansive & accepting of foreigners when economic times are good. When economic times turn bad, people get more xenophobic & blame foreigners for crime, taking their jobs, ruining the healthcare system, etc. I don't support John McCain on the war. He is certainly a national security conservative. McCain is a values conservative as far as abortion goes. He has a long record of opposing abortion. McCain is not an economic conservative. He is a corporatist like the entire political Establishment leadership of this country. Global corporations need cheap immigrant labor - legal or otherwise. McCain can't turn back the tide. The best fix is to secure the borders, declare amnesty for those already here & lay out the course for "guest" workers already here to become citizens.

Wow, Cain, you make such a profound point. Let me paraphrase: When people feel like they're making a lot of money, they don't worry so much about a thief stealing a little bit of it. They object on principle, but it's not worth getting all that worked up about. If times change, and they suddenly feel like they have less money, and that every dollar counts, then they get more outraged about the thief who's been pilfering a few bucks here and there from them for the past 20 years. Is that about it, Cain? How about secure the borders, DON'T declare amnesty for those already there? You and your liberal crew keep coming back to the idea that some Republican out there has a secret plan to load up the trucks with illegals and ship them back. WE DON'T CARE ABOUT THEM. It's the sad fact. If they don't break some other law, we'll probably never know they're here. But if they do, stop giving them "sanctuary," and send them back across a border that is not so easy to cross. Then, stop providing any but emergency services to anyone who is not demonstrable a citizen/legal resident. No schools, no entitlements, no nothing. If they can get by under those circumstances, fine.

I find it somewhat humorous that the party that purportedly is in favor of defense never seems to support the politicians that actually served in the military. In fact, Republicans actually seem to find a reason, any reason, to turn on those who have prior military experience (beyond, of course, national guard duty in alabama). There's nothing like military service to demonstrate support of the United States and everything that it represents. Except maybe a claim that someone is an evangelical. Gimme a break. I'll trust the veteran, thank you. Military service should be prerequisite for public office and for the right to vote.

The problem with that is that as long as you have businesses willing to pay 10 times what they can make in Mexico, it's worth it to them to break our laws (not theirs, Mexico likes the money ex-pats send home to them) to come over. If they commit crimes, have accidents because they can't read our signs or understand our traffic laws, so sad to bad. Throwing them back across the border only works if the gov't is willing to lay as a heavy hand on private sector employers as they are the illegals. A "pro-corproate", non-fiscal conservative regime (THe current Commander-In-Thief defines conservative as conserving resources for his cronies) will not do that because the donors and special interests who have it bought and sold are the very ones being served by said illegal population. As long as that is true, throiwng them out wastes our effort because they will just come right back. Solve the Bush problem first.

not your dads buick, Benedict Arnold was a vet. I think a little more is required then just military service, even though that is certainly a plus. Look what John Kerry turned out to be and he had military experience.

The answer to the Illegal alien question is easy. STOP THE FLOW OF MONEY SOUTH! Do not allow money to be sent to outside the US without proving how it was earned and that the person sending it is here legally. Put a large surcharge on money sent to Mexico and places south. If they can't send the money home or it costs too much, you will see a reduction in Illegals in this country. But increasing the fines for hiring Ilegal workers will also help. But no law is worth anything if it's not enforced. Here lies the problem with the Bush adminstration. Lack of will.

What you are proposing would be onerous and bankrupt the system. Who could keep track of all that money? What if it was someone told some crackhead that he would give him $110 to wire $100 to Mexico and have enough for one hit of "rock" left over? How many good Americans would pass that one up? The business is where the problem is. That's the fundamental economic principle. As long as demand exists, a supply will appear. No demand will kill supply.

The next four years look better than the previous seven!

Hey Hey Patricia, Benedict Arnold was just living the American dream of making more money to provide for his family. Not unlike our "undocumented worker" friends from our southern neighbor. When you get right down to it....did he not do far more good than harm for our cause? So what if he committed a little crime like treason.

They must prove they earned the money. How would it bankrupt the system? The Mexican system maybe. Or Western union?

80% of u.s. currency ever printed circulates outside of the united states. believe it or not.....................

Try snorting a line with a Euro