By Selwyn Duke
How quickly they forget. Not that long ago, Manchurian candidate John McCain was reviled among traditionalists for siding with the open-borders crowd during the scamnesty debate. Now, after languishing in campaign purgatory for months, he’s baaaack. He has vaulted into second place in the New Hampshire Republican Primary.
In politics, time really does heal all wounds, especially when the blood spilled is that of a cause far from the media’s heart. A politician can say or do virtually anything and the people will forget about it in a few months. So let’s review McCain’s transgressions.
Like Huck the Huckster, McCain has no problem granting amnesty to illegal aliens. Oh, he may not say it right now, but the best predictor of future behavior is past behavior. That’s why, the shorter his political future, the better it is for us.
If you ask whether illegal aliens should receive government services, most people will answer in the negative. But not McCain. In 2004, he opposed Proposition 200 in Arizona, a measure that would have reserved such benefits to citizens. In fact, in his Az. Senate re-election effort that year, two elements of his campaign platform were:
— To have no more ballot initiatives against immigrants.
— To give everyone in the world a chance to come to the US
This is no surprise. This is the man who said it’s un-American to be selective about who we let in the US. He said that a suspension of legal immigration (which is uncommon common sense) is "beyond my realm of thinking" (yes, Senator, many things are). He criticized federal funding for border security earmarks in Arizona. He said that implementing deportation of illegals was a fantasy. He said in 2003 that "amnesty has to be a component of immigration reform." And, here is the pièce de résistance, he voted in opposition to most members of his party to force our country to consult with Mexico before securing the border. Yes, we should have to get a si señor before protecting our nation.
Of course, I can understand why many voters are now looking toward McCain. With the crop of unpalatable front-runners we’re presented with, many citizens are thrashing about, jumping from one lukewarm candidate to another trying to find a leader. Unfortunately, politicians we have in abundance; leaders are few and far between.
But even if I have to choose a politician, it won’t be the Manchurian candidate.
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