Obama Defends Driver’s Licenses for Illegals in Interview with ABC News

Just one reason why Obama won’t be getting my vote.

Obama is thinking constructively. He deserves to be rewarded and he will take the country in the right direction.

The “details” of his plan are just a “distraction”. I’m surprised that he has ANY supporters. Oh, I forgot it’s not about race. I think some people would still vote for an Obama/Kwame ticket.

Obama definitely gets my vote. He understands that our country’s problems are complicated. Most people are tired of the politicians running this country. They are tired of the bickering about trivial things. Let’s elect a President who wants to get our country back on track. Go Obama! Yes we can!

If an illegal HITS you in an accident and he/she has NO COVERAGE you are screwed!!!!!!!! That’s why an Hispanic like Richardson approved illegals getting driver’s licenses in NM – it helpy YOU if you get hit!!! Think about it……..most of these posts here are from stupid people who will probably vote for the warmonging McCain (we’ll be in iRAQ FOR A 100 YEARS) OR never vote anyway.

Giving driver’s licenses to illegal immigrants is a matter of public safety. These people still drive regardless of whether or not they have licenses. Giving them licenses allows the cops to do their jobs more effectively. People forget that cops across the country support Obama’s position.

Obama, give it up, Latino voters have got your number. Too late to kiss up now. Plus we all ready know your typical political moves and the Latinos are not falling for it. Hillary represents real longterm solutions for Latino concerns. Also, too many of your supporters on these posts have denegrated the Latino community, so buzz off.

You made my points, michaelinphilly. Without drivers licenses, the rest of us end up paying. People will drive anyway, since in most cities our public transportation is almost nonexistent.
Obama is inspiring and will make a fine president. Can’t wait for November and then January 2009 when there’s NO MORE GW!!!!

And comparing Obama to Bush is a joke. They couldn’t be more different. Obama is an intelligent, self-made hardworker who never had anything handed to him by elite parents, or a spouse that used to be President. All these racist people posting their idiot opinions in here, make me ashamed to call myself American. I am white, well-educated, upper-middle class, and seriosuly want to begin to move beyond the politics of hate and rage, and division. Obama offers a vision that i think is right for our time, and i fully embrace it.

It is a sad state of affairs when the Laws of our Father can not be held to be Just. How can I trust you with so much when something so small can not be dealt with. It is wrong, think 1986 and remember what we called for. They need to return and get in line behind those who seek a proper and legal entry into the USA. Increase the work permits by triple during the first 3 months prior and 3 months after the I-date. But seat a date for all prosecution. There will be those that have covered their trail with paperwork that does not belong to them. They may be the ones you open your plan for amnesty. Simply because their true stories need to be heard and that weak point can be closed forever. This last is more dangerous then the first. Because they climb faster to the top, because they have motivation to have the other around them. They know one another, secretly but known to many.
Illegal immigration is wrong. It is not something you give an ear to. The ear shoould have been the original visa process. In fact all our actions state we wanted to encourage the illegal immigration. Our fees, our abuse here, or sad eyes for the legal immigrant was never available to them ( yet we give it to the illegal). It is not right and anyone that thinks this way needs to be voted out of Office.

Roca, are you seriously playing the race card? That has been a huge problem with the Obama campaign. Quick reactionaries who scream RACISM! That is far more devisive than what even Republicans do. In case you didn’t notice, the Republican media played short clips all day for you all to scream racism before knowing all the facts and you all took that bait. I am black and spanish (Puerto Rican) and I cringe when people careless jump to that argument. You immediately place people who are not racists on the defensive and against you. I also teach in a Latino community, mostly Mexican and Mexican American. Those who were here during the Clinton era, have fond memories of those times…. They remember the right wing as being the attackers, the very right wing that is promoting your candidate….Just a couple of reasons why the Latino vote will go to Hillary!

At first I didn’t agree with Obama on this issue, but after a little thought, I do. I am firmly against allowing illegal immigrants to flood into our country, they should have to wait behind people legally on lists, but if they are here, driving without a license or insurance guarantees there are more unqualified and uninsured drivers getting in accidents.
Personally, I think not allowing police to arrest illegals, (they are breaking the law by being here) doesn’t make sense. It shouldn’t just be INS’s job.
I’m glad Obama is firm on closing the border to illegals, and really fining employees large amounts for hiring illegals. That is what will really change the picture.
People, please don’t choose a candidate on one issue. Look over the big picture. Anything they want to do needs the support of Congress. Remember Obama (and Edwards) wants to end corporate influence on Congress and the presidency. Clinton takes large amounts of corporate dollars so she won’t be able to make big changes like he will. Obama is the best choice to get us out of Iraq, to get affordable health insurance, (read his plan on his website under issues)balance our trade deficit, reduce federal debt, etc.

Are people not reading, they are not citizens of the USA, when they become a citizen, then they can have citizen rights. Title of our country United States of America, to get a license you should be a citizen of the United not just a State resident in America. At the time of citizenship they can do the legalities to be a good driver, one rule should be to speak English.

Would getting a driver license also mean having to purchase insurance? Insurance is equally important to me. I came into this country from Britain, 44 years ago, the old-fashioned way, through Immigration and Naturalization Services and now a US citizen. Would have been much easier if I could have just toddled across the border from Canada!

Obama is shamelessly using the issue of giving drivers license to illegal immigrants to gain latino vote.
He wants to reward people who broke this country’s law by entering illegally.

I don’t know about the rest of you living in places when there is a large immigrant population but in Miami they are driving without licenses and are causing hit and runs daily. Maybe if we have them get licenses, we can save a few American lives! Go Obama 08!!

Another issue of the issueance, I believe but I’m not an attorney, there is such a thing as an international drivers license how about if the immigrants investigate this instead of our governments. It is great they want to join the USA but I am out a job. We have bigger fish to fry. The name/background of this candidate should concern this country. Sure he’s probably nice but where the Homeland Se curity?

Roca & Michelinphilly,
You have undercut Obama’s credibility as a candidate of change and hope. Listen to yourselves. By hurling insults at the non Obama supporters, you have made a case to vote for anyone else but him. Real smart!

This is exactly why I will not vote for Obama or Hilary. They both want to grant amnesty to the illegals. If either of them win America as we know it is doomed.

Hillary has laid out an actual plan. She is not throwing out little perks day by day to get any votes from any groups. Of course not everyone will be happy, but the course of reforming immigration needs to be humane and fair. Latinos know that Hillary will seek that path over any other.

How about paying attention to the whole picture and how the media sends up simple little negative tales on Obama that are not much more than fluff, so that when they pummel Hillary, they can say they are being even handed. Its a way of not being called a racist or sexist, when in fact your are either, just get ratings up.

another reason why he was scored to be the MOST liberal member of Senate last year. is no moderate he’s a far lefists socialist. Change is right, change toward socialism. SOS – style over substance. He’s a wolf in sheeps clothing to say the least. he’s not trustable.

Irma,
You did have to pay something when that illegal immigrant hit you last week. Sure there is Undocumented Driver coverage, but you paid for that extra coverage in your insurance premium. Providing driver’s licenses to illegal immigrants will decrease the chances of people being hit by unlicensed/uninsured motorists, thus decreasing the amount auto insurance companies have to pay for repair and hospital costs. As a result, our auto insurance premiums won’t be as expensive.
You probably didn’t have to pay anything out of pocket because you have excellent auto insurance coverage (and probably pay a higher premium for that coverage than more basic plans). Some auto insurance plans don’t cover 100% of expenses incurred when an undocumented driver hits you.

“I see a lot of people yelling for peace but I have not heard of a plan
for peace. So, here’s one plan.”
1. The US will apologize to the world for our “interference” in their
affairs, past & present. You know, Hitler, Mussolini, Tojo, Noriega,
Milosovich and the rest of those good ol’ boys: We will never
“interfere” again.
2. We will withdraw our troops from all over the world, starting with
Germany, South Korea and the Philippines. They don’t want us there. We
would station troops at our borders. No one sneaking through holes in
the fence.
3. All illegal aliens have 90 days to get their affairs together and
leave. We’ll give them a free trip home. After 90 days the remainder
will be gathered up and deported immediately, regardless of who or where
they are. France would welcome them.
4. All future visitors will be thoroughly checked and limited to 90
days unless given a special permit. No one from a terrorist nation would
be allowed in. If you don’t like it there, change it yourself and don’t
hide here. Asylum would never be available to anyone. We don’t need any
more cab drivers or 7-11 cashiers.
5. No “students” over age 21. The older ones are the bombers. If they
don’t attend classes, they get a “D” (for “deport”) and it’s back home
baby.
6. The US will make a strong effort to become self-sufficient energy
wise. This will include developing non-polluting sources of energy but
will require a temporary drilling of oil in the Alaskan wilderness. The
caribou will have to cope for a while.
7. Offer Saudi Arabia and other oil producing countries $10 a barrel
for their oil. If they don’t like it, we go some place else. They can go
somewhere else to sell their production. (About a week of the wells
filling up the storage sites would be enough.)
8. If there is a famine or other natural catastrophe in the world, we
will not “interfere.” They can pray to Allah or whomever for seeds,
rain, cement or whatever they need. Besides, most of what we give them
is stolen or given to the Army. The people who need it most get very
little, if anything.
9. Ship the UN Headquarters to an isolated island some place. We don’t
need the spies and fair weather friends here. Besides, the building
would make a good homeless shelter or lockup for illegal aliens.
10. All Americans must go to charm and beauty school. That way no one
can call us “Ugly Americans” any longer. The language we speak is
ENGLISH…..learn it…or LEAVE…
Now, ain’t that a winner of a plan.
The Statue of Liberty is no longer saying “Give me your poor, your
tired, your huddled masses.” She’s got a baseball bat and she’s yelling,
“You want a piece of me?”

People can’t stand the honest soul that keep it real probably it’s politics or human nature we need to change our way of life period. All because obama made truth statement about immigration issues some group of fellow americans inside this room wanted to hang themselves over path to citizenship for folks been here working already that’s best way to handle the problem instead of thinking of deporting (12)millions out of america “INSANE”

>>>>before Obama (in a debate) is against giving illegals driver’s licenses now he is for it? A flip-flop.<<<
This is not true. If you read the transcript of the debate in which Sen. Clinton had such difficulty with the question (sorry I can't remember which debate that was by date) you'll see that Sen. Obama said quite clearly that he supported giving driver's licences to undocumented workers because he saw it as an issue of national security … which it is. In addition, as pointed out, it provides a great protection to other motorists (the uninsured motorist coverage is something *we* have to request and pay extra for and it's cost is based on the number of uninsured drivers and likelihood of a collision).
I commend him for taking — and not retreating from — a position that he (and others) feel is the best approach, even when he knows that it will subject him to violent criticism.

He is trying to get votes from the latinos, I am a latina I will not be voting for him. Ilegals should not have driver licences.

Requiring all non-citizens and citizens alike to have a valid driver’s license has been statically proven to increase more insured drivers and improved public safety on the roads. It is called accountability and taking ownership of managing a difficult problem. The driver license is just one database tool to track illegal activity and problems caused by illegal Immigration.
However, the root cause of illegal immigration is economic in nature and which is fueled by the U.S. government’s weak relationship to the government of Mexico and the rest of Latin America to address this very issue and associated root causes. Illegal immigration is a symptom of a greater problem.
Illegal immigration issue needs to be handled by emotional sober approach or the cost to the tax payer will be mis-managment with cost over-runs to fix the problem throughout the issue’s life cycle. (sound familiar… Iraq?)
There are those who want to rant and rave about this issue just raise the ire of people and offer no realistic plan how to pay for the cost of deportation at the expense of unproductive flag waving.
We need to move our country away from the subjective flag-waving nationalist linguists to the objective data-driven problem solvers and manager-leader realists, who can produce international results not parochial politics as usual.

DRIVING A VEHICLE IS A PRIVILEDGE!!! NOT A RIGHT… NO INSURANCE , CAR IMPOUNDED.

To: Where are you:
Be realistic man, Obama is not promising to change America by himself just as a coach cannot lead a team to victory by himself. But if he can provide the mental and physchological atmosphere that causes people to mobolize and act for a common purpose, well thats the man we are looking for!!
As Caroline Kennedy said, we dont need another president with a plan, the time calls for someone with a vision!

2009whereareyou?”But when the state that was left behind, for ego and ambition, is no better off today than it was before your arrival, that may be all the evidence that is required. It speaks volumes. And its speaks truthfully.
It is the deeds that you do not the words that you say.” Yes, 2009, I am with you. I was bothered by his “I will be right on day one.” Oh really….well, that will be for us to judge won’t it? Good luck with thinking you’re always right! Bush thinks he was always right too. No matter how much we screamed at him on how WRONG he was, is.

If illegals immigrants are a threat to society because they are illegally driving…do we here a pattern forming in this sentence. Illegal, illegal, illegal. I am a born citizen and if i illegally drive i go to jail and lose my privelage. If they are illegally here-wrong, if they illegally drive-wrong so….jail them. They all ready broke law if they choose to drive-DEPORT
As for them providing ID, you can get id w/out driving privilages. It’s called a green card or just a state ID. If they truely do not belong here, DEPORT that simple.

Illegal Alien Population
Top Ten Countries of Birth
All countries
Mexico 2,700,000 54%
Russia 335,000 6.7 %
China 165,000 3.3%
Canada 120,000 2.4%
Haiti 105,000 2.1%
Philippines 95,000 1.9%
Honduras 90,000 1.8%
The Bahamas, 70,000 1.4%
Nicaragua 70,000 1.4
Poland 70,000 1.4%
Obama is trying to get to votes from these people families, don’t let him do it.

Why would giving an illegal alien a drivers license make the roads safer and reduce hit and run accidents. Are they going to accidently drop the license when they are running? Vote no to Oprah!

As Caroline Kennedy said, we dont need another president with a plan, the time calls for someone with a vision!
Yea, the heck with a plan, lets get sombody in the White House who has visions. People in psychiatric facilities have visions, as does extremists from other countries..
His Vision is color blind. He has self serving interests that do not include the health and welfare of the middle-lower economically challenged people in America. He is so beholding to so many that it will be hard to tell the difference between himself, the
“man with a vision” or the inexperienced flip flopping, pocket lining,criminal associating junior senator from Illinois with zero qualifications to be President other than the “O” factor.

to jon baker,
Crack down on employers, put huge fine on them and they will no longer hire illegals and drive wages down. That’s is the only solution, but you see the republicans can not go against their own special interests they rather use the issue for political football. I want a problem solver not a demagogue-in-chief. If an employer know that a chunk of his profit margin will go in lawsuits or fines for hiring illegal immigrants, they will think twice before hiring these folks.
The DL issue is a diversion, because they don’t want to solve the issue. We here in california have a real problem with all these folks driving without DL. If there is a real reform, we put money and resources in border controls, crack on shady employers and send the 12 millions back on the picket line to apply for a legal status, there will be no DL issue. These employers will be oblige to pay these folks the minimum wage, so there will be no unfair competition in the labor market.

So if Obama or McCain get elected does it mean we get to choose which laws we want to obey?

john,
I agree with you. In some ways the “fence ” is a kind of diversion also. There are 47 Mexican consulates in the US giving out Matricular consulate cards to illegals. This opens all kinds of doors for them. THE US governent allows this to happen on purpose. Hunter or Tancredo were our best hope- now they are gone. We have to push Romney to the right and keep him there. Otherwise, get used to the North american Union and say goodbye to Free Speech, the second Amendment, etc- basically America as we know it. We are near the end anyway. look for a powerful leader to emerge most likely from Europe soon who many will thik is a great man-he wil probably sign some great “peace treaty” in the middle East but he will be evil incarnate.

America is beautiful and all sounds so sweet. Right now I will do the job of an immigrant b/c the jobs in US are getting scarce, I do believe the employer is responsible for putting immigrant to work. Paying to get them out of the country, how about how they arrived. Take them to the border and escort them across the line, not USA problem any longer. Did not invite them, not responsilbe. Love they neighbor but don’t let them take from you. The law stands and should be upheld for everybody, why treat these people different.

I really can’t believe I just read an ABC News headline that used the right-wing descriptor “illegals” to describe illegal immigrants.

My apolagies to my fellow Americans for calling them clueless. It would have been better if had said ” open your eyes!” or something to that effect.

I am anti-ILLEGAL Immigration, Not anti-immigration. It seems that is a major point the libs seem to ignore. I wonder what other American laws the libs don’t really honor and support. The fact is and the fact ignored by the lib media is that the illegal aliens that have crawled across our borders at night and stolen an identy in order to fraudulently get a job are Felons. If Obama suports Felons, he should Absolutely Not be President or even a Senator as far as that goes. Mitt Romney is the only candidate that has the issues straight in the true interest of the American people.

I agree 100% michaelinphilly. I had rather they get their licence and be able to get insurance than drive around without insurance.Your not going to stop people from coming here no matter what they will come.What can you do now deport 1 Million people.No and immigration is not going to do this if they were they would have already.You can go anywhere in any state and find people without proper ID.Makes more sense to work with this system than to wast millions fighting a no win battle.

To TF,
Senator Clinton is playing politics and buying in to the mantra divide to conquer. She has changed four times her position on this issue. That’s say something about her character. I respect Senator Obama courage.
DL is a state issue and i don’t even know why it has been raise as an issue in a presidential election. Seven states are already giving DL to illegals notably New Mexico a state that i know, they have to do something for public safety on their roads because Washington politicians don’t have the courage to solve the issue by coming out with a real reform which is tough and fair. I want a candidate to tell me that he will put huge fine on employers who hire illegals and be serious about borders control. I want solutions and not diversion. I want someone who will not pit some categories of the population against others. How about talking about fairness in our economy, helping workers and the middle-class folks which are the backbone of our economy and this country.

What shocks me a little bit, is that a Mexican citizen with a Mexican driver-license is not allowed to drive in the U.S. I assume, we are talking about Mexican driver license holders. Are Americans allowed to drive in Mexico with their license ? So why not the other way round. Driving rules are international by the way. And Mexico is not a third world country, as some state here.

I meant to apologize for saying “stupid” not “clueless.”

washbasin, you are right when you identify Obama as a globalist. He is moving to rapidly make America borderless…for better or worse. Most Americans do not realize the dangerous and painful implications of globalization and men like Obama. I hope we never have to live them out.

something ought to be done to bring out the illegals in our midst, obama is on the right track!

For the Hispanics who are so loyal to Hillary why don’t she care if illegals get a driver’s license are not? could it be because she knows that Hispanics generally vote for white candidates any way? Obama is taking a stand on a issue that could hurt him in the general election, if he gets the nomination, simply because the majority of Americans are against the issue,including the Hispanic’s long time pal Hillary! Obama 08!

It’s so funny that some of you don’t understand Obama. You think politics is only tactics and lies, but not for Obama. He is on a different path. He says what he thinks is best for this country and he also won’t stick childishly to his opinion, if the situation changes, or he gets convinced by somebody else. Intelligent people do so, they change their mind, because they develop. Only stupid think, that their once tediously or shallow handcrafted opinion is true forever.

This is so sad, how the shape of our country is. I agree with some here, they need to go back to their country and do it right! I had to wait months and months for my husband to come here legally. And he had to wait months to get his SS Card and then drivers licence. This was done the legal way. We need someone that will look at the immigration issues and take a stand and quit talking about it. I understand Senator’s Obama’s stance on the drivers licence and it makes sense, and I am positive, that is just a small part of his overall immigration drafts. Don’t look at one little issues, study the bigger issues that are combined with these little issues. Side tracked, nope, conscious effort to protect the American people. yes.
I am a disabled Navy Veteran. The Billary team will never get my vote.
Go Obama 2008 !!!

Seems to be a link of sorts between economy and illegals. When the economy is booming the issue of illegals seems to take back stage. Or perhaps migrant workers are legal. Might be mixed up there. But when economy tanks, illegals are an issue. I cannot think of any unemployed Michigan residents making it out to California to work in the fields or in orchards. No, I am not in support of illegals – was around for the last amnesty. Texas has taken a lack of insurance approach rather than a driver license issue. No insurance then car can be impounded because it is a problem here. Quotes: “The State of Texas is implementing a new technology program that will allow law enforcement officers to immediately verify whether a person has car insurance. The days
of false proof of insurance cards or dropping coverage after receiving a valid insurance card are numbered! The new program is expected to be
operational in early 2008, only a few months away The goal is to reduce the
number of uninsured motorists in Texas,
estimated to be between 15-20% of all vehicles on the road. Soon, law enforcement officers and other state entities will have at their fingertips immediate, real-time access to insurance information on a given vehicle and/or driver.” Seems highly unlikely that illegals without a driver license will get insurance – so off with their car!

Obama is pandering to the Latino vote. We Latinos see right through it.
And what illegal is going to want to be in a database that identifies them as “illegal?” There is no illegal who is going to risk that.

Hillary changed her position on this issue. Obama stated he was for this 2 months ago in a debate. So Irma, I don’t think he is pandering. He is being consistent.
What about Hillary. You don’t think the Republicans are going to go after her about the Clintons’ pardons,( some of which Hillary’s brothers asked for and got and she says she didn’t know anything about it), Denise Rich donating to the Clinton library in exchange for a Marc Rich pardon, Hillary’s campaign treasurer being indicted for failing to disclose contributons, Monica -gate, etc…
Now Bill Clinton is receiving donations from Saudi Arabia, Kazakhstan billionaires. What do the Clintons owe them in return?
In the NYT article, it does say that Obama tried to fight the Exelon company even after it had contributed to his campaign. It was the Republicans who held up the bill.
It shows more that you can take money from someone and then oppose their interests.
Obama 08

Obama – this shows your not ready for position of responsibility, much less president, by rewarding criminals. The idea of giving a drivers license to illegals is wrong. They are here illegally and should be delt with based on the laws of our country. Illegals broke the law when they illegally entered our country. If someone broke into your home – what would you do, if your Obama, you would reward them with a drivers license. Obama the defination of illegal is “forbidden by law or statute” Do you know how many of these illegals could be mideast terrorists or criminals and a drivers license would help them greatly. NOBAMA in ’08

Well at least it is I.D. and if they can pass the driving test what harm can it do…..Its better to know who they are then not even knowing they are here….

The Immigration and Naturalization Service – now U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services – is no longer part of the Department of Justice after previously been moved around a number of times. It has been moved to the Department of Homeland Security in March 2003 in the current Administration’s restructuring to provide better security. And, I am not going to even touch that one – just the facts.

“Illegals” of any kind (Hispanics, Canadians, Germans, etc) should not get U.S. driver’s licenses. It is a contradiction to want to give them driver’s licenses, then turn around and want to deport them.

Rose, JP -
I agree with you. And, while it is not a popular stance, I think Obama made the right choice in terms of drivers’ licenses. Part of the road toward becoming legal in this country.

Everyone running for office can make all the promises they want to get votes, but it takes the vote of Congress to change the laws. I doubt Congress will allow illegal immigrants to obtain drivers license. If they do, I hope it is used as a tool to arrest and deport illegal immigrants.

B. Hussain Obama is not only a liar but he is an empty suit. These politicians will say anything even if it is a lie. Why would this idiot accept the endorsement of Ted Kennedy.

hey, there won’t be much drama with Hillary in office, so we must elect B.O. SO WE CAN WASTE TAXPAYERS MONEY, WHICH IS PRETTY MUCH GUARENTEED, INVESTIGATING B.O. AND THE RESKO CONNECTION, REPUBLICANS WILL MAKE SURE OF IT.

ColonelRay: I have no problem wih two so-called issues: (1) Obama being half-white. America has historically considered anybody with any degree of black blood to be black. That thinking obviously is still alive and well, and (2) Voted to fund the war. I distinctly recall that funding for the war was actually funding for the troops who are already at war and that not to do so would be a betrayal of them. Talk about some arm twisting! I will read up on the rest since they are of concern.

I like the idea of drivers licenses for illegals. That way we’ll know who they are and where they…..then we can find them and deport them.

HILLARY VOTED FOR THE WAR . WHEN SHE LAUNCH A BID FOR PRESIDENCY SHE TURNED HER BACK ON THE MILITARY AND GEN.PETRAEUS. BY NOW BEING AGAINST THE WAR IN IRAG SHE’S CALLING ON SENDING THE TROOPS HOME .
YOU DECIDE.
I DECIDE BARACK OBAMA

What an idiot. He wants to give illigal immigrants dl. What a shameless way to try and get Latino votes. Most democrats not to mention republicans are dead against this idea. He is getting desperate. He has 80-90% of the black vote, but knows he needs more to win. And people say Hillary will do anything to win.

Obama is NUTS… They won’t get Insurance and we’ll still have to pay for all their accidents.. Give us a break!!! Hillary is the only one that’s up on things, and She will fix the Country’s problems.. My vote go’s to Hillary..

Dee Stated;
“Republicans and scared, money hungry capitalist Democrats of the past have ruined our Government Bush,Reagan,Truman….Hiliary qoute mirrored like Karl Marx’s speeches. See a man with fresh ideals as a man not as a BLACK man thats the only thing America see but like Whittman I hear America singing “Yes We Can”
Bush’s and Regan were Republicans.
Truman was a Democrat, and a damn fine president. He expanded Social Security, He implemented the “Fair Employment Practices Act”, He was responsible for Fair Public Housing as we know it today.
In 1948 when the Soviet Union blocked off the western sectors of Berlin, he sent a massive airlift to Germany and the Russians backed away.He crafted the North Atlantic Treaty Orginization (NATO) in 49. He was known for being the peoples President.He put a descisive end to the War in Japan.
He issued executive orders to begin desegegation in the military in the late 40′s, long before MLK was doing his part to advance the cause of Civil Rights. He greatly boosted the economy after WW2. You can’t really believe he was a Capitalist??
He was widely known and dubbed “The Fair Deal”
I wish he were running this year.

For people who think issuing driver’s license to undocumented immigrants is dangerous:
Voting for war on false premises OR giving driver’s licenses
Which one is more dangerous?

Democrats could have stopped the war a long time ago, if they would have just stopped funding it. They were scared to do that because they knew republicans would make them look as if they were abandoning the troops. It is a game. Politics at it’s best. If Obama was against the war, he would not keep funding it. Our soldiers wouldn’t die, they would just have to come home, but he and the rest of the democrats don’t want that tag around their necks. The same thing happened in 2003, a lot of dems voted for the war, because they didn’t want to appear soft on terrorism. Obama was sitting in Illinois, with out a real burdon, so he could say whatever he felt and had no cosequences for it. When he becomes a senator, he plays the same politics that they all play. He also voted for the patiot act.

To some of you,
It is about public safety. Even if they don’t buy car insurance. Our law enforcement administration can still track them if they are involved in a crime or an accident. Why? because we have them on record. That’s why the majority of law enforcement unions are for this measure. Any way if there was a real reform and a real crack down on shady employers there will no DL for illegals issue at all.
Way to go Senator Obama!!!
Finally a problem solver and someone who has the guts to tell the truth.
Senator Clinton has taken four positions on this issue, something is telling me that if polls move in a different direction, she’ll move to her fifth.

Obama is absolutely right. Protecting our borders is the correct thing to do. Driver licenses for illegals is just a red herring by the Republicans. It gives them the excuse to show their red necks, and red faces, and wave their flags around. yet, by the numbers,except for Mccain, none of them have served in the military. They will be the first to show their cowadly, and fearmongering attributes.

Obama represent love beyond division. This what strikes me. A lot of people have assiociated him to the anti-christ, yet he shares the same vision with christ, love your your folks as your self. Some say he is muslim and I say what is worng with being muslim even though he is not but his father was, blacks say he is not black enough but I would say that is racism in it self, whites say he is not white enough but I would say that in itself is descrimination.
The world says this is what American needs to repair its image; sell love to the world but those that benefit from chaos are putting in their best to tear him down. 21st century is the century of love. We have waited long enough for old folks to bring about change but can’t .The younger generation are ready to take their destiny into their own hands starting from America and the wave of change will flow across the world. Yes we can. The world needs love not dirty politics.

Think about it people, during the first 4 years of GW’s administration the GOP had control of both houses. What have they done to stop illegal immagration. How many more people were deported than under Clinton admin. It is not really worth it to them to stop illegal immagration, because their paymaster are the ones who really benifit from Illegal immagration. They talk alot about it, blame illegals for everything for taking jobs of hard working americans, but it is the companies that hire illegals who are to blame.
If it was not for illegal immigration then they would have to pay more for their big houses, more for their fruits and veg, more for having their lawns and gardens lookings as they do. Do I need to give any more examples.
You have the most conservative president sitting in the WH. What has he done to stop the flow of illegal immigration? All the GOP want to do is to keep it a political issue because it panders to their rank and file, who (the sheep they are) swallow all that garbage hole and vote to keep them in office.
All you who have post here saying you are against what Barak Obama is proposing. How many of you have bought a new house in the last 15 years. Illegal immigration has saved you 15 to 50k on your house add in intrest on 30 mortgage and it doubles the amount of money that it has saved you.

That is the beauty of the 2008 race; looking beyond our political inclination and being open minded to the truth. Not twisting it to suit selfish ends. The world needs truth. If you think any other candidate may well represent your interest, do encourage them to at least be truthful about most things because truth deginifies a man. I love Obama beyond his political standing. He represents love and he is willing to sacrifice himself to a nation that he believes in. Some say he has no experience in politics but I tell you, that is what has helped his sense of judgement of what should be done right.
Experience some times translates to following the ways of the pundits. The world is tired of sick belly twitching liars that call themsleves politicians. Leaders should be able to inspire some thing in you to believe.
America deserve your patriotism, your children deserve the right to be listened to. Most of us in this blog know where their kids stand on this issue but are not willing to face thr truth or tell their children that they can believe again in the American dream

To the comment about us buying a new house in the last 15 years..we can’t afford a new house, nor can 1000′s of there people are in forcloseer. What has Obama done about that..he ownes a million dollars plus house in Chicago, courtsey of Tony Rezko. We lived on the coast, went thru 3 hurricanes,many illegals aliens came in some to work, some to sell drugs, many belong to gangs, there are many gangs of illegal aliens in New Orleans. Many illegals aliens are picked up on our highways transporting drugs by the ton. Many of the illegal aliens are the dregs of society and Mexico are glad to see them lead, many of them are sent to the U.S. by the Mexican Drug lords….what has Obama done about that issue…nothing, nada, zippo..etc….As the police, the border patrol about the illegla aliens and there drug problems…take a ride with the police in some of the drug areas and you will have your brain and eyes opened…and not in a good way..Wake up America, Obama talks the talk but he ain’t walked the walk…he’s just another suit, smooth talking, but little substance except talk. Talk don’t pay the bills, unless your are a do nothing politican.

It is clear that Obama has no idea what he will face if he makes it to the general election. He thinks he can brush off his voting record, which being the most liberal in the Senate, demonstrates that he has simply locked his rudder to the party line rather than forging a new, post-partisan course. He does not use a substantive approach to deflect the criticism; rather, he tries to flick it away with a quip –”last week I was a follower of Ronald Reagan.” Nice try….
Certainly, I did not construe Obama’s remarks on Reagan to indicate that he was a follower. Instead, his remarks about Reagan being a transformative leader and the Republican party being “the party ideas” over the last 10 to 15 years were nothing more than transparent and short-sighted effort to build his own post-partisan cred. One that will now be used against him and the Democratic party. His assertion was wrong–Republicans were more the paqrty of obstruction than ideas over the last 10-15 years. The ideas that they did have were mostly bad, but the point is that by regurgiting the drivel that Republicans were the party of ideas, Obama implicitly concedes that Democrats were not offering ideas over the last 10-15 years. How are we going to feel when this crap is thrown back in our face in the general? Did he check with Ted Kennedy on this? How about John Kerry? You get my point….
Vote Hillary. She knows exactly what the general will look like and she has what it takes to win.

To Carolyn Walker,
No one is shoving it down your throat. It is alreading in application in seven states, it is a state issue and it is use in a presidential election by pundits for ratings and by politicians who have no real ideas or vision to solve the economic crisis that this country is facing.
This country needs problem solvers, not demagogue-in-chief. We have a problem with illegal immigration. How do we solve it?
We need a realist plan and we need to look at the problem by leaving our emotions aside. It will not be solve by lou Dobbs ranting in his shows or by Mitt Romney demagoguery.
Again, it is a state issue and no president will have to deal with a DL issue, but a president will have to deal with the immigration issue and our homeland security. What are the candidates plans on these issues and what are the chances that these plans can be implemented.
Those who are losing now are working class folks, not Mitt Romney friends who can still take advantage from cheap labor and drive wages down.

ABC/Oprah are focusing on this topic so Obama can get more Latino votes come Super Tuesday. If the Latino voters think that Obama will give driver licenses to their illegal families than they will vote for Obama in the primary. ABC did not the push this issue month ago when Obama clearly stated his position on illegal immigrants during a debate in November. And, Obama continued to tell African-American that we need to accept illegal immigrants in most of his speeches, listen to his MLK speech. ABC is not trying to help anyone but Obama. Obama needs the Latino voters.
Remember during the one the debates when Hillary said that she understood why the Governor of New York supports driver licenses to illegal immigrants but she DOES NOT support it, the media ate her alive the next several days after the debate, which cause her to drop in the poll. But when Obama was asked the same question (twice) in the next debate, he said “YES” (twice) that he supports granting driver’s licenses to illegal immigrants. The media did not go after him on the topic as they did Hillary.
Below are comments from Obama during the debate on illegal immigrants.
Obama: Undocumented workers come here to work, not to drive
Obama: When I was a state senator in Illinois, I voted to require that illegal aliens get trained, get a license, get insurance to protect public safety. That was my intention. The problem we have here is not driver’s licenses. Undocumented workers do not come here to drive.
They’re here to work. Instead of being distracting by what has now become a wedge issue, let’s focus on actually solving the problem that this administration, the Bush administration, had done nothing about it.
Source: 2007 Democratic debate in Las Vegas, Nevada Nov 15, 2007

A note to the wise. Illegal immigration will not stop. No matter how high you build those walls and fences. No matter how many laws is put into force, you cannot stop the tide.
It is human nature to seek a better life, than the one they are living. As long as people are suffering in other nations they will seek ways to enter another nation where they can have a better life.
That is why the pilgrims left Plymouth. They did not apply to the native americans living here for a entry visa.
Europeans came here, saw that it offered a better life than Europe and wipe out most of the native population to achieve it.
The most ruthless empire the world have ever known(the Romans) could not stop illegal immigration. The higher the wall you put up to stop people the more envy in others you make, thus they will find news ways to come to the USA. If the human brain can invent away to travel to the moon, then finding ways around terrestial barriers is not much of a problem

Right, so give potential terrorists a valid driver’s license. After they are illegal, right? Does BO have any clue what the ramifications of this are for the security of this Nation? ABC, stay on this story. It is frightening to think this guy is running for the Office of the President of the U.S. of America. Disgusting. I wonder if he cleared with with Oprah, Caroline, and his bosom buddy Teddy?

Voteforme008,
Illegal immigration is a side issue. That is not the cause of the many probems that african americans face. Those problems are rooted in the pass,
and have yet to be truely face up to by the wider population. Education, self-esteem, housing, poverty. The list goes on, illegal immigration taking jobs away from them is BS. Illegal immigrants are hired by crooks who do not want to pay a living wage. Would you want to work for one of those people. Also illegal immigration has no effect on legal immigration. The waiting time only if they were to be given legal status would that effect the quoter in the country they come from.

I mean joe or whatever your name is

Tennessee..great comments.
The idea that we can actually deport 15 million people is nonsense. I am a logistics expert, so lets examine this. We need to locate throughout the entire US, then arrest, then house, feed, provide medical care, a deportation hearing, and then transport lets say 100,000 illegal aliens per month, for say 15 years straight. Of course we have all their goods,cars houses and stuff to deal with, we have the children of who many are legal US citizens. Heck, we could not evacuate 400,000 people with a weeks notice in New Orleans but you think we can do the above………..never, ever. Now, so what do we do? We close the border and we assimilate those already here….I know many of you don’t like that, but there is NO other options, so quit whining about it.

yes.. hilary has been vetted.. how did she make a hundred thousand dollars off a thousand dollar cattles future investment again? oh, and why did she stay married to a man who humuliated her in the oval office time and time again with trashy young women yet she sat idly by as he lied about it to the country repeatedly.. oh yeah.. ms backbone..pleasee… she is so transparent and phony .. at least bush did one thing right and restored personal integrity back to the white house.. obama will do the same and respect the office , his wife and children. Character matters. OBAMA 08!

I am part of a truly multi-racial family. White, Black, Latina, Asian even an Aussie. We all have different jobs and different incomes. We have found Sen Obama to be the most racist of the candidates. We have watched as he has slowly ticked off each minority and including females.My Latina s-i-law actually called it that Obama would bring up licenses after Richardson dropped out and he realised he lost the Latinas in Nevada. We thought about turning it into a game a bit of who will Obama love next. I dont mind him in fact we thought we would love him but he is offering us the world but not saying how and not saying what he won’t deliver. My mother says he is like a parent who wants his children to love him so he decides to give them everything they want even if its not good for them and he can’t afford to buy it. The sort of parent who has an excuse for everything but is never responsible. I am a victim of circumstance. She told us to stand up straight and take responsibility and that it was up to us if skin colour was a problem in our lives. I actually feel sorry for Sen Clinton because I can guarantee you the things she is being condemned for people wouldn’t have paid attention to if she wasn’t running against a black man. Our white relatives are divided and they are a mix of normal, politically correct a few feminists and a few closet racists. 90% of black relatives are pro Obama and most of them haven’t voted before. I asked why know they said “i want a brother in the house” I asked about his stance on several issues they didn’t know one. The Latina branch was the most interesting they are the most suspicious and I think a few would call themselves Republicans. They are probably 70/30 Clinton but they know the issues. One thing we all know is race is an issue and Obama is playing it up big take it from us.

Buzzm1 keep believing that whilst reapping the reward for illegal immigration. Your house for instance if you have bought a new one in the last 15 years, or the money you save on groceries. Don’t go after all of them just one at a time so you can enjoy the fruits of the illegal labor of those already here. Keep believing the hype that illegals can obtain benefits. They risk death to come to the us, many have died. Has that stop the flow, NO. You may or may not play the lottery, but they play it with their lives everyday.
The only real way to stop illegal immagigration is to help those countries south of the boarder to better supprt their own people. Stop Washington from supporting corrupt politians in those countries. Give a lead show them that they too can acheive a good life in their own land. Not risk death and suffering to come to the USA

Uhm okay La Opinion endorses Obama because of his position on drivers licenses for undocumented residents? So this is the definitive issue for Latino voters? Of course not! Latinos, including those of undocumented status, care about important issues like every other person such as, the economy (yes undocumented people are losing their jobs too, etc), the war on terror, so on and so fourth. Guess what people, if need be people will drive without a driver’s license no matter what, shocking isn’t it. If this is your pitch to get Latino voters, I’m a little disappointed. How did you get the support of Latino voters in Chicago, a city that boasts one of the largest Latino populations in the U.S? In addition, as a child of an immigrant this is all you can do to appeal to a population with a large immigrant population? If this isn’t a red flag I don’t know what is.

Obama just made the biggest political blunder in recent history. Most legal latinos in this country do not support illegal aliens. Legal latinos want to be part of America legally. Plus if you want to hear the truth most latinos don’t like blacks

Obama is another puppet of George Soros.
And if any Obama aides are reading this, it’s ILLEGAL ALIEN, not “immigrant”!
You are just the same, ignore our laws to further your career!

The only reason Democrats wnat Illegals to have DLs is so Illegals will be able to vote. If 12 milliom illeglas vote then the Democrats always win.

Anybody who supports giving drivers licenses to illegal aliens is not fit to run a country…any country.
If this guy gets elected, the rest of the world may be correct in their assumption that Americans are idiots.

hmmmm when Hillary won New Hampshire the news media and Obama was blaming racist whites for the win. When Obama won in South Carolina where even OJ Simpson would of won. The news did not cry racism.

All this talk about Hillary needs Bill’s coat tails will not work. Latinos see right through. We know that Obama is riding off the media, billionair Oprah, John Kerry, Ted Kennedy, and Caroline Kennedy’s coat tails. Oprah is a racist and never had anything to do with Latinos in her show. Oprah do not come and demand votes from Latinos for Obama, because we know how you exactly how you feel about us!

How in the world do you think you will stop illegal immgration by continuing to give incentives to illegals? We got into this mess by having a derelict gov’t not enforcing the laws. We were told that Simson-Mizzoli (the 1986 amnesty given to 3 milllion + illegals)would solve the problem. They lied to us. We went from 3 million to 12 million. Our gov’t is a fraud. How do you get 12-20 million illegals and still believe you have a responsible gov’t? Wake up. Be an adult. How do YOU still fool yourself and believe YOU have the Rule of Law with 12-20 million illegals? WAKE UP!!!!!!!!!!!!!! America is on a fast path to anarchy.

John Edwa I was indirectly acknowledging that fact. I pointed out that as far as exit/entrance polls were concerned the most telling statistic was race not education/income.It is apparent that race is a huge issue in this primary and B and others (not all) cannot acknowledge it as they feel it defames their candidate they seem to prefer to call Hillary supporters ignorant uneducated gullible etc. It is the media supported by the public that are discrediting the candidates. It may not be right but it is real. Also I was then questioning why someone is unqualified to vote based on their education. Just because someone may not understand the finer points of something does not mean they do not understand what effects them. You may not agree with them but again this is their right. How do people say they support a man who advocates a change for a better tomorrow and unity yet want to exclude those who have different likes. What I truly think is appalling is somewhere like Michigan has over 7 million registered voters and approx 1.5 miilion cared to vote and so the story repeats itself across the states. Yet day after day everywhere you go people will tell you what is wrong with government or candidates. I will not hate monger a candidate but I will exercise my right to address selective facts or misinformation presented as facts. I have defended Obama also regarding such comments.

fox site has two articles:
“Obama reaches out to youth audience”
“Candidates reach out to young audience at MTV forum”
These two stories are about the same thing but Gee who gets the glory headline. This is happening in print and television. This is not an even campaign. I feel sorry for voters

life according to the Obama HYPERS. Bringing the youth and other radicals out to vote will win me the election. Since the media has given you a TEFLON coating to say and do whatever you want, coupled with the fact the Clintons arent ALLOWED to critique you because Ted Kennedy and John Kerry WHINE , Obama thinks hes got this big MOVEMENT going.
Except we have gone down this path before. Youth voters NEVER determine the election, and Obama is not being POUNDED by the Republican media yet. His platform is WAY too far to the left, which the media refuses to mention that most of the country will reject this.
But hey. Whateve PSYCHOLOGICAL POUNDING you can use to get Obama the nomination works, the better. Right?

GETTING TO THE CAUSE OF THE IMMIGRATION PROBLEM
Why are people allowed to come and work here while using up public services without entering America through the proper channels?
Well here is a shortlist of the most responsible pols.
1) Reagan & 1986 CONGRESS
They passed the first amnesty bill for undocumented workers (called illegal aliens by everyone then, now only by the uninformed or politically motivated because not all are here illegally);
2) The Clintons & NAFTA
Both Clintons campaigned for and gave DEMOCRATIC credibility to this most-Republican, anti-U.S. worker, and sweeping free trade agreement in our nation’s history to that point. It started the unprecedented levels of outsourcing our jobs to other countries with the incentives given to US automakers and other manufacturers to build plants on the Mexican side of the border, known then as “maquilladores”. It also relaxed rules for work visas and created other incentives for U.S. companies to attract foreign workers.
3) George Bush
Ah, yes. Is there any major problem facing America today that he hasn’t created or severely exacerbated?
Here he did more as GOV of Texas where he got elected by pandering to Mexicans on both sides of the border. Only a conservative revolt in his own Republican party stopped him from goal of another round of amnesty imbedded in a path-to-citizenship that he hoped would trigger mass conversions of Latino voters from DEM to REP nationwide, as he did in Texas.
So this problem has been around since way before Reagan even; and please note that no where on this list does the name Barack Obama appear. He had no part in any of this; except now he is trying to lead us towards a measured and balanced solution.
While REPS today lead with punishment for all here illegally and particularly for those few who may have committed a violent crime; progressive DEMS like Obama focus first on public safety for the entire community.
Since the undocumented are here already; and since, though Obama is right that they primarily come here to work and not to drive, still many have to drive to work here on CA streets and highways; then don’t we want the ones here already, properly trained and licensed to operate a
motor vehicle in your state?
This I’d Obama’s position; and he is neither pandering nor agreeing with Latinos on this issue.
Rather, Obama has cited his support of law enforcement, many of whom across the country initially called for drivers’ licenses as an apolitical way to enhance public safety both through more enlightened driving and the limited ability to somehow track these individuals.
It’s unfortunate that Mrs. Clinton and her supporters insist on politicizing it.
Maybe they feel a desperate need to politicize this, because unlike Obama, Sen. Clinton does share some of the ownership of this entire immigration issue as it related to NAFTA and Mexico. Her name IS on the list referenced above as being chiefly responsible for the creation and mismanagent of this problem which involves global trade, immigration, union-busting/undermining, and cross-border labor laws.
And we remember Sen. Biden and others getting some type of mumbled acknowledgement from Sen. Clinton that NAFTA didn’t work out as they had hoped.
Didn’t it? The Clintons went from being the toast of the Ozark Mountains range in Arkansas to being muli-national “Corporate Democrats” as John Edwards refers to them in his caveat that we not replace Corporate Republicans with Corporate Democrats.
And just in case you think it a stretch or unfair to attribute every accomplishment of the first Clinton Administration to Sen. Clinton; well, you know The Clintons will just have to take the good with the bad as well.
And let me also remind you that the most popular former President of the United States alive today often tells audiences how he never made a single major decision without consulting his wife.
I have to add here that I am married 8 years and I would say the same about my wife. She isn’t a banker, but on judgement calls involving any- and everything that is not pricing-related or a snap-decision requiring immediate action, I am right there with Bill and just more comfortable checking in with my life partner before I step off.
The truth, in retrospect, is that I probably consult with my wife more often than not because of her commanding grasp and complete understanding of me, and not of my professional material.
Either way, I think it’s clear that they co-own the content of their 1st stay in the White House; in fact, Sen. Clinton has publicly claimed NAFTA and a few other high-profile events widely regarded as succeessful.
So since American Police Chiefs own the drivers’ license initiative where it came from, at the state level; it is not so difficult a political position for the DEMS to take on, as it is portrayed, when they can run clips of REP law enforcement officials openly calling for such licenses while the V.O. extolls DEM support for all law enforcement officers from FBI agents to small town police chiefs.
TRANSLATION
1. Obama doesn’t deserve as much credit since it is a relatively safe position for this year; and
2) Sen. Clinton deserves more scrutiny and questions about why she still opposes drivers’ licenses for undocumented workers…after she was initially for them, of course.
And since you’ll never get a straight answer from Sen. Clinton on this, let me suggest that the external political landscape moved, triggering a re-calibration of HRC’S immigration policy.
It is hard to tell what Sen. Clinton’s position on this issue will be in the fall or even in upcoming primaries. It is very likely that she may flop back for them once McCain becomes eventual nominee of his party.
So

Most Repubs want Hillary as the candidate, because Hillary is the only candidate that can unite the Republican Party. Don’t be fooled that Hillary is fully vetted, the Repubs are just waiting for her to be the nominee before they start. Hillary and her husband still have not released the list of donors to the Clinton Library fund, Remember Bill pardoned Marc Rich, a felon, on his way out of the White House, after March Rich donated money to the Clinton Library Fund. ex-Prez Jimmy Carter said that action was reprehensible, bothering on fraudulent. Bill and Hillary Clinton will explode before November, there are just too many stories about improper activities by Bill. Meanwhile I just googled “Clinton convicts” and it is unbelievable that a couple with this kind f record want to rule our country. America deserves better, Reject the Clintons.

Obama refuses to vote on that are important to protecting the US and us:
Vote 361: H R 3222: Graham Amdt. No. 3117; To improve the security of United States borders.
Vote 388: H R 3043: Ensign Amdt. No. 3352; To prohibit the use of funds to process claims based on illegal work for purposes of receiving Social Security benefits.
Vote 387: H R 3043: Ensign Amdt. No. 3342; To prohibit the use of funds to administer Social Security benefit payments under a totalization agreement with Mexico.

Amnesty was given to 3 million illegals in 1986, costing taxpayers billions of dollars. That legislation, also supported by Senator Ted Kennedy, D-Mass, has resulted in 12-30 million more illegals entering the US over the past 20 years.
We have so many illegals in the US now because of the 1986 Amnesty that Senator Kennedy told us would prevent further illegal immigration.

McCain will whip Obama in the general with this. Another reason why Clinton is a better choice. She’s careful with how she frames things. That’s right folks.. she’s more savvy. And that’s what it takes. It’s what separates the rookies from the seasoned players. Take your pick, which do you want defending the democratic party in the general. Take emotion out of it. We are all screwed if McCain wins.

One fundimental thing being proven throughout this entire process which is bewildering to say the least! Anyone really know who Obama is, not in things he says, but in things he avoids answering, his history, his core supporters, his background?
Republicans know all about him and this small issue isn’t anywhere close to what they will unleash upon him if he is the candidate they go against for the Nov vote!
Open your eyes and stop listening to what he wants you to hear and find out who is preaching to you, you won’t like what you learn!

One thing I have not seen discussed here is the fact that, at least in CA, you can take the driver’s test in Spanish and Chinese. If they can’t read the road signs in English, how can we trust that they are safe drivers.

what specifically would be obama’s qualification for the presidency?
his specialty in the IL senate was abortion.
that’s all.
john mccain? perhaps that he was a POW 40 years ago. although why is he running as a republican?
mccain is an ill-tempered dumb old man with a short fuse.
let’s see hillary lived in the white house. OK.
she went to law school and then failed the bar exam.
had to go to arkansas to take the abbreviated version. only job as a lawyer was a part time job at the rose law firm acquired because she was the governor’s wife.
how does that bribe scheme work with TYSON chicken again?
hillary had $1000 and read the wall street journal and it showed her how to make $100,000 in profits on cattle futures.
where was the FBI on that bribery scheme?

I guess he changed his mind. I thought he did’nt want illegals to have a Licenses. Anyway i think it’s a bad idea. I agree with Hillary no licence for illegals. If they were in an accident, and ran from the scene then what. Obama agreed with Hillary not to long ago.Now he is trying to get the latino vote,and changed his mind. Sounds like obama is a flip flopper here. Not Hillary… greg

Over the past 15 years the Democrats have done a great job of destroying whatever good was left in California. Now are we going to let them do the same thing to the entire nation. If they hanker so much for Socialism let them move to Europe!

I have been trying to find these studies that are supposed to support the idea that giving licenses to illegal immigrants will make our roads safer and so far have come up empty handed. Can the people that keep mentioning these studies please post their references. That way I can judge for myself if the studies are worth anything.

You know, Obama likes to talk about change–but really, isn’t he a Washington politician just like everyone else? Also, what has Obama done? Has he done anything memorable besides sit on committees and debate with other senators?
I think real change is getting someone outside of Washington–someone different. As for health care, only 2 people actually did something about it. And that’s Hilary and Romney. I give them credit for actually doing something. Hilary for the first Children’s Health Care package–not the recent one that didn’t pass– and Romney for getting universal health care in his state. At least, Hilary and Romney have actually saved lives by getting people health care–what has Obama done? Nothing– a big, fat O.— Zero —

Do the IDIOTS OUT THERE not UNDERSTAND????? ALL of the major candidates are “GLOBALISTS”, as well as the current administration. They are All BOUGHT AND PAID FOR by big business. They all want to B-U-Y your and ILLEGALS VOTES. They ALL want a RULING CLASS and a SERVANT CLASS. (And SURPRISE. . . . Y-O-U will be in the SERVANT CLASS). This is the NEW WORLD ORDER that everyone is whispering about. YOU WILL NOT RECOGNIZE THE COUNTRY YOU ARE ABOUT TO SEE. It will astound even idiots like yourselves. YOUR RIGHTS ARE BEING REMOVED as you read this post. YOU SHOULD HAVE NEVER ELECTED GWB. George Bush is the BEGINNING OF THE END OF THE UNITED STATES as we know it. Sorry to break the news to you. . . . . . . . hope you’re happy now.

Amen, to those who are willing to vote outside of their so called party. People get locked into a Political party and vote for the lesser of the two evils, simple solution vote for the person not party. I agree intelligent people can change their mind so why not vote for a good, true, reserving America, the way it was built to be candidate. Most media is totally corrupt, proven w/this campaign, as the candidates, do your homework and read on ALL candidates. There is actually one out there, if the public can see it. God Bless America, Land that I Love, Stand beside her…..Time to stand beside her, not a political party.

Obama is dead wrong on this issue. He can’t enforce it. He can’t implement it, and he won’t have the support to pass it through Congress. This is not a wise fight to take on. Illegal immigrants cannot vote for him.

The Dems are idiots who care nothing about secure borders, they think everything will be OK if we’re nice and take care of everyone. Ship every damn illegal out of the country (I’ll pay higher prices to cover the labor cost as long as it is legal labor and they are paying back to society). You have to make the penalty so high that you remove the temptation for the majority, then all you have to do is eliminate the rest.
And no, idiot, just because you give them a license does not mean they will have insurance, quit living in a dream world.

We need to understand that some of the illegal immigrants are not here by choice, such as their children who were forced to come to the USA at a young age. I’m not saying that people should sympathize for these children, but I dont think they deserve the same treatment as their parents. These children deserve the equal opportunity as any other children such as being able to go to school, work, drive, etc. Blame their parents? that’s like saying blame your parents or country for putting you into that situation. We need to find the way to resolve this and make a better place to live for all. Not just this country but other countries in poverty as well. And I hope that Obama or Hillary can make some kind of change.

We give driver’s licenses out to people who study and pass the test everyday yet they still drive like morons, cause accidents and death. So when these folks do this they pay a price and many go to jail. What happens when an illegal who’s not paying any taxes, getting ‘free’ stuff and probably still didn’t get car insurance hits someone, maybe a kid? What if they are drunk? What is the recourse for that? They get deported come back a few weeks later. Why bother with the paperwork for a license because their is not accountability on their part either way. Furthermore, giving a person a driver’s license doesn’t give them common sense. So what they don’t have cars in Mexico so these people have never stepped in a car so its all foreign to them? Look past all of this bull and realize that a huge problem in our country today is a lack of individual accountability. If everyone would just do the right things…you know obey the laws, get a job, pay some taxes, go to school, and stop blaming others for everything then maybe we could get somewhere. For the record, I didn’t grow up rich and entitled. I grew up in a blue collar household that scrapped to get by to parents who had didn’t even had a high school diploma. We never took public assistance. Somehow, through all the grit I managed to put myself through school and find some success as have the rest of my siblings. Everything is achievable but it takes the desire to want it and the work to get it.

What happens to the Kids who have no choice? Kids who have assimilated into American society, living and breathing American air their entire lives who are deprived from one day owning a car in which they see their peers drive day by day? They did not make the choice. Their parents took them to the United States at birth for them to make the best out of the land of opportunity. Now we strive to deprive our future? What happens to the families who are having a difficult time balancing their days, being forced to drive their 17 year olds day in and day out? What happened to the land of equality, the American Dream in which the only obstacle in the path to a person’s success is their willingness to persevere? What happens to kids like me?

You Liberals out there are in for some eye openers if you allow Obama to become President of this Country. Illigal aliens with drivers license is just one more huge step Obama is taking in the WRONG direction for security in the U.S.A. No vote for Obama!!!!

ALL OF YOU THAT ARE AGAINST ILLEGALS SHOULD KNOW THAT WITH OUT US YOU ARE NOTHING!!! IF WE LEAVE THE COUNTRY THE ECONOMY WILL GO TO THE FOOR!!!!! MORE THEN NOW. SO INSTEAD OF SAYING THAT LEARN SPANISH BECAUSE IN SOME MORE YRS. THERE WILL BE MORE HISPANICS THEN NO BODY ELSE…

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