Great post, very informative. Have learned a lot from your site…….

Through Saturday’s vital test, we have learned that South Carolinians not only lack basic human dignity, but they lack a memory of what John McCain and his ol’ pal Lindsey has done to us and to this country.

Good luck to Buddy Witherspoon though. Too bad his name has “Too many syllables for South Carolina.”

This is an election where the drawbacks of “first past the post” are most prevalent.

If networks limit admittance to their debates to those who poll greater than 5%, then perhaps the primaries need to consider the “single transferable vote”. It isn’t perfect but it surely addresses the “mccain problem”.

Just read VDH’s article on this subject.

As a Stanford engineering graduate I am embarrassed that the Hoover Institution employs an “expert” who presents Bush’s tired false dichotomy: “We can’t deport 12 million illegal aliens THEREFORE we have to grant them citizenship” and IGNORES four state ‘laboratories’ where the third (majority) option is having repeatable successful results.

VDH would have flunked engineering and physics (and logic) courses at Stanford.

On January 18th, 2008 at 3:06 pm, Lan Astaslem said:
On January 18th, 2008 at 2:46 pm, fred5676 said:
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Hey Fred — I can’t watch youtube stuff at work. What is the Georgia reference?

The Georgia video is a news report about how GA’s new laws are affecting illegal immigrants. They interview a bodaga clerk who tells of illegals selling their goods and packing up and leaving the state. An illegal walks in and agrees to be interviewed – he says without being able to get a job, and no drivers license, he can’t afford to stay. He’s going back to Mexico.

This video and lots of other examples of attrition through enforcement are all linked at http://www.jmi.com/immigrationmarches/attrition.html

And some other good resources, etc., at

http://www.jmi.com/immigrationmarches

Larraby – I fully accept McCain’s war record and valiant service. That does not excuse his plan to grant 12 to 30 million law breakers instant PERMANENT residency and a “pathway” to citizenship with a 24 hour period for DHS to perform background and health checks (Z visa). In 2006 the same bill called for 90 days. McCain and Kennedy got it changed to one business day in the 2007 version. Perfidy.

Shamnesty would have been the biggest single transformational mistake of our century, increasing our “legal” population by 10% overnight – with 30 million more illegals crossing in the next decade to take their place, when they see what a great deal the eighth amnesty since 1986 is. No fence (and we need a complete fence, Hunter style), no matter how good, will stop the flood if we keep rewarding and enticing more illegals. McCain did NOT “learn his lesson” – he just wants to have his shamnesty AFTER a little border security. Why do we need shamnesty if we have border security?

McCain and Graham insult all law-abiding American citizens with their plans. THIS is what McCain’s inaction and proposals encourage – a squatters’ village of illegal aliens in San Diego suburbs, complete with snack bars, Sunday Mass, and, oh yes, BROTHELS. Shame on him. Shame on Bush. Shame on Congress. Shame on America.

On January 18th, 2008 at 2:46 pm, fred5676 said:
Apparently, SC voters are oblivious to what’s going on next door in GA.

Hey Fred — I can’t watch youtube stuff at work. What is the Georgia reference?