By Ralph Z. Hallow The Washington Times Wednesday, June 11, 2014
Sen. Rand Paul has taken a big step toward immigration reform by forging an alliance with anti-tax activist Grover Norquist. (Associated Press)
Sen. Rand Paul on Wednesday waded deeper into an issue that has proved perilous to some of his GOP colleagues, throwing his political weight behind an establishment lobby effort to get Congress to reform the country’s immigration system this year.
Mr. Paul, a libertarian-leaning Republican from Kentucky and possible 2016 presidential hopeful, participated in a telephone conference call to conservative and business leaders in favor of immigration reform in an effort brokered by anti-tax activist Grover Norquist, The Washington Times has learned.
The business group, the Partnership for a New American Economy, immediately blasted an email Wednesday evening to supporters crowing that Mr. Paul had formally joined its pro-reform effort.
The timing of the call only heightened the potential stakes for Mr. Paul just one day after House Majority Leader Eric Cantor was shockingly ousted from office in the Virginia Republican primary in favor of a little-known college professor.
Tea party activists who whipped up a get-out-the-vote effort for Mr. Cantor’s opponent said they were motivated by the incumbent’s advocacy for immigration reform, actions on Obamacare and vote to raise the nation’s debt ceiling.
Mr. Cantor was the second high-profile Republican to suffer political damage by stepping forward on the immigration issue. Sen. Marco Rubio of Florida, another potential presidential contender, lost the support of his tea party base when he advocated a plan for immigration that some argued created a pathway to citizenship for illegal immigrants.
Mr. Paul, a longtime favorite of the tea party movement, has made it clear that he believes Congress needs the courage to enact immigration reform. But his latest effort pushed him further into the middle of a strident battle between establishment Republicans like Mr. Norquist who see immigration reform as essential to economic growth, and tea party activists who fear the current efforts in Congress will only lead to de facto amnesty for illegal immigrants.
Just being in league with terrorist loving Norquist is a disqualifier for Paul. Add to that the fact his father is a lying whack job and the guy is some first rate garbage. I don;t trust anything this dude does. He constantly double speaks and then argues the party need to go in that direction to excite the dopey college kids. Guess what Rand. Kids don't vote and they never will.
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Good grief. Another one bites the dust. We do not need reform. We need to enforce the laws and stop the free handouts. If they go to jail for life and never see a single freebie they'll stop coming, its a simple theory only political incompetents can't seem to grasp.
Quote: conservgramma wrote in post #3Good grief. Another one bites the dust. We do not need reform. We need to enforce the laws and stop the free handouts. If they go to jail for life and never see a single freebie they'll stop coming, its a simple theory only political incompetents can't seem to grasp.
Quote: Frank Cannon wrote in post #2Just being in league with terrorist loving Norquist is a disqualifier for Paul. Add to that the fact his father is a lying whack job and the guy is some first rate garbage. I don;t trust anything this dude does. He constantly double speaks and then argues the party need to go in that direction to excite the dopey college kids. Guess what Rand. Kids don't vote and they never will.
While I don't agree with your assessment of Ron Paul, you are spot on regarding Rand.
He gets it regarding many issues; I remember a great speech to college students pointing out the difference between private charity and big government mandated and administered 'charity'. However when addressing immigration and illegal aliens, a major security and economic issue Rand is weasally or perhaps I ought to say weasalish. Rand Paul: Immigration Reform Had Nothing To Do With Cantor’s Loss