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Romney repeats misleading claims about McCain's stand on immigration and his own record on taxes.

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  • Posted By: Soldierinthesand @ 01/02/2008 3:28:47 AM

    Despite the fact that McCain is a war hero he has spent his career as a legislator. A whole life spent talkign without much action. Romney has shown through his leadership style that he is a doer. He has continually stood up and solved problems and actually made things happen. He is the type of leadership this country needs right now.

  • Posted By: Soldierinthesand @ 01/02/2008 3:26:19 AM

    McCain is a war hero, but on immigration he has flopped, Romney has a clearer track record of being able to make and enforce decisions that cleaned up messes like the 2002 winter Olympics Romney has been a doer that has made things happen, that's what our country needs. McCain has been a legislator, talk a lot and no action.

  • Posted By: MyViews1 @ 01/01/2008 7:19:40 AM

    Clearly a slanted story. McCain is not actually a bad guy, but lets face the fact that he cannot win the General Election...and Romney is the only GOP candidate who can. So get over it!

  • Posted By: Itrustno1 @ 12/31/2007 8:14:35 PM

    This artical is the "MALARKEY". McCain is unelectable first off. His record is so litered with anti conservative stands of his....why would we even trust him in the White House? The Immigration/Amnesty bill McCain co-authored with an idiot, leftest Democrate, was ran out of town it was so bad....thats the truth if you care to write about it. The THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS" in penalties you are talking about was a $2,000.00 fine, a work pass which was virtally forever, and yes...McCain did try to include Social Security benefits for All!!! He just didn't have the guts to put it in writing. This quote of yours from Romney was not a statement of total support of McCains mess of a bill, but a reasonable first responce to a general question. I hope you liberal media types are not successful in your attempt to alter the outcome of our, the Republican, contest.. Try just doing your jobs, and stop taking yourselves so seriously. No one is buying your STUFF anymore. We have all learn how to read and turn on a computer. You want respect, than treat us, the poor people who have to read your personal points of view, which you keep trying to dump on us as NEWS! Stop wasting our time..just give us the truth, not your version of it.

  • Posted By: Balance @ 12/31/2007 8:08:40 PM

    News agencies like Newsweek have attacked Mitt Romney with more attack ads than Romney could ever send McCain's way. They've been doing it since he entered the campaign. Is it because of his religion, or is it because he is feared by democrats?

  • Posted By: Itrustno1 @ 12/31/2007 7:45:37 PM

    The McCains bill was a bad one....bottom line. That is way no one could pass it. McCain himself says he learn form the over 80% negative citizen rejection of it. The "THOUSANDS" of dollars you speak of is the "MALARkey". It was a $2,000.00 fee, which no one could even imagine a way of collecting. It was an Amnesty any way you cut it. Oh, and no one wanted it, not even the majority of Demorates. McCain did sign on to the idea of providing Social Security benefits to illegals...that is a fact. You liberal media types are so scared of Romney that you are willing to put down your mantal of truth and fair reporting to try and effect the Republican race by helping to eliminate conservatives that can win in 2008. Romney is going to win, Brooks, you need to just give up writing this stuff and join Hillarys election team up front. Sorry, but we Americans aren't cattle after all, we see right through you.

  • Posted By: michael_kittrell @ 12/31/2007 7:22:40 PM

    I'd call McCain's plan and bill amnesty. I would say McCain is soft on immigration. Fence is the first step, I agree with McCain there, but he is obviously looking out for the hispanic vote and for the industries that employ illegals. I doubt he would ever get around to kicking them out. Its about economics, I work for a hospital, we write off SO much for illegals. If they were citizens we could charge the government, but we pay for it one way or another and I'd rather simply not pay for it. Our schools are crowded with Hispanic kids who can't speak English very well consuming our education resources at higher rates. We create government jobs and pay higher wage differentials for workers who can speak Spanish. These jobs are primarily filled with citizen children of illegal immigrants. We need to stop illegal immigration, it hurts us in higher taxes, worse government service and young people can't get the "good" blue collar jobs because the are increasingly dominated by immigrants.

  • Posted By: rayfinn @ 12/31/2007 6:28:05 PM

    McCain was a co-sponsor of the immigration reform bill that true American Patriots rallied and shut down the \senate switchboard over. It has as much chance of succeeding as the Bush/Kennedy education joke. Newsweek is so liberal, I sure do not trust it as a source. Mike Wallace told me the truth about Newsweek!

  • Posted By: mateo10 @ 12/31/2007 5:20:54 PM

    Joe Smith sounds like a "man" who could use some amnesty himself, come on people give the guy a break, this is how people are turned in to serial killers..., listen how angry he is. -Mateo

  • Posted By: BillInOrlando @ 12/30/2007 8:19:18 PM

    The author lies.

    John McCain cast the deciding Senate vote to grant Social Security payments to illegal aliens.....when they are granted citizenship.

    McCain then slithered into a secret meeting in the middle of the night with 9 other pro amnesty sneaky Senators. Together they gave birth to the Kennedy-McCain Amnesty Bill. The bill was rushed to a vote before anyone (including the author) could understand it. It would have cost the taxpayers $2 trillion. The thousands of dollars in fines and penalties is correct but the author fails to mention two things:
    1. McCains bill reduced existing fines and penalties by thousands of dollars.
    2. McCains bill provided interest-free time payments of up to seven years for those "fines".
    ANYONE COULD HAVE BOUGHT U.S. CITIZENSHIP FOR $4O A MONTH.
    Of course, they also had to state that they did not belong to a gang.
    NEWSWEEK should be ashamed for publishing the author's misleading, dishonest tripe.

    • Posted By: JoeSmithInTheUSofA @ 12/31/2007 10:40:55 AM

      Whoa... Do you even know how ferociously crazy you are?

  • Posted By: Buckwheat @ 12/29/2007 4:08:12 PM

    Mitt Romney will say or do anything to get elected. Kind of reminds me of another candidate from New York state currently serving in the US Senate.

    • Posted By: JoeSmithInTheUSofA @ 12/31/2007 10:39:44 AM

      Ha. Truth.

  • Posted By: leokarlo @ 12/29/2007 5:39:30 PM

    Seems Newsweek is twisting to words. The McCain's intent is the point. McCain clearly supported amnesty just as stated. Clearly McCain wanted SS for the illegals. When you have to use the dictionary to support your argument your case is very weak. Recall the famous quote "it depends upon what the maening of the word 'is' is"

    • Posted By: JoeSmithInTheUSofA @ 12/31/2007 10:35:32 AM

      Wow. You're astonishing.
      "Clearly McCain supported amnesty. Clearly McCain wanted social security for the illegals. Clearly."

      The rationale for these "obvious" truths? "The man on the television said so, so obviously its true!"

      Your ignorance and gullibility are astounding.
      (Sorry if you need to use a dictionary to figure out what I just said.)

  • Posted By: hughgous @ 12/30/2007 4:50:11 PM

    Anybody that reads this article and believes it is up in the night. This article has to be the mos biased article I have seen yet on any candidate. First the writer didn't do his own research (probably found his false info from a blog or other unreliable liberal site.) McCain defends the social security issue by saying that it can't be done because the law doesn't allow it. No duh, sherlok, but the bill that you tried to pass would have over turned that law we have not. If you want to know who is telling the truth go read the bill.

  • Posted By: hughgous @ 12/30/2007 4:45:46 PM

    This is the biggest bias on any site I have seen so far.

  • Posted By: CorbinB2 @ 12/30/2007 3:23:02 PM

    The closer you get to an actual election, more and more actual truths come out. What someone says they did and the impact it had are completely different things and trying to make what they say they did true is not going to fool anybody. I'm really surprised Romney is still trying this old school politics tactic to try and fool the voters.

    Huckabee and Romney are both going to fall away after the first or second primary anyway, so I guess it's all a moot point now.

  • Posted By: sakiusad @ 12/29/2007 3:57:51 PM

    Its simple as ABC, the McCain and Kennedy Bill would have allowed a huge tax burden on tax payers. Ok check this out, I am an Accountant I have a masters degree and I earn about 40k a year with 2 years of work experience, I have a wife and child that I support, my wife is a stay at home mom and I am expecting another child, but with the tax burden borne by me I will end up paying $500 to the Federal government and $200 to the state government. Now where are the tax breaks for the middle class, there is none.

    Illegals will only increase the tax burden on the rest of us, I can only imgine whats its going to be if they are legalized.

    • Posted By: luigi837 @ 12/30/2007 11:11:27 AM

      well, there two type of working americans .... the rich and the poor ...no midle classwhich was wiped out by reagan ..........

  • Posted By: luke232 @ 12/29/2007 5:41:58 PM

    More Newsweek Malarky

    Mitt Romney, regardless of the liberal media and anti-mormon distortions is by far the most qualified candidate for President of the United States. So, he cut back on HIV/AIDS help in Massachussetts. That's exactly what needed to happen! If people don't want HIV/AIDS, maybe they should stop living in illicit, lewd, homosexual relationships. I know it may be seem like too much to ask people to actually govern themselves, instead of waiting for the government to govern their lives for them.
    With all due respect, John McCain is a good man, but he is simply not presidential material. He's good for some war stories, tough talk, and pushing his agenda in the Senate. Besides that, keep him on the sidelines. Mike Huckabee? Keep him behind the pulpit, preaching. He doesn't belong in the White House. Fred Thompson? Yes, he's got some snappy one-liners, but so does my grandpa, and I would never vote for him for president. Rudy Guiliani? He can't even govern his own home and family right, so why would anyone want him in office?
    Now, to the Democrats....Obama? If you're in favor of hugging Al-Queda, and waving white flags at the Iranians, and bringing peace and joy and lollipops to everyone in exchange for the buzz word "change", then cast your vote for him. Hillary? If you want a soulless, corruptible, sold-out, owned-by-special-interests, makes-the-devil-himself-sweat kind of person in the office, then cast your vote.
    In conclusion: Vote for the only man who has actually created a turnaround in organizations, and got things done and made things happen and not just talked about it (and smiled for the camera)....MITT ROMNEY IN 2008!!!!!!!!!

    • Posted By: raleighmatt @ 12/30/2007 10:57:13 AM

      I'm sure Mitt is proud to have such an ignorant pig on his side. If there really was a hell, you'd burn in it. fortunately for you once you're gone you'll rot 6 feet down just like everyone else. The difference is, nobody's going to miss you, you soulless waste of space.

    • Posted By: radley37 @ 12/29/2007 9:53:41 PM

      Enter Your CommentLuke232, I don't think you could sound more ignorant if you tried. It's not just homosexuals who get AIDS. I take care of patients with infectious diseases and the majority of the AIDS patients I take care of are NOT homosexuals.

    • Posted By: radley37 @ 12/29/2007 9:46:19 PM

      I have news for you, luke232, it's not just homosexuals who gets HIV/AIDS. Most educated people are aware of this. I am a nurse and I take care of people with AIDS. The majority of them are NOT homosexuals. Educate yourself, you ignorant ass.

  • Posted By: luigi837 @ 12/30/2007 10:49:15 AM

    Mitt Romney better check his speech twice before he open his mouth about h the illegals getting social security which is untrue ... they don't get any while coming here illegally...

  • Posted By: TheMittWitt @ 12/30/2007 9:53:03 AM

    When Mitt Romney's record of economic failure as governor is exposed he's going to have bigger problems. MA was 49 out of 50 in job creation whie he was governor. He also raised every state fee and neglected infrastructure maintenance to help his "no new taxes" claim. Run, don't walk away from this empty suit.

  • Posted By: JLFuller @ 12/30/2007 1:34:19 AM

    Spoken like a true McCain staffer. Does he pay you by the hour or the word?

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