Response to National Latino News Suggestion that GOP Immigration Plank Is Anti-Family

On issues, immigration policy may be the largest disagreement between myself and the mainstream of the Republican party. This article at National Latino News comes close to expressing my point of view on immigration.

I repeatedly ask Republicans why they hold their deport-all-the-illegals and their block-most-immigration positions. One of the most common answers is: “We are a nation of laws.” This article addresses that answer, somewhat. In my conversations, I ask whether the law is good or bad and I rarely get an answer until I push. The Republican anti-immigration conversationalist merely quips, “We are a nation of laws.” I wonder if blind adherence to laws simply because they are laws

Bachmann Says Gingrich is Not Consistently Pro-Life

In a press release issued immediately after The Family Leader’s Thanksgiving Family Forum on Saturday, Michele Bachmann’s campaign criticized Newt Gingrich’s Pro-Life Record: “Two decades ago, Gingrich portrayed himself as a moderating force on the Republican Party’s staunch pro-life position”. As evidence of this charge, she points