The Geraldo Rivera Republican
TOWNHALL.COM
By: Michelle Malkin
Fine article by Michelle Malkin. I love her newly-coined phrase: Geraldo Rivera Repuplican.
~~John Cronin~~
After spearheading a disastrous, security-undermining illegal alien amnesty bill last year with Teddy Kennedy, “straight-talking” GOP Sen. John McCain claims he has seen the light. In TV appearances, he vows to put immigration enforcement first. On the campaign trail, he offers a perfunctory promise to strengthen border security and emphasizes the need to restore Americans’ trust in their government’s ability to defend the homeland.
For all his supposed newfound enlightenment about what most Americans want — protection against invasion, commitment to the rule of law, meaningful employer sanctions, an end to sanctuary cities, enforcement-by-attrition plus deportation reform, and an end to special illegal alien benefits that invite more law-breaking — The Maverick remains a Geraldo Rivera Republican. Like the ethnocentric cable TV host who can’t string a sentence about immigration together without drowning in demagoguery, McCain naturally resorts to open-borders platitudes when pressed for enforcement specifics.
January 23rd, 2008 at 2:04 pm
We should not allow ourselves to be fooled by empty rhetoric. That is the rhetoric of an insider. Romney is an outsider who keeps his promises.
January 23rd, 2008 at 8:38 pm
Tray,
Amen!
January 23rd, 2008 at 10:39 pm
A truly great phrase. It really cuts to the heart of the matter. If anyone has watched Geraldo over the years they immediately recognize in John McCain the same namby pamby sorta wish I might be able to maybe say you might just be close to being possibly right…but don’t count on it!