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Title: Kasich defends immigrants as 'contributing significantly'
Source: My Way
URL Source: http://apnews.myway.com/article/201 ... op_2016-kasich-5dfd1340f1.html
Published: Aug 13, 2015
Author: STEVE PEOPLES
Post Date: 2015-08-13 14:19:04 by nativist nationalist
Keywords: None
Views: 633
Comments: 6

DERRY, N.H. (AP) — Republican presidential candidate John Kasich defended millions of immigrants in the U.S. illegally as "people who are contributing significantly" to the nation, taking on a divisive issue Wednesday as he promised to redefine conservatism during his latest New Hampshire appearance.

Kasich, a second-term Ohio governor, addressed immigration among other delicate political issues before a crowd of more than 200 packed into a small VFW hall, his second public stop in a two-day swing through the first- in-the-nation primary state. Kasich remains one of the lesser-known 17 Republican White House hopefuls, yet a strong debate performance in his home state last week has produced fresh signs of momentum.

Introducing himself to many New Hampshire voters for the first time this week, he offered a pragmatic approach to national politics likely to antagonize some of his party's more conservative voters.

He quickly dismissed a questioner during an afternoon town hall-style meeting who suggested immigrants in the country illegally are a burden on the system.

"A lot of these people who are here are some of the hardest-working, God- fearing, family-oriented people you can ever meet," Kasich said to a smattering of polite applause.

Speaking later to reporters, he said he favors a pathway to legal status for such immigrants, and would not rule out a pathway to U.S. citizenship as part of an immigration reform package.

"It's not practical to move, or I don't even think desirable, to try to shift 12 million people out of this country," Kasich said. "These are people who are contributing significantly."

In tone and policy, Kasich's remarks on immigration are in line with those of former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush, a popular target for tea party activists who question his conservative credentials. While primary voting won't begin for another six months, Kasich's early rise represents a direct threat to Bush's chances in New Hampshire, a state both men see as critical to their early state strategy.

The Ohio governor's comments stand in stark contrast to billionaire businessman Donald Trump, who described Mexican immigrants as "rapists" and "criminals" as he entered the Republican presidential contest earlier in the summer.

At Kasich's side for much of the day was former state attorney general Tom Rath, once a prominent supporter of Bush's brother, former President George W. Bush, who formally endorsed Kasich this week.

"I have enormous respect for the Bush family and for (Jeb Bush) personally," Rath said. "This is really not about Jeb Bush in any way. This is about John Kasich."

As he often does, Kasich devoted a significant portion of his remarks to those living "in the shadows" of society. He promised to help the mentally ill and drug addicts who end up in prisons and the working poor who don't have health care.

"I don't know how the Republican Party ever got itself put in the trick bag by somehow saying that if we care about people who are down and out, and we want to give them a chance to succeed, then somehow that's not conservative," Kasich said. "I think conservatism is about giving everybody a chance — demanding personal responsibility — but allowing people to pursue their God-given purpose is conservative."

He continued: "Hopefully in the course of all this, I'll begin to change some of the thinking about what it means to be a conservative." The Ohio governor is scheduled to visit South Carolina, Iowa and New Hampshire again in the coming weeks.

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#1. To: nativist nationalist (#0)

In tone and policy, Kasich's remarks on immigration are in line with those of former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush

Of course they are - Kasich is the gop-e's "plan B"

That is why he's in the race.

Rufus T Firefly  posted on  2015-08-13   14:26:34 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#2. To: nativist nationalist (#0)

"I don't know how the Republican Party ever got itself put in the trick bag by somehow saying that if we care about people who are down and out, and we want to give them a chance to succeed, then somehow that's not conservative,"

Huh? Who says that?

misterwhite  posted on  2015-08-13   14:32:34 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#3. To: misterwhite (#2)

Huh? Who says that?

I liked what Sonny Bono said about illegal immigration.

My position? What do you mean, my position? It’s illegal!

nativist nationalist  posted on  2015-08-13   14:35:50 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#4. To: nativist nationalist, Rufus T Firefly, misterwhite (#0) (Edited)

... 'contributing significantly' ...

Yeah! Yeah! They DO!

I just bought a desktop computer software suite
written COMPLETELY by illegal aliens! Yeah!

And I just bought a WHOLE computer manufactured on an
an assembly line created in the USA - but shipped to
China. But hey - the ASSEMBLY LINE was MANUFACTURED
IN THE USA - so that's something - right?
So what if those US guys lost their houses?

That's the cost of outsourcing! Eh?

Chuck_Wagon  posted on  2015-08-13   17:13:15 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#5. To: Chuck_Wagon (#4)

"I just bought a desktop computer software suite written COMPLETELY by illegal aliens!"

Isn't that better to say rather than, "I can't afford a desktop computer software suite because it was written by unionized programmers in the U.S."?

So, are you complaining? Or bragging?

misterwhite  posted on  2015-08-13   17:22:46 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#6. To: nativist nationalist (#0)

Another idiot bites the dust: Kasich.

buckeroo  posted on  2015-08-13   21:10:14 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


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