To ERka Tucson, Az:

"If ya want the respect you have to show respect…"

How about respecting something called OUR LAWS? All you Mexicans have been disrespecting US law for over 2 decades!

P.S. WE NO LONGER CARE WHAT YOU THINK!

What an ass backwards thing to say "Secure the border first"….(nothing new here). The border guards can't even secure the american people from a questionably contagious American lawyer .. with no integrity… how about puttin aside your misguided preconcieved notions.. an doin the ethical thing.. and draftin a bill that works for Mexican working families and the american people.. ever thought of that??? Is your xenophobic fear makin the decisions???
If ya want the respect you have to show respect…especially to the Mexican people, and the rest of the latinos in the nation.. not everyone is mexican .. just because they speak another language .. educate yourself… learn about another culture(Latinos, and other immigrants you fail to acknowledge) that make up the engine of your economy. Because if you don't it's gonna cost ya… especially in votes.

First Bush Sr. and Clinton pushed NAFTA which cost 10's of thousands of American jobs.

Now GW, McCain and company are desperately trying to shove the immigration bill upon us and won't take no for an answer.

As in the case of NAFTA…another painful reminder of how big $ constituents want to continue to exploit low cost labor at the expense of American jobs.

McCain is sadly mistaken if he thinks this is about right-wing factions.

Korwynn of Belgium you have a point. The vast majority of us are children of immigrants. What you are missing in your analysis is the illegal aspect.

Only supporters of Tancredo are against all forms of immigration. The majority of Americans support immigration. It is the illegal immigrant that is the issue before Congress.

Mr. McCain and his legislation puts the cart before the horse. There is already money allocated to strengthen the border and yet the building of the wall has been slowed to a crawl. If we cannot build the wall we've already paid for what makes Mr. McCain think we will believe him on other measures to strengthen the border? There are already laws in place to punish employers who hire illegal immigrants. If we cannot, or will not, enforce those laws what makes Mr. McCain think we will believe him regarding new measures to keep employers from hiring illegal workers?

Passing a law just because you feel you need to do something is not a good approach to law making. Passing meaningless measures is not a good approach either.

Right on to the small vocal group that stopped this. I am not a Republican, but I sure as heck emailed my Senators and asked them not to support the immigration bill. If they did, I would not vote for them. I am telling my Congressman the same thing. This bill is not good for America. SECURE the BORDERS FIRST.

When you are illegal in this country, you get what you deserve because you should not even be here. And for the life of me, I do not understand why illegals have more say in our Country about whether we should make them legal than American citizens do. The middle class are going to be the ones who pay for all of the social services for these illegals. I, for one am tired of being discounted by Congress.

Allowing millions of illegals into the country who are not educated has brought wages down and America is becoming lower class society because more people will be uneducated. How depressing.

You have it all wrong Mr. McCain. Conservatives are not anti-immigrant, we are anti-illegal-immigrant. If you really were a conservative, you might have known that already.

Dear Senator McCain,

My family has been fighting and dying for our liberty since 1776. If you think that our family is just part of a vocal minority of your party, you are just spouting empty political rhetoric. Our family has a long tradition of not belonging to political parties. A "political party" has only two purposes; to gain power and to retain power.

YOU ARE DEAD WRONG IF YOU, AND YOUR 99 OTHER POLITICAL PALS THINK THE AMERICAN CITIZENRY WILL JUST STEP ASIDE FOR YOUR POWER GRAB. WE WILL NOT ALLOW OUR CITIZENSHIP TO BE GIVEN AWAY LIKE A PRIZE IN A CRACKER JACK BOX FOR A LOUSY FIVE THOUSAND DOLLARS. IT IS OUR TRADITION TO GIVE OUR WEALTH AND LIVES FOR OUR MUTUAL FREEDOM AND WILL BE UNTIL THE LAST OF US HAS FALLEN

Sorry Senator McCain, but it wasn,t a
small group of right-wing fanatics in
your party that defeted the immigration
bill, IT WAS THE AMERICAN PEOPLE!!!
They know when they are "being had" by
people who are in Big Business's pocket, SUCH AS YOURSELF!!! You are no more a Republican than I am a Astronaut!

Senator McCain is dead wrong. True Americans defeated this amnesty sell out bill. Want compromise? Build the wall and free the border guards currently in jail. Stop the illegal immigiration first, then to enforce existing law with deportation and putting real teeth into the penalty for hiring illegals.

Children of immigrants should not talk bad about immigration, because it could have been them who had been told to stay out of the country.

You just refuse to hear the music unless its your own - your finished. Retire before your start a civil war in your own country.

I think McCain's comment about the immigration issue shows how out of touch with the conservative voters of this country he is. Notice I did not say Republican voters. As of now, the Republican party is nothing but Democrat lite.

[...] Senator John McCain says it was an organized and vocal opposition in his party that kept the immigration bill from going forward last week. “I think that the Senate works in a way that relatively small numbers can block legislation,” the Republican presidential candidate told ABC’s George Stephanopoulos in an interview aired Sunday. “But I also think that the — particularly the more conservative anti-immigrant, anti-legislation group were very well backed up by a very vocal group of people that were supporting them.” McCain also responded to criticism from former House speaker Newt Gingrich. Gingrich suggested last week that McCain’s support for the immigration bill, and earlier support for campaign finance reform, would be an even higher hurdle to clear in primary battles than for Rudy Giuliani and his support for abortion rights. “But on the issue of immigration reform, he may be right, for all I know,” he said in response to Gingrich. “But I went there to do the hard things. I went there to do something. The easiest thing for me to do is go there and say no to things,” referencing his time in Washington. “And from time to time, it may not be agreeable, but it’s what the people of Arizona sent me there to do , and I’m proud and happy to do it.” When asked by Stephanopoulos how he would like history to judge him, McCain said as, “A person who served his country.” McCain was scheduled to be in California on Sunday to attend fundraisers. McCain: Small wing of party defeated immigration bill [...]

A "small group" defeated it? The only Republican Senators that supported it were the sell-out 7 who have been pushing it all along (there were even about 15 Democrats that voted against cloture). Just because the amnesty 7 supported doesn't mean that their constituent's did. Senator Martinez' from Florida has very low approval ratings right now because of his unflinching support for this horrific piece of legislation. Enjoy the rest of your first, and coincidentally last, term Senator Martinez.

Senator McCain, your head is buried in the sand on this one. Every time that you comment on this issue you make yourself look more foolish. You were once considered one of the few great hopes for this country and now, well, you're just a bumbling politician who's past his prime trying to save face. I'm embarassed for you. Please go away and try to distance yourself from this debacle once and for all.

John McCain and George Bush imagine themselves as the indefensible sages for the American people. Both men exhibit that same old wearisome and atavistic style of presumptive omniscience: they know what is best for America. If recent polls are accurate, both men are as far from the political desires of Americans as their secluded homes are from the realities of too much immigration. Mr. McCain, your immigration bill failed because night after night Lou Dobbs kept exposing the verbal deceit of the multinational puppets. But don’t despair Mr. McCain, you still have the Iraq farce—you know, the “why are we there” war relentlessly defended with the arcane metaphor “they will follow us home.”

This just goes to show how out of touch Senator McCain really is with Republicans on this topic. It's not "relatively small numbers", it's a large vocal group, from all across the country who understand that amnesty is not going to work. It didn't work when Ronald Reagan did it, here we are again, dealing with the same issues. This time, it's not just the boarder states that are dealing with the problem of illegal immigration, it's everywhere. Most of the voting public understands that just allowing illegal immigrants to stay is not the answer, we must seal the boarders. If Senator McCain doesn't listen to what is being LOUDLY conveyed to him, he find out the next time he's up for re-election.

McCain is full of crap, and totally out of touch with the American voter.

It wasn't just a SMALL wing of Republicans. A Rasmussen poll on June 6 found that just 23% of voters now support the bill while 50% are opposed.

Not only is McCain history as a Presidential wannabe, but also as a U S Senator.

I would like to know who voted against the immigration bill, so that i can let them know they will never get supprot from me

Guess what mccain you & the rest of the BUFFONS on capitol hill that tried to pass the immigration bill will not get my vote

If McCain wants to be remembered as "a person who served his country", he needs to stop pandering to big business and start focusing on national security by securing the borders. Politicians needs to take a multi-pronged attack: 1)Construct a fence and enhance border security by electronic surveillance and more border agents, 2)institute very hefty fines for using illegal workers, 3) start enforcing immigration laws, 4) ban anyone who has been convicted of even a misdemeanor, 5)change the loophole of allowing kids born to illegal aliens to automatically become citizens, 6)stop access to welfare.

McCain is INSANE. A Majority of Republican, and Americans, opposed this disaster of a bill. The only Republicans that wanted this mess to go through are the Republicans that are in the pocket of the Big Business Lobby. By defending this ridiculous bill McCain destroyed any chance he had at getting the party nomination for President. Makes no sense. Oh Well it's his money down the drain.

ISN'T IT PATHETIC WHEN A PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE WILL SUPPORT A BILL BECAUSE HE WANTED "TO DO SOMETHING" NO MATTER IF IT WAS NOT WHAT THE PEOPLE WANTED. A LITTLE EXTRA WORK TO GET IT RIGHT PROBABLY WOULD HAVE INTERRUPTED HIS CAMPAIGN SCHEDULE.

In New Orleans, the levees must be fixed before the city can be rebuilt. In the US, the borders must be secure before considering amnesty.
Jim, Morrow LA

McCain's comments show how out of touch he is with his fellow Senators and with the American people. It wasn't just a small group of Republicans that opposed this amnesty bill, but it's also most American citizens. It's a shocking and sad situation, when so many of our representatives knowingly ignore our will and sedll us out with bills like the "immigration" (amnesty) bill.

In New Orleans, the levees need to be secure before it is rebuilt. In the US, the borders need to be secure before amnesty is even discussed.

The only "small number" that can block bills people want is the ONE who stubbornly wields the veto pen. How about that?

The best policy is a bill that send employers to jail if they hire people without legal papars. Once the employers understand they cannot employ ilegal workers, the demand for ilegals will stop and they will have to return to their country because they won't find a job HERE! A VERY EASY SOLUTION!!!

If McCain thinks our Republican opposition to his illegal amnesty bill came from 'relatively small numbers', he hasn't seen anything yet! Obviously doesn't have a clue, & worse still, doesn't care what the Republican majority of voters think @ this matter. He'd best tune-in & find out where we're headed, otherwise, he's left standing all alone in our dust.

John Summers
broadcast journalist & conservative

John McCain is a master of doubletalk and distraction. He is very clever in his use of words. He conveniently spins away from the real issue, which is that the vast majority of American citizens saw this immigration bill as a sellout to the open borders lobby. The people of Arizona did not send him to the Senate to sell out there country, which is what he is attempting to do.
Him and his Council On Foreign Relations buddies like Ted Kennedy are the reason why we have this immigration problem in the first place.