Thursday, December 13, 2007

Dale Cardwell On Immigration


Forsyth County Democratic Debate - Hearing a Democrat at a Democratic Party function quote conservative columnist Jim Wooten might seem the oddest of birds until you understand it is Dale Cardwell.

Cardwell's past tactics have included an apparent run to the right of incumbent Republican Saxby Chambliss - particularly on immigration.

The former television journalist staked an early hold on the right flank of one of the hottest of hot buttons and he continued his entrenchment Thursday night in Forsyth County.

Cardwell accused Chambliss of not being "concerned about the southern border", stated the influx of illegal immigrants depresses the American job market and called for enforcement of employer verification of validity of social security numbers.

All were familiar stances for anyone who has followed the Cardwell campaign. It was after the debate where things got interesting.

Answering followup questions, the candidate stated absolutely he would take the same tough stance on immigration if he were speaking to the Chamber of Commerce in Chambliss' hometown of Moultrie, Ga. "It is time for someone to speak the truth", Cardwell responded.

Then came the Wooten.

Cardwell continued to discuss immigration and referenced a column by Jim Wooten where the AJC's right wing scribe pondered the strange alliance between the AFL-CIO and the U.S. Chamber of Commerce. According to the candidate the cooperative effort between the two organizations is only natural as they are "both really PACs".

He went on to state he believed organized labor intentionally recruits illegal immigrants to bolster membership rolls. When asked if he fears potential blowback from openly attacking what is considered a traditional Democratic stronghold, Cardwell responded, "not at all because the [rank and file] union members don't like it".

3 comments:

James said...

I don't see whats so crazy about Cardwell's beliefs on this subject. Lanier also said we have to secure the border immediately.

Cardwell has picked a subject a lot of Georgians care about and a side that more of them agree with, including Democrats.

He was the only real one to offer substantive answers on the immigration question.

GeorgiaValues said...

Cardwell seems to have forgotten that he has a primary to try and win on 7/15th. I don't see how trying to run to the right of Chambliss is going to help with this.

Anonymous said...

Cardwell running to the right of Chambliss is about as sensible as Vernon saying his "rape" case was a consensual threesome.