06 December 2007

Romney the barbarian

Giuliani gives a nicely nuanced answer about letting the children of illegal immigrants go to school and Romney reveals his inner barabarian (he doesn't think THE CHILDREN should be allowed to go to school, or that illegal immigrants should be allowed to report criminal activity). Giuliani got some heat for suggesting that Romney should have known a firm he hired employed illegal immigrants, but that was not Giuliani's point. His point was merely to make Romney, who was trying to appear holier than thou on the issue, realize its not that simple. (Admittedly Romney doesn't appear all that bad in this particular clip, but over the course of the debate Romney seemed to be competing for the bragging rights to the "I'll be the meanest president" competition.) And one republican points out that "immigrants are a boon, not a curse."