Palin Slams AZ Immigration Ruling
Posted By Alex Finland On August 1, 2010 @ 11:20 am In Newsmaker Interviews | No Comments
Former Vice Presidential Candidate Sarah Palin joined “Fox News Sunday” to discuss the controversial Arizona immigration law, the Obama Administration, and the effect the White House’s policies are having on the economy.
This week US District Court Judge Susan Bolton struck down some of the most consequential components of the Arizona immigration law. Palin, a former Governor of Alaska, criticized the decision and then offered support for Arizona Governor Jan Brewer.
“Jan Brewer has the cojones that our president does not have to look out for all Americans, not just Arizonans, but all Americans in this desire of us to secure our borders and allow legal immigration to help build this country, as was the purpose of immigration laws.”
The debate over whether to allow the Bush tax cuts to expire has become a hot button topic and is looking to be an issue that will play out in the 2010 midterms. A major criticism being levied against extending the tax cuts is that it would increase the already massive budget deficit. Palin disagreed with this assessment.
"To reduce deficit spending and our enormous debt, you rein in spending. You cut the budget. You don't take more from the private sector and grow government with it. And that's exactly what Obama has in mind with this expiration of Bush tax cuts proposal of his. His commitment to let previous tax cuts expire are going to lead to even fewer job opportunities for Americans, because it's the job creators who will be taxed.”
She continued, “So, no, you know, here again, the Obama administration and the Democrats in Congress, they're all wet on this idea. It's idiotic to think about increasing taxes at a time like this.”
On the November midterm elections, the White House and Congressional Democrats are framing the contest as a choice between the party of former President Bush and the Obama Administration, which they claim is helping to jumpstart the economy.
Again Palin disagreed, she said, “I think President Obama is trying to deceive the public in pretending that he was not a part of Congress that has made some decisions in the past that got us to where we are today. It just amazes me that he continues to look backward and blame solely President Bush for the conundrum that we're in right now… We're not out of the problem. We have a jobless recovery and that's no recovery in the minds of most Americans.”
Finally, amid constant speculation that she could indeed make a run for the White House in 2012, Palin offered up a reason for why her current poll numbers among independent voters are lower than among conservatives. She explained, “As for the unfavorable, you know, I don't blame people for not really knowing what it is, in some instances what I stand for, what my record is because if I believed everything that I read in or heard in the media, I wouldn't like me either.”
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