New York governor drops plan for drivers' licenses for illegals - Machine Underground -Tractor & Commercial Equipment Discussion Forum

**Admin** · 11-14-2007, 07:26 PM

Overall I like the guy - he is very aggressive (too aggressive causing him to make mistakes), he needs to settle down and focus a little. He tried to gather information from one of his political adversaries using puplic resources (State Police) and got hammered for it - he is making rookie mistakes, this one below being the worst idea -period!
At least he listens and knows when to quite a losing battle

New York governor drops plan for drivers' licenses for illegals

Wed Nov 14, 10:49 AM ET

NEW YORK (AFP) - New York governor Eliot Spitzer Tuesday dropped his campaign to offer driving licenses to illegal immigrants, a plan which had wedged into the 2008 presidential campaign.

Charging the federal government had "lost control of its borders," Spitzer told reporters he had surrendered his effort to provide the licenses, which are tantamount to national identity cards, amid fierce opposition from conservatives.
"I've concluded New York State cannot successfully address this problem on its own. I am announcing today I am withdrawing my proposal," he told reporters.
Spitzer said the federal government had "allowed millions of undocumented immigrants to enter our country and now has no solution to deal with it."
"When the federal government abdicates its responsibilities, states, cities, towns and villages still have to deal with the practical reality of that failure. And we face that reality every day in our schools, in our hospitals, and on our roads," he said.
But his plan to offer three tiers of drivers' licenses, which in the absense of a national identity card are often used to board planes and cross borders, could not be sustained.
"I am not willing to fight to the bitter end on something that will not ultimately be implemented," Spitzer told The New York Times in an interview published Wednesday.
Spitzer's plan had come under fire from several quarters, including the US Department of Homeland Security and became an issue in the 2008 presidential campaign.
White House hopeful and New York Senator Hillary Clinton took flak for an apparent flip-flop on the issue.
The plans Spitzer unveiled earlier this year were meant to increase road safety while providing documentation to the estimated one million people in New York state illegally.
The proposals are part of a wider debate on what the United States should do about its estimated 12 million illegal immigrants, accused by some of stealing jobs and being a drain on health care and welfare systems.
New York's plan would have offered three levels of driver's licenses from next year.
Among them would have been be a license to which illegal immigrants would be entitled, but which could not be used to board flights or cross borders.

**Kennyd** · 11-14-2007, 09:14 PM

What a load of crap even proposing it in the first place

Funny how he dropped it right before the debate...Didn't want to embarrass madam Hillary anymore I guess. I wonder if Clinton Inc. had anything to do with the timing?

**Ducati996** · 11-14-2007, 09:20 PM

Im sure - she was getting hammered by it as well - and her position was less than firm - in either direction

It was a bad idea, no matter what the reasons were

so how could she have a position that worked

**Kennyd** · 11-14-2007, 09:48 PM

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so how could she have a position that worked

She couldn't of course, But it was fun to here Tim Russert ask here about it and here her non-answer! It was equally fun to hear her hubby try to defend her

**Admin** · 11-14-2007, 10:15 PM

I laughed when Bill was saying she is in a "rough crowd" impying the guys were beating up on the girl. Funny I always thought she was the one wearing the pants in the clinton house

**PaulChristenson** · 08-06-2008, 12:38 AM

This is very xenophobic...but funny
http://www.fridaypage.com/images/fri...mexican300.wmv

**Ducati996** · 08-06-2008, 10:45 PM

Geesh this thread brings back memories of a forgotten Governor - looking back makes me laugh

BTW the video is funny, I liked it....lots of spoofs from that "300" movie

Mickey · 08-06-2008, 11:23 PM

Oregon is an illegal's paradise (we are the left coast for valid reasons). The Fed's had to threaten the state over the issuance of DL's to illegals. Said if we didn't change our way and obide by the REAL ID act. Oregon ID would no longer be a vaild ID for air travel or border crossing.

So much wrong here and so few who give a damn.