No More Blather

You support the Senate immigration bill, and you claim that it isn't 'amnesty'. Isn't that simply a game of semantics? No matter what you want to call it, isn't it a fact that not only the great majority of Americans will perceive it to be amnesty, but millions of prospective illegal aliens around the world will perceive it as amnesty? You could call it a "banana" if you wanted, but isn't what's really important how it's perceived around the world? Do you seriously think that millions of people in other countries will not see it as amnesty?

An alternate question based on the transcript below would ask him about his semantic games regarding social security benefits for illegal aliens.

You support the McCain-Kennedy immigration scheme, and you claim - assisted by Barack Obama - that you do not support amnesty and benefits for illegal aliens. But, isn't that simply a matter of semantics?

Kennedy-McCain would wave a magic wand and declare millions of current illegal aliens to be legal residents, and eligible for billions of dollars worth of benefits. One day they'd be illegal aliens, the next day they'd be legal residents and able to receive billions and billions of dollars.

So, if we parse your statement very carefully, then you don't support benefits for illegal aliens: we'd have to wave a magic wand first before giving them benefits.