Romney snags Florida endorsement
Collier County Sheriff Don Hunter appeared this week with Fred Thompson when the former Tennessee senator unveiled his get-tough-on-illegal-immigrants plan.
But it is another Republican presidential contender -- Mitt Romney -- who announced this morning he has been endorsed by the Florida sheriff.
Hunter's support could help Romney in appealing to Republican primary voters on the hot-button issue of illegal immigration. The former Massachusetts governor's campaign is certainly playing it that way.
In a Romney campaign statement, Hunter said that Romney "is the candidate with the most impressive record of accomplishment in the public and private sectors and the strongest record of enforcing our immigration laws."
"Sheriff Hunter is a respected leader in the Florida law enforcement community and has been on the forefront of working to curb illegal immigration in the state," Romney said in the statement. "I am pleased to have his support. We agree that illegal immigration is a critical issue for our country."







Mitt Romney is a potential Candidate for Presidential Election. But he is still flip flops.Like Romney says 'Yes' to women's right to choose abortion and now he is sayingMitt Romney: I will be a pro-life President
I was very impressed with Mitt Romney in one of the last debates where he was the only candidate who spoke of the strength of the country is as strong as its citizens. That strengthening the home and the family will strengthen our citizens. He said the most important work is the work done within the walls of our own homes. The main social problems in this country stem from the break down of our homes. Lower achievement in school, teen pregnancy, drug and alcohol abuse, domestic violence, childhood obsity, etc, etc. Electing a leader who acknowledges the fact that we need some improvement at home will only improve our country. The other statement he made was about the fact that there are many people making up the 47 mil uninsured who CHOOSE not to get into the game. They don't buy health insurance although many can afford to. So the rest of the country should not be held liable for their health coverage. I like that everyone, just like car insurance, has to have some responsiblity. Freedom is not free. There are responsibilities and costs to it. Romney is a real conservative unlike McCain, Huckabee and others. What a relief!!!!
Mitt Romney is good for Florida and a united America. Even if Guliani wins Florida'
s take all race, he will still have fewer delegates than Romney. But I have a question for John McCain...why does John McCain continue to resist the accounting for America's POW/MIAs in Vietnam and those who were taken to the former Soviet Union? This has been an onging battle with Ross Perot over this accountability. According to Wikipedia:
"Families have complained that POW/MIA records were not all released by the U.S. government.[citation needed] In 2006, the National Alliance of Families found 1992 documents discussing the admission by Vietnam of capturing a number of missing Americans. The National Alliance contacted the families they could locate, and found that the Vietnamese admissions had been concealed from the families by the U.S. government. The U.S. and Vietnamese governments had given every indication to the families that the men had been killed in their loss incidents. However, at least one MIA, San Dewayne Francisco was reported to be alive by a North Vietnamese newspaper which was confirmed by radio transmissions by Francisco immediately after his aircraft crashed. [2] Additionally, an NSA intercept of enemy communications revealed discussions of what to do with one captured pilot from Francisco's plane and a captured pilot from another plane (Refnos 1328 and 1329). The listing for that report can be found in the SIGINT report at the POW Network. The names of the captured men and more details about the concealment can be found in newsletters of the National Alliance of Families—available on their website. According to the 1989 Intelligence Authorization Act, next-of-kin are to be provided live sighting records in a timely manner. However, as can be seen by numerous statements by POW/MIA family members, such information has been concealed in the past.[citation needed] A bill including criminal penalties for deliberately withholding POW/MIA records in violation of the law unanimously passed the House of Representatives in the 1990s. However, as also reported by Sydney Schanberg, such penalties were stripped from the law due to the efforts of former POW John McCain"
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