I called in to a radio show this week and spoke with Jim Gilchrist, who started the Minutemen along with Chris Simcox and has so oddly endorsed Mike Huckabee for president.
I’m new to calling in to radio shows, and I’ve learned something new every time. This time, I learned that when you are on the waves with someone who basically amounts to a slick politician like Gilchrist, don’t pause if you don’t want their answer yet– because these types of people will simply not let you get a word in edgewise. They will also spew statistics at you that are wrong and you know they’re wrong, but it’s difficult to defend back with the real statistics if you have not prepared ahead of time, like Gilchrist obviously has.
Gilchrist’s big arguments for Huckabee are: 1.) He was allegedly the only governor to say that illegal immigrants couldn’t get driver’s licenses by signing a bill saying so, and 2.) He came to Gilchrist and asked to consult with him. I countered with the fact that Huckabee has said– even two days before his Secure America plan was released– that we had to give public money to illegal immigrants to attend community college in a plan praised by many Democrats (keep in mind that these illegal immigrants are prohibited from holding a job in America, which is what community college is training for) and two years earlier had said that deporting illegal immigrants was unrealistic.
Gilchrist replied that Huckabee was the first governor to take a stand against driver’s licenses from illegal aliens. I wasn’t familiar with this argument, so I didn’t have a direct reply for it– although it’s actually not even true and Huckabee did not support the bill!
Gilchrist seems to be amazed that Huckabee came to him first (forgetting that Huckabee obviously needs credibility on this issue!) and that seems to be the main reason Huckabee is the best candidate. “I represent 250 million people [against illegal immigration] and he comes to me– that’s representative government at its finest!” Sorry, but Gilchrist is not elected by those people who are against illegal immigration (and many have rebelled against him), so that’s not a good argument, either.
Gilchrist is on the campaign trail with Huckabee as we speak. He seems to be promoting himself as much as he’s promoting Huckabee.
The next time he’s on a radio show, I’ll be prepared… and now you are too!
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