blog.lewrockwell.com — It was when Ron Paul denounced the national ID, and all the other candidates, advocates of the police state to a man, scuttled away. They actually claimed that their "tamper-proof" card proposal would only apply to illegal aliens! Was it Orwell who said that in an age of lies, speaking the truth is a revolutionary act?
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jobenlyMay 4, 2007
I just watched the whole debate, and it was clear that certain candidates (Giuliani, Romney, and McCain in that order) supported a national ID in the context of immigration. Then Ron Paul started laying into the idea of a national ID card. Romney quickly clarified that the card he wanted was for legal aliens only. Giuliani also made that clarification. McCain's stance was never clarified.And it wasn't "all the other candidates" who wanted the ID card. Actually, most of the lesser-known candidates were explicitly opposed to an ID card. Brownback in particular was very emphatic about making social security numbers work better instead of introducing a national ID card, and he answered before Ron Paul. Tancredo's answer (after Paul) sounded similar to Brownback's. Then Gilmore said it was a state issue. Much later, Thompson said, "No national I.D."From the transcript (this is where the subject was broached):Moderator: "We're at the last round. It's going to be 30-second responses. I want to start with Mayor Giuliani. Something you've come out for, I believe -- I want you to explain it and defend it: a national tamper-proof ID card."Giuliani: "I think that's critical to having immigration security. Every single person in this country who comes in from a foreign country should be identified, should be in a database. It should be a tamper-proof card. ... "Here's the link to the relevant part of the debate. Read for yourself:<a class="user" href="http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/18478985/page/19/">http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/18478985/page/19/</a>Seriously, this is a bury for inaccuracy if I ever saw one.