I don't believe that one has to live on the "font lines" of the immigration problem to fully appreciate the problem with open-borders. I would say those living on the front lines have more of first hand understanding of all the problems.
The argument that not voting for McCain is the same as voting for BHO isn't valid either. If you don't vote, you just don't vote. It's up to the candidates to convince people to vote for them, not vote against the other. If the vote against the other comes into play with the individual voter, then so be it. But if a fellow conservative tells me he didn't vote for McCain (that he didn't vote at all), I'm not going to jump their case, because quite frankly the guys been a major prick over the years.
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