McCain's immigration dilemma
by Kos
Fri Sep 19, 2008 at 09:10:13 AM PDT
Up until now, McCain has been totally unwilling to define his current position on immigration. Having run as rapidly as possible from his previous record on reform during the primaries, he has lately managed play both sides of the field according to who he's pandering to at the moment without firmly taking a stance.
He talks about enforcement first and governors certifying the borders as hermetically sealed before there can be any talk of reform to his base (knowing, as they do, that that will never happen), while telling Latinos not to worry, Tio Johnny will take care of everything (wink, wink).
It's reached the point that earlier this week during the conference call sponsored by the leading Latino and immigrant–rights advocates, NCLR, MALDEF, and Americas Voice to discuss McCain's bogus ad, the majority of time was spent not on the ad, but rather trying to figure out just where McCain stands at the present time. ...and in the end, no one could definitively answer the question.
It appears that Obama has done us all a favor.
He has forced McCain into a corner where he must make a choice between two very unpleasant options.
He must either defend his previous record, reminding those who nearly denied him the nomination why they hated him in the first place, negating all the Palin picking, ass-kissing, and soul-selling he's done over the last year to win over the base ...or .... Leave the ad unanswered and give up any hope whatsoever of getting the 40% Latino vote he has to have to even stand a chance at getting elected. ...Tough times for Tio Johnny Huh?
Fri Sep 19, 2008 at 09:10:13 AM PDT
Up until now, McCain has been totally unwilling to define his current position on immigration. Having run as rapidly as possible from his previous record on reform during the primaries, he has lately managed play both sides of the field according to who he's pandering to at the moment without firmly taking a stance.
He talks about enforcement first and governors certifying the borders as hermetically sealed before there can be any talk of reform to his base (knowing, as they do, that that will never happen), while telling Latinos not to worry, Tio Johnny will take care of everything (wink, wink).
It's reached the point that earlier this week during the conference call sponsored by the leading Latino and immigrant–rights advocates, NCLR, MALDEF, and Americas Voice to discuss McCain's bogus ad, the majority of time was spent not on the ad, but rather trying to figure out just where McCain stands at the present time. ...and in the end, no one could definitively answer the question.
It appears that Obama has done us all a favor.
He has forced McCain into a corner where he must make a choice between two very unpleasant options.
He must either defend his previous record, reminding those who nearly denied him the nomination why they hated him in the first place, negating all the Palin picking, ass-kissing, and soul-selling he's done over the last year to win over the base ...or .... Leave the ad unanswered and give up any hope whatsoever of getting the 40% Latino vote he has to have to even stand a chance at getting elected. ...Tough times for Tio Johnny Huh?
posted by Anonymous | 12:57 AM
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Where's the link? Where are any of marketingace's links, to material quoted at great or even full length? Scatablog is not complying with established web protocol if it doesn't at least link to the original source.
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