Illinois Hispanics meet with Juan McCain in Downtown Chicago (Vanity)

Self | June 19, 2008 | Rosanna Pulido

[chicagolady]

I was one of the 150 people at the Drake Hotel in Downtown Chicago Wednesaday night who came to hear John MC Cain speak to Illinois Hispanics.

I had e-mail in my request to attend after seeing an article in the news paper announcing this event.

This is what i received..........

We are pleased to confirm your invitation to attend the "Hispanic Voices Reception" with Republican Presidential candidate John McCain. The event will take place on June 18, 2008, at The Drake Hotel, 140 E. Walton Place, Chicago, Illinois, in the Drake Room.

A volunteer will call you in the next couple of days to give you a "unique event ID number." You will need that number along with photo identification at the registration table in order to access the event. Doors open for the event promptly at 7:30 PM. Please come early, though, to get through security.

During the reception, Senator John McCain will be fielding questions from the audience. We ask that you be respectful during the question-and-answer session even if your opinions differ from those being shared. Please dress in business-casual attire.

You may park at The Drake Hotel for $30; valet parking is also provided at the hotel for $45. If you are traveling from the suburbs, limited seating is available on the bus leaving from Aurora. To reserve a seat for the bus, please contact us on our hotline number or by e-mail. For your own directions to the event, please click here.

For questions regarding the event, please call our hotline number at 630-801-0043 or e-mail us at McVolunteers@yahoo.com.

Both Senator John McCain and I look forward to meeting you next Wednesday.

Face to Face with John McCain!

"Hispanic Voices Reception"

Wednesday, June 18, 2008, starting at 7:30 PM

The Drake Room The Drake Hotel 140 E Walton Place Chicago, IL 60611

You are invited to hear John McCain address Illinois Hispanics!

If you have any questions, please contact: Gabriela Wyatt or Julie Brady at McVolunteers@yahoo.com Or call the event hot-line (630) 801-0043 _________________________________________________________

.....Personally as an Original Minuteman who attended the Historic Minuteman Border Watch in 2005 on the Arizona/ Mexico border and returnig 2 more times for a tour of duty along our southern Border, I was especially looking forward to what John Mc Cain would say about illegal immigration.

This was a NO MEDIA ALLOWED EVENT! That is why I am reporting back to you, all of you folks who have fought so hard with your phone calls to Washington D.C. last summer, shutting down the Washington DC switch board and defeating the AMNESTY BILL. I am reporting back to you those of you who work tirelessly in your local cities and towns trying to get some public elected official to care and enforce the rule of law.

I was told by my friend and fellow Hispanic Marianne Davies who is on the board of "You Don't Speak for Me" that John Mc Cain has been going across the country having "PRIVATE" meetings with Hispanics.

Although the inviation said we would be able to ask questions, that "question " time with John Mc Cain never happened. That was ok with me, I never had the intention of asking a question, I knew exactly the kind of open borders crowd I was with.

John Mc Cain's favorite words of the evening were Comprehensive Immigration Reform. But he started out first of all saying if he is gonna win the Presidential election he will need the support of the Latino community.

He said " My state has been enriched by the Hispanic culture in Arizona."

Then John MC Cain asked a question "Did you know this? I bet some of you did not know that Spanish was spoken in Arizona before English" ...Loud cheers from the audience. (Ok John Mc Cain What is your AZATLAN POINT?)

Then he said " I want to have some straight talk about our relationship with Mexico,our closest neighbor and dearest friend" He talked about the Mexican President fighting the drug cartels.

Then John Mc Cain aid the exact thing I came to hear, he said "I was proud to work for Comprehensive Immigration Reform and If I am elected President I assure you that in 2009 I will ask Congress to pass Comprehensive Immigration Reform." (The crowd goes wild)"It is a Federal Responsibility" he said and continued " we also need a temporary guest worker program"

He then told a story about a day laborer who got picked up this morning, worked all day and then never got paid...We have no Federal Policy, we cannot allow this to happen, he said, He repeated I assure you that I will work for Comprehensive Immigration Reform.

John McCain talked about a debate he was in about enforcing the law and he says that the "other side had a lot of "Rhetoric" "you know what I am talking about!" he said.

I guess the most telling event of the evening was a certain person who was in the room. From my own account he is the God Father of the massive illegal alien movement in Illinois. He is a Democrat and part of the HDO, Martin Sandoval - serves on a Mexican government advisory council. In fact, you can see his name on this list of their advisors:

www.ime.gob.mx/ccime/directorios/dir_ccime_06_09.htm

Exactly which country is he representing at this rally for John Mc Cain?

Martin Sandoval, Illinois senator, wants to represent Mexicans too Martin Sandoval is a state Senator from Illinois. He's also running for a seat on Mexico's "Institute for Mexicans Abroad" advisory council: Sandoval would be the first elected official in the U.S. to serve on the advisory council. That raises the peculiar prospect of the Cicero Democrat offering policy advice in an official capacity to Mexican Cabinet members while creating laws in Illinois...

As it turns out, no law or rule prohibits it, in Mexico or in Illinois. Mexican officials call it an honorary position...

... "I see no conflict at any point. There are always people who will have questions," [Sandoval] said. "I have looked at the four corners of this. I see upside all over the place."

Sandoval said his participation is especially logical because a large share of his constituents were born in Mexico. More than 42 percent of Sandoval's Senate district is foreign-born, the second-highest rate in the state...

NOW we see what kind of folks are interested in getting John Mc Cain in office.

[ozarkgirl]

Now do you see why we can’t vote for your guy? He’s isn’t even American, he doesn’t even LIKE American’s. We don’t like him either and I will do everything I can to spread this wonderful post from Chicago Lady.

What a snake in the grass to hide behind no media coverage.

[MBB1984]

Actually, I don't want to get near McInsane or his dirty socks. McCain is not a traitor because of what he did while a POW (I have no knowledge of what he actually did and I will not judge him based on unsubstantiated rumors), but for his complicity in amnesty and in failing to protect American sovereignty. He also betrayed the Republican Party for failing to support both Frist and Bush in orchestrating the Gang of Fourteen. He is a liar to the Republican primary voters because he said (after his failed Kennedy bill) he would secure the border first and build a fence and now he is back to his lovefest with amnesty and La Raza. He is a loser because of his flagrant and continual flip flops which in part will cause his defeat in the election.

[HappyinAZ]

>>>Now do you see why we can’t vote for your guy? He’s isn’t even American, he doesn’t even LIKE American’s. We don’t like him either..>>>>>>>

#1) stupid to say McCains “not American” or “doesn’t like Americans”.
#2) simple thing:
an election: 2 guys running; one is a Communist....and one has a position on immigration that you dislike.....

Shouldn’t be hard to choose which is best for the country.

#3) McCain agrees with most of the major things that WE Conservatives stand for ( No Abortion, Lower Taxes, the War on Terror, Military, Guns etc)....Disagreeing on one or two political points ...(especially ones that haven’t even been settled yet), should not disqualify a canidate.
Being a communist should!

But discussion is good! and I welcome your thoughts!

[Ron H.]

Lord help us all! I was MORE interested in John Mc Cain reaching out to me as a CONSERVATIVE!

First, thank you for all the hard work you do on behalf of me and all of the base conservatives. Also thank you for going to the trouble to get this report first hand and for making it available to us to read. Next, I think more and more conservatives every day are starting to awaken from their slumber and are starting to see McCain for the dangerous liberal Maverick that is and has always been.

A couple of his statements you reported that are worth repeating:

"I was proud to work for Comprehensive Immigration Reform and If I am elected President I assure you that in 2009 I will ask Congress to pass Comprehensive Immigration Reform."

<...He repeated I assure you that I will work for Comprehensive Immigration Reform....

[Ron H.]

Either a citizen is part of the solution or they are a part of the problem. Folks like you I consider to be a part of the solution. From my point of view it has never been a better time, in my voting life at least, for a third party conservative candidate to make a strong emergence and showing with so many dissatisfied conservatives and Independents of all stripes. Sooner or later that is going have to happen if we as a nation are to survive.

[GunsareOK]

Why make a bad choice with either McCain or Obama? Take a look at Bob Barr.

[Kid30]

I’m a Hispanic Republican and I have to admit I’m a little disappointed in the posts I’ve read here. One point that was not reported in this “VERY GOOD POST~!” and was the most important to me was the fact McCain acknowledged the Hispanic men and women that have served and died for our great nation. I don’t support amnesty either but these posts are getting RIDICULOUS..”Juan”..”Mexico Lost the war” This blog/posts aren’t anti-immigration but anti Mexican/Mexico. Do you guys really hate Mexicans that much??? ALSO.....If you guys hate John McCain a true American Hero that much then vote for Obama and make this immigration problem worse!

[Ron H.]

Got a request from Juan yesterday for money. I checked “other” and wrote in...2000 carbon credits.

Back in the mid 90's before I finally had enough of the RNC RINO party I would write out a check for two cents and write on the donation form that this amount was all that I thought todays Republican Party was worth.

if they cashed it it cost them about $5 to process it. If they mailed it back uncashed then it would cost them about $2.75+ in postage and office handling to return it. In either case after two or three times they finally got the idea and their junk begging stopped.

[Ron H.]

Man o'live, you're one pitifully sctrewed up individual and this is all I can say to you after reading all your posts to this point. You aptly demeonstrate that you are indeed part of the problem without a clue as to what is the solution:

[chicagolady]

Let’s see This must be Tony, who just signed up today and posted. Don’t mind this Newbie, he is not a FREEPER just a visitor.

[Reaganwuzthebest]

If 60% of the illegals were from one country in Eastern Europe then that's probably where the anger would be directed at.

Worse yet it makes no sense at all for a presidential candidate who needs the votes of those in his own party if he has any chance of winning to be kissing up to people who are largely here illegally, lean socialist, and will never vote for him no matter what pie-in-the-sky promises are made.

Something tells me mccain is doing this because it's his natural constituency. He would have done us all a big favor had he joined the democratic party when he had wanted to.

[chicagolady]

If you are a little disappointed you might as well leave. Who cares WHAT nationality they are? They are our veterans,

BUT I bet you are one of the Hispanics that applauds illegal aliens get 25 million dollars a year of Illinois Taxpayers money to help them become citizens and OUR veterans get 4 million for a program for tramtic head injuries in the Iraq war. Did you complain? Are you even aware of the plight of OUR veterans NO MATTER WHAT THE ETHNICITY??

Anti Mexico? maybe we are tired of pressing 1 for English.

[raybbr]

[Paladin2]

So, if you are a maverick (and it it’s great that you made the effort to attend and report), will you be voting with McCain?

[AuntB]

“Lord help us all! I was MORE interested in John Mc Cain reaching out to me as a CONSERVATIVE! I feel like I have been kicked to the curb.”

Bless your heart, lady. Curb is getting crowded, isn’t it?

What an elitist ..... why pick a place where people have to pay $30 to park. He sure didn’t get the poor ‘hispanics’ he reports to represent. Honey, we are ALL peasants now.

[the anti-liberal]

For those interested, here's the Michelle Malkin take on this story, posted here:

Inside McCain’s closed-door meeting with Chicago Hispanics

[the anti-liberal]

Just out of curiosity, did you happen to notice if Juan Hernandez was present?

[chicagolady]

I would have noticed him in 1 second! No he was not there.

When I had testified before the U.S. House of Representatives last May 2007..

http://judiciary.house.gov/media/pdfs/Pulido070522.pdf

....Juan Hernandez was in the room and he could get out of the door with his moustache ...IT HAD TO BE SURGICALLY REMOVED!!

:-)

Honestly, No he was not there at all.

[the anti-liberal]

I'm surprised to hear that - I would have thought that having former Mexican cabinet official on hand would have helped attendees feel right at home!

[Tolerance Sucks Rocks]

I gotta admit, unlike most Libertarian candidates, he does have name recognition. Have they figured out his odds of winning? McCain would be bad for the country; Obama would be atrocious.