Former President Bill Clinton being greeted by Janet Murguia, NCLR Pres. & CEO during the opening of the National Conference of La Raza.
Posted on 07/08/2006 9:55:48 PM PDT by FairOpinion
One of the largest Latino organizations in the country will host a former president and a top Bush adviser today at a conference in Los Angeles. The National Council of La Raza, a civil rights group, will open the conference with remarks by former President Bill Clinton who is expected to lead the morning panel.
The four-day conference also will be attended by President Bush's top adviser Karl Rove, who is expected to speak at a Tuesday lunch with Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger. Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa and Los Angeles County Supervisor Gloria Molina will attend the conference as well.
"We are seeing the fastest growing community in the United States and it's found its voice in the millions who marched and rallied for the Senate's comprehensive immigration reform -- and the political potential it has,'' said Lisa Navarrege, vice president of the national council. "It should be no secret that both political parties are reaching out to our community.''
"It's not in the best interest of the parties to ignore the growing Latino population,'' she said.
The conference, which began in 1976, is the largest event of the year among the Latino community. Former presidential candidates, senators and congressional leaders, and even foreign dignitaries, have attended in the past, Navarrege said.
The National Council of La Raza was given $15.2 million in federal grants last year and is considered by many Washington insiders to be one of the most powerful Latino lobbying groups in the country.
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Somebody had to pay for the bus loads of illegals to the marches. I think all this backfired on some of our government officials as this was a planned, costly affair. It was all timed to coincide with the senate bill. It takes money to do this. What better way than to use the American taxpayer money?
I'm just stuned, you know!
: )
--- It was all timed to coincide with the senate bill.---
Yes, and many of us wondered how that was possible.
"Series, I like your homepage. It's refreshing to see more businessmen on this site."
That is only because it so closely mirrors your own : )
" we could get the rest to understand simple Economics. "
Gee, you really are an optimist, aren't you?
Somebody had to pay for the bus loads of illegals to the marches.Uh huh. And guess what? We did! Frickin' spectacular.
Should be the fastest INVASION FORCE. GROWTH IS THROUGH ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION.
See what you get?? : )
G'night. Peas be unto you : )
It is funny that they spent the money unwisely. Easy come and easy go. America had no idea how many illegals were here. Seeing the Mexican flag flying in the USA didn't help their cause at all.
UPDATE, just to keep you up at night. ;)
"Former President Bill Clinton told one of the nation's largest Hispanic civil rights groups Saturday that the conservative wing of the Republican Party is using the immigration issue to divide Congress and the nation.
"It is a way of creating a divided community, and distracting people from the real challenges facing the country whether it is in Iraq and Afghanistan, or homeland security, or how to build a clean energy future, or how to solve the health-care crisis, or how to create new jobs for America," he said.
Clinton made the remarks, some of his most extensive since the issue of illegal immigration heated up in Washington this year, before several thousand people at the opening session of the four-day National Council of La Raza convention in Los Angeles."
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-laraza9jul09,0,3612580.story?coll=la-home-headlines
More excerpts from Clinton's speech ( see my previous post):
"Clinton said hard-liners are "basically saying these undocumented broke the law, send them home -- never mind that they are 5 percent of the workforce and a far bigger percentage in certain critical areas."
"It's crazy to think about sending 11 million people home" to their native countries, said the former president, who called the recent demonstrations for immigrants' rights "incredibly moving."
Former President Bill Clinton being greeted by Janet Murguia, NCLR Pres. & CEO during the opening of the National Conference of La Raza.
You know how Clinton is with words. He meant to say "the vast right wing majority".
"National Council of La Raza was given $15.2 million in federal grants"
Damn! Why? To further more illegals. BS!
Former President Bill Clinton embraces National Council of La Raza President and CEO Janet Murguia, left, after she introduced him to speak to the crowd to kick off the group's annual conference Saturday, July 8, 2006, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Danny Moloshok)
You saw these two threads, right? (Dups, but both have lots of comments)
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1662486/posts
Clinton praises Bush view on immigration reform
AP on Bakersfield Californian ^ | 7/8/06 | Robert Jablon - ap
Posted on 07/08/2006 1:51:23 PM PDT by NormsRevenge
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1662533/posts
Clinton praises Bush on immigration reform
Yahoo News ^ | 07/08/06 | By ROBERT JABLON, Associated Press Writer
Posted on 07/08/2006 4:37:07 PM PDT by garbageseeker
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But Clinton also argued that the nation's government is controlled by Republican ideological hard-liners who want to use immigration to divide Americans and distract them from issues such as the war in Iraq and the health care crisis.
Instead of equal opportunity, they support a "financial elite" because they favor "concentrated wealth and power," Clinton said.
"They believe in a government that is secret, unaccountable and that maximizes its own power," he said. "They really believe the world works better if they run it and we keep our mouths shut."
>>He meant to say "the vast right wing majority".
ROFL.
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