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Martinez at heart of debate on citizenship
St. Petersburg Times ^ | May 26, 2007 | ANITA KUMAR

Posted on 05/26/2007 3:39:25 PM PDT by Baladas

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Well, isn't he the moderate?

You wanna sweep the GOP clean? Start with this "chairman".

1 posted on 05/26/2007 3:39:27 PM PDT by Baladas
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“I don’t pay a lot of attention,” he said. “It’s so clear what I need to do for the nation, for the state, for my party. I don’t feel torn inside about what I am doing.”


Of course not; there’s a bit of psychopath in all politicians.


2 posted on 05/26/2007 3:44:08 PM PDT by kenth (I got tired of my last tagline...)
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To: Baladas
"I don't pay a lot of attention," he said. "It's so clear what I need to do for the nation, for the state, for my party. I don't feel torn inside about what I am doing."

Well isn't that special? A "representative" who doesn't "pay a lot of attention" to what folks are saying.

They all need to be ousted.

3 posted on 05/26/2007 3:44:45 PM PDT by calcowgirl ("Liberalism is just Communism sold by the drink." P. J. O'Rourke)
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“But, he says, most of the comments he gets when he travels the state are from people who support it.”

yea, right...


4 posted on 05/26/2007 3:46:28 PM PDT by vietvet67
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To: Baladas

I’ll give him credit for one thing-he’s got a lot of brass to ignore the wishes and demands of 80 percent of the American people.


5 posted on 05/26/2007 3:46:36 PM PDT by Farmer Dean (Too many hippie retreads in Washington.)
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One thing he does not do is show up for Republican Party Functions. If he does, he doesn’t take questions. The only way I have been able to see him, is at a Bush function, or a latino celebration day event. He does not go to a Lincoln Day Event, or a Republican Club, unless it is scripted.
6 posted on 05/26/2007 4:02:41 PM PDT by mission9 (Be a citizen worth living for, in a Nation worth dying for...)
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“repeatedly calling the bill’s path to citizenship an “amnesty.”

No, that would be the Z Visas,

But the business lobbies are doing a good job defining the issue for the MSM, this sort of mistake is repeated often.


7 posted on 05/26/2007 4:09:43 PM PDT by Shermy
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I have been invited out of what was once my party by Martinez, Bush and Snow. Good luck to you.


8 posted on 05/26/2007 4:17:45 PM PDT by common denominator
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We all hated it when he was named RNC Chair. We were proven right. This battle is more important than one stupid lame duck President.


9 posted on 05/26/2007 4:19:30 PM PDT by montag813
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That is BS from Sen Illegal Alien. Most of the people in Florida are dead set against illegal amnesty. Maybe he needs to start talking to more Americans living in FL


10 posted on 05/26/2007 4:22:51 PM PDT by UCFRoadWarrior (Illegal Alien Amnesty Is Anti-American)
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-—Martinez was handpicked by President Bush for the job as party chairman to help Republicans win back Congress and keep the White House. -—

Which shows how far out of it they are.


11 posted on 05/26/2007 4:28:15 PM PDT by claudiustg (I curse you, Rudy of the Giuliani!)
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To: Baladas; Joe Brower

martinez for bird cage liner


12 posted on 05/26/2007 4:33:48 PM PDT by shove_it (old Old Guardsman)
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Perhaps Martinez should tell the illegals itching to wreak havoc on American lifestyle by becoming legalized that he CAME THROUGH LEGALLY AND PLAYED BY THE RULES.

Of course, being the tool that he is for both the corporate bigwigs and gutless socialists that now run the GOP, he won't do this.

13 posted on 05/26/2007 4:37:18 PM PDT by Extremely Extreme Extremist
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“most of the comments he gets “
Probably didn’t read mine.


14 posted on 05/26/2007 4:41:43 PM PDT by dynachrome (Henry Bowman is right.)
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To: shove_it

Me thinks Martinez has Higher ambitions.


15 posted on 05/26/2007 5:06:42 PM PDT by bluebeam
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To: Baladas

“I don’t pay a lot of attention.” That much at least is true.


16 posted on 05/26/2007 5:29:08 PM PDT by Malesherbes
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"No question that if this important bill passes, Mel Martinez is one of the Republicans that will get credit," said Joe Garcia of the New Democrat Network, which courts Hispanics

No question about that.

He'll get a lot of the credit for not only destroying the GOP but also the country. For Democrats, that's what they live to do. It *should* be different for Republicans.

It's shocking that Martinez obviously has the same goal and is looked on with some jealosy by the Dems as he might get the credit for destroying America instead of them.

Has George Soros suddenly become the bagman behind the GOP?

17 posted on 05/26/2007 5:31:26 PM PDT by Gritty (This Bill is amnesty first, border security later, American citizens last - Dave Weldon, R-Fla)
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“Martinez...(is) not doing enough to help immigrants achieve the rights and respect they deserve”

Hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm

Noooooooooo as an immigrant I have achieved all the rights and respect I deserve...

Thanks just the same, y’all...I dont need help from Martinez..

:)


18 posted on 05/26/2007 5:41:58 PM PDT by Tennessee Nana
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To: mission9

Hmmmmmmmmmmm

Wonder if Martinez will be at the VA GOP dinner in Richmond next Saturday? FRed is speaking....

:)


19 posted on 05/26/2007 5:44:28 PM PDT by Tennessee Nana
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To: Extremely Extreme Extremist

“Perhaps Martinez should tell the illegals itching to wreak havoc on American lifestyle by becoming legalized that he CAME THROUGH LEGALLY AND PLAYED BY THE RULES”

His DC office wont take calls from REAL immigrants Ive tried numerous times...


20 posted on 05/26/2007 5:46:39 PM PDT by Tennessee Nana
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