Martinez at heart of debate on citizenship

St. Petersburg Times ^ | May 26, 2007 | ANITA KUMAR

[savedbygrace]

Last times I recall anything this bad for the country, that was opposed by 80% of the people and yet passed by an intractable Congress, were NAFTA & GATT.

[moreisee]

“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.”

He forgot to mention La Raza.

[ding_dong_daddy_from_dumas]

>>Most of the calls and e-mails coming into his Senate office are from people who oppose the bill.<<

[muawiyah]

The problem is the more vociferous and angry the correspondence from the constituents gets the more likely the Senator's staff is to schedule him into speaking and meeting situations with folks known beforehand to be favorably disposed toward his positions.

Martinez is NOT taking risks ~ he may not realize it, but that's what it amounts to.

Or else he and a good number of other Senators are simply "nuts".

[Kimberly GG]

ack...Bush/Martinez...but hey, they can speak spanish ‘together’.

[jch10]

Please accept my apologies for Sen. Martinez. I worked hard to help him get elected. He has been a huge disappointment.

I have called his office and sent many emails expressing my displeasure with his various stances. He doesn’t respond. I will not be supporting him again.

[Gideon Reader]

NO! He is not a moderate.
If one works with application and due diligence towards goals which ultimately have negative impacts upon the nation and it’s citizens, moderation is not the correct appellation.
Enemy is much closer to the proper descriptor.
Martinez and his co conspirators are being a full players in the destruction of the United States and the signaling of the end of a great nation.

Sadly we are at present between working within the system and getting some rope and hanging these bastards.

[ZULU]

“Martinez was handpicked by President Bush for the job as party chairman..”

Bush handpicked Martinez for more than Party Chairman. If I remember correctly, the Administration picked Martinez for Senator from Florida also.

I believe this is all a transparent plot to get “Son of Jeb” into the White House in the future.

[MinuteGal]

If Martinez has "higher aspirations", he better fergetaboudit.

The guy in the center gets run over and flattened from both sides of the street, never to rise again.

No reply from his Florida office to me, either. At least I got a robot thank-you reply from Dem Senator Bill Nelson which contained a link to an email form directly to him.

Leni

[BillyBoy]

>> Please accept my apologies for Sen. Martinez. I worked hard to help him get elected. He has been a huge disappointment. I have called his office and sent many emails expressing my displeasure with his various stances. He doesn’t respond. I will not be supporting him again. <<

You guys were warned in the primary election that Mel Martinez was a pro-illegal alien puppet and Bush lackey. The idea that Martinez was "opposed" amnesty was laughable given that he was a member of Bush's cabinet for four years and never once spoke out against the President's proposal.

Everyone who warned what Martinez's true intentions were was attacked on this board as a nasty bigot who was "against hispanics" Everyone who supported other Republicans in the primary was told "only" Martinez could "win" statewide (a laughable statement given the 2nd tier opposition on the Dem side and how often Republicans win in Florida) and accused of "wanting Betty Castro to win".

I do find it rather amusing that the "electable" Mel Martinez barely eeked to victory in a huge GOP year by running on Bush's coattails, but the "unelectable loser" Bill McCollum won by a comfortable margin running for statewide office in a big Democrat year.

You guys shoved Martinez down our throats, now the rest of the country is stuck with this blowhard as RNC chairman. You guys that backed this loser deserve him, but we sure as hell don't.

[BillyBoy]

Everyone who backed Martinez in the primary deserves him. You guys were warned he was nothing more than an unqualified Bush yes-man selected by the affirmative action wing of the GOP that wanted a 'Hispanic' in the Senate.

Don't blame me, I supported Johnnie Byrd.

[jch10]

A vote for McCollum assured us Betty Castor. The lesser of the evils prevaled. As bad as he is, he is better than Castor.

We have three years to find a suitable opponent. I don’t see a strong conservative out there....well, maybe Alan Bense, if he will run.