The one thing McCain might offer is a conservative Veep. The fool's bound to self destruct at some point and who knows? When the rats turn on him, maybe it'll be an impeachment.
Posted on 03/03/2008 1:21:43 PM PST by Milltownmalbay
For the most part, the Republican presidential candidates tried to play the "immigration" card — one that may backfire come November.
Only John McCain was willing to take a gentler approach to immigration and thank God he’s the last man standing. CNN and the liberal media were all too willing to let the Republicans continue their suicidal plunge on immigration.
Meanwhile, the New York Post recently featured a column by Geraldo Rivera decrying the impact of the immigration debate on the Republican Party: freefall in the polls among Latino voters. President Bush carried 45 percent of the Latino vote in 2004.
The number plunged during the 2006 midterm elections and prominent opponents to immigration suffered devastating defeats, including Rep. J. D. Hayworth from Arizona. Meanwhile, support for the Republican Party has plunged to about 21 percent among Latinos.
The problem is even worse when we consider that the Latinos are the fastest growing demographic in the country and will grow in electoral influence throughout this century. Concurrently, continuing anti-immigrant rhetoric will continue to cost Republicans among this important group of voters.
Does this mean that the Republican Party should allow open borders and turn a blind eye to illegal immigration? Obviously not, but that does not mean that immigration should figure so prominently in the Republican platform.
Perhaps President Bush’s approach to the abortion issue could serve as a blueprint. President Bush does not speak about abortion. When asked about the issue, he is less than articulate. Yet he has done more to advance the pro-life cause than any other president, including the most eloquent defender of human life Ronald Reagan.
Pro-life voters can thank President Bush for the partial-birth abortion ban, the Unborn Victims Protection Act, as well as judges Roberts and Alito. In 2004, they did: 23 percent of the people who voted for Bush were single-issue pro-life voters. Meanwhile, there was little or no rhetoric to energize pro-abortion voters.
The same approach should be used for immigration.
A Republican presidential campaign should say very little about immigration. A Republican president could order the Justice Department to enforce the law while publicly advocating more legal immigration. Republicans should quietly enforce the law and loudly argue for greater quotas and a streamlined, less bureaucratic system to enable legal immigration. Likewise, Republicans could put in place a more aggressive program to help Americanize and mainstream immigrants.
Republicans will never have an opportunity to lead on this issue or any other if they do not tone down the rhetoric, however. Eroding Republican support among Latino voters threatens to freeze Republicans into minority status for another 50 years. Perhaps nothing underscores this point more than CNN’s eagerness to ask Republican candidates about immigration during the debates.
Rev. Michael P. Reilly is assistant principal at St. Joseph by the Sea High School in Staten Island, New York.
The word “Republican” is used 15 times in this article while “conservative” isn’t mentioned a single time.
Good luck with that master-minding strategery, GOP.
This was on NewsMax?
Yeah, the Republican Party that McCain helped fracture did itself proud in 06, and McCain is just the guy to glue things back together in 08. You gotta’ love the reasoning here. McCain is wise to stay as far away from the amnesty debacle as much as possible, and Obama would be wise to sing McCain’s praises every time the subject comes up. McCain thought he was going to be able to win without the conservatives who apposed his amnesty nonsense, but the numbers aren’t working out like he planned. He needs the “nativists” and “racists” he blamed for his amnesty defeat, or he is going to suffer a whopping defeat in November. Define irony.
Neither did I.
Our country is fast approaching critical mass whereby the huge influx of illegals and third-world foreign born immigrants will have defacto control of American politics....
Once their power is consolidated, this third-world socialist faction will continue to push America toward third world status .....
Ironically, I don't fear alQaeda terrorists nearly as much as I do these third-worlders who will reject our Judeo-Eurocentric heritage .... and instead embrace socialism and quasi-marxism.
Al-qaeda cannot launch attacks across the Potomac River or Delaware River because our US military is much too strong.
The illegal hoards, however, can waltz across with impunity as the Democratic controlled media stands idly by with PC blinders over their collective eyes.
We're screwed.
Sadly, gone are the days when the Church’s best and brightest joined the clergy. Of the many I know, most strike me as being a bunch of mindless ninnies.
The one thing McCain might offer is a conservative Veep. The fool's bound to self destruct at some point and who knows? When the rats turn on him, maybe it'll be an impeachment.
Amen.
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Here are the Catholics in the 109th Congress:
Senate Republicans: Sam Brownback, Kansas; James Bunning, Kentucky; Susan Collins, Maine; Michael DeWine, Ohio; Peter Domenici, New Mexico; Mel Martinez, Florida; Lisa Murkowski, Alaska; Rick Santorum, Pennsylvania; John Sununu, New Hampshire; David Vitter, Louisiana; George Voinovich, Ohio.
Senate Democrats: Maria Cantwell, Washington; Joe Biden, Delaware; Chris Dodd, Connecticut; Richard Durbin, Illinois; Tom Harkin, Iowa; Ted Kennedy, Massachusetts; John Kerry, Massachusetts; Mary Landrieu, Louisiana; Pat Leahy, Vermont; Barbara Mikulski, Maryland; Patty Murray, Washington; Jack Reed, Rhode Island; Ken Salazar, Colorado.
House Republicans: Bob Beauprez, Colorado; Sherry Boehlert, New York; John Boehner, Ohio; Kevin Brady, Texas; Ginny Brown-Waite, Florida; David Camp, Michigan; Mike Castle, Delaware; Steve Chabot, Ohio; Chris Cox, California; Lincoln Diaz-Balart, Florida; Mario Diaz-Balart, Florida; Phil English, Pennsylvania; Michael Ferguson, New Jersey; Mike Fitzpatrick, Pennsylvania; Mark Foley, Florida; Jeff Fortenberry, Nebraska; Luis Fortuno, Puerto Rico; Vito Fossella, New York; Virginia Foxx, North Carolina; Phil Gingrey, Georgia; Gil Gutknecht, Minnesota; Mark Green, Wisconsin; Melissa Hart, Pennsylvania; Kenny Hulshof, Missouri; Henry Hyde, Illinois.
Also, Walter Jones Jr., North Carolina; Bobby Jindal, Louisiana; Mark Kennedy, Minnesota; Peter King, New York; Steve King, Iowa; Joe Knollenberg, Michigan; Ray LaHood, Illinois, Frank LoBiondo, New Jersey; Dan Lungren, California; Connie Mack, Florida; Michael McCaul, Texas; Thaddeus McCotter, Michigan; Patrick McHenry, North Carolina; John McHugh, New York; Timothy Murphy, Pennsylvania; Bob Ney, Ohio; Anne Northup, Kentucky; Devin Nunes, California; Butch Otter, Idaho; Richard Pombo, California; Jon Porter, Nevada; George Radanovich, California; Rick Renzi, Arizona; Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, Florida; Ed Royce, California; Paul Ryan, Wisconsin; Joe Schwarz, Michigan; Clay Shaw, Florida; Chris Smith, New Jersey; John Sullivan, Oklahoma; John Sweeney, New York; Patrick Tiberi, Ohio; and James Walsh, New York.
House Democrats: Joe Baca, California; Xavier Becerra, California; Timothy Bishop, New York; Madeleine Bordallo, Guam; Robert Brady, Pennsylvania; Mike Capuano, Massachusetts; Dennis Cardoza, California; William Clay, Missouri; Jim Costa, California; Jerry Costello, Illinois; Joe Crowley, New York; Henry Cuellar, Texas; Peter DeFazio, Oregon; Bill Delahunt, Massachusetts; Rosa DeLauro, Connecticut; John Dingell, Michigan; Mike Doyle, Pennsylvania; Anna Eshoo, California; Lane Evans, Illinois; Charlie Gonzalez, Texas; Raul Grijalva, Arizona; Luis Gutierrez, Illinois; Brian Higgens, New York; Maurice Hinchey, New York; Ruben Hinojosa, Texas; Tim Holden, Pennsylvania; Paul Kanjorski, Pennsylvania.
Also, Marcy Kaptur, Ohio; Patrick Kennedy, Rhode Island; Dale Kildee, Michigan; Dennis Kucinich, Ohio; James Langevin, Rhode Island; John Larson, Connecticut; Dan Lipinski, Illinois; Stephen Lynch, Massachusetts; Ed Markey, Massachusetts; Jim Marshall, Georgia; Carolyn McCarthy, New York; Betty McCollum, Michigan; James McGovern, Massachusetts; Mike McNulty, New York; Cynthia McKinny, Georgia; Marty Meehan, Massachusetts; Robert Menendez, New Jersey; Michael Michaud, Maine; George Miller, California; James Moran, Virginia; John Murtha, Pennsylvania.
Also, Grace Napolitano, California; Richard Neal, Massachusetts; James Oberstar, Minnesota; David Obey, Wisconsin; Frank Pallone, New Jersey; Bill Pascrell, New Jersey; Ed Pastor, Arizona; Nancy Pelosi, California; Charlie Rangel, New York; Silvestre Reyes, Texas; Lucille Roybal-Allard, California; Tim Ryan, Ohio; John Salazar, Colorado; Linda Sanchez, California; Loretta Sanchez, California; Jose Serrano, New York; Hilda Solis, California; Bart Stupak, Michigan; Ellen Tauscher, California; Gene Taylor, Mississippi; Mike Thompson, California; Nydia Velazquez, New York; Peter Visclosky, Indiana; and Diane Watson, California.
maybe so but he is the lesser of the evils and people need to wise up
I live in the Central Valley of California so naturally I have many friends that are hispanic. They are all conservative Catholics and every single one of them are registered and vote Democrat.
Seems strange to me but it is what it is.
The Republican party can wish on a star too but it doesn’t mean it will come true.
Let me fix this headline - they really have it screwed up:
McCain May Be DNC's only Prayer.
There you go.
Ah, yes - a usually unreliable source - Old RACE PIMP GERALDO.
FEEL FREE TO MAKE A DEPOSIT OR TWO 
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The catholic church is always pro illegal immigrant. They don’t believe in borders anyway and all they see is their churches full of Mexican catholics who believe in liberation theology.
A steaming pile.
When you find you've only got evil choices left, you've awakened in HELL.
Sorry, but I'm not going to hell with y'all.
I love your tag line.
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