No, no; go on, do. You were saying...?
Posted on 05/06/2008 10:01:33 AM PDT by KentTrappedInLiberalSeattle
I told you yesterday about John McCain’s plans to speak to the National Council of La Raza (The Race) in July. Here are the top 10 reasons he should repudiate the radical open borders, speech-squelching group that he has long embraced:
10. La Raza supports driver’s licenses for illegal aliens.
9. La Raza supports in-state tuition discounts for illegal alien students that are not available to law-abiding US citizens and law-abiding legal immigrants.
8. La Raza opposes cooperative immigration enforcement efforts between local, state, and federal authorities.
7. La Raza sponsors militant ethnic nationalist charter schools subsidized by your public tax dollars, including the “Aztlan Academy” in Tucson, AZ, the Mexicayotl Academy in Nogales, AZ, and Academia Cesar Chavez Charter School in St. Paul, Minn.
6. La Raza gives mainstream cover to a poisonous subset of ideological satellites, led by Movimiento Estudiantil Chicano de Aztlan, or Chicano Student Movement of Aztlan (MEChA), which the late GOP Rep. Charlie Norwood rightly characterized as “a radical racist group…[and] one of the most anti-American groups in the country, which has permeated U.S. campuses since the 1960s, and continues its push to carve a racist nation out of the American West.”
5. La Raza opposes a secure fence on the southern border.
4. Former La Raza president Raul Yzaguirre, Hillary Clinton’s Hispanic outreach advisor said this:
“US English is to Hispanics as the Ku Klux Klan is to blacks.” He was referring to US English the nation’s oldest, largest citizens’ action group dedicated to preserving the unifying role of the English language in the United States.
La Raza also pioneered Orwellian open-borders Newspeak and advised the Mexican government on how to lobby for illegal alien amnesty while avoiding the terms “illegal” and “amnesty.”
3. La Raza is currently leading a smear campaign against staunch immigration enforcement leaders and has called for TV and cable TV networks to keep immigration enforcement proponents off the airwaves–in addition to pushing for Fairness Doctrine policies to shut up their foes.
2. La Raza has consistently opposed post-9/11 national security measures at every turn.
1. The National Council of La Raza means The National Council of “The Race,” for God’s sake.
Their signature slogan, chanted at pro-illegal alien rallies from coast to coast, is “La raza unida nunca sera vencida.”
“A united [Hispanic] race will never be defeated.”
What possible good will come out of a GOP presidential candidate giving legitimacy and credibility to a sovereignty-undermining, assimilation-rejecting, law-defying group that calls itself “The Race?”
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"I agree that John McCain should not attend any conference of a group called “National Council of the Race.” In a multiracial society, Rev. Wright’s “rich white folks,” Obama’s “typical white person”, and clingers comments, and the idea of “The Race” will eventually doom us all. And it’s time no one gets a pass any more."
Jonathan Martin cluelessly suggests that McCain is “trying to show that he’s not George W. Bush by going into the lion’s den and taking hostile, unscripted questions from adversarial groups.”
Hostile? Adversarial? Do your homework, MSM.
McCain was honored by The Race in 1999, keynoted The Race’s 2004 conference, and has championed their agenda for years.
Maybe we should all demand dual citizenship with Mexico and vote out of office the kind of creeps who support Caulderone, Fox and Hernandez.
Perhaps we should do a little Filibustering SOUTH of the Rio Grande!!!
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Oh I agree, full disclosure is a good thing.
This is the "honored" link content.
McCain was honored by The Race in 1999, keynoted The Race’s 2004 conference, and has championed their agenda for years.
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
February 15, 1999
Lisa Navarrete
John P. Ximenes
(202) 785-1670
SENATOR JOHN MCCAIN AND HOUSE MINORITY LEADER RICHARD GEPHARDT TO BE HONORED AT 1999 NCLR CAPITAL AWARDS
Washington, D.C. - The National Council of La Raza (NCLR) - the nation's largest constituency-based Hispanic organization - will honor two members of Congress for their staunch support of the Hispanic community at its tenth annual Capital Awards, formerly known as the Congressional Awards, on Tuesday, March 2, 1999. Senator John McCain (R-AZ) and House Minority Leader Richard Gephardt (D-MO) will be recognized for their work on civil rights, immigration, education, and other issue areas affecting Latinos, at a gala event to take place at the National Building Museum, 401 F Street, N.W., beginning at 7:00 p.m.
Soledad O'Brian, an MSNBC news anchor, and Nestor Carbonell, co-star of the NBC comedy, Suddenly Susan, will serve as co-emcees. Florenzia Lozano, from the ABC daytime television program One Life to Live, and Congressional Hispanic Caucus Chair Lucille Roybal-Allard will be the award presenters. Mezzo-soprano Susanna Guzman and Broadway performer Perry Laylon Ojeda will perform to an expected audience of 1000, representing the public, corporate, and nonprofit sectors.
"It is a great pleasure and honor for NCLR to recognize Senator John McCain, a longtime friend of the Hispanic community. Throughout his tenure in both the House and
Senate, John McCain has been a strong voice for compassion, fairness, and inclusion in his party," noted Raul Yzaguirre, NCLR President.
"During the past few years Representative Richard Gephardt has brought Latino issues to the forefront of the House minority leadership's agenda. He has gone out of his way to be a leader who is both knowledgeable about the Latino perspective and inclusive of the Latino community," continued Yzaguirre.
The 1999 Capital Awards is hosted by Frito-Lay, Inc., Fannie Mae Foundation, and the American Association of Retired Persons (AARP). For tickets and table information, please contact John P. Ximenes, NCLR Marketing & Promotions, at (202) 776-1709.
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Whose promoting anything? I posted info from their website so people can make their own decisions and do their own investigations.
There is a mob mentality on FR whose goal is eradicate anything that doesn’t conform to the groupthink of the torch and pitchfork crowd. I don’t like the NCLR and am opposed to most of the policies they advocate. But I will spend my last dying day on FR opposing the thugs who bully others into conforming with their myopic vision of the future of this country.
“A lot of times it saddens me to see these conflicting approaches toward the issue of illegal immigration because we would not have this problem if the federal government had carried out its responsibilities,” McCain said Monday during a Cinco de Mayo news conference in Phoenix.
No, no; go on, do. You were saying...?
1. If you're trying to prove you're not GWB, the last thing you'd do is go speak to groups that are adversarial, because Dubya's a guy who spoke to the NAACP after the James Byrd ad and Julian Bond saying that Bush was a supporter of the Swastika and Old Glory flying side by side. Dubya's a guy who delivers major pwnage to the presstitutes at every press conference. 2. If you're trying to prove you're not Dubya, the second to last thing you'd do is speak to a pro-illegaal group, since the amnesty attempt was one of the milestones of his administration. It's like saying that Obama can prove he's not like Reverend Wright by speaking at a Black Panther convention.
Unreal.
Definitely not guilty.
Hmmmm indeed!
I don't buy your explanation. If anything, the people on this forum are more than capable of researching organizations on their own. La Raza has been vetted for years and it is the height of foolishness to believe what La Raza’s own website has to say. Don't try to sanitize McCain. If anyone can be accused of “groupthink” then it is the GOPers that ridicule alternative parties and candidates.
Rephrase, please, pretty please...? ;)
“I don’t buy your explanation. If anything, the people on this forum are more than capable of researching organizations on their own.”
So, we should just take your word for it?
The operative terms here are "fairly", "humanely" and "non-discriminatory". They couldn't possibly be any more transparent, could they....?
No. They are already educated on the subject.
Let us see—52 posts but ten of those from one person and multiples on some others. Senator McCain has been severely criticized but it appears the venom is losing its lethality.
Here's a repost:
Jonathan Martin cluelessly suggests that McCain is “trying to show that he’s not George W. Bush by going into the lion’s den and taking hostile, unscripted questions from adversarial groups.” Hostile? Adversarial? Do your homework, MSM.
1. If you're trying to prove you're not like Dubya, the last thing you'd do is go speak to groups that are adversarial. Dubya takes on hostile critics all the time. He spoke to the NAACP after the James Byrd ad and after Julian Bond said that he (Bush) was a supporter of the swastika and Old Glory flying side by side. Dubya's delivers major pwnage to the presstitutes from the MSM at every press conference. You don't differentiate yourself from him by wading into a fight.
2. If you're trying to prove you're not like Dubya, the second to last thing you'd do is speak to a pro-illegal group, since Dubya is pro-Amnesty. It's like saying that Obama can prove he's not like Reverend Wright by speaking at a Black Panther convention.
There...I hope you got it that time...I typed slow and everything.
Could each of you please share with me the border security measures that Senators Clinton and Obama have endorsed?
I’m also interested in hearing if any of you can tell me what Obama’s position on wiretapping terrorists is.
Oh, dear, sweet baby Jesus! Just like on an online message board, you mean -- ?!?
Cripes. Whatta quack.
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