Paging John McCain: GOP House leader Boehner rips La Raza earmark

House Republicans are spreading the word about the La Raza earmark in the pork-laden housing bill that I’ve been reporting on (see here and here).

Democrats are prepared to bring to the House floor legislation purportedly written to assist Americans impacted by the recent housing slump. But in recent days, it has become increasingly clear who this legislation is really out to serve: scam artists, speculators, and trial lawyers.

That’s right: the bill forces taxpayers to pay for a massive $300 billion bailout at the expense of innocent victims who truly need assistance and hard-working families who continue to pay their mortgage on time. And it includes language slipped-in by House Democrats at the last minute to fund a giant $35 million slush fund for trial lawyers seeking to capitalize on the housing downturn.

But the goodies for the friends of the Democratic Majority don’t stop there. House Democrats quietly tucked another giveaway into the long, complicated bill in order to benefit their political allies with virtually no prior public scrutiny or debate. Take a look at this political giveaway – “Assistance for the Raza Development Fund” – straight from the text of the bill:

(1) USE.—The Secretary of Housing and Urban Development may make a grant to the Raza Development Fund for the purpose of providing technical and financial assistance to local non-profit organizations to undertake community development and affordable housing projects and programs serving low- and moderate-income households, particularly through organizations located in neighborhoods with substantial populations of income-disadvantaged households of Hispanic origin. Assistance provided by the Secretary under this subsection may be used by the Raza Development Fund…

(2) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.— There is authorized to be appropriated for grants under this subsection—

(A) $5,000,000 for fiscal year 2008; and (B) $10,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2009 and 2010.

In short, House Democrats are expecting American taxpayers to shell out $25 million to the Raza Development Fund – an arm of the National Council of La Raza and Democratic political ally that has made its name by promoting pro-illegal immigration policies and opposing real border security.

American families are struggling with rising costs for everything from gasoline to food to mortgages. Times like these require Congress to work in a bipartisan way on behalf of the American people. But instead, this Democratic Majority has produced a bill that rewards scam artists, speculators, trial lawyers, and political allies like La Raza…all at the expense of taxpayers and homeowners who really need help. Sadly, it’s yet more example of what American taxpayers have come to expect from a broken Washington under the leadership of House Democrats. Sadly, we haven’t heard a peep from House Republicans–or any prominent Republicans–about John McCain’s decision to legitimize and honor La Raza (”The Race”)with his presence at its annual open-borders convention in July.

For sure, and awful is better than horrible.

No, Mr. Awful is not better than the other choices.

John McCain will destroy your party and the conservative nature of the GOP if he becomes President.

How you may ask?

It's simple. As shown by his comments during the last few days, his Comprehensive Immigration plan is on his short list of to do items.

We all know that Comprehensive Immigration Reform is simply a code-phrase for Amnesty for Illegal Aliens.

John McCain will grant amnesty to the 20-40 million+ illegal aliens in this country who will vote (just like the current Hispanic voting block) 70%+ Democrat.

This will dump a huge imbalance of Democrat voters into the US electorate and will erase the razor thin margins between Democrat and Republican voters.

Republicans will start losing by large numbers from this point on and will become the minority party for decades.

Furthermore, by granting Amnesty against the desires of the GOP's base (conservatives) he will have put the last knife into the back of conservatives.

Conservatives will leave the party by the millions or simply check out of the process and give up.

On top of all the mischief that John McCain will visit on the GOP with this single issue, he will also be pushing Global Warming, a health care plan that has socialistic leanings, he will not be pushing for major tax-cuts as evidenced by his history of voting against killing the death tax and voting against President Bush's tax cuts and calling them tax-cuts for the rich. He will also be pushing the Global Warming scam including a Carbon Cap-and-Trade system that will tear our economy apart.

Now, what do you think our GOP congress will be doing all this time?

They will be rubber-stamping John McCain's agenda much as the current congress, for the most part, have done with President Bush (No fiscal Responsibility, Big new Medicare Program, etc.)

Now, if either of the Marxists are elected, the GOP members in congress will all of a sudden grow a spine and remember who they represent and will fight like Hell guaranting a much higher level of gridlock.

I vote for Gridlock.

“All of this is so far above my paygrade but it doesnt change the fact that he has and continues to piss off the conservative base.The powers behind the scenes are just loving this.Cant we get at the delegates or do we not have them?”

Don’t feel bad. It is above my paygrade too! When I still hear McCain referred to as the “presumptive nominee” when he already has the delegates, I wonder if something could possibly happen to remove him and maybe get Thompson or Romney instead. Then I read posts about McCain blowing up and causing his own demise. Guess anything can happen, but looks like McCain is just going to be the lesser of three evils in November. :(

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