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McCain ad: “God’s Children”
Hot Air ^ | July 11, 2008 | Ed Morrissey

Posted on 07/11/2008 7:02:51 AM PDT by GOPGuide

Team McCain has its latest ad out today, taken from a New Hampshire debate in June 2007, when John McCain soliloquized on the contributions of Hispanic citizens and residents to our efforts in Vietnam and Iraq. Titled “God’s Children”, the ad matches imagery to McCain’s impromptu salute:

"My friends, I want you the next time you’re down in Washington, D.C., to go to the Vietnam War Memorial and look at the names engraved in black granite. You’ll find a whole lot of Hispanic names.

When you go to Iraq or Afghanistan today, you’re going to see a whole lot of people who are of Hispanic background. You’re even going to meet some of the few thousand that are still green card holders who are not even citizens of this country, who love this country so much that they’re willing to risk their lives in its service in order to accelerate their path to citizenship and enjoy the bountiful, blessed nation.

So let’s from time to time remember that these are God’s children. They must come into country legally, but they have enriched our culture and our nation as every generation of immigrants before them.

Thank you."

About the best that can be said for this clip is that it was much more effective in context than it is here. During the debate, the other candidates had described illegal immigrants as not much more than a plague upon the land. This response came spontaneously from McCain, defending the contributions of Hispanics in the US as a reminder to Republicans to keep the rhetoric from getting overheated.

Now, though, this ad sounds like a non-sequitur. He and Barack Obama are close in policy on immigration, to the point where conservatives have resigned themselves not to bring it up if McCain won’t. Unfortunately, this sounds now like a deliberate provocation to the Right, who in fairness have never — never — discounted the contributions of Hispanic citizens and legal residents, especially not their long history of service to this nation. The issue is illegal immigration and border security, not whether we know that Americans of Hispanic descent have risked and given their lives for us.

This is a monumentally stupid ad. It spends a full minute saying nothing about the issue it supposedly addresses, and it insults the intelligence of the people whom McCain is trying to woo. And I’m someone who has a little more sympathy for McCain’s efforts on immigration than most on the Right. Take two big steps backward, Senator McCain.


TOPICS: Extended News; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: 2008; ads; aliens; electionads; godschildren; hispanicvote; immigration; immigrationreform; mccain; mccainlist
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To: indcons
Just more of the quisling dog pandering to the conquerers. Has nothing to do with those brave and honorable men of all backgrounds, whose names are on that wall of honor.
61 posted on 07/11/2008 8:43:32 AM PDT by isrul (Help make every day, "Disrespect a muzzie day.")
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To: mimaw

Was wondering when the Bushbots would land on this thread. Looks like you’re already here.

You hero worshippers need a father/leader figurte to tell you what to think. Now that Pres. Bush is on his way out, I’m afraid you’ve found your next brain for you.


62 posted on 07/11/2008 8:46:19 AM PDT by indcons
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To: truthkeeper

He dishonors the men whose names are on that wall with his gratuitous a$$ sucking. I spit upon him. He is unfit to hold office in America. I don’t care what he did 40 years ago. Now. HE is the enemy of American people. A quisling dog. Internationalist open border POS.


63 posted on 07/11/2008 8:46:30 AM PDT by isrul (Help make every day, "Disrespect a muzzie day.")
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To: GOPGuide

“My friends, I want you the next time you’re down in Washington, D.C., to go to the Vietnam War Memorial and look at the names engraved in black granite. You’ll find a whole lot of Hispanic names.”

Therefore it is only right and proper to destroy this once great nation by surrendering to the dregs of the third world pouring over that border. By gum, they’ve earned it!

(sarcasm)


64 posted on 07/11/2008 8:51:59 AM PDT by Grunthor (Mccain praised pro-illegal protests saying that they could force the laws to be liberalized)
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To: TheGunny

“Those who are here illegally shouldn’t be permitted”

Stop right there and you have a great point.


65 posted on 07/11/2008 8:52:59 AM PDT by Grunthor (Mccain praised pro-illegal protests saying that they could force the laws to be liberalized)
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To: Sybeck1

“Why are “God’s Children” from this hemisphere given preferential treatment? I mean the low wage lobby could get a better rate on “God Children” from Southeast Asia or Sub-Saharan Africa....”

We tried the Africa thing before, didn’t work out so good. Lots of people died in a war. Besides, the Hispanic slav....er, “immigrants” come willingly.


66 posted on 07/11/2008 8:54:42 AM PDT by Grunthor (Mccain praised pro-illegal protests saying that they could force the laws to be liberalized)
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To: indcons
I don't need Lou Dobbs or Tom Tancredo to think for me I know Democrats will rule this country for generations to come if Republicans and Conservatives come off as rabid as you sound to the Hispanic community. We won't win elections and keep this country from total socialism if we can't get at least 40% of the Hispanic vote in those western states.
67 posted on 07/11/2008 8:56:15 AM PDT by mimaw
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To: ExGeeEye

Did all of you miss phrase

They must come into country legally


Some of us don’t believe the backstabbing POS. Couldn’t tell you why...but you seem to be an optimist. Try and hang on to that when Juanito breaks with you on border security.


68 posted on 07/11/2008 8:58:17 AM PDT by Grunthor (Mccain praised pro-illegal protests saying that they could force the laws to be liberalized)
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To: ncalburt

“Do you hear his speech ?”

I think the difference is that YOU believe McCain. The rest of us do not.


69 posted on 07/11/2008 9:02:02 AM PDT by Grunthor (Mccain praised pro-illegal protests saying that they could force the laws to be liberalized)
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To: ncalburt

“Obama is planning to give illegals instant voting rights to insure the Dems stay in power for ever. McCain is not promising any one instant voting rights .”

Both will give full citizen rights, IMHO.


70 posted on 07/11/2008 9:11:21 AM PDT by Grunthor (Mccain praised pro-illegal protests saying that they could force the laws to be liberalized)
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To: ExGeeEye

Yeah, I guess I missed it.

I guess I also missed the pancreas-destroying pandering to those in the other countries of the world who have been on waiting lists for years and years and years.

Oh wait, he didn’t mention any other nationality? Never mind.


71 posted on 07/11/2008 11:51:49 AM PDT by JoJo Gunn (The McCainiac's creed: Death to America by a thousand cuts)
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To: GOPGuide
"We need to sit down as Americans and recognize these are God's children as well. And they need some protection under the law; they need some of our love and compassion."- McCain

"When the House passed the most mean-spirited provision that said, if you were to give any help whatsoever to someone here illegally, you would commit a crime, I stood up and said that would have criminalized the Good Samaritan and Jesus Christ himself. I have been on record on this against this kind of demagoguery, this mean-spiritedness. It is something that I take very personally, because I have not only worked on behalf of immigrants; I have been working to make conditions better for many years."- Hillary

"Something that we can do immediately that is very important is to pass the Dream Act, which allows children who through no fault of their own are here but have essentially grown up as Americans, allow them the opportunity for higher education. I do not want two classes of citizens in this country"- Obama

Not a dime's bit of difference between these liberals. We ARE screwed.

72 posted on 07/11/2008 4:31:57 PM PDT by TADSLOS (51 Days and a Wakeup for the GOP to use the Nuclear Option.)
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To: GOPGuide; normy
McIdiot panders and takes positions that agree with everyone but honest, lifelong, conservative Republicans. If this doofus doesn't begin to say/do a few things that agree with me, I might become so damned sick of him it will be impossible to pull the lever for him.

If there are any McVain staff/advisors/whatevers lurking about, tell that jerk he's supposed to be representing Republicans ....... NOT DEMOCRATS !!.

Nam Vet

73 posted on 07/11/2008 10:40:22 PM PDT by Nam Vet ("Erin Go Bragh", declares Democrat hopeful Barry Finnegan O'Bama)
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