At : 202 mbraynard said :”I pointed out the laws need to be fixed and that Romney had a plan that I thought would fix them. Suddenly that makes me a Democrat”
Romney has a what? He is urging republicans to pass immigration reform NOW! How could they do that? HMMMM, Who has all the power in Washington?? HMMM. What type of bill would Pelosi/Reid/Obama pass ? Go ahead mbraynard, call me stupid again like you did last time I asked you this question.You are so smart you dont even have to explain your statements.
After viewing the long set of interchanges on this thread, I don't think reading comprehension is the problem. Statements appear to intentionally misrepresent the posts they are responding to (e.g. the one quoted above). Your point, that Romney pushing for comprehensive immigration reform, with Pelosi/Reid/Obama in power, leaves little chance that such reform will be of the flavor palatable to conservatives.
I will second Syncro's call for the poster to post their credentials, as they offered. I predict a creative definition of "stuff."
You know what's really great about this is I would stack my credentials of DOING STUFF to advance the conservative agenda against all of you combined.
1) The story says the 'GOP should pass...' It's intellectually dishonest to suggest that he is talking about a plan that would gain muster with the Democrats in Congress rather than interpreting that as 'try and pass' because - as someone else pointed out, the GOP can't pass anything. So if you continued along your line of reasoning, you would suggest that Romney must be insane - since he is suggesting the GOP pass something. So either you think Romney is insane - or you have to say he means 'they try to pass.'
2) You are reading and quoting from an indirect source in a paper run by The New Times company. You never get the full quote. If you read the full quote in the source - you will agree with me that your interpretations so far are incorrect.
The problem is you can't read the full source because the link in the Boston Globe doesn't go to the actual story - it just goes to thehill.com. That means you have to do some work. Which I've done for you (you're welcome).
The full quote is here - and it's clear he's not talking about any kind of amnesty:
Romney believes that one way to attract more minorities to the GOP is to [try to] pass immigration reform before the next election, saying the issue becomes demagogued by both parties on the campaign trail.
“We have a natural affinity with Hispanic-American voters, Asian-American voters,” he said.
Speaking in his Ritz-Carlton room with a pair of blue jeans on the dresser, Romney declined to criticize immigration hard-liners like former Rep. Tom Tancredo (R-Colo.), who backed Romney after he dropped his own presidential bid. Romney argued that all 2008 GOP candidates — including Tancredo — strongly favor legal immigration.
I realize you guys went into full battle mode when Palin couldn't name any publications she ever read. And that is fair and I think the media took that quote out of context. It's disappointing to see some of you guys doing the same thing to Romney.
And let me remind you of something else. At CPAC, an event where non-anonymous Conservatives show up and use their real names - not internet phony names they can hide behind - a plurality of them cast votes in their straw poll for Mitt Romney. And I'll tell you another thing - unlike years passed when campaigns would bus folks in and pay their CPAC registration to vote, no campaigns did this.
So how about holding your fire until you have all the facts and not treating your allies the way you treat your enemies?
As for the call for my credentials, I responded to that initially in the previous post.