Here’s where the RINO’s logic is flawed. They actually believe that the party who achieves amnesty first will garner the support of millions of illegals...which may be true for the (R)... for a couple of elections. The question shouldn’t be “if” (R) will get their support but “for how long”. My opinion, ultimately they will migrate to the Liberal side of the spectrum, but then again I haven’t traveled in South / Central America or Mexico lately or read any polls to see what political system they seem to prefer down there. Anybody know?
Even if McCain (R) were to successfully lead the charge for amnesty, illegals will tend to vote with the same monolithic consistency for Democrats.
They're not like blacks, though. Socially, most are conservative -- quite Catholic. And they're preferred labor because most of them are reliable and work hard -- better than the average unskilled black or unskilled white.
Problem is, liberal advocacy organizations -- like La Raza, LULAC, MALDEF, etc -- have made illegals a cause celebre and organized them...like blacks have been organized by ACORN. Remember the hundreds of thousands of illegals who marched with Mexican flags in Phoenix, Dallas, et al?
As a consequence, illegals tend identify with Democrats. Eventually, they fall into the welfare net...and become dependent on liberal Democrats.
Even if Republicans were actually responsible for giving them amnesty (as the GOP was primarily responsible for black civil rights and voting rights), they would be immediately co-opted by their advocacy organizations into the Democrat party.
There is absolutely nothing here for the Republicans -- aside from gaining the respect of other immigrant communities (including legal Latinos) by standing for their honor and citizenship.
Being an Arizonan, it's amazing the McCain doesn't seem to realize this. It's evidence of how totally out of touch he is with the national GOP base and his Arizona constituents.
It's catastrophic that Obama is our President. But, at the same time, I also thank my lucky stars McCain isn't.