“Wait until you figure out after the loss that the Hispanic vote, not the illegal vote, is who we needed to defeat Obama. Not pandering but Texas truth of the matter.”
Don’t know about “Texas truth”, but in most places, Hispanics vote economics, not immigration.
Perry got 38% of the Hispanic vote, but that source also gave Brewer 26% and GOP candidates 38%...so Perry only matched the average GOP congressional candidate.
http://www.commentarymagazine.com/2010/11/28/republicans-and-the-hispanic-vote/
Also
http://pewhispanic.org/reports/report.php?ReportID=130
The latter gave Amnesty McCain 31% of the Hispanic vote in 2008.
Pew says: “Even so, the new survey shows that immigration does not rank as a top voting issue for Hispanics. Rather, they rank education, jobs and health care as their top three issues of concern for this year’s congressional campaign.”
We won’t win the Hispanic vote by pandering. All that will accomplish is the GOP LOSING the conservative white vote. When Perry calls me a racist for opposing in state tuition for illegals, and says I lack a heart, he is spitting in my face. My wife was born and raised in the Philippines, and two of the kids I adopted were from the Philippines, so I don’t think I have some hangup about brown skin.
But my wife and kids were required to follow the rules for immigration. I filed hundreds of pages with the INS, and paid plenty in fees. My wife & kids didn’t just walk across the border and get citizenship. I also had to sign to provide full financial support to them. No welfare, food stamps, or free medical care for them. I paid their bills, just like most families do for their members.
“the Mexican mob, who have made it impossible for any charity to be shown whatsoever to these Texas kids trying for citizenship. These highminded Christian conservatives have dumped them over wholesale.”
Hmmm...Rita, I’m a Christian. In addition to my taxes, which already support a lot of illegal immigrants, I support poor here and in other countries thru charitable giving. Yet I oppose ILLEGAL immigration.
So get off your “We’re Hispanic, and you have to kiss our butts!” high horse and deal with the fact that illegal immigrants form Mexico should be treated like illegals from the Philippines or China. No one here owes Mexicans the square root of squat! Mexicans are not ENTITLED to US citizenship!
These guys like Perry, Bush and McCain are like the businessman who was losing $1 on each sale.
When asked how his business was going to survive, he said "I plan to make it up in volume!"