Posted on 02/09/2014 10:03:55 AM PST by jimbo123
HOUSTON — Sen. Rand Paul on Saturday predicted that Texas would turn blue within a decade if the Republican Party doesn’t become more inclusive.
“What I do believe is Texas is going to be a Democrat state within 10 years if we don’t change,” Paul (R-Ky.), who grew up in Texas, said at a dinner held by the Harris County GOP. “That means we evolve, it doesn’t mean we give up on what we believe in, but it means we have to be a welcoming party.”
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The senator, whose father was a longtime congressman from Texas, acknowledged that immigration reform is a “touchy” subject before offering his vision for people who want to come to the United States.
“We won’t all agree on it,” he said. “But I’ll tell you, what I will say and what I’ll continue to say, and it’s not an exact policy prescription … but if you want to work and you want a job and you want to be part of America, we’ll find a place for you.”
There was some quiet applause in the massive hotel ballroom, in which hundreds of Republicans — a mix of high-dollar donors, activists and state officials — were gathered. But Paul remarked that the response was “kind of tepid.”
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Otherwise, we would not have any Italian or Irish folks here.
The answer is economic freedom ... from the gov’t.
To quote a saying “the business of America is business.”
Freedom from regulation after regulation both state and federal i believe is a winning message.
Stating what laws you would repeal and not create would resonate with many.
Sure they were. But not Rand Paul/GOPe style ‘immigration’ or for the reasons that this band of merry liberals wants ‘immigration.’
I knew that bastard couldn’t be trusted.
“Otherwise, we would not have any Italian or Irish folks here.”
I’m pretty sure that the Founding Fathers predeceased the waves of Italian and Irish immigration, and I very much doubt that they would have allowed a wave of immigration from anywhere outside Europe.
But Paul remarked that the response was “kind of tepid.”
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I wish it had not been tepid; I wish they had given him nice warm tar followed by a dusting of feathers.
Yes, and any immigrants who showed signs of TB, for instance, were not allowed in at Ellis Island. Nowadays, we’re seeing small epidemics of diseases which were thought to have been almost eradicated in a formerly first world nation.
Legalized, or amnestied, they all vote commie from day one.
Those who come hither are generally of the most ignorant Stupid Sort of their own Nation . . . and as few of the English understand the German Language, and so cannot address them either from the Press or Pulpit, ’tis almost impossible to remove any prejudices they once entertain. . . . Not being used to Liberty, they know not how to make a modest use of it. . . . I remember when they modestly declined intermeddling in our Elections, but now they come in droves, and carry all before them, except in one or two Counties. . . . In short unless the stream of their importation could be turned from this to other colonies, as you very judiciously propose, they will soon so out number us, that all the advantages we have will not in My Opinion be able to preserve our language, and even our Government will become precarious. - Benjamin Franklin
...The Republican Party must embrace more legal immigration.[Posted on 03/19/2013 7:04:07 AM PDT by Perdogg]
Unfortunately, like many of the major debates in Washington, immigration has become a stalemate-where both sides are imprisoned by their own rhetoric or attachment to sacred cows that prevent the possibility of a balanced solution.
Immigration Reform will not occur until Conservative Republicans, like myself, become part of the solution. I am here today to begin that conversation.
Let's start that conversation by acknowledging we aren't going to deport 12 million illegal immigrants.
If you wish to work, if you wish to live and work in America, then we will find a place for you...
This is where prudence, compassion and thrift all point us toward the same goal: bringing these workers out of the shadows and into being taxpaying members of society.
Imagine 12 million people who are already here coming out of the shadows to become new taxpayers.12 million more people assimilating into society. 12 million more people being productive contributors.
Latinos, should be a natural constituency for the party, Paul argued, but "Republicans have pushed them away with harsh rhetoric over immigration." ...he would create a bipartisan panel to determine how many visas should be granted for workers already in the United States and those who might follow... [and the buried lead] "Imagine 12 million people who are already here coming out of the shadows to become new taxpayers...[Posted on 04/21/2013 1:52:42 PM PDT by SoConPubbie]
The loonatarians will be throwing the Paul Dynasty heir into the primaries to help the GOP-e screw over conservative candidates again.
very well could. Big cities choose how the state swings.
Don't trust Rand Paul!
Actually he’s correct. And hiding your head in the sand won’t change reality.
Look at the K-12 demographics of Texas schools.
95 % of Mexicans in Texas are here legally.
Remember that California was a Republican state until the party committed suicide.
He is betraying Kentucky voters. No serious segment of Kentucky thinks Rand Paul should move quickly on immigration reform to help his perceived national goals.
There are bigger problems than Texas turning blue in 2036.
http://www.newrepublic.com/article/114145/blue-texas-eight-charts-show-why-it-wont-happen
Still, Texas would not go Democratic until 2036.
The second step would be a presidential candidate who could do as well with white voters as President Obama did in 2008. Of course, such a candidate would be on his or her way to a national landslide, in which case Texas’s electoral votes would be gravy, not a cornerstone of victory.
http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/politics-july-dec13-texas_07-09/
So for the last decade, Hispanics have only cast 20 percent of total votes cast in statewide elections. That’s got to go up toward 30 percent before the Democrats can get competitive.
Bttt
Rand can stuff his Shamnesty straight up his smelly Soetoro hole.
Randy Paul has never been a conservative. He is exactly like the old man, a libertarian that will soon be telling republicans they need to stop focusing on “social issues”, i.e, queer “marriage” or they will never win again.
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