Posted on 03/18/2013 7:53:51 AM PDT by vmivol00
The Republican National Committee will formally endorse immigration reform on Monday and outline plans for a $10 million outreach to minority groups — gay voters among them — as part of a multi-step roadmap designed to make the GOP more "welcoming and inclusive" for voters who overwhelmingly supported Democrats in 2012.
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Not that I dont believe there is a buncha RNC airheads that think like this——but we should factor in latino agit-prop.
The latino parasites are obsessed with taking over the US —— and flex their tabasco-soaked muscles as often as possible—to show they got pols under their salsa-stained thumb.
Better idea. Send the 20 millions or so back. Then you don’t have to worry about them voting against you.
Another problem with this: how well will the RNC reachout to illegals work if the Senate amnesty group finally agrees on a bill (they claim they are having problems on agreement) and its passes (or fails) with most GOP voting against it and Dems voting for it.
This is what happened with the GWB/McCain amnesty proposals 2006/2007. They didnt result in Hispanic votes to GOP, they resulted in Hispanic votes to Dems. Those were disasters,
“GOP Roadmap calls for immigration reform....”
Republicans — the incredible shrinking party!
How long before they completely disappear ?????
Don’t give up yet 2014 elections can change everything.
Though I do wonder how the GOP’s chief cheerleader, Erick Erickson, will react to this news.
“Priebus planned a full-scale rollout of their recommendations Monday, although the proposals — particularly those affecting the presidential primary calendar — are far from a done deal. They would have to win the approval of the 168-member RNC and then each state's election chief would have to abide by the party's proposed calendar.”
amnesty fever is spreading in the GOP
“We have to do this or...”
Any legislation that allows the lawbreakers to stay and work here, the object of their crime, is amnesty. A path to citizenship is a bonus. Giving them green cards entitles them to all the benefits of citizenship except voting. They can receive welfare and entitlement benefits, SSNs, driver’s licenses, work permits etc.
Let’s not focus on voting as the central issue. It should be legalizing their status.
And let’s get real about legal immigration. Every ten years we have what amounts to an amnesty. With 1.2 million LEGAL IMMIGRANTS ENTERING ANNUALLY, they will be able to vote eventually and two thirds of them will vote Dem. Illegal immigration is the shiny little bauble that distracts us from the real game changer—legal immigration. The status quo will make the Dems the permanent majority party. Amnesty just hastens the process.
I live in solid Blue Maryland so that would be an empty threat.
This is RNC leak stuff, will have to wait to see what they really say.
Amnesty fever is spreading in GOP and Mitt Romney certainly inadvertently helped by getting Hispanics out to vote against him, scaring the daylights out of others in GOP.
The current GOP has little to offer these people that they want.
Yes, I heard this news that the GOP leader announced they would ‘imbrace’ immigration reform aka AMNESTY, even though the RNC platform says NO AMNESTY. These asses even lie to themselves. The numbers prove the GOP won’t gain numbers by catering to hispanics, so what is really going on here?
“Say there are only 12 mn illegal immigrants in America. Let’s assume they’re legalized and that Republicans achieve George W. Bush levels of the Hispanic vote (44%). That still gives the Democrats a net gain of 1.6 million new voters – 6.72 mn new supporters vs 5.28 mn.
Easy to see why the Democrats are for this. But why would a Republican Party that is not suicidally-minded support this?
If amnesty is passed, you can kiss the House, the Senate, the Presidency, and many governorships and state legislatures goodbye, forever. Republicans will never again be able to win any national election again. The Democrats will gain at least 1.6 mn new voters on net and will thus have permanent majorities in Arizona, Texas, Florida, Virginia, Colorado, New Mexico, and Nevada”
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2997861/posts
If the GOP wants the Hispanic vote, all they have to do is agree with the Pope and go right socially - against abortion and homosexuality. The millions of Catholic Hispanics will follow them anywhere.
“I think this will probably finish me off”
I hear you, but some don’t think the gang of 8 amnesty will fly. I hope they’re right.
Guzzardi: Gang of Eight Retreat
By Joe Guzzardi March 16, 2013 6:48 am
The Senate’s notorious Gang of Eight, a small cadre of amnesty advocates who hope to pressure Congress into passing disastrous immigration reform legislation, has developed a new game plan. In January, heady from President Obama’s strong November showing with Latino voters, the gang came out with their guns blazing. Now is the hour, they declared, to grant citizenship to 11 million aliens, issue them work permits and the entire cornucopia of welfare benefits.
The complicit media, egged on by the powerful, well-funded open-borders lobby, declared amnesty a done deal, the final vote a mere formality. But in politics, two months is an eternity. And what once seemed like a slam dunk is now anything but.
The gang has suffered through some testy internal spats. For the record, the gang includes long time Republican amnesty advocates Lindsey Graham, John McCain, Jeff Flake and Marco Rubio plus Democrats Mike Bennet, Chuck Schumer, Robert Menendez and Richard Durbin.
Schumer and Rubio can’t agree on border security. Calling border security a “trigger” for immigration reform, Rubio insisted that enforcement must come first. But Schumer immediately dismissed Rubio when he flat out rejected the Florida senator’s conditions. According to Schumer, border security is not part of the gang’s “blue print.”
Back home in Arizona and South Carolina, McCain and Graham have gotten slammed by their angry constituents. McCain rudely shouted down town hall meeting attendees when they tried to question him about amnesty. Graham, no doubt wanting to avoid McCain’s unpleasant experiences, refused to schedule appearances during the recent congressional break. Graham is up for re-election in 2014, will likely face a primary challenge and correctly thinks it’s unwise to antagonize voters.
Menendez is under heavy fire on two fronts. First, subsequent to a Senate Ethics Committee finding, Menendez refunded $58,000 to a donor for two plane tickets to the Dominican Republic which were not included in his disclosure form, an “oversight” according to Menendez. And second, the FBI has an open investigation into Menendez’s alleged sexual indiscretions with prostitutes while vacationing in the Dominican.
Down in sunny Florida, Miami-Dade public school administrators want Rubio to know that new immigrant students—1,000 a month; 11,000 annually—cost the struggling district $22 million each year, a sum it can’t afford. The 1986 Immigration Reform and Control Act proved that amnesty begets more immigration, bad news for the nation’s public school system and failing students if Rubio’s goal comes to fruition.
Given all its real world distractions, the gang was unable to meet its self-imposed March deadline. Reluctant to introduce a bill and then leave for the two-week congressional spring recess, the Senators leaked an outline to the press that it will reveal in full next month.
Summarized, the gang’s face saving plan is a combination of unsalable terms that the Senate’s liberal wing will reject and caveats which would be bureaucratically impossible to implement in the unlikely event it should pass. To acquire permanent legal residency, unconditional work permits and welfare benefits, aliens will first have to register with the Department of Homeland Security, pay back taxes as well as an undetermined fine, and prove that they have a clean criminal record. Assuming they qualify on all counts, the aliens would eventually be able to qualify for citizenship.
The gang’s chances of selling their legislation are slim and none. Here are two reasons why.
****** The Bureau of Labor Statistics reported that 89 million Americans are “out of the labor force”; 11 million new workers would devastate the unemployed. And the Heritage Foundation estimates that adding 11 million more people to the Affordable Health Care Act, social security and other welfare benefits would cost taxpayers at least $3 trillion.
No wonder Graham said about the gang’s revised timetable: “You don’t want to leave it hanging out for two weeks just to get shot up.”
http://www.gopusa.com/commentary/2013/03/16/guzzardi-gang-of-eight-retreat/
where does the Republican Party intend to get $10 MILLION to do this “outreach” ???
All those rich guys in the GOP who want more cheap labor, like the U.S. Chamber of Commerce.
But we are the GOP so we love them.
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