My comment in my post stands: Conservatives already accept Hispanics and have for a long, long time.
I had hopes for Rand Paul, but if he goes down the amnesty road, then I abandon him. Period. It is insane to bring additional workers into an economy with record numbers of its present citizens not working.
That has absolutely NOTHING to do with racism, (which is really Rand Paul's accusation.) It has to do with reality. You injure Americans of all ethnic backgrounds by driving down wages and enticing them into the welfare cycle.
My pointed letter to my own congressman (across town from Boehner's district) has been supported by him. He'll not be voting for amnesty anytime soon...or for its clandestine sibling, comprehensive immigration reform.
I'm now perplexed about Rand Paul's game. I've always been taught to follow the money.
I too read the first 40 posts and agree with you. In this case, I saw no racist comments. Maybe #42, but most of them were just vitriol spewed at Senator Paul. So, I stand corrected, in this case.
What I don’t understand is your failure to recognize that this isn’t about bringing even more immigrants in to work, but rather it’s about getting a handle on the ones already here. We have to do that, and frankly, those who think we will ever be successful in deporting them all are just dreaming. It won’t happen. That’s reality, and my saying it doesn’t make it a reality. It just is, political reality.
The problem I have with the typical conservative tone in this debate (and Sean Hannity often provides excellent examples, by the way) is that halfway through a diatribe any reasonably neutral party can justifiably assume that the speaker hates Hispanics and wants to send them all home because a) they’re mostly Democrats, or b) they’re mostly leaches on society, or c) they’re mostly here to have babies that can then be citizens, or d) they’re taking our jobs, or e) All of the Above.
The distinction between illegal and legal gets lost in the vitriol. Hell, most of them don’t even want citizenship, they want jobs, but half the time the conservative arguing the point ends up sounding like it’s all about creating new citizens, not just legal residents. After all, they can only vote if they’re citizens and yet a lot of the conservatives commenting are claiming that amnesty of any sort will create millions of Democrat votes. They can’t vote; they’re not citizens. If they are voting anyway, that’s a completely separate issue that needs addressing separately.
You say follow the money. I say Senator Paul is following the votes, and if conservatives don’t learn to deal with a growing Hispanic community effectively then Texas will, indeed, be a blue state someday. I say give him a break and see if he can find a middle ground that helps the party instead of automatically assuming he’s gone all crony capitalist on us.