Cinco de McCain!
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Date: 2008-05-07, 8:41PM EDT
On Cinco de Mayo, John McCain launched his Spanish-language website and began what will likely be his steady march back to his original and true position on illegal immigration. What is McCain's position today? In his words from yesterday's speech:
"I believe that the majority of Hispanics share our view that the border must be secured, and the border must be secured first," McCain said. "But they also want us to have an attitude, which I think most Americans do, that these are God's children and they must be taken care of, or the issue must be addressed, in a humane and compassionate fashion. And I will continue to carry that message with the priority that we must secure our borders first."
And I suppose those who disagree with McCain's amnesty record are "inhumane" and "uncompassionate".
"Comprehensive" Once Again
Most significantly, McCain came back to his "comprehensive" (i.e. amnesty) roots in a speech designed to cater to Latino voters. McCain said, "We get in this kind of a circular firing squad on immigration reform in the Congress of the United States, and the lesson I learned from it is we've got to have comprehensive immigration reform"
Clearly, McCain was floating the combustible term "comprehensive" in a measured way to see what reaction he gets. What this means is, "Amnesty McCain" is back. Thus far, most in the media (except Lou Dobbs) barely picked up on this very significant mention. Unless McCain gets feedback from citizens across the nation objecting to his use of the word "comprehensive" and his clear move back to his original amnesty position, we can expect to hear more amnesty talk from the G.O.P. standard-bearer in the coming months.
Action: Call McCain and let him know you object to his re-introduction
of a "comprehensive" (amnesty) into his campaign position on immigratiion.
Senate office: 202-224-2235; Campaign office: 703-418-2008.
By the way, as part of his big Latino-focused day, the McCain campaign announced that he will attend the National Council of La Raza ("The Race") annual convention July 14 in San Diego.
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