Mr. Gingrich has showed active support for the Hispanic community by reaching out to us, our organizations, and our communities to better understand the real concerns of American Hispanics. This is a quality that we respect, value, and appreciate.
Mr. Romney, without an open dialogue with us you are unable to understand issues important to the Latino community. Due to this absence, we are unable to support you.
Sincerely,
Rosario Marin - Former US Treasurer, California
Mario Rodriguez - Hispanic 100 Chair, California
Massey Villarreal - Former National Chair of the Republican National Hispanic Assembly, Texas
Vinicio Madrigal, MD - Former Chair Louisiana Republican Hispanic Assembly, Louisiana
Theresa Speake - Former National Secretary of the Republican National Hispanic Assembly, Virginia
Al Zapanta - President & CEO. U.S.-Mexico Chamber of Commerce, Texas
Lionel Sosa – President of Bromley Communications, Texas
Miguel Orozco – Immigration lawyer, California; Outstanding Americans by Choice Recipient; Actor & Producer
Elizabeth Orozco – Business Executive
Eduardo Verástegui – Pro-life activist, actor, singer. California
Joe Galvan - Former regional director HUD, Former chair RNHA. Illinois
Teresa Hernandez – Restaurateur
Saul Delgado – President of Caboraca
Fortino Rivera – CEO
Bertha Rivera – Business Executive
Nancy C. Acevedo – Chair National Republican Hispanic Alliance Florida
Robbie G. Munoz – Hispanic 100 Youth Chair, California
Julio Gudino – President, Gudino Financial & Insurance Services, Inc.
KV Kumar – Nat’l Vice Chairman, Asian American & Pacific Islanders Nat’l Republican Assembly
Bump.
You’re a group of bigots. Are you Americans or ‘’Hispanics’’? And just what the hell is a “Hispanic’’ anyway? For God’s sake if just being an American isn’t enough for you without sticking a hyphen in front of it, find another country because I’m bloody sick and tired of hyphenated Americans no matter who they are.
They are at most a 3 day drive (in their own motor vehicles) from home.
There's nothing inhumane about telling somebody to drive a car or truck to Mexico.
NOTE: These guys are all nuts on the military deal ~ you have to be a citizen first. But, I guess if Mexicans believe that nonsense then they'll believe anything.
How about this, VOTE WEDNESDAY ~ Avoid the Crowds
Hmmmm. I find this rather interesting to say the least.
Well, that’s some good news. I heard his speech to the Hispanic Leadership Conference (I believe that was the group) and it was excellent. He dealt with things like securing the border, the necessity of learning English and American history (and learning English and American history applied to native Americans as well!), developing a guest labor program and a visa program that actually worked (administered by one of the credit card companies, for example), and resolving the situation of people who had lived here a long time so that we wouldn’t be redoing the “amnesty” thing again.
While the audience was Hispanic, most of them were not immigrants themselves, but probably children or grandchildren (or even more) of immigrants, and he also made it clear that while immigration might be a particular concern to Hispanics because the proximity of their countries meant that there were more of them than other groups, it was a mistake to think of immigration as the only thing of concern to the Hispanic community.
He also discussed things other than immigration, such as trade with Latin America to keep the Chinese out, a firmer position against Latin American dictators such as Chavez and an awareness that letting Chavez, Castro and others pal around with Ahmadinejad and let him onto our continent was a serious mistake that should be dealt with.
And, of course, he pointed out that as the economy improves under him, as it surely will, all of us of all ethnic groups will do better, and since Hispanics have historically liked being entrepreneurs and starting small businesses, his simplification of tax and regulatory policies was going to be of particular benefit to them.
So I thought it was a remarkably good talk and it seemed very well received. It was not condescending, not separatist, not Socialist...just very positive and good.
Here’s additional support for Newt from the Cuban community:
Cuban-American Leader: Huge Push for Newt Over Mitt
Saturday, 28 Jan 2012 04:46 PM
By David A. Patten
Carlos Perez, one of Ronald Reagan’s closest Miami advisers and a Radio Mambi talk host who is influential in Florida’s Cuban-American community, says there is growing resentment among Hispanics due to “lies and distortions” from GOP candidate Mitt Romney targeting former House Speaker Newt Gingrich.
Perez told Newsmax in an exclusive interview Saturday afternoon that a backlash is brewing against the Romney campaign’s allegation that Gingrich tried to undermine former President Ronald Reagan’s agenda.
Perez was a close adviser to President Reagan, and Reagan even acknowledged his Cuban-American friend’s achievement during a State of the Union address.
“Among Cuban-Americans, you can bet your life Newt Gingrich will win the primary election,” Perez flatly predicted.
Perez, host of a popular Miami radio and television show, said Hispanic voters and especially Cuban-Americans are now “backing Newt Gingrich dramatically” and “getting a little bit mad at the Romney campaign.”
Perez endorsed Gingrich’s presidential bid on Monday. On Saturday, he told Newsmax that the buzz in the Cuban-American community has turned strongly pro-Gingrich.
“I have not seen one Republican candidate in the last 20 or 30 years that has the knowledge, the experience, the ability, and the great ideas that Gingrich has, not only with respect to Cuba, but with respect to other situations,” Perez said. “…I feel there is going to be a tremendous reaction in favor of Gingrich among the Hispanic and the Cuban voters here in South Florida.”
Perez says that Cuban-Americans have been impressed by the fact that Gingrich has vowed to back a “Cuban Spring” — promising to back an overthrow of the Castro regime.
Gingrich said this week that as president he “will not tolerate” the continuation of the Castro regime and will back a democratic uprising in Cuba, much like the one Reagan backed in Poland under communist rule.
Gingrich’s pro-democracy comments for Cuba are the strongest of any presidential candidate since President Reagan, Perez told Newsmax.
Cuban-Americans have lauded Reagan’s strong support for pro-democracy movements throughout the Caribbean and Central and South America.
Perez said Cuban-Americans are “extremely concerned” that Romney has tried to distort the historical record.
“Newt Gingrich without any question follows those ideas,” Perez told Newsmax. “And it is a shame that Romney’s attack is trying to distort that. That is not nice, that is not fair. It is creating a backlash among Cuban-American and other Hispanic voters here in South Florida.”
Gingrich’s effort to win over Cuban-Americans in the waning days of the campaign in Florida have been bolstered by the former Rep. Dan Burton’s presence with him on the campaign trail.
The Indiana Republican is revered in Cuban-American circles for co-sponsoring the Helms-Burton Act, which bolstered international sanctions against the Castro government.
In 1996, as part of a crackdown against the Castro regime, former President Bill Clinton signed the Helms-Burton Act into law.
“He’s an extremely popular man among Cuban-Americans,” Perez said of Burton, “because he’s a co-author, along with Sen. Jessie Helms, of the Helms-Burton law that is one of the best laws that has been implemented in the U.S. Congress against Fidel Castro.”
Perez said that the buzz in the Cuban-American community has turned strongly pro-Gingrich.
He added that Cuban-Americans are skeptical of the pro-democracy pledges made by the other candidates during the GOP debate in Jacksonville.
“Cubans have been, let’s say, vaccinated by all the politicians who come here during elections and make empty promises,” Perez told Newsmax. “For 50 years, we’ve been hearing the same thing.
“But who is the true person who could really make some basic changes concerning the situation in Cuba? That’s Newt Gingrich. He has the ability, the personality, to solve problems, and he is a man of great intelligence,” he said.
http://www.newsmax.com/InsideCover/Cuban-American-Leader-HugePush-forNewt/2012/01/28/id/425831