Posted on 03/28/2006 7:30:01 PM PST by Buddy B
The liberal media would love to foist the BS on us Hispanics are against border security. Not true, just illegal Hispanics are against it. Tough beans.
"The Republican base is not going to abandon the party over immigration, but Republicans are running a very real risk of alienating millions of Hispanic voters," he said.
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And that's the bottom line right there. Our Republican leaders know that when push comes to shove we're going to have a choice between a Republican who voted for open borders and a liberal who voted for open borders. And we won't vote for the liberal. Sure, we'll say we'll vote for a third party, but that never happens in any large numbers. And if it did it would only help the liberals.
and going where? Pat Buchanan again? LMAO!!!!
"Wrong ACE...the base is already beginning to boil over....and evaporate"
We're boiing for sure. But let's assume we had a Kerry versus Bush race again this year. You know darn well we'd grumble and vote for Bush. That's why we're screwed on this issue.
The flag pole is upside-down or if you stand on your head all is OK.
I won't vote for any Republican that supports a package of goodies for illegal aliens, and neither will a lot of other conservatives. If they think the Party will be in big trouble alienating the Mexicans, they have no idea what trouble really is.
This stands in blissful ignorance of all polling I have seen - including a poll of one in my home life - over the difference between citzen hispanics and illegal immigrant hispanics.
My wife is hispanic but is native born - and she is more adamant against illegals than I am. And most polling shows she is the rule, not the exception, in that category.
So what this boils down to is not about the GOP's standing in the hispanic community (and that is largely a liberal invention anyway, just as tying me, a Scot-Irish/German mutt to those still over there is aburd).
What this boils down to is who is courting the POTENTIAL vote base of illegals. But the GOP can take POTENTIAL and turn it into NO WAY, JOSE by saying no to amnesty.
One of these days, telling the base they have nowhere else to go isn't gonna work any longer.
I've lost count of how many Conservatives say they'll just sit it out and not vote at all. Others say they're just going to vote against those who pander to the Illegals. In either case, the Republicans are going to pay dearly for this. Somebody (Rove???) is dishing out some terrible advice.
Oh really? We'll see about that!
It is posted on this website: Southwest Voter Registration Education Project
---and going where? Pat Buchanan again? LMAO!!!!---
I detest Pat Buchanan and would never vote for him but I will not vote for these sellouts. What difference does it make if Republicans of Democrats preside over the ruin of this country? If we can't win, why play at all?
Single issue voters will never be happy with less than 100%. If Hillary is appealing to you then go ahead and sit the elections out. Actually if the so called "base" wants to become irrelevant then that's the way to go.
So many threats from every which way.
And it's nice to see you are doing your best to help elect Hillary.
Just look at what your type did in WA state 2004. Your type sat out for no good reason, and Rossi lost on the 45th recount (an exaggeration, bt I want to make a point) by 100 votes-because "conservatives" sat out.
They are liberal democrats GOP would be risking nothing.
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