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McCain Validating “The Race”
Flopping Aces ^ | 05-06-08 | Curt

Posted on 05/06/2008 6:21:47 PM PDT by Starman417

Michelle Malkin has been out in front of this story for quite some time:

Finally, as part of his commitment to talking with all Americans during this presidential campaign, the McCain presidential campaign announced that John McCain will attend the La Raza Annual Convention in San Diego on July 14, 2008.
Sigh....

I guess we all knew what we were getting in McCain but the reality always bites a bit. The same can be said for Bush. While he is simply outstanding on protecting this country and foreign policy, his immigration policies remain much less then desired.

But validating La Raza....or The Race....is just simply ignorant on McCain's part.

You want straight talk? McCain’s tongue says he’s “listened and learned.” But his heart is with La Raza, the militantly ethnocentric, anti-immigration enforcement Hispanic lobbying group that honored him in 1999 and whose annual conference he keynoted in 2004

…Crooked talk: He says he’ll build the fence.

Straight talk: He resents what he calls the “goddamned fence.”

John McCain and La Raza-The Race share a deep-seated contempt for grass-roots conservatives who worked successfully to defeat the disastrous amnesty bill. And they share a common impulse to marginalize their political opponents as “haters.”

Thus, La Raza-The Race has launched a new “We Can Stop the Hate” campaign–smack dab in the middle of the campaign season–to redefine tough policy criticism from the Right as “hate.” They protest that it is “racist” and out-of-bounds to talk about reconquista–even as the McCain campaign boasts a “Mexico First/”Just A Region”/”Free Flow of People” outreach director who’s practicing it out in the open for the leading GOP presidential front-runner.

Yes, an ethnic separatist group that calls itself “The Race”–a group that has embraced John McCain and vice versa–has the gall to crusade against “hate.” Chris Kelly notes that La Raza-The Race head Janet Murguia is calling for networks to keep immigration enforcement proponents off the airwaves and that both La Raza-The Race and another open-borders group are pushing for Fairness Doctrine policies to shut up their foes.

You can make the argument that McCain's association with La Raza is at least half as bad as Obama's association with Wright. Both are racists. Both associations bring nothing to the discussion of coming together and viewing us all as Americans rather as one race or another. And both should be avoided. Check out this video from Penn & Teller on Reparations which tells it like it is. "Circumstances of birth are nothing more then random and should never be a source for pride or shame"

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TOPICS: Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: aztlan; illegal; immigration; mccain; raza; rino
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1 posted on 05/06/2008 6:21:47 PM PDT by Starman417
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To: Starman417
A good argument for voting for Hillary if we get the chance.

Let the rats OWN the blame for the failures they or RINO McCain will cause.

He's just as wrong on other stuff too. McCain is worthless.

2 posted on 05/06/2008 6:29:24 PM PDT by Slump Tester (What if I'm pregnant Teddy? Errr-ahh -Calm down Mary Jo, we'll cross that bridge when we come to it)
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To: Starman417

Michelle shows some legislation attached to I believe the Homeland Security bill which gives LaRaza $5MM this year, then $10MM next year and 10MM the year after ... courtesy of Uncle Sugar and us taxpayers!


3 posted on 05/06/2008 6:29:31 PM PDT by Ken522
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To: Starman417

later


4 posted on 05/06/2008 6:29:50 PM PDT by berdie
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To: Starman417
Someone made a really good point today. Would McCain dare address a group calling itself "Das Volk"?
5 posted on 05/06/2008 6:32:20 PM PDT by DesScorp
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To: DesScorp

Or using a somewhat valid historical comparison, would he have been validating the rise and popularity of the Ku Klux Klan in the 1910’s and 20’s?


6 posted on 05/06/2008 6:35:57 PM PDT by GOP_Raider (Maybe next year...I guess...Let's Go Sharks!)
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To: Starman417

In the past I would brave wind, hail, snow, or pouring rain to get out and exercise my right to vote....

...this Nov. 4, McCain better hope there isn’t anything good on TV.


7 posted on 05/06/2008 6:37:23 PM PDT by Dreagon
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To: Starman417

I’m very disappointed in Juan’s declaration that he’d pander to LaRaza - they’re NOT going to vote for him in the fall, period.


8 posted on 05/06/2008 6:41:53 PM PDT by Baladas (M)
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To: Starman417

This is the man John McCain chose to be his "Hispanic Outreach Director." Hernandez is a certified traitor. Born in Dallas, he decided as an adult to become a dual-national Mexican citizen. His last "real" job was serving on Mexican President Vicente Fox's cabinet as his "American Reconquista Director." After that gig ran out, he worked (sic) for George Soros funded internationalist foundations, like the one that published his new book.

The "New American Pioneers" proclaimed in his book are the illegal alien invaders he urges to become settlers in the USA. Hernandez believes all Mexicans and Mexican-Americans in the USA should become dual citizens and consider themselves Mexicans first, "to the 8th generation." He believes there should be no border at all between Mexico and the USA, ever.

And this is the man McCain chose for his "Hispanic Outreach Director." When McCain was asked about this choice, he said he chose Hernandez because he agrees with his positions. If so, McCain is supporting invasion and reconquista.

9 posted on 05/06/2008 6:43:11 PM PDT by Travis McGee (--- www.EnemiesForeignAndDomestic.com ---)
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To: Starman417
McCain is simply talking to his campaign workers doing the work that American campaign workers won't do.


10 posted on 05/06/2008 6:44:39 PM PDT by bill1952 (I will vote for McCain if he resigns his Senate seat before this election.)
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To: Slump Tester
He's just as wrong on other stuff too. McCain is worthless.

Yep. On spending, Iraq, GWOT, judges, abortion, school vouchers, health care he is the same as the dims. Uh huh. No difference whatsoever.
11 posted on 05/06/2008 6:50:56 PM PDT by Norman Bates (Freepmail me to be part of the McCain List!)
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To: Travis McGee

What are the next serious moves for all of us “pro-full enforcement of all of the present laws throughout the U.S. that deal with all of the ongoing problems with illegal immigration” supporters after January ‘09 since all of the major candidates for POTUS and many in Congress from both major political parties will still be pro-amnesty?


12 posted on 05/06/2008 6:54:02 PM PDT by johnthebaptistmoore (Vote for conservatives AT ALL POLITICAL LEVELS! Encourage all others to do the same on November 4!)
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To: Norman Bates

>> Yep. On spending, Iraq, GWOT, judges, abortion, school vouchers, health care he is the same as the dims. Uh huh. No difference whatsoever.

You’re saying he IS different?

PROVABLY different?

Not merely what he says... but what he DOES?

(as in, his ACTIONS not words demonstrating “solidarity” with illegal alien vermin)

If so, pony up. Tell us about it. GUARANTEE he will do the conservative thing, and back it up with McCain ACTIONS (not merely words).

My tagline aside, I am very dismayed by John McCain SUCKING UP to the ILLEGAL ALIEN SCUM ruining our country, and I am strongly rethinking my vote for him.

With


13 posted on 05/06/2008 6:55:28 PM PDT by Nervous Tick (I'm not voting FOR John McCain -- I'm voting AGAINST Hillary/Obama)
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To: Slump Tester

Thats why I am supporting Bob Baar for president instead.


14 posted on 05/06/2008 7:08:15 PM PDT by Munson
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To: Starman417
I'm donating McCain some money right away:

Meanwhile, down at McCain Campaign Headquarters...


15 posted on 05/06/2008 7:12:27 PM PDT by Tolerance Sucks Rocks (To the liberal, there's no sacrifice too big for somebody else to make. --FReeper popdonnelly)
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To: Starman417; 3D-JOY; abner; Abundy; AGreatPer; Albion Wilde; AliVeritas; alisasny; ...
¡EL PEENG!
16 posted on 05/06/2008 7:18:00 PM PDT by Tolerance Sucks Rocks (To the liberal, there's no sacrifice too big for somebody else to make. --FReeper popdonnelly)
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To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks

We’re screwed.


17 posted on 05/06/2008 7:18:53 PM PDT by Cold Heart
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To: Norman Bates
What makes you think you can trust him on ALL of that stuff? His rat buddies just haven't gotten through to him on that yet.

You forgot "saving the planet" and taxing the hell out of us to do it. RINO McCain = Hillary = Obama.

18 posted on 05/06/2008 7:21:27 PM PDT by Slump Tester (What if I'm pregnant Teddy? Errr-ahh -Calm down Mary Jo, we'll cross that bridge when we come to it)
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To: Starman417

McQueeg is useless, clueless, and has no chance of being elected. Another Bob Dole...it’s “his turn” to run. By 2025 this country will be third world.


19 posted on 05/06/2008 7:33:47 PM PDT by clintonh8r (Not just right....Goddamn Wright!)
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To: Slump Tester

Fine. If a solid majority of Americans, rightly or not, believe in climate change let the Democrats demogogue the issue for everything it’s worth instead of offering a Republican’s view to environmental responsibility. It’s a myth that McCain wants to do what Al Gore wants to do. And tax what? McCain may not have supported the tax cuts initially but I’ll say this, he did support the Reagan tax cuts, he did oppose the Bush I tax increases, he did vote to extend the Bush II tax cuts, and he is campaigning now to make them permanent. There’s no inconsistency in opposing a tax cut initially and supporting it later because not doing so would be a defacto tax increase, something he has not supported before. There’s a difference.


20 posted on 05/06/2008 7:34:31 PM PDT by Norman Bates (Freepmail me to be part of the McCain List!)
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To: GOP_Raider

How many non-Hispanics has the National Council of La Raza murdered?


21 posted on 05/06/2008 7:38:02 PM PDT by Antonio C (God bless John McCain, George W. Bush, and our troops)
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To: clintonh8r

Was it Dole’s turn in ‘96, Bush’s turn in ‘88, Reagan’s turn in ‘80, and so forth? Yes. There is nothing contradictory about that being a large part of the nomination and conservative philosophy. In fact very much the opposite.

Do you say that because McCain is over 70? Too bad. Maybe next time the GOP will nominate someone hip to you.


22 posted on 05/06/2008 7:38:17 PM PDT by Norman Bates (Freepmail me to be part of the McCain List!)
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To: Norman Bates

>> Fine. bla bla bla

Uh, you still haven’t explained your boyfriend’s La Raza thing.

What’s up with that? Why should I vote for him when he’s proven his desire to FUND a radical Mexican Illegal Anti-American group?


23 posted on 05/06/2008 7:39:01 PM PDT by Nervous Tick (To hell with McCain. (What part of "McCain Loves La Raza" don't you get?))
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To: johnthebaptistmoore

The next serious move will be for you to move on to another issue. A law offering a pathway to citizenship for illegal immigrants will be passed no matter what.


24 posted on 05/06/2008 7:41:02 PM PDT by Antonio C (God bless John McCain, George W. Bush, and our troops)
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To: Antonio C

>> The next serious move will be for you to move on to another issue.

Who the hell are you? McCain shill?


25 posted on 05/06/2008 7:43:18 PM PDT by Nervous Tick (To hell with McCain. (What part of "McCain Loves La Raza" don't you get?))
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To: clintonh8r

If you don’t like where this country is going, you can always move to France. Just be sure to take Alec Baldwin (and for that matter Chuck Baldwin) with you.


26 posted on 05/06/2008 7:43:30 PM PDT by Antonio C (God bless John McCain, George W. Bush, and our troops)
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To: Antonio C

Que?


27 posted on 05/06/2008 7:45:08 PM PDT by clintonh8r (Not just right....Goddamn Wright!)
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To: Nervous Tick

Who are you? An Obama shill?


28 posted on 05/06/2008 7:45:08 PM PDT by Antonio C (God bless John McCain, George W. Bush, and our troops)
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To: Antonio C

>> Who are you? An Obama shill?

Not hardly — you newbie racist-loving son of a bitch.


29 posted on 05/06/2008 7:46:51 PM PDT by Nervous Tick (To hell with McCain. (What part of "McCain Loves La Raza" don't you get?))
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To: Norman Bates

Nothing to do with age...everything to do with being electable without pandering, which McQueeg is incapable of. What will you say if Lieberman is his running mate, hmm?


30 posted on 05/06/2008 7:47:07 PM PDT by clintonh8r (Not just right....Goddamn Wright!)
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To: Antonio C

“Antonio C(rapsucker)”

“Since October 2007”

No other information.

McCain shill.


31 posted on 05/06/2008 7:48:24 PM PDT by Nervous Tick (To hell with McCain. (What part of "McCain Loves La Raza" don't you get?))
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To: Antonio C

Give them time. Once the La Raza followers that want where I live to be part of Mexico, that will change.


32 posted on 05/06/2008 7:53:04 PM PDT by GOP_Raider (Maybe next year...I guess...Let's Go Sharks!)
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To: clintonh8r
McQueeg is useless, clueless, and has no chance of being elected. Another Bob Dole...it’s “his turn” to run.

Actually, in retrospect, Bob Dole looks pretty good right now.

33 posted on 05/06/2008 7:53:31 PM PDT by okie01 (THE MAINSTREAM MEDIA: Ignorance on Parade)
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To: Nervous Tick

Where have I said anything racist?


34 posted on 05/06/2008 7:53:39 PM PDT by Antonio C (God bless John McCain, George W. Bush, and our troops)
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To: Antonio C

Habla usted espanol, amigo?

Pues, como se dice “THE race” en espanol?


35 posted on 05/06/2008 7:53:43 PM PDT by Nervous Tick (To hell with McCain. (What part of "McCain Loves La Raza" don't you get?))
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To: Antonio C

I said you LOVE a racist. And, you do. You love John McCain. John McCain is a racist. QED


36 posted on 05/06/2008 7:55:41 PM PDT by Nervous Tick (To hell with McCain. (What part of "McCain Loves La Raza" don't you get?))
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To: GOP_Raider

Oh, so we should judge them by what they may do? Quite totalitarian of you.


37 posted on 05/06/2008 7:57:25 PM PDT by Antonio C (God bless John McCain, George W. Bush, and our troops)
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To: Nervous Tick
John McCain is not a racist, and I do not love him. I do have a lot of respect for the man and certainly support him as the best candidate for the presidency. Perhaps you would rather have Hillary? Or is your candidate of choice Obama?
38 posted on 05/06/2008 7:59:46 PM PDT by Antonio C (God bless John McCain, George W. Bush, and our troops)
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To: Antonio C

>> John McCain is not a racist

Uh, yeah. Right. OK, let’s take this one step at a time.

What does “La Raza” mean, in English?


39 posted on 05/06/2008 8:01:48 PM PDT by Nervous Tick (To hell with McCain. (What part of "McCain Loves La Raza" don't you get?))
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To: Nervous Tick

A childish post from a childish mind.


40 posted on 05/06/2008 8:02:26 PM PDT by Antonio C (God bless John McCain, George W. Bush, and our troops)
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To: Nervous Tick

La Raza means “The People” as has been pointed out many times before.


41 posted on 05/06/2008 8:03:58 PM PDT by Antonio C (God bless John McCain, George W. Bush, and our troops)
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To: Slump Tester

However, Hillary is The Devil.


42 posted on 05/06/2008 8:05:41 PM PDT by Unknowing (Now is the time for all good men to come to the aid of their country.)
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To: Starman417

McCain has my vote to DUMP HIM from the RNC and the Republican Party.

Treasonous Traitor is what Mr. McShame is I tell you!


43 posted on 05/06/2008 8:07:09 PM PDT by chicagolady (Mexican Elite say: EXPORT Poverty Let the American Taxpayer foot the bill !)
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To: Antonio C

The RACE dear and it’s members are Racists


44 posted on 05/06/2008 8:08:32 PM PDT by chicagolady (Mexican Elite say: EXPORT Poverty Let the American Taxpayer foot the bill !)
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To: Travis McGee

This is so, so typical of McFly. People are now seeing what we here in Az. have known for a long long time-—McFly,is NO conservative and doesn’t care on F’en bit about border security, rule of law, or the effect Illegal immigration has had, not only in his home state of Az, but the rest of the country. The man is evil; and he’ll surely turn this country into a 3rd world country if given the chance. Believe me, McFly, is no better- and can be worse-than the Clintonista’s or Hussein Obama !
I will NEVER, vote for the SOB!


45 posted on 05/06/2008 8:11:14 PM PDT by boilinghot
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To: Nervous Tick

Go back and read (or watch) Bush’s “Thousand Points of Light” speech. La Raza is not exactly a new phenomenon to politicians. Do I agree with them? Heck no. Is it pandering? Well, yeah. Is it necessary pandering? Maybe not. But you know what I don’t get hung up on this stuff. The big picture is I agree with McCain in general and expecially on most of the important issues and he is MUCH better for American than Obama/Hillary.


46 posted on 05/06/2008 8:14:35 PM PDT by Norman Bates (Freepmail me to be part of the McCain List!)
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>> A childish post from a childish mind.

I see. You’re afraid to confront the truth, so you call me “childish”. Very well, no offense taken; it’s clear you’re cornered so you’re spouting irrelevant nonsense. Whatever. I’ll lay it out for you.

Suppose there is a white supremecist group in Idaho called “The Race” (the meaning is oh so clear: “the white race”). Their ideology is that white people are by their very nature ENTITLED to preeminence.

Very few sentient people (that is, “adults” in your childish parlance) would call them anything but racist.

Now, suppose John McCain went to them, pandering for votes. He SPOKE at their convention, endorsing their position. Would his countrymen be wrong to assume he was not racist? Would his countrymen be out of line assuming he held “white supremecist” views and was endorsing same? IF HE WERE CALLED A RACIST IN THESE CIRCUMSTANCES, WOULD YOU DISAGREE? (Think Obama and Wright, if you need to use a “cheat”.)

Now, the shoe is on the other foot. John McCain, long known for pandering to illegal immigration, SUPPORTS “La Raza” (although you decline to admit it, that means THE RACE in Spanish, as in “The only race that matters”). He speaks favorably of them, to them, about them, for them. His presence there ENDORSES their every position.

To deny this is to be blind to the facts.

Your well reasoned “adult” reply...?

As an aside, I notice nothing but crickets chirping (or the same ridiculous bs about the Donks being worse) from McCain supporters when this very real CONCERN is brought forth on these threads. But, of course, no illumination.

Thus, my conclusion: Screw John MCCain.


47 posted on 05/06/2008 8:15:01 PM PDT by Nervous Tick (To hell with McCain. (What part of "McCain Loves La Raza" don't you get?))
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To: Antonio C
If you reward illegal colonists with citizenship then citizenship becomes absolutely worthless. A once great nation becomes merely a parcel of land overrun by blood sucking, third world dregs.
48 posted on 05/06/2008 8:15:09 PM PDT by isrul (Help make every day, "Disrespect a muzzie day.")
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To: chicagolady

Gee, I guess my parents were lying when they taught me it meant “the people”. Who should I believe them or you? Thinking....


49 posted on 05/06/2008 8:16:24 PM PDT by Antonio C (God bless John McCain, George W. Bush, and our troops)
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To: Antonio C
"Perhaps you would rather have Hillary?"

Yes, they would. That is what's so unnerving.
50 posted on 05/06/2008 8:16:52 PM PDT by Norman Bates (Freepmail me to be part of the McCain List!)
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