Posted on 08/17/2007 6:29:39 AM PDT by az4vlad
What’s going on is this: Martinez appears to be completely simpatico with La Raza. Over the weekend, CSPAN covered a LaRaza panel on immigration. There were five panelists; not one, but two were members of Martinez’s staff.
One of the two was belligerent in her opposition to actions by local governments to deal with illegals. She asserted that “we” (presumably Hispanics) have the numbers to make clear that such actions are “not acceptable.”
Why has the RNC put Martinez at the top? Because of one of Karl Rove’s more ridiculous ideas. Hispanics are the fastest growing demographic. Rove decided that they are therefore crucial to the survival of the GOP. So this is part of the pandering.
It won’t work, and meanwhile the GOP is losing its base, which is presently many times larger than the Hispanic vote.
Same thing happened to me about a month ago.
Poor girl. She was nice
VictoryGal you’ve got that right.
Why, just being consistent with what they did to Randy Graf, Pat Twomey and other pubbies who didn't toe the RNC corporatist cheap lobby agenda.
Martinez chides GOP candidates
"Sen. Mel Martinez, the head of the Republican National Committee, took a swipe Tuesday at the leading Republican presidential candidates for not offering solid solutions to America's immigration crisis."
"In his remarks, Martinez did not directly refer to former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney or former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani, but he later suggested both candidates, who were critics of the controversial Senate immigration proposal, had mischaracterized the plan. He also urged audience members to pin down the Republican candidates on immigration when they come to St. Petersburg for the YouTube/CNN Republican presidential debate Nov. 28.
"It can be a little awkward," acknowledged Martinez, a Cuban-immigrant who is neutral in the presidential race but has called Republican presidential candidate John McCain "courageous" for being a champion of the immigration plan that was so unpopular with much of the Republican base."
Martinez is the one who should STFU.
After Labor Day weekend FDThompson announces none of us will be talkin this crap!
Jusy hold on for couple weeks. Jeez.
Mel Martinez is the head of the RNC, and he criticized Rudy and Mitt's statements against shamnesty. Deal with it.
After Labor Day weekend FDThompson announces none of us will be talkin this crap!
Just hold on for couple weeks. Jeez.
Bigger than the one that already exists you mean?
See my post#16 where I show the exchange.
Martinez does not criticize their “harsh stance” on illegal immigration. He criticizes their attack of the bill without offering alternatives (which is not true, both offered alternative ideas).
This is the MSM trying to drive a wedge in the Republican Party over nothing.
Martinez has been discredited before these statements.
“The party leadership is out of touch with not only conservative Republicans, but mainstream Republicans as well.”
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Add to that 72% of the general public....both Dumocrats and Republicans.
Stuck on Stupid comes to mind....
They have offered an alternative solution, just not the one that Martinez likes. It is called enforcement first. Secure the borders, including tracking and deporting visa overstays, and enforcing the existing laws on the books against employers who employ illegals.
The major exception is McCain, who already knows that the Immigration Bill he helped forge was suicidal. He is toast.
“...so why is the RNC trying to scare off the conservative base even more from supporting these realistic candidates?”
So many hidden (and false) assumptions in that one phrase. LOL.
The accusation is true, as the chairman of the RNC he should not be criticizing any of our candidates, Mel Martinez is the one driving the wedge.
Add McClintock to the list. Hell, they didn’t even back Santorum after dissing Toomey!
Martinez is still the head of the RNC. He should have resigned after the comprehensive immigration bill was defeated this summer. He has become the poster boy for amnesty, which began with the 2006 Hagel-Martinez comprehensive immigration reform bill, that was voted against by Senate Reps 32-23.
Bush's appointment of him as RNC chair has hurt the party. Contributions are down [including mine] because he is still the chair. And the fact that he is interjecting himself into the campaign calling McCain courageous and attacking Romney and Giuliani for mischaracterizing the Senate bill is beyond the pale. Instead of you telling others to STFU, you should direct that comment to Martinez and demand his resignation.
It is not the MSM driving a wedge in the GOP, it is Martinez. The immigration could and should be one of the defining issues of the 2008 campaign. I can assure you that the Martinez position on immigration won't be the one reflected in the GOP platorm for 2008.
If the RNC is attacking those candidates, it is probably an attempt to make them appear conservative, which they are not. The best way to get press coverage is for Republicans to attack other Republicans. You know “it” and I know “it” and Karl Rove knows “it” and, I’m sure, the RNC knows “it”.
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