GOP is fine with some immigration

[one...two...tree 2,762]

John Edwards will no doubt draw the intense ire of the Republican Party and its base after announcing yesterday that he believes as many Mexican immigrants who want to come to the United States should be welcome. As Edwards explained it, Mexican Americans are exemplary citizens who have brought “great vitality, skills and energy to the American experience.” He concluded, “The more the merrier.”

Wait, did I say Edwards? I meant Mitt Romney. And did I say Mexican Americans? I meant Cuban Americans.

“I can tell you my inclination would be to say as many Cubans as want to come here should come in,” Romney said in an interview Tuesday with The Tampa Tribune editorial board. […]

Romney replied that Cuban Americans are exemplary citizens who have brought “great vitality, skills and energy to the American experience.”

“In my opinion, the more the merrier,” he said.

As Amanda noted, “Romney’s embrace of all Cubans seems to be a pander to Florida’s strong Cuban-American community, ‘a coveted voting bloc in past presidential elections.’ In 2000, President Bush ‘won Florida by a mere 537 votes, but his advantage among Cubans was about 4-to-1.’ In a poll right before the 2004 election, Bush drew 81 percent of the Cuban vote.”

I find much of the Republicans’ demagoguery of Mexican-American immigrants to be pretty incoherent, but it’s probably worth taking the time, now and then, to remember that if Mexican-American voters were a reliable Republican voting bloc, the “immigration debate” would largely disappear.

http://www.thecarpetbaggerreport.com/

[JODO 2]

hmmm... I am all for legal immigration.

[Mr. Big Dog 10,747]

That's it for Mitt Romney. He may win a few votes in FL with this stunt but it's gonna cost him elsewhere. So long, Mitt.

[Hilarious Clinton 452]

LEGAL immigration is fine.

[Sofiyya 1,687]

FYI: Legal immigration goooood. Illegal immigration baaaaad.

[Fandango 1,440]

FYI: Legal immigration goooood. Illegal immigration baaaaad.

That's the thing that most don't understand

[Jasman0717 9]

hmmm... I am all for legal immigration.

That works for me

[Sheriff Uling 3]

FYI: Legal immigration goooood. Illegal immigration baaaaad.

That's the thing that most don't understand

Very true! What I've had a hard time understanding is why so many folks here on VJ support illegal immigration in the form of amnesty. I don't think many of them would be so inclined to do so if that meant their fiance(e)s, spouse, or children had to take a backseat to those who came here illegal before being able to come here to the US. Whatever...

Edited November 30, 2007 by Sheriff Uling

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John Edwards will no doubt draw the intense ire of the Republican Party and its base after announcing yesterday that he believes as many Mexican immigrants who want to come to the United States should be welcome. As Edwards explained it, Mexican Americans are exemplary citizens who have brought “great vitality, skills and energy to the American experience.” He concluded, “The more the merrier.”

Wait, did I say Edwards? I meant Mitt Romney. And did I say Mexican Americans? I meant Cuban Americans.

“I can tell you my inclination would be to say as many Cubans as want to come here should come in,” Romney said in an interview Tuesday with The Tampa Tribune editorial board. […]

Romney replied that Cuban Americans are exemplary citizens who have brought “great vitality, skills and energy to the American experience.”

“In my opinion, the more the merrier,” he said.

As Amanda noted, “Romney’s embrace of all Cubans seems to be a pander to Florida’s strong Cuban-American community, ‘a coveted voting bloc in past presidential elections.’ In 2000, President Bush ‘won Florida by a mere 537 votes, but his advantage among Cubans was about 4-to-1.’ In a poll right before the 2004 election, Bush drew 81 percent of the Cuban vote.”

I find much of the Republicans’ demagoguery of Mexican-American immigrants to be pretty incoherent, but it’s probably worth taking the time, now and then, to remember that if Mexican-American voters were a reliable Republican voting bloc, the “immigration debate” would largely disappear.

http://www.thecarpetbaggerreport.com/

So now we have determined that the politicians from both parties are pandering pieces of sh*t. So what else is new?

The bigger question is which is the lesser of 2 weasels?