Given that Romney got 54 percent of the Hispanic vote in Florida, I guess not all Americans of Hispanic origin are obsessed with amnesty. The pro-amnesty crowd started by claiming that Romney would have to “moderate” his immigration positions to win Hispanic voters in Florida, hoping that if Gingrich won a majority, they’d be able to use that as a club. For instance, America’s Voice, the leading open-borders group on the hard left, was rooting for Gingrich; on the 20th, its head said that Romney’s views on immigration have “given Gingrich fertile attack terrain and a chance to close the gap among Latino Republican primary voters in Florida.” But once it became obvious Romney was going to win, not just the overall vote but even among Hispanics, America’s Voice changed its tune, releasing on Monday a statement that might as well have borrowed from Roseanne Roseannadanna and been titled “Never Mind!” — which said that Republican voters in Florida don’t actually care about immigration after all because they’re just Cubans, and we know what they’re like.
Not to whiz on your parade, but this was the "Republican" primary, not the general election. So who will know at this point how the Hispanic vote will go.
Reply to this commentLinkReport Abuse54% of Republican primary voters.
I know, never let facts get in the way of an agenda; only the evil mainstream media does that.
Reply to this commentLinkReport AbuseThe argument that amnesty advocates make is that Hispanics are pro-comprehensive immigration reform. Their party should be immaterial.
If the argument is that Republican Hispanics are different on this issue, then it suggests that support or opposition to the issue is less driven by national origin than party identification, which would make a big difference in arguing that Republicans need to modify their platform to seek out Hispanic voters.
Reply to this commentLinkReport Abuse"I guess not all Americans of Hispanic origin are obsessed with amnesty"
How insulting. Guess what? Americans of Hispanic origin are concerned with the economy, our debt / deficit, protecting our liberties, the rule of law, etc. Legal immigration, yes! We can think for ourselves and we are not single issue voters. Please do not think all Americans of Hispanic origin are members of La Raza!
Reply to this commentLinkReport AbuseEmily Litella, not Roseanne Roseannadanna.
Reply to this commentLinkReport AbuseAlso not wanting to "whiz on your parade," but it was another Gilda Radner character, Emily Litella who was famous for saying, "Never Mind," not Roseanne Roseannadanna.
Reply to this commentLinkReport AbusePicking apart the central point of your post: Mark, wasn't it the other character of Radner's, 'Ms. Emily', who said, "Never mind"?
Reply to this commentLinkReport AbuseYes, "never mind" was the hallmark of Emily Litella.
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Reply to this commentLinkReport Abuse1) All "latinos" are not Cubans.
Reply to this commentLinkReport Abuse2) Not all so-called Cubans, in Florida, are Cubans.
3) There is a "latino" subgroup that tends to avoid South Florida.
Obviously the media overlooked the fact that the hispanic population in Florida is dominated by those of CUBAN ancestry, not Mexican - and that all hispanics do not vote en bloc.
Reply to this commentLinkReport AbuseThe "immigration question" responders can easily be divided into 2, and only 2 groups:
1. pro-amnesty, details to follow
2. liars
No matter what any of them says, there will be an amnesty.
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