Almost immediately after President Obama’s decisive reelection, Republicans of many stripes coalesced around the idea that they had lost because of the party’s hostility toward Latinos. And to some in the GOP, there was a quick and obvious solution: to “put a sombrero on the Republican elephant,” as one skeptical Latino GOP operative characterized it to Politico.
The job really isn’t all that difficult, many conservatives insisted. Charles Krauthammer argued that Latinos are “a natural Republican constituency: striving immigrant community, religious, Catholic, family-oriented and socially conservative (on abortion, for example).” So never mind Mitt Romney’s assertions last spring that “illegals” should “self -deport”; after years of stubborn resistance to comprehensive immigration reform, angrily nativist conservatives like Sean Hannity suddenly got behind it and the path to citizenship it offers to12 million illegal immigrants.
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Hopefully the Republican Party will return to its "conservative" roots, recognizing the value of government and its purpose. Hopefully conservatives will return to the "root" of the very word, "conserve". The core idea of conservatism has always been to conserve what is best of the past and to slowly progress into the future. Social programs such as SS, Medicare are proven parts of our past and should be conserved for the future.
Conservative thought has never been a function of religious fervor or some sick form of elitism or an idea of us versus them. Its core opposition to liberalism has always been one believing in the core goodness or man and the other the need for social structure and improvement. However, the seperation up until now has always been merely a matter of degrees.
Hopefully the ranters, the ravers, the scared little children passing for adults will return to their rooms and allow the grown-ups to deal with the nations problems.
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"Kitch" I really have to ask not of you personally but of the general debate. Is the real question one of poverty or health insurance or of even educational level. The fact is and it is fact most of these illegals work. This nonsense about them receiving "food stamps" or welfare is just that nonsene. Anyone who knows anything about these programs knows that when you walk in the DHS office you have to prove POB and citizenship. They do get healthcare through the ER because RR said it had to be given.
When I worked on our northern border there were plenty of Canadians working illegaly in the US there was no hue and cry partly because it wasn't a huge number but they were there. You noted something I wrote yesterday as a stream of consciousness. What I was pointing out is that political parties have always pitted one group against another this is not much different then has been done in the past. My personal opinioin is that this opposition to Latino's is simply an oppostion to Latino's otherwise a practical solution to the problem is not that difficult.
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Why do Hispanics and other minorities vote for Democrats? Hmmm...that's a tough one, isn't it.
Because the Republicans are bigots when it comes to immigrants. Why would any immigrant want to be associated with a party that denigrates them and spews hatred at them? Like you do.
It's not about the "gifts" incrediblr1, it's about your party's bigotry. Gays, women, blacks, hispanics - you've managed to aliente them all.
The best way for Republicans to attract Latino voters is have Ann Romney give a speech saying, "We love you HISPANICS!!!"