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Subscribe to RSSTAMPA, Fla. -- Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., will have a starring role at the Republican convention in Tampa Thursday night when he introduces Mitt Romney to accept the party’s presidential nomination.
Like many politicians who ascend to high positions, including President Obama, Rubio did a stint early in his political career as a state legislator.
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Republican candidate Hector Revoron, running for State Senate in East Hartford, Connecticut.
Not unlike a professional baseball team, a political party’s success in developing its future leaders in Washington hinges partly on how good a farm team it builds in state legislatures.
And with the Census Bureau projecting that Latinos will be 30 percent of the U.S. population less than 40 years from now, up from about 17 percent of the population today, Republicans were eager to introduce some of their Latino state legislative candidates at the GOP convention this week in Tampa.
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Republican candidate Martha Flores Gibson of Long Beach, Calif.
There are only 44 Latino Republican state legislators out of 3,975 GOP legislators nationwide.
The Republican State Leadership Committee is trying to change that arithmetic with its $3 million Future Majority Project which it launched last year with the goal of finding and financing at least 100 new Latino legislative candidates.
In Indianapolis, Ind., one of them, AJ Feeney-Ruiz, is making a bid for an open state House seat that has been held by a Democrat. Indiana’s Republican-controlled legislature used redistricting to make the district friendlier to a Republican candidate. It also has the highest percentage of Latinos of any state legislative district in the state.
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Feeney-Ruiz is part owner of a technology firm that helps connect nonprofit businesses and volunteers and he also works as a media and public advocacy consultant. He used to work as a spokesman for Todd Rokita, the former Indiana Secretary of State who’s now a House member.
In an interview at the GOP convention, Feeney-Ruiz said, “Because of the gridlock you see in the federal government, you see all the action happening at the state level: you see budgets being balanced, you see great educational reforms going through -- especially in Indiana: We’ve just been going gangbusters, setting the stage for future success for Indiana.”
Florida Senator Marco Rubio, who will be introducing Mitt Romney before he accepts the Republican nomination, tells TODAY's Matt Lauer why he thinks the GOP candidate's commitment to his family and faith are "admirable qualities."
He said, “So when you’re talking about the ‘farm team,’ you’re talking about a lot of folks who are very passionate, engaged at the local level, creating these laws that should be models for the federal government – if they ever get over the gridlock.”
Feeney Ruiz is member of a party that includes Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer, who signed a law tightening enforcement against illegal immigrants, and House Judiciary Committee Chairman Lamar Smith, R-Texas, who wants more deportations of illegal immigrants – some of whom are the cousins, nephews and nieces of Latino voters.
Day 2: David Gregory previews the kick-off the Republican National Convention in Tampa tonight including speeches by New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie and Ann Romney.
In June, President Barack Obama made an election-year appeal to those same Latino voters by announcing that his administration won’t deport illegal immigrants under age 30 who came to the United States, or were brought to the United States before reaching age 16. “That’s not a uniquely Obama idea – that was originally a Republican idea that was proposed by President George W. Bush and Sen. John McCain,” Feeney-Ruiz said. “It’s unfortunate how the president went about it, but I think it’s an idea that’s been developing over years that the Republican Party has been trying to figure out and get its hands around it, how best to execute that in the most efficient and fairest way possible.”
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Republican candidate AJ Feeney-Ruiz, running for District 97 in Indianapolis, Indiana.
Asked about GOP leaders such as Brewer, Feeney-Ruiz diplomatically said, “I think there’s a learning process on both sides. I think Republicans need to understand that this is something that happened in the 1970s” – the influx of illegal immigrants and their children. “You don’t ever want people to live in the shadows. You don’t want to have a society that lives outside of mainstream society. From a fiscal point of view, you want to be able to collect that income tax (on the income earned by illegal immigrant workers) sufficiently; you want to be able to educate the children…”
Another Future Majority Project hopeful, Hector Reveron, is running for a state Senate seat in East Hartford, Conn. Reveron works as a technician for jet engine manufacturer Pratt & Whitney.
If Reveron wins, he will be the first Latino of either party to serve in the Connecticut State Senate.
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But why be a Republican in such a heavily Democratic state? “My moral values and my views on economic policy are more represented by the Republican Party,” he replied. “If the Democrat Party was more centered in Connecticut than they are now – they are so far left that the only thing they believe in is taxing us for any type of revenue that they can get. And it’s driving our companies out of the state. That’s what’s really hurting us, so I cannot be with a group that continues to push that kind of philosophy.”
Another Northeastern Latino who’s part of the Future Majority Project is Peterson Vazquez, running in a New York state Assembly district representing part of the city of Rochester and the towns of Henrietta and Chili. The seat is held now by Democrat Harry Bronson. Roughly 40 percent of the voters in the district are Latino.
John Brecher / NBC News
Republican candidate Peterson A. Vazquez in Tampa, Fla.
Vazquez, an Army veteran, founder of a firm called Simply Served Process Servers, Inc., and a former Internal Revenue Service revenue agent, left the IRS to run for office. His wife is an attorney.
Vazquez explained his run for office by saying, “I grew up in the neighborhood that I’m trying to represent. And when I got out of the Army in 2003, I was a single father, I bought the house I grew up in, I was excited to put my kid in the same school I went to – but then when I got there and I started getting my kid registered and looking around the community, I realized that the community go worse. And the representation just wasn’t been there and hadn’t been there.”
He said as he goes door-to-door to meet voters, “A lot of people say to me, ‘If I elect you, you’re a Republican and we’re going to end up losing entitlements, we’re going to end up losing some of the benefits we have,’ and then it reverts back to the national politics and the people running on the Democrat side where a lot of promises are being made. And I remind them of one thing: I tell them, ‘I grew up where you are today.’ I try to do everything I can to make them understand that the control of their future, their success -- where they go and where their kids go -- is in their hands. What the Republican Party tries to do is remind them that it takes hard work to achieve goals. It’s not so much taking away entitlements; it’s using entitlements as a hand-me-up so that they can better themselves and the future of their children.”
If the Republican State Leadership Committee’s investment in candidates such as Vazquez pays off, perhaps at some future GOP convention, Vazquez will be standing where Rubio stands Thursday night.
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Barack Obama:
Alias Barry Soetoro pawns himself as Barack Obama, the humanitarian, the POTUS, the campaign for hope and change. But we know better. Barry is a radical Marxist who was raised by Communist parents and Communist grandparents. His mentors were known Communists, his contacts in college were strictly Marxists supporters, Marxist professors and a group of Pakistani activists as stated in his book, "Dreams From My Father".
Barack Obama, tell us about Frank Marshall Davis or Bill Ayers. Surely you remember Mr. Davis. After all, your mother knew him all too well. Mr. Ayers, a known terrorist, responsible for at least a dozen bombings, helped your early Illinois campaign by raising money, thru his organization Underground Weather. Tell us about your trip to Pakistan ('81) with Pakistani Wahid Hamid.
Share with us your ideals of socialism, after all you're a member of the Democratic Socialists of America (DSA), referred as the "New Party". Please tell us why you have been influenced by the writings of Karl Marx, the prelude to Communism. Share with us your association with Rev. Jeremiah Wright. Do you justify this man's message by condemning our country by saying, "God bless America? No, God Damn America"? Was this a forethought supporting your belief in Marxism?
Are these the individuals who have inspired you to public office? Are these the individuals who have inspired you to plot against the United States? Are they the people for whom you've entrusted your Muslim faith?
Please tell us why you mocked the Holy Bible and Jesus' sermon on the mount, calling the sermon a radical message. You have mocked Christianity and this country. Barack Obama, you have betrayed this nation and all its' people. Your skin is dark because of your race, but your soul is darker because of your deception.
United States of America………………you didn't build it Barack Obama.
You really should try to get someone to help you with your anger issues and delusions.
Top, what time will the orderly be bringing your next round of meds?
So Jamie and Ed, all of those things are true... are you just ignorant? Oh wait, you're libs... nevermind.
! VIVA LA GOP !
People like TopDrum make all Christians sound like mental patients. Christianity has been highjacked by extremists in our country and moderate voices are not being heard. Listening to the GOP's campaign make it pretty obvious that if you are any other religion besides Christian you are not a "real American". Even Romney is having issues in his own party. It's horrible that the GOP's America is no longer about inclusion. I am Hispanic and having a few of my own taking about family values is not enough for me to forget that the GOP is all about legislating their view of morality while making sure the corporations keep funding their campaigns. If the GOP wins all we can do is pray. The rich will continue to get richer and social programs for the poor will get cut so they can keep their tax cuts. How "Christian" of them.
Top Drum
A frightening display of ignorance and racism, AND completely off topic. Thank you.
Your rant should be all that is needed to convince any intelligent, rational human being to vote Democrat this fault.
"No mas pantelones"
Obama/Biden 2012
Classy move Republicans, throwing peanuts at a black camera woman and saying, "this is how we feed the animals".
Wow, I can feel the love here today, again.
Yo TopDumb!
He never went by the name Barry Soetoro.
FALSE
I do wish you LIARS would get some new lies. This one is really really worn out by now. For anyone who cares about the TRUTH, go to Snopes and read.
http://www.snopes.com/politics/obama/birthers/occidental.asp
http://www.snopes.com/politics/obama/muslim.asp
You know, if liberals have nothing to say, they scream "Talking points" or "Racist"
Top Drum... Is this another talking point dreamed up by Frank Luntz, language maters GOP think tank guru? Just heard an interview on PBS with a lady GOP leader continue to refer to the Dems as "Democrat Party." Just looked it up, apparently started way back during Herbert Hovers time. Republican Sen. Joe McCarthy loved to use it and now the "Republic" party is Goose Stepping to it all over Tampa. Does it get my goat? Yes, but not as much as reporters not calling them on it. A simple question to Republicans, "Do you have a speech impediment or was that just a small tactical maneuver decided upon in some platform meeting intended to gain Latino support for the party of Lincoln? LOL!!!
Looks like " Topdrum " has been reading Fox news stories again. Just goes to show Republicans will believe anything.
Spoken Like a true liberals, Change the Subject, Ignore the Facts, and Name Call.
Funny how no one argued the facts, except Bruce, who called Top out on the Muslim charge.
While Barry might not be a 'Muslim', his actions sure seem to contradict his words (reference Muslim Brotherhood et. al.) That is to say, he seems to be a sympathizer, at the expense of some of our real allies.
Now let's get back the article at hand.
This is what really scares me. And if the liberal agenda continues, they will drag us down to their level, rather than rise to ours, and the US will be no better than Mexico is today.
So yeah, the GOP better start recruiting!
The Republicans need to find out pretty quick whether Hispanics sink or float. According to Washington Bureau chief David Chalian (now contributing to the unemployment numbers), black people will sink but white people will float, especially from flooding from Hurricane Isaac. I'm not making this up...another leftylibdem caught with an open mic; happened last night. But unlike BO's open mic, there's a higher up to fire him for stupid remarks.
Wait! We the People can fire BO! Well, let's get to it. Lord knows he & his hatchling Biden have made enough stupid remarks.
actually Hispanics are naturally alligned with the GOP: we believe in family values, home, Church, and hard work. The progressives are anti church (typical marxists and infringe on religious freedom), anti- family ( destruction of the family unit by welfare and abortion) and anti-work ( again the welfare state and taxing accomplishments). Their pro gay marriage stand stand against church principles. Since when does government tell the church what to do?
That is ONLY you opinion, sir, and has no basis in NOT fact - so your summary means NOTHING.
Here's a FACT for you : obama is losing ground in many of the "unbiased" polls and is predicted to lose even more.....a fact you should start getting used to.
Bruce-1628250
http://www.snopes.com/politics/obama/birthers/occidental.asp
http://www.snopes.com/politics/obama/muslim.asp
@ Bruce: George Soros owns Snopes.
Just a rumor I heard on Snopes. (sarcasm intended)
Various organizations and companies used to parade an occasional black in front of the public for PR purposes. These folks came to be called tokens. This Republican effort looks an awful like tokenism to me.
The Koch/GOP/TP want Latino's on their "farm team"? That is racist beyond the normal even for them.
I'm sure they think that the Latino's will help them "pick" up some votes. They might even "stoop" low enough to pick up some "labor" votes.
4 more for 44
Farm TEAM says it all
Yeah Bush Sr. had Clarence Uncle Thomas, Bush Jr. had Condasleeza and now Romney has a Rube .... He Ho.
If Republicans are picking a Latino Farm team they had better have strong backs. The watermelon and cantelope picking they will require to be part of the 'club' will be grueling..........Oh, make sure they can provide a US birth certificate.
Classy move Republicans, throwing peanuts at a black camera woman and saying, "this is how we feed the animals".
yeah...seeing how the bush family is now mexican american with jebs wife and children
...ol jeb bush must be a racist for having mexican american children.
you freaking putz racist liberals make me vomit.
Grover Dorkquist, you might like this...
BTW: As long as we're talking about Grover Norquist, I have always wanted to know: How can so many Republicans blindly follow a man named after a Muppet?
Rubio is just a brown skin liar. There is no difference he would sell your mother as well as a white skin Republican. These Republican snake oil salesman will tell you what you want to hear but they will never tell you the truth. this is why they won't tell us the plan specifics only what they think you need to know. look out here they come and it wont be pretty. what you see in Tampa is America to the highest bidder
Bringing in a certain race is not the issue ... it's dealing with the overall negative actions that affect a certain race. Do the republicans really think that Cain has helped them with the Black vote???
You can't pull on a persons hand and stand on his neck at the same time .................
I hear teeth are in high demand by hens too. :)
Keep calling them illegals, keep those in the Republican party who want "Whites Only" and the GOP will die out in a few years. We'll see if they can overcome their problems of their own making. We'll see. Token Republicans do not a change make.
I've had experience with the Local parties.
In the Democratic Party In Cuyahoga County, it is a good ole boy, we pick what you do, when you do it. I worked for a Minority in Cleveland for a number of years who's lawyer wife wanted to run for a particular Judgeship. The Democrat machine said no, you run for this judgeship instead. Her reply was but I have no interest in those types of cases so I am running for this one which is the only real interest I have. They finally said, Okay, you can run for it, but we won't support you in the primary. Somehow, the ones the leadership support always win the primaries.
In the Republican party, in Cuyahoga County, they are happy to have anyone run, the Democrats dominate everything even though the democrats are constantly busted for incompetence and scandals.
In Summit county where I live there is a bit of hand picking by the republican party leader, but mostly it is we will work with anyone who would like to run.
The influx of Hispanics and other minorities is not the republicans looking for them specifically, it is the party being seen as a place they mostly agree with, can move up, and a place they feel they have a real voice.
Yeah, I remember Nancy Pelosi kicking minorities out of positions so she and and a couple of friends would maintain the highest positions in the house. You know, normally, the Speaker of the House doesn't do this. They are suppose to Resign, because it was their leadership that cost the party the majority of the house.
If you are a republican you cannot be a LATINO period,LATINOS are always pulling for the POOR the sick and the disadvantage can you see this is not the Republican Platform?
Latinos in demand? To do their yard work and clean their toilets.
'Vazquez, an Army veteran, founder of a firm called Simply Served Process Servers, Inc., and a former Internal Revenue Service revenue agent, left the IRS to run for office. His wife is an attorney.
Yet another die hard Republican that has NEVER worked in the private sector. So he got his government provided health-care and pension his whole life, so the private sector systems must be fine...lets move along.
Hypocritical Pandering of minorities! Then the Republicans turn around and pelt a black camera man with peanuts at the RNC. The Republicans show NO UNITY at their own convention. What a slap in the face delivered to Ann by Christie (an attitude of I'll take those women down which was much like Adkin's attitude.)
TO: Jamie R who wrote:
Because it is tokenism, BOLD tokenism when they have to put an ad out with the media asking for Latinos. (LOL!)
Republicans had a couple of "tokens" present at the Republican Convention last night but they threw peanuts at a black camera woman saying, "This is how we feed the animals". Clearly Republicans aren't trying to get even ONE black vote and have continued to disparage blacks instead.
I actually watched the Republican Convention last night and only saw ONE black face in the crowd who was a guy who appeared to be "Security". I assume he was "Security" because of the way he was looking around, like a Secret Service Agent might look around.
Otherwise the guy was just scared schitless after seeing what they had done to the black camera woman.
Obama/Biden 2012
do you have a link to your "we feed animals" story americangirl ?
TO: keck who wrote:
Apparently we don't make you "vomit" enough, cause you're here on MSNBC posting every single day, multiple times, all day long, or is this your "job" that Republicans pay you to do, come on liberal sites and try to insult everybody?
Keck: The story about Republicans who threw peanuts at the black camera woman and said "This is how we feed the animals" I read here on MSNBC this morning, but I think it was linked to a local Florida Station or newscast. You can either search for the story yourself here on MSNBC, or if I find it again I'll make it part of my post, just for you.
Obama/Biden 2012
Keck, It was a top story this morning, She was a camerawoman for CNN
Keck: Here's the link to black camera woman story:
http://thegrio.com/2012/08/29/rnc-black-cnn-camera-operator-allegedly-pelted-with-peanuts-told-this-is-how-we-feed-animals/
thanks.
i'll check it out.
do you know where i can find the Mia Love "house nig g er" "dirty worthless whore" wikipedia page incident ?
When will the T-pubs recognize that tokenism just does not work in the long term as an inclusive outreach program. GOODLUCK TEA_PUBS! SEARCH UNDER EVERY ROCK YOU CAN FIND AND GET AS DIVERSE A COLLISION OF "TOMS" AS YOU CAN FIND BUT IT WONT CHANGE THE REALITY OF YOUR EXCLUSIVELY WHITE MESSAGE.
TO: keck who wrote:
You'll need to ask your Mom about that one, but you may have just answered your own question about why most folks think Republicans are racists.
Yeah, and Bush and family are a minority voice in the mostly racist and bigoted red-neck Republican Tea Party party calling for an end to the racist anti-Black and anti-Latino hysteria that is the hall mark of the tea baggers. You guys wanted rope and now you're dangling from it...stop whining about gagging on your own vomit.
Everybody knows by now that you can substitute Republican pee for bleach.
black republican mayor Mia Loves wikipedia page was hacked and liberal democrats wrote...
""she is an aunt tom, a total sellout to the republican hate machine and the greedy bigots who control the GOP and love to see people like Mia love be exploited like the house ni66er she really is "
racist liberals hacked her wikipedia page and wrote this.
you guys are are the most fuct up people on earth....you liberals make my stomach turn with your hatred. there is a special place in hell for you and your mother AG.
i cant wait to see what you racists say about condi rice.
...we all know how much you guys hate her.
Actually you do but she seems adequate to trot out at conventions as a representation of your inclusiveness. You should look in to cloning her or something but oh my bad your plat form seems to only want impregnation that is forced by a rapist or the government demanding one whichever gets to the woman first.
keck, ya got a link to that?? Hate is such a strong emotion...I don't know about "hating" Condi Rice, I do hate liars though! ;-)
To all the so-called wonderful people in the Republican party and your big tent. The party reverted to its basic form last night, in Tampa, in the convention center, throwing peanuts at a BLACK woman who was a camera person for CNN. Then these BIG Republicans shouted, this is how we feed the monkeys!!! Yes, NO fear, the Republicans are all the same.
And the ONLY Republicans who might be Latino are Cubans,since that ethnic group has believed from day one that JFK was going to support the Bay of Pigs invasion. Why should have JFK supported them? After all, there were NO civil rights for minorities in Cuba. I guess that the next exile generation doesn't know that. Why don't these so-called exiles, (or are they the Tories of the Cuban revolution?), start to understand minority rights? They never will!!!!
No mention of Susana Martinez, Gov of NM, who's giving a prime-time speech Wed night? Who in the hell wrote this article?!
I love stories that bring out the true racist in every liberal.
TO: keck who wrote:
How would I know?
I thought she was your Mother.
ah the token Latino's.....seems they have several token African Americans....remember Herman Cain? did anyone really think he would be the nominee? Not in todays GOP! Jeez the freaked when O won the office
you all, will never reach the top in that party
Does anyone else besides me feel that the title to this article is a BIT racist????.....Yes Latinos, have been known to work on farms.....is the author trying to re-enforce that stereotype??.....Maybe next he'll say ;'The Latinos will change the landscape of the election".......just to get somebody annoyed................U.S. Army Disabled Veteran
Gee, talk about Flip Flop, first they want to send them all back to Mexico and now they realize they can't win without them so instead of calling them Wet Backs they now call them friend, I don't the Latinos are that stupid not to realize the REPUBLICANS only want to use their votes to win then back to the same old crap DEPORTATION. Build more fences add more boarder patrols and what ever else that can to keep them out.
And when was the last time a Republican or independent hacked a democrat's site?
@NEWSCOVER, Race is a issue when it is targeted to get the votes from the forgotten to get where you need to be (President). The issue is owned by the Republicans in light of comments that have been made.
Obama is race you see it everyday like it or not,Brown ,Black, Red, yellow,White, we are here and your party has insulted us and your one Hispanic and one Black friend does not make you tolerant.
Your party of ignorance should think before they speak they are you you own it
We don't know Akron . When
Thought so. And don't forget it is the Republicans that are the dirty tricks kings & Queens.
Wow, the "Obama Bucks" line must have closed early. The Progressives must be looking for more freebies.
Yep, the "racist" comments continue from the Progressives. Maybe they are just taking the Obama's lead a bit farther:
Wait a minute:
My oh my, the Latinos are really being played by the Progressives and Obamamites.
Have you ever heard of Netscape/Propellor? Nope? They got hacked into nonfunctionality by you paid professionals from the radical right because they were considered too liberal.
How about Digg? The same gang has been attacking Digg for years now. They are called the Digg Patriots.
it wont matter what we real americans want in a few years- we wont let them do as they wish so as we voted them out they are in effect voting us out, by importing third worlders who will do as they are told and vote appropriately
I actually know AJ Freeney-Ruiz, and met him at the primary polls this year. He's running against one of my best childhood friends for state representative (full disclosure). I worked next to him at the polls this year on primary day, spending the entire day passing out the candidate slates next to him and his campaign manager. One republican supporter he introduced himself to even had the audacity to say to his face: "I don't have a problem with the Freeney part, but I've got a big problem with the Ruiz part[of his name]." I got a good laugh out of that one, considering it came from his own party and he's a red head!
What I can tell you is that he fits the traditional Republican mold: opportunistic, comes from money, worked for one of the Repub heavy hitters, and well spoken. However, he also fits the token mold and is scared to venture too far outside his comfort zone. In a district with over 15 polling locations, he spent 70% of his time meeting voters at my location(a republican stronghold) and about 30% at another one (2 total). He doesn't own a home in the district, and he is rarely seen by anyone that lives there; doesn't even put out yards signs promoting himself. In local politics, you can still be civil with your opponents, but its only when discussing hotbed topics that the scripted lines come out, and he doesn't even sound like he agrees with those positions most of the time, only when a voter is nearby. Basically, he's not a bad guy, but he's willing to compromise his own beliefs just to get elected. It's clear he isn't interested in the long-term future of that district and only wants to get elected to keep moving up the power ladder. It's too bad people like AJ don't stand for what they really believe in, but instead choose to tow the party line in order to satisfy their egos or improve their resumes.
American Girl;
Excuse me princess but this is a liberal site ? the very fact you use a label to describe yourself displays a superfical thought process. The idea one can be prochoice on an issue and also anti illegal immigration pro gay marriage but against goverments telling parents what type of therapy they can have their children in. Names like Liberal and right wing are tossed about by people that should be spending time at a sporting event if it's simplistic predictable positions they stand by. To seize cyber territory onbehalf of a group only open to one's idea's and people that support you falls under the heading of a support group and not a discussion group. Someday I'd like a topic to be since many consider themselves one side or the other the topic would be...I'm a Liberal but I agree with the otherside or different than the liberal side on this.. and same for the conserative side ...I just think be interesting...
To sleuth23;
Yah I know the type well, kinda tells you why there's so many lawyers in politics.
Don't Romney and Ryan subscribe to self deportation? Should be a lively topic of discussion at Romney's next gathering with Hispanics.
I'm sure law abiding, legal Hispanic immigrants don't care for illegal immigrants either.
Classy move Republicans, throwing peanuts at a black camera woman and saying, "this is how we feed the animals".
On another blog Maria1119 provide this EXCELLENT "Free advice for the Republicans who are trying to attract Latinos and women:"
Thank you again Maria!!!
Well Eric it could have been worse, a high ranking Republican could have told a predominately African-American crowd that they're going to be put back in chains. Oh wait Joe Biden already did that!
Mitt Romney be proud ese!
YOU KNOW GENETICS JUMP A FEW GENERATIONS...like Craig Romney.
Just say, I'm Mitt Romney Mexican-American, and proud of it!
Meanwhile in the real world a federal judge strikes down the gerrymandering rules in Texas that are designed to limit Hispanic voting.
Meanwhile there seems to be errors in this site.
How many blacks were in attendance at this convention?
TO: averon1 who wrote:
Why would you think that, usually it's their other family members trying to get on the road to prosperity.
You may not realize it, but Hispanics actually have pretty close-knit family units.
You know what really pisses me off?
I as responsible American citizen have done my legal and financial obligation to my
country by filing paying my taxes on time. Now Romney has the gall to file an extension for 2011, its not like he is doing them himself having to fill out hundreds of pages for tax loopholes and write offs, we don’t even know if he did his 2009 or 2008 taxes there not listed on his web site as being done. Why is it that Rmoney is not even responsible enough to file his taxes on time? A person with this irresponsible nature should not be running our country. Doing your taxes on time is the most basic responsibility of every American.
From Mitts web site:
In addition, Gov. Romney has released numerous financial disclosures
since 2002, as required by law – which have also been posted on this site. There
are 3 federal Public Financial Disclosures (from 2007, 2011, and 2012), and 6
Massachusetts Statements of Financial Interests (from 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005,
2006, and 2007).
Financial Disclosures ??? Nothing about him paying his taxes, but no financial disclosure from 2008
and 2009. What happened in 2008 and 2009? Are these the years he applied for amnesty because he committed fraud or did not pay any taxes? I’ll guess the American public will never get full disclosure from Mitt.
Not responsible enough to file taxes on time , not responsible enough to be President.
Obama/Biden 2012
So true, but what is even worst he has signed a pledge to a private organization (NORQUIST) along with all those MORON GOP Congress and this is why our country can't be fixed! Why are We not concerned about that one.
Eric
I have several sources that state that the person was an attendee. There is no source that specifically identifies this person as a delegate, and neither CNN, the Police, or the Secret Service.
If you can't tell that this is and OBVIOUS set-up, you are nothing more than a pure partisan.
Que? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XNZQZEcszcM
That the Republican party wants to garner latino votes is laughable. The majority of those in office have been anti-latino for so long it's almost genetic at this point. Add in Jan Brewer's "show us your papers" legislation and her wild comments about headless bodies in the desert because of aliens, the Republican stance on the "dream act", the extreme factions of their own party and you have to wonder are Republicans mucho loco in thinking they have anything to offer?
So for those who did what they were supposed to do, got everything in order, did not break any laws by coming here illegally, millions of them... what are you saying? They should have just broken American laws and it is okay? Really?
That's just fine but what do you tell the kid who was brought here at age 3? that he should have done it legally? After 15 years or so here you think sending him back to God knows where is the right thing to do? sounds like a grab for property without recourse.
It's far from a easy question to answer.
Drew, I agree that it is not fair to put those that broke the law ahead of those that did not. Unfortunately, Ronald Reagan's amnesty program set a precedent when he rewarded over 3 million illegal aliens citizenship. This in turn increased the illegal inflow into our country due to the expectation that amnesty would again be granted at some point.
The Dream Act does not reward amnesty to those that broke the law, only to those that came to the country as minor childrem. Per Wikipedia:
In other words it provides a bridge to citizenship for those that apply themselves to making our country a better place. What do you see wrong with that? Especially, when compared to Pres. Reagans blanket amnesty? For Republicans in office probably only it is being pushed by a Democrat?
how come d bag liberals always post using bold fonts?
There will always be some immigrants who support the Republicans, hell there were some Jewish citizens that supported the 3rd Reich...initially.
How come dbag Teapublicans almost always post without enabling "Reply"? Rebuttal on made up propaganda is a bitch, ain't it?
They shouldn't target any specific ethnicity as the majority of them are just too smart to join, they should just hold a sign "Only the Ignorant need Apply" as that sums up the rank and file base of the Republican Party!
From what I heard from those so called party leaders at the convention last night had me wondering how such idiots could have gotten elected to office....then it dawned on me.... cuts to education!
TO: Uncle Henry who wrote:
Maybe because they want to be sure that "deaf, dumb and half-blind" Republicans are able to see it.
GuyFromSanDiego = just another racist liberal
in the middle-2260511:
LOL talk about a baseless accusation! What in any of my posts would give rise to your thought on this topic? You have got to be a member of the GOP, no one else would just make stuff up.
I think Uncle Henry and Middle are just competing for most useless post on here.
Both clearly add a lot of value to the conversation, but I really can't tell if Middle is joking or not.
Well isn't Mitt Romney half-Mexican?
My God! Your rightys are now trying to re-write the man's pedigree? Get a life!
Well his daddy was born in Mexico, making him a mexican...so that would make willard at least 1/4 mex right?
Michael: His dad was born in Mexico. Look it up before you call names.
Rick and averon1: Romney's father was born to American parents living in the Mormon colonies in Mexico. His father was not considered to be Mexican by birth or heritage...he ran for president and had his own "show me your birth certificate" challenge.
Don't try Guy, by their analysis they have the right to call President Obama a Kenyan. What a bunch of losers.
Latinos only need to know ONE thing...
IS MITT ROMNEY HIDING HIS MEXICAN-AMERICAN ETHNICITY?
Craig Romney se parece puro puro MejicanO!
English second lanquage translation
Craig Romney looks like pure pure Mexican!
And mitt making some fake claim of Mexican heritage will not get him the Hispanic vote. Give it up losers!!!
Do you remember Rmoney in Mississippi saying ya'll and eating grits? The only position he has not flip flopped and pandered on is his taxes........
That's right. Mitt Romney was an anchor-baby.
That makes Willard an anchor baby!
TO: miklkit who wrote:
Mitt Romney ate a "grit"? You gotta be kiddin me!
I don't believe Mitt actually "ate" any grits, I think he probably just said he "likes cheesy grits" but never actually "saw" any. Mitt was just pandering to a Southern Mississippi crowd to get votes.
Being born in a hispanic country does not make a person of hispanic heritage when they're ancestors had none to begin with. You either are of hispanic heritage, or you are not. Mitt is not.
Romney's father was born in Mexico because his family established a Mormon commune to escape anti-polygamy laws in the United States.
GENETICS of TRUTH
Craig Romney looks like pure pure Mexican!
Maybe one of the O' timers wives was the Romney Mexican Maid. La Criada!
Mitt is half Mexican so what? The richest North American in the world is Mexican if I recall.
Birds of a feather, (Vultures) flock together.
I think some people should learn the difference between race and nationality. If a African is born in Mexico, his nationality is Mexican; however he's still an African.
No one is confusing race and nationality in here but you.
Mitt is not "half Mexican" Mexican is a nationality not a race. He's a white American born in Mexico. If a black African contractor's black Africa wife has his baby while working in china, the baby is not Chinese! The baby would be a black AFRICAN!
TO: DFWtoDMV who wrote:
True, but we have a bunch of all different kinds people who were all born here in America.
@American Girl - Yes, but that doesn't make all of them Native Americans.
TO: world.idiocracy who wrote:
The only "Native" Americans are the Indians.
The GOP needs people to betray their Race and be the spokesmodels for an intolerant party....look, we got Latinos....
Just don't let them operate a TV camera.
@averon1
His dad is and born in Mexico.
Born: July 8, 1907, Galeana, Chihuahua
"look, we got Latinos."
Reminds me of that great scene from Blazing Saddles--recruiting the mugs, thugs, pugs to raid Rock River. Gene Wilder to the guys in the KKK outfits: "You hoo, boys!" Cleavon Little pops out from behind the rock: "Where the white women at."
Mitt & Paulie & Reince & Grover just don't get it. If you gave them charts, graphs and a Power Point presentation they still would not get it.
Seriously? I can't believe this. The use of the term "farm team" says it all.
Obama/Biden 2012
TO: Missy-814760 who wrote:
You're darned right Missy!
If it was a "team" that Mitt was on, it would probably be called something like "Agricultural Investment Corporation" but NEVER would it be given any common name such as "farm team".
Obama/Biden 2012
It will take more than a handful of token sell outs to dig them out of the hole they put themselves in.
Really, you think we need to do something more? Any ideas?
BTW: As long as we're talking about Grover Norquist, I have always wanted to know: How can so many Republicans blindly follow a man named after a Muppet?
Ayup Grover,there are a truckload of things you republicons could do to regain your honor, starting by throwing out your party platform and starting over. You could do that but we all know you won't.
TO: Grover Norquist who wrote:
Sure, they can quit before they embarass themselves any further, or they can put their hoods back on.
Obama/Biden 2012
For as long as I can remember the GOP has been famous for needing the minority when election time comes around. Any other time they don't give a damn about them. You are always going to have a few tokens so that's no big deal. But the real deal isn't between the minority, it's about rich or poor. Why do you think so many millionaires and billionaries are getting involved. They truly believe they can buy America. I for one didn't know it was FOR SALE. I only pray that people will not allow their hatred for President blind them of that facts that unless you are making $100,000 a year you are going to be scre..d like the reat of us. Again I see hatred breeds stupidity and theres no cure for stupidity.
Wanted: Mexicans who want to deport their own grandparents. Apply to the GOP. Please don't make any fast moves. Someone might shoot you.
In order to be human; you need a heart. The Republican tea partiers are focused on how to make money. They worship money; these people do not know how to relate to anyone unless they have money.
When Republicans say they are creating jobs - they really mean they are interested in creating more money for corporations. Remember they believe that corporations are people - therefore creating money for corporations is creating jobs.
...just as Jesus commanded
TO: sun59shine who wrote:
How does that saying go:
It would be easier to get a camel through the eye of a needle than it would be for a rich man to enter the kindom of heaven.
Uh, bubba...
Latinos ARE caucasian...but I get your point.
Within Hispanic culture, however, I'm told that there is a distinct and irrefutable pecking order.....just as there is within most ethnicities.
For instance, Cubans are liked by, well, Cubans....and that's about it. Pretty ironic that the GOP's first inroads into the Hispanic divide are the least likely to bear fruit on the national stage.
Now for you who would argue that both Marco Rubio and Ted Cruz, both of Cuban descent, are 'popular', that's like saying that polygamy is popular within the border of a United State, as in one state, as in Utah, as in the past. Neither of them would appeal much to Latinos outside the Cuban-American community.
So the GOP browns itself for public consumption. Who cares? They cannot run from their record and their record is all that matters to the overwhelming majority of people of color.
which is what ?
...introducing and passing the civil rights act of 1964 ?
...making it easier for mexican americans to start their own businesses ?
...making voting in border states bi-lingual ?
.
i'm sorry tell me again why "color" people should run to the DNC ?
keck,
I had promised myself that I'd never respond to someone as gauche as you, but just to say that at least once in my life I have volunteered to smell $%#*, here's my one stab at it.
Republicans "introducing and passing the Civil Rghts Act of 1964"? You're an idiot.
Now bye-bye...off to Ignore-land you go.
yes, republicans sponsored and passed the civil rights act of 1964.
your democrat party filibustered against it.
keck,
I'm sorry....did you post something? Oh well.
What did liberals do that was so offensive to the republican party?
I'll tell you what they did. Liberals got women the right to vote.
Liberals got African-Americans the right to vote.
Liberals created Social Security and lifted millions of elderly people out of poverty.
Liberals ended segregation.
Liberals passed the Civil Rights Act.
Liberals passed the Voting rights Act.
Liberals created Medicare.
Liberals passed the Clean Air Act.
Liberals passed the Clean Water Act.
What did conservatives do?
They opposed them on every one of those things, every one. So when you try to hurl that label at my feet, "liberal", as if it were something to be ashamed of, something dirty, something to run away from, it won't work, because I will pick up that label and I will wear it as a badge of honor.
Lawrence O'Donnell Jr.
Has it ever occured to you that if you have to lie to bolster your point that just perhaps your point of view could stand some re-evaluation?
Naw....probably not.
maybe so nevada.
Keck:
You mean THE Civil Rights bill originally proposed by JFK, and carried forth to fruition by Lyndon Johnson... umm... Democrats?
As far as passage in Congress being blocked by predominantly Southern Democrats
You've heard of Richard, "DICK" Nixon, right? Or were you hoping enough of us would have forgotten his whole "Southern Strategy" to win over racists, transforming the make up of the Republican (and Democratic) party ever since?
Per Wikipedia, which usually tries to stay apolitical, "[the Civil Rights Act] ended unequal application of voter registration requirements and racial segregation in schools, at the workplace and by facilities that served the general public ("public accommodations")." Now honestly, which party is currently working to eliminate voter registration drives, and reduce poll hours and early voting, particularly in areas with large minority concentrations, AND has worked for years to eliminate minority protections in the workplace? Were you hoping someone just woke up and missed most of the last 40 years?
Upon passing the Civil Rights act of 1964, LBJ was quoted as saying "We have just lost the South for a generation." At the time, southern states were predominantly Democratic. They have since been predominantly Republican.
TO: keck who wrote:
No, that's a lie and you know it!!!
It was NOT "our" democrat party that filibustered Civil Rights!
It was that certain bunch of racist KKK that used to call themselves "democrats" who were so angry at the passage of Civil Rights, that they immediately switched parties, and all of the hard core racists became the NEW Republican Party, beginning in 1964.
That's just more evidence that Republicans can't survive without lies and rewriting history.
Obama/Biden 2012
Not even sure if Mark Rubio appeals to Cubans exiles following the discovery that he lied about his family's persecution by Castro. He often cited his family being exiled by Castro...but like almost all Republicans he lied. Turns out that documents show that Rubio's parents came to the United States and were admitted for permanent residence more than two-and-a-halfyears before Castro's forces overthrew the Cuban government and took power on New Year's Day 1959.
I think so "legitimate" ;) exiles might just resent his representing himself as one of them.
Republicans have some big lawns that need cutting !
Democrat hears: "What?! Don't trot them out on the lawn! You gotta be discrete with that $#it! I'm trying to get elected here, you idiots!!!"
Republican hears: "I am Mitt Romney, man of pious virtue. Hiring illegal aliens would be morally, ethically, and legally wrong, and I will have nothing to do with it. Just as I would do in ANY of my business dealings."
Not one single open minded comment. 4 more years are watch the unemployment continue to rise. The debt to rise, and more and more people becoming dependent on the Gov't.
All of those Americans you see in the article are pursueing the American Dream by working for what they have.
Obama ran on "Hope & Change", now his supporters "Hope he will Change".
August 29th, 2012, 07:58 AM ET
Tampa, Florida (CNN) – Two people were removed from the Republican National Convention Tuesday after they threw nuts at an African-American CNN camera operator and said, "This is how we feed animals."
Multiple witnesses observed the exchange and RNC security and police immediately removed the two people from the Tampa Bay Times Forum.
Unfortunately, there is no HOPE for people like that.
Bruce, this was an example of 2 (drunken possible) fools, not an entire party.
Silly democrat.
And how is tossing peanuts & saying "feed the animals" automatically a race thing???
Unless YOU associate it too a minority.
vs. what? The Ryan plan, which is guranteed to off-shore jobs faster, rise the debt faster, and an expanded military/government? I constantly see the right trying to bash what Obama has failed to accomplish in the last 4 years, with no mention of Congress blocking everything. Then failing to mention that Republicans will just make things worse. So, you think it is the President's job to create more jobs? Good we agree, now if we can get Congress to pass an infrastructure bill, maybe some Green credits and other measures to jump-start the economy we can get stuff done. Unless you want government to do nothing, which is what Congress has done, minus the inadequate stimulus, since 2009. Shouldn't the economy be taking off since Congress isn't in the way?
Umm, jdbird. A couple of guys at an almost exclusively caucasian event flicking peanuts at a black woman, saying "this is how we feed the animals," and you're surprised anyone might think that a racial thing? And the topper: You're actually going to suggest that anyone who posits that must be the TRUE racist? Somebody needs sensitivity... no, common sense training.
Marco Rubio, part time legislature and senator and full time poster child for why we shouldn't have lax polices for cuban immigration
You leave Marco alone, he is doing everything I have asked him to do.
...because he is a powerful senator that is republican.
where are your parents from rick ?
Look at every background grouping behind an Obama lecture / speech, it's a Hollywood mix of all the minorities. Clearly none of the back drop people know each other.
We have "3" GOP governors that are Hispanic, NO DEM Hispanic governors. Dems talk & promise but do not back.
jd,
So when Democrats allow an audience to take the stage behind the podium and that audience more closely reflects the ethnic composition of the local community as well as that of the national demographic it is somehow insincere?
Sorry, but it's NOT a Hollywood mix....it's an AMERICAN mix.
Sorry I call BS on this. Obama's "Image makers" are VERY cognisant of the "view" behind him.
jd,
Simply 'callling BS' doesn't make it BS.
Of course Obama's teams have image makers, just like Romney, Paul, Santorum, Gingrich, Perry, Cain, Bachmann, and Huntsman do, and of course age, sex, race, and probably even attractiveness are part of the calculation for behind-the-podium staging, but of the two parties, which has further to go regarding that calculation in order to APPEAR diverse? It ain't the Democrats.
Of course Latinos are in demand in the Repugnut party now. They figure that they would be able to pull more Latinos to their side and have them vote for their craziness! I don't think that will be happening any time soon. A crazy bomb needs to drop on the repubnuts and put us all out of our misery! LOL
This is one thing that this county should have learned.
A Republican President took a strong economy and made it weak.
The last thing that we want to do is turn a weak economy over to another Republican president..
actually we had been in a recession since 1999 and a deficit of 430 billion and unemployment was 6% when bush took office in 2001.
the recession ended in 2002, the economy started growing again and unemployment was 5% for 7 years.
but nice try larry . ...uh, you do know anyone can look this stuff up, right larr ?
The Democrat driven "homes for all" loan program from FREDDY & FANNY brought down our economy.
Adding a soon to be president in the summer of 2008, who promised to raise taxes, take over health care, require coverage, liked $4 a gallon gas, & with a dem majority in all 3 branches of government thought "compromise" was going along with what dems presented, dropped us much more.
Looks like keck heard the republicans have an opening for a Spin Doctor and he's auditioning.
Come on, keck, get into the heavy stuff....tell us how War is actually Peace.
Or how the Iraq war was going to pay for itself.
Dems attack any & all individuals who "step out of line" as sell outs & uncle Toms. A real "educated", "caring" group would allow for individuals to decide for themselves & not attack them to pull them back in line.
jd,
Kinda like Congressman Akin stepping out of line by simply stating publicly what the platform actually supports? Or Ron Paul's duly-elected delegates to the Republican National Convention stepping out of line by wanting to be counted?
There were no attacks on these individuals by the RNC? By the Republican establishment? By Romney himself?
C'mon, jd, there are plenty of arguments to be made regarding internal power plays by political parties but accusing Democrats, and Democrats alone, of seeking to silence those who step out of line is pretty silly.
jd - You mean like the repubs want to let women decide for themselves if they want to take birth control or not? Or, are you talking about how repubs want to let women decide if an abortion is right for them on not?
Yeah right. Before any sucker by into YARL (yet another Republican LIE), search on this news headline, "Texas Redistricting Purposefully Discriminated Against Latino Voters, Federal Court Rules".
Don't be a sucker!
anonymous126 - i'm not surprised. Cheating by supressing the vote for so called "voter fraud", is just as bogus as any of these ass h$#@ giving a darn about the citizens of this country. Let's just get the non-white guy out of office. Can't tell me that his race has nothing to do with it, because as much as they say they want him out because of his so called, "FAILED POLICIES".... they were scheming from day one (he wasn't inaugurated yet), to obstruct anything and everything Obama put forth. Dispicable!!! Now they want to control our bodies too! What a bunch of hypocrites!
mexican americans, latinos, hispanics.....will run for offices as republicans....and they will win. then the liberals will call them "traitors" for being republicans.
the liberals cant stand black republicans so they have to hurl racial slurs at black republicans.....they will do the same to the latinos
Can we just stop with the race garbage already? Geez it is like liberals see everything through race-colored glasses.
(SHHH, it's all they have left to run on)
The "it'a all Bush's fault stopped working.
Brent,
Something that you said last night applies here, it seems:"We could have done without the second sentence."
There are plenty of race-colored glasses on each side.
dont mind jefferson brent...
...he is an obvious racist.
keck,
Is that you? Again? Still can't see your post!
You didn't miss anything, Jefferson.
There is a village out there asking for keck to come home. It is missing its idiot.
@BrentAZ
You live in AZ and say that? HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA. You're a funny man.
The Gov, GOP legislature and Sheriff's Joe and Babu are all raciest.
the best thing is that more and more latinos are leaving the Democratic party, not to the Repulican's but to Independents! More free thinking Latinos is good for the political mileu.
OMG republicans using minority policies so they can get their latino numbers up!!!!! Isn't that against their creedo!!!! Is like getting in college just because you are a minority despite having low grades!!! sacrilege!!!!!
Robert,
Unfortunately for the traditional white American high school graduate, acceptance into major universities is not made less likely by affirmative action enpowering black and Latino students but rather by an influx of Asian students driven to extraordinary achievement through unparalleled, albeit seemingly obssessive, commitment to excellence.
We're just getting outworked.
The message is - "we need to recruit more latino's, so we can get the latino vote." Very impressive. It would be nice if their message was, "we need to treat all people with respect, so we can get as many votes as possible," but that would be too kind. And in a bizzaro political party where everything is turned upside-down, and kindness is viewed as weakness, that can't be expected.
The big difference you will hear between GOP & DNC speeches is; GOP talks about all of us as Americans, DNC splits us into small, manageable special interest groups to pander too.
When you say 'kindness is viewed as weakness' is that the type of kindness you need other people's money for? Then you use your kindne$$ to get votes?
I wish there were a lot of Chinese living in Florida, so we wouldn't have free trade with China either.