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McCain, Obama keep sparring in Spanish on immigration
While the presidential candidates don’t say a word about immigration in English, they continue to fight over it in Spanish.
This week, Sen. Barack Obama’s campaign launched a new Spanish-langauge ad which says that Sen. John McCain “surrendered to anti-immigrant forces” and “betrayed” the Latino community.
The ad refers to McCain saying during a presidential debate that he would not vote for his own immigration bill.
The legislation — popular in the Latino community — would have provided a pathway to citizenship for illegal immigrants and created a guest worker program.
During the presidential campaign, McCain backed away from the bill saying that border security must come first, before any legalization plan.
McCain’s camp has denounced Obama’s Spanish-langauge ads, saying that McCain championed the immigration bill at great political risk.
Here is the Obama ad:
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By Bobby
October 9, 2008 6:46 PM | Link to this
Lets sum up shall we. AMERICANS ARE NOTHING BUT BIG FAT SUCKERS TO THESE TWO CLOWNS AND ANY AMERICAN WHO VOTES FOR EITHER ONE IS AN IDIOT WHO DESERVES WHAT THEY WILL DO TO THEM/YOU.
By L1M89
October 11, 2008 6:26 PM | Link to this
While denouncing both candidates you offer no option because there are no viable alternatives. There is a clear choice between what happens to our USA after the election of either Barackula or McRino. Refusing to vote for either one is recklessly foolhardy.
By Michael H. Smith
October 16, 2008 11:40 AM | Link to this
A pathway of amnesty under any terms is not a viable alternative. We are a nation of laws that does not change those laws to reward crime.
By Larry
October 17, 2008 5:49 PM | Link to this
The Dems will control both houses of Congress by large margins. Dems also support open borders for many reasons. We can not expect Obama to oppose any of their efforts…he is not known as a maverick. I believe McCain would veto some of the more outlandish open border laws passed by Congress. Divided government is best to keep a watch on each other. One party government has been a disaster, under Clinton and Bush.