GOP Candidates Debate — In Spanish
The Republican candidates met last night in Florida for a Spanish-language debate on Univision — minus Tom Tancredo, who considered the debate to be an act of pandering. Of the seven who did show up, they made their pitches to the Latino community, both for their own campaigns and on behalf of the Republican Party, which has been losing a lot of Hispanic votes in light of the recent upsurge in GOP nativism.
"I think some of the rhetoric that many Hispanics hear about illegal immigration makes some of them believe that we are not in favor nor seek the support of Hispanic citizens in this country," said John McCain. "Hispanics are pro-small business, they are pro-life, they are pro-religion, they are pro-less regulation, pro-less spending, pro-military, they're serving in incredible numbers in Iraq as we speak today."
Late Update: The English transcript of the debate is available here.
Comments (4)
zk0sm0 wrote on December 10, 2007 10:12 AM:"...they're serving in incredible numbers in Iraq as we speak today."
almost funny how he imagines that belongs in the plus column for republicans. send people to war based on lies, don't give them a mission or a strategy they can use to win, overextend them with lengthy and multiple tours and, sure, some of them will come out of that as delusional as mccain but many more will choose disillusion over delusion.
Richard L. Adlof wrote on December 10, 2007 11:01 AM:Tancredo . . . Showing the courage of his convictions.
After Huckleberry implodes Tancredo (and Clinton, of course) will be the only one left standing on the Republican side.
Anonymous wrote on December 10, 2007 12:49 PM:Nice of McCain to tell Hispanics what they believe in...
Jane wrote on December 10, 2007 2:51 PM:Clinton can appeal to Republican voters who think --- it is the Democratic voters who don't think and don't check voting records that I worry about ... she is the most liberal of the Democratic candidates by voting record compiled by progressivepunch.com
Obama wanted to vote for Roberts despite his anti-woman record.
