McCain makes inconsistent immigration pledges in speech to Latinos.
McCain makes inconsistent immigration pledges in speech to Latinos.
Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) has recently spoken highly of immigration reform — despite running away from the issue during the GOP primary. Speaking before the National Association of Latino Elected and Appointed Officials today, McCain said immigration reform “will be my top priority yesterday, today, and tomorrow.” In the same speech, however, McCain also said:
Many Americans, with good cause, did not believe us when we said we would secure our borders, and so we failed in our efforts. We must prove to them that we can and will secure our borders first.
McCain is trying to have it both ways. Supporting comprehensive reform and enforcement-first “are two very different approaches,” Rep. Silvestre Reyes (D-TX) noted yesterday. “Either he supports comprehensive reform, or he supports an enforcement-first strategy. He cannot have it both ways,” Reyes said.
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We knew this day would come but nobody expected it this quickly. First McNutzi dumped positions from prior years to take more palatable positions to satisfy his base. Next he changed his mind from week to week. Then it was day to day. I expected the flip-flop candidate to next move to changing his mind between morning and afternoon. Instead, he has skipped to changing his mind mid-speech. God bless you John McCain, at this rate you will be the first major party presidential candidate to go straight from the campaign trail to the laughing academy.
June 28th, 2008 at 5:15 pmIn his defence, McCain does flip-flop consistently.
June 28th, 2008 at 5:15 pmAre these the first signs of dementia? Perhaps by “immigration reform being top priority” he means to discontinue the practice entirely.
June 28th, 2008 at 5:24 pmMaybe he just needs some stroking from the Latino side of the fence; he sure ain’t gettin’ much from the Evangelicals or the military or anyone else, other than those who still sniff Dubya’s boxers every night. And I mean besides Barney.
June 28th, 2008 at 5:25 pmI wathced his lame, lying, sh|t live on CSPAN today and couldn’t stop puking…
Latinos should never vote for this useless, old phuck who will toss them under the bus next week just to be the PresentDunce and Hero Of The Stupid. Don’t forget he is McKKK too!!!
Phuck Sen. Cindy McLiar!! S/he/it will suck anything attached to cash and power.
June 28th, 2008 at 5:29 pmIt will be sooo fitting if NM goes Blue in November! The Dems have a great chance to win it if they focus on this kind of spining feces from McDepends.
June 28th, 2008 at 5:35 pmOops, I meant AZ, but NM would be nice, too.
June 28th, 2008 at 5:36 pmHe cannot have it both ways
Unlike Senator Larry Craig, Ted Haggard, (insert wingnut here)….
June 28th, 2008 at 5:45 pmMcCain: Different day, different flip-flop
June 28th, 2008 at 5:47 pmFlip-floppin’ away
Flip-floppin’ away
Ya know, the nearer your destination
The more you’re flip-floppin’ away
– Paul Simon, sort of
June 28th, 2008 at 5:49 pmOh jonny! I’m a Paul Simon fan from long ago. Funny turn of lyrics!
June 28th, 2008 at 5:50 pmpaleolib Says:
I expected the flip-flop candidate to next move to changing his mind between morning and afternoon. Instead, he has skipped to changing his mind mid-speech.
He changes faster than Texas weather.
June 28th, 2008 at 5:53 pmI can’t wait to see Obama to destroy him in the debates. LOL
Actually the original lyrics work just as well - but the righties wouldn’t get it. They invented the flip-flop meme.
But they’s slip-slidin’ away, ain’t they? Let’s hope they keep up the momentum.
June 28th, 2008 at 5:55 pmCNN showed about 10 minutes of his speech this morning. It was interrupted three times by hecklers while I watched. It gave me hope for America, the protesting.
June 28th, 2008 at 6:05 pmMcCain is truly the most azmazing flip-flopper & inconsistent player ever to grace the American political scene. He comes across as confused, undecided, and pandering. In short, the last thing anyone wants as president. Even many repubs recognize that he is a loser.
June 28th, 2008 at 6:08 pm11. Kira Says:
Oh jonny! I’m a Paul Simon fan from long ago. Funny turn of lyrics!
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Actually, older lyrics are just as lyrical, if not more so:
Li’l John McSame he said to Sue,
If I was flip-floppin’ would you flip-flop too
Sue told John, “I’m thirty-two,
I was flip-floppin’ ever since I was two
They was flip-floppin’, they was flip-floppin’
They was flip-floppin’, we flip-floppin’
We ain’t wearin’ no shoes
June 28th, 2008 at 6:12 pmjonny, you can fix your lyrics … Cindy Mccain’s name is “Cindy Lou” and that’s true.
She got diamonds on the soles of her shoes.
June 28th, 2008 at 6:18 pmI’ll bet Cindy McDepends just LOVES all her Latino friends …… as long as they are cleaning the pools and her 9 houses.
This election should be a turkey shoot, if the Dems can get their collective acts together.
June 28th, 2008 at 6:20 pmFunny! John & Cindy McDepends.
Don’t they own Incontinental Airlines?
June 28th, 2008 at 6:24 pmJohnny McWhiplash…
June 28th, 2008 at 6:48 pmBuild the fence.
McCain will straddle it.
June 28th, 2008 at 7:31 pmCheney: So?
June 28th, 2008 at 7:31 pmI’m sorry I can’t hear Sen. Cindy(panty waist) McLame speaking…I’m listening to “Houses In Motion” by the Talking Heads…
He married into money that sucks up to the fascist, corporate, scum that drags this country and democracy into a deep ditch full of blonde-blue-eyed sewage!!
June 28th, 2008 at 7:34 pmMcCain lied to the hispanics because he thinks they are stupid enough to believe him. He thinks the only good mexican is one who works at his ranch. He’s was for his own immigration plan before he was against it. He’s like Bush, he loves Mexican type people as long as they stay in mexico. John McCain loves mexicans because he know Mel Martinez R-Fl. Opps, Mel is a Cuban, but to him they all look the same. He thinks hispanics should vote for him because he once ate a taco. That makes him a supporter of hispanics. Seriously, McCain must really think hispanics are stupid because he sold them out to kiss Bush Anus.
June 28th, 2008 at 10:51 pm“Either he supports comprehensive reform, or he supports an enforcement-first strategy. He cannot have it both ways,”
Not according to McCain.
http://progressiveworldreview.com
June 29th, 2008 at 11:28 amupside99 said:
This election should be a turkey shoot, if the Dems can get their collective acts together.
That’s a pretty big if.
http://progressiveworldreview.com
June 29th, 2008 at 11:30 amTrippleKick,
Reyes wasn’t talking about reform vs enforcement. He clearly contrasted a “comprehensive reform” approach vs “enforcement-first” strategy.
Were you not so intellectually lazy (or dishonest) you would have followed the link to read what he actually wrote -not what you think he wrote.
Then again, reading comprehension is not a reichwinger’s forte.
June 29th, 2008 at 3:00 pm