Talk about shooting yourself in the foot. Just one day after he unveiled a harsh Arizona-style immigration proposal for Florida, Attorney General Bill McCollum was obliged to backpedal, conceding a need to consult with ``my supporters in the Hispanic community'' about the provisions in his punitive and potentially unconstitutional measure.
That came after U.S. Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, a co-chair of Mr. McCollum's Hispanic leadership team in his race for governor, pronounced herself ``blindsided'' and ``disappointed.'' Other prominent Hispanic Republicans backed away from the proposal, as well, and at least one well-known fundraiser declared she would ``not lift a finger or raise one additional dollar'' for his campaign.
Hispanic are the largest growing voting group. I have detailed repeatedly how Republicans hurt themselves by driving Hispanic voters towards the Democratic Party. McCollum pandered to the worst part of the GOP base and he deservingly paid the price for it.
The Republicans are so funny, when the economy is good you say let’s all celebrate “Cinco de Mayo, my brothers” but when the economy is down “it’s all your fault, you damn immigrant”. When most Americans (with Latin America roots) go to the polls this November we will remember that the GOP has gone on a nationwide rant in proposing and passing several anti-immigration legislation (that our US Courts continue to strike down) and have continue to blame the immigrant for the flat economy or worse. We will remember who stands with us and who stands against us, so trying to stop it now is somewhat funny, but go ahead, you will not change our minds. Plus the more radical of the GOP are now attacking our Constitution and our Bill of Rights, in a misguided attempt to garner some much needed votes, they really are fools, and leading the GOP towards obscurity because they are no longer a party of ideas, just of empty suits. Your hate made you do it, in November; you will reap what you have sown. I wonder what Abraham Lincoln would say about todays GOP, he unlike the current GOP was a man of ideas.
ReplyDeleteHow could you say he received a low amount of Hispanic support? Where is the exit polling data to verify that? The way I see it is that the counties that have a significant Hispanic population went for McCollum. McCollum won by a landslide in Miami-Dade, Broward, & Orange. McCollum won by a slim margin in Hillsborough & in Osceola he lost slightly. Rick Scott was the one who came out to support the Arizona law from the very beginning, McCollum was just cornered into going a step further.
ReplyDeleteMcCollum supported an Arizona-style law. He was asked in a video interview about low Hispanic turnout.
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