I'm disappointed in Democrats, and you should be too!
It's been almost 2 weeks since the mid-term elections, and I've taken that time to figure out what could have possibly happened and who dissapointed me the most.
What...
The American Sperm Protection Act
Guest post by Brenda Cornwell
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Joe Scarborough says the Republican party extremism...
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The United Citizens BEAT Citizens United
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The GOP has a broken picker, they picked another lier!
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So, the Associated Press reported the other day that Florida Sen. Marco Rubio (R) is pushing for a Republican version of the DREAM Act. Good luck with that. Sen. Rubio is also a potential Vice Presidential pick for the upcoming presidential election. Again, good luck with that. So why do I make that statement; and why does it matter.
I’m sure that everyone is pretty much aware that the Republican Party is in deep trouble with the Hispanic voting bloc, almost all 21 million eligible voters. Given the tone of anti-immigration talk that the Republican Party has been throwing about the last couple of years, can you blame them? Sen. Rubio is working diligently to enhance his standing in the party to better his odds for a spot on the Republican ticket. But a little reported issue within the Hispanic voting bloc stands in Rubio’s way, and it has the potential of making this VP selection imitate the Palin embarrassment.
Not to be condescending, but you Gringos just don’t get it. Seen one Latino, seen them all. Not so I say. Just ask a Salvadorian, a Nicaraguan, a Puerto Rican, a Mexican and the list goes on; as all the “Hispanic” nationalities have individual national pride and identity. But most Gringos’ have the habit of just lumping them all together as Hispanics or Latinos. As a Mexican-American that once lived in Florida, let me tell you it’s a bad idea to view the Hispanic vote as just one large voting bloc to corral. Republicans should listen up.
Besides Sen. Rubio’s obvious pandering to Latinos proposing his new and shiny version of the DREAM Act. The larger issue is that he is of Cuban decent. Why does that matter. Because of the deep-seated resentment from the Hispanic community against the Cubans that is immeasurable. Not many people are aware that the illegal Cuban immigrant is the only foreign national that has a special immigration status and residency pathway. The “Wet foot, Dry Foot” policy, the Cuban Adjustment Act of 1966, revised in 1995 provides for any Cuban that makes it to shore (“dry feet”) is allowed to remain in the United States. All other illegal immigrants get a one-way ticket back to where ever they came from. Do you get it now? This has been a slow simmering issue with Latinos for some time now, just not discussed as openly as it should be, or maybe it will be if Sen. Rubio’s dreams are realized.
The 2008 election saw the Latino vote go 67-31 percent in favor of President Obama and favored Democrats 60-38 percent in the congressional race. If Sen. Rubio is on the 2012 ticket, I’m guessing that the Republicans will pick up maybe another 500,000 votes, all from Miami, no big surprise, and not much of a gain to move the percentage points in the Republican column. Do you get it now? In all fairness I have to say that neither party has done anything measurable to solve the immigration problem in this country. But now its election season, just watch them all scramble with more unfulfilled promises, should be entertaining.
Rubio Working on GOP Version of DREAM Act to Let Younger Illegal Aliens Stay Legally In U.S.
Rachel Maddow has some interesting thoughts on Immigration Policy, Mitt Romney and Marco Rubio
Chris Hahn exposes Republicans constant obstructionism in Congress live on FOX News. Finally, the truth comes out, ON AIR!!! ON FOX NEWS!!! You gotta love it.
The GOP says that there is no War on Women, that it was manufactured by the Obama Campaign. Well guess what GOP, election day might give you a clue on who votes in this country.
Without our vote, you can’t win. Stop treating women like second class citizens.
Don’t you people have Wives, Mothers, Sisters and Daughters? I can’t believe that you would treat you daughters the way you treat the women in your states. Shame on you.
Hey Peggy, you think it was a sacrifice for Anne Romney to stay home instead of going to work? Nothing Anne Romney does has much sacrifice involved.
Do you think that Anne Romney had the same stay at home mom experience as the one I would have had, had I not been forced to work? Did Anne Romney’s stay at home experience include all of these things:
Not being able to afford a baby sitter so you can get away for an hour or two?
Doing laundry?
Housework?
Grocery Shopping
Cooking breakfast, fixing lunches and cooking dinner?
Doing dishes?
Paying bills?
Bathing children?
Putting children to bed at night?
Now imagine working 8 hours a day and still having to complete all those tasks. That’s what us working mothers go through everyday, if you ask me that is a far greater sacrifice than staying home with your housekeeper, nanny, cook and chauffeur.
Like I said yesterday and again today. Any experience that Anne Romney and I share are never going to be the same. I know she has had health struggles, god bless her for getting through it, but if I had had the same health struggles, do you think our experiences would have been the same? Do you think she had to stress and worry about doctor bills, hospital bills, insurance deductibles and whether or not to pay your rent or buy your prescriptions? I don’t think so.
The original point that Hillary Rosen was trying to make is that Anne Romney has not had any of the struggles of the 99% and should not be referenced by her husband in stump speeches as “knowing what the American women care about.”
And FYI Peggy, the Democrats did not start the War on Women, the Republicans started it with the legislation they have put forth all over this country in every state with a Republican Governor and in the US House of Representatives.
The Democrats did not name it the War on Women, American women named it the War on Women. We are driving this train, not the Democratic Party.