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marmar

(77,056 posts)
Mon Sep 30, 2013, 01:09 PM Sep 2013

Mittens still needs a call from the clue phone


Mitt Romney still won’t acknowledge that his immigration stance alienated Latino voters.

The unsuccessful GOP presidential candidate told CNN on Friday that the reason he flopped among Latinos was that they didn’t understand the subtleties of his immigration stance.

“I think my position and the position of our party is not well understood at the Hispanic community,” Romney said in an interview with Jake Tapper. “I want to see immigration reform. I said that during the campaign. I want to make sure we have a legal immigration system that brings, in my view, more people legally to our country. I’d like to do that.”

Romney’s embrace of “legal immigration” contrasted sharply with his hardline stance on illegal immigration. The most important question regarding immigration reform for the majority of Latino voters is how to deal with the 11.7 million undocumented immigrants living in the United States. For Romney, who opposes a pathway to citizenship for the undocumented, the answer during his campaign was to make life so difficult for them in the United States that they would “self-deport.” ......................(more)

The complete piece is at: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/09/30/mitt-romney-latino-vote_n_4016561.html?ncid=txtlnkushpmg00000037&ir=Politics



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Mittens still needs a call from the clue phone (Original Post) marmar Sep 2013 OP
Mitt is so deluded he still thinks he's relevant. MoonRiver Sep 2013 #1
Another asshole who was born on third and thought he hit a triple. Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Sep 2013 #2
"self-deport"? Is that like "self-destruct"??? nt joeybee12 Sep 2013 #3
Right. bunnies Sep 2013 #4

Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

(107,757 posts)
2. Another asshole who was born on third and thought he hit a triple.
Mon Sep 30, 2013, 01:13 PM
Sep 2013

What else to you expect from the self entitled.

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