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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsMittens still needs a call from the clue phone
Mitt Romney still wont 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 didnt 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. Id like to do that.
Romneys 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
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MoonRiver
(36,926 posts)1. Mitt is so deluded he still thinks he's relevant.
Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin
(107,757 posts)2. Another asshole who was born on third and thought he hit a triple.
What else to you expect from the self entitled.
joeybee12
(56,177 posts)3. "self-deport"? Is that like "self-destruct"??? nt
bunnies
(15,859 posts)4. Right.
"Self deportation" is such a difficult concept to grasp.