McCain Proposes La Raza Town Hall
Townhall
GOP presidential candidate John McCain is inviting his Democratic rival, Barack Obama, to participate in a joint town hall meeting at an open-borders advocacy group’s upcoming meeting in California.
“There is a meeting in California of La Raza,” McCain told reporters at an Arlington press conference Monday. “Both of us have accepted invitations. I say that we have a town hall meeting together in front of La Raza. I think that the people will be far more informed and in some ways, entertained if we had that format.”
Although a La Raza town hall would surely cause outcry among those border hawks the Hispanic demographic is expected to be a coveted voting block in the general election– a group McCain has courted, with some success, through his support of comprehensive immigration reform. In 2005, McCain co-sponsored a bill, which La Raza endorsed, critics said would award amnesty to illegal aliens with Democratic Sen. Teddy Kennedy (Mass.). The bill did not pass and McCain’s work to push it cause irreparable damage with many members of his GOP base.
McCain’s call for a La Raza town hall is the latest in a drumbeat of invitations he’s given to Obama in hopes of holding a series of 10 joint town hall meetings, where the McCain camp believes their candidate would give a strong performance.
So far Obama has only offered to hold one town hall on July 4, almost ensuring the event would be overlooked by most voters enjoying the Independence Day holiday.
La Raza will be holding their annual meeting in San Diego July 12-15. Both McCain and Obama are scheduled to address the more than 20,000 expected attendees.
Wild Thing’s comemnt……..
What a choice we have haha good grief.
McCain takes the liberal position; Obama takes the marxist position.
McCain is already scheduled to speak before La Raza as is Obama. If Obama agrees to turning it into a Townhall debate it will just turn out with the two of them trying to outpander one another.
McCain is a La Raza favorite and recipient of their awards. His buddy, Lindsey Graham, spoke before them a year ago and said that the “bigots should shut up,” i.e., those who opposed the amnesty bill.
Something from the past with McCain and LaRaza:
February 15, 1999
LaRaza news release
Washington, D.C. – The National Council of La Raza (NCLR) – the nation’s largest constituency-based Hispanic organization – will honor two members of Congress for their staunch support of the Hispanic community at its tenth annual Capital Awards, formerly known as the Congressional Awards, on Tuesday, March 2, 1999. Senator John McCain (R-AZ) and House Minority Leader Richard Gephardt (D-MO) will be recognized for their work on civil rights, immigration, education, and other issue areas affecting Latinos, at a gala event to take place at the National Building Museum, 401 F Street, N.W., beginning at 7:00 p.m.
“It is a great pleasure and honor for NCLR to recognize Senator John McCain, a longtime friend of the Hispanic community. Throughout his tenure in both the House and
Senate, John McCain has been a strong voice for compassion, fairness, and inclusion in his party,” noted Raul Yzaguirre, National Council of La Raza (NCLR) President.
Whether in a town hall meeting or individually, these two candidates are going to promise the world to the Hispanic “community”.
Are either of them going to offer anything special to me because I am White? Hell no. That would be racist, seperatist and would mke me a special interest. They just want me to vote for them, pay my taxes and be quiet.
What a crock, why not give the wetbacks the goddamn country.
Mark…….because it doesn’t belong to them………YET!!!!!!!!! Problem is, if these two blooming idiots have their way, it soon will be!!!!!!! JERKS!!!!!!!!!! Hmmmmmmm…..wonder how you say “jerk” in spanish. Could send them both a message in spanish that they might finally understand!!!!!!!!!!!
How dare you call the ILLEGAL INVADERS of this nation WET BACKS…
LMAO… That’s actually a lot nicer than what I call em!!
Tom, good point, we are not going to be promised anything. hahaha …..they don’t love us anymore.
Mark, that is for later on. Plan B the next step. Iti might as well be the way they think of those that don’t want amnesty.They sure treat us like we are in the wrong when really all we are asking is for people to follow our laws.
John, yes maybe that is what I have been doing wrong when I have emailed all of them about illegals. I wrote the emails in English. augh!
Texas Fred, yes they sure are invaders.
McCain has finally taken the offensive with his Town Hall Meeting challenges to Obama. Yes, both are in agreement in pandering to La Raza and Hispanics. However, a Town Hall Meeting could trip up Obama who is less adept at talking off the cuff and he may say something that will come back to haunt and defeat him.
McCain should also challenge Obama to Town Hall Meetings on his PR trip to Iraq and Afghanistan. McCain should follow Obama on his trip and call him a coward in front of the troops if he refuses to participate in Town Hall Meetings with the troops.
Les, LOL good idea…..”McCain should follow Obama on his trip and call him a coward”.
I have a funny feeling they might end up with the least amount of debates then any other election of the two candidates.