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May 5, 2008 4:15 PM

McCain Launches Spanish Web Site, Will Speak To La Raza

By
Brian Montopoli
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John McCain
It's Cinco de Mayo, and John McCain's campaign has chosen the Mexican holiday to launch a Spanish-language version of its Web site.

The site features a Spanish-language ad for McCain and trumpets the phrase "Estamos Unidos Con McCain" – which translates to "We Are United With McCain."

As USA Today notes, McCain was asked today if Republicans will be damaged in November by the hard line many in the party took on immigration. McCain himself took a more moderate position in line with President Bush.

"The tenor of the debate has harmed our image among Hispanics," McCain acknowledged. The McCain campaign also released a statement today commemorating Cinco de Mayo and stating that "we join together to remember the sacrifice that these Mexican patriots [at the the Battle of Puebla] endured."

In related news, McCain announced today that he will address La Raza, a liberal-leaning Latino group, in July. Politico's Jonathan Martin suggests that McCain is "trying to show that he's not George W. Bush by going into the lion's den and taking hostile, unscripted questions from adversarial groups." The McCain campaign says the candidate is scheduling the stop "as part of his commitment to talking with all Americans."

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by bullmoose001 May 8, 2008 5:59 PM EDT
Re: "Politico''s Jonathan Martin suggests that McCain is ''trying to show that he''s not George W. Bush by going into the lion''s den and taking hostile, unscripted questions from adversarial groups.''"

What an absolute bunch of garbage. "Bush''s Brain," Karl Rove, addressed La Raza and Bush has been pro illegal alien since being governor of Texas. McCain and Bush are one and the same.
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by mel46a May 7, 2008 6:24 PM EDT
A vote for McCain is a 3rd term "Bush" in pure operations, he states he is not familiar with finances/economics, just like we have now with Bush...oh WHERE ARE THOSE advisors?....Obama 100% for amnesty, a;ways has been. La Raza knows this, as they have with Bush. They are not afraid of anything...and our "leaders" are promoting the US to become the "3rd world country" of N. America. Adios? It''s already underway.
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by patriotliz May 6, 2008 11:19 PM EDT
I think he SHOULD go to the "lion''s den" and take "hostile, unscripted questions from adverserial groups" such as American citizens who believe in the rule of law e.g., the enforcement of immigration laws, and, the U.S. Constitution e.g., protecting our sovereignty.
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by choiceshaveconsequences May 6, 2008 9:53 PM EDT
C''mon people. If he has as much success with the spanish language as he has had with English, he''ll be elected Shiite mayor in Baghdad. Or was that Sunni? Or Iranian AlQueda? Awww, John.
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by thisamerican May 6, 2008 2:16 PM EDT
What a surprise. NcAmnesty shows his true colors and anti Americanism. IF the GOP doesn''t provide an alternative to this lying traitor, the GOP is history. This guy is too stupid to understand that his voter base SHOULD be the conservative right, NOT the illegal alien. Remember, LEGAL immigrants learn the language and assimilate, ILLEGAL ALIENS do not. NOR are ILLEGAL ALIENS supposed to vote, so WHY pander to them? To perpetrate the fraud that is "comprehensive immigration reform" which we ALL know is unearned Amnesty. It didn''t work in 1986 and won''t work now. ENFORCE THE LAW!!!
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by mattcat25 May 6, 2008 1:41 PM EDT
By the way%u2026.did any of you%u2019alls know that ex-President Jimmy Carter and his wife first Lady Roslin both speak in fluent Spanish?

Shouldn%u2019t our leader be proficient in more then one language?
French, German, Dutch, Norwegian?

America is comprised of many different cultures and languages from these cultures are spoken in various parts of the country. It would make sense that our President should be a proficient linguist.
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by sam98011 May 6, 2008 1:28 PM EDT
This just shows the problems in this country are not going to be fixed at the ballot box.
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by mattcat25 May 6, 2008 1:23 PM EDT
Just like Bush, McCain is pandering to Hispanics but in reality will do nothing for them.

Senor Bush utilize el Idioma espanol television para prometer la moral religiosa conservadora pero, no hizo nada para las personas hispanas. Senor McCain hace lo mismo.
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by jordan8595 May 6, 2008 8:10 AM EDT
The politicians do not listen to the American people. They are greedy and corrupt! They have forgotten that they work for the people of this country, not against us. McCain is no good, he is a double talker, a liar and a war monger, and probably mentally unstable due to his time in as a prisoner of war. God forbid we get Clinton or Obama, if we get one of those two we may as well quit our jobs because everything we make will go to pay the taxes for all the social programs they are promising to give us. They are out to destroy the middle class, which has always been the back bone of this country. All our jobs are going to third world nations, including Mexico, and the hard working people here, are left to work minimum wage jobs, loosing their homes and having to scrape for every dime. While our taxes are going to pay for infrastructures in other countries, our own highways, communities and cities are falling into despair. A large amount of the American people can not afford to pay for medical, but the politicians have the best medical this country can buy, paid for by the tax payers. They also have the best retirement which is also paid for by the tax payers. I say we write in Ron Paul, he is the only one who believes in following the constitution of this country. If we keep going with the status quo, we will be living in some shack, barely making a living, like we see in Mexico, and probably in another world war, only the next one will be nuclear. Is that what we want?
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by grammawhamma May 6, 2008 6:11 AM EDT
Shieeet...tell me it isn''t true! Now I might just have to vote for Hillary.
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