Republicans with the about-face on immigration - Dallas-Mavs.com Forums

MavsFTR · 11-09-2012, 12:03 PM

Sean Hannity, John Boehner say GOP should tackle immigration reform

http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/ticket/s...-election.html

Well, that was fast.
Just two days after President Barack Obama sailed to re-election over Mitt Romney, boosted by more than 70 percent of the Latino vote, some Republicans are striking a new tone on illegal immigration.
Conservative Fox News and radio host Sean Hannity said Thursday that his views on immigration have "evolved." Hannity continued:
We've gotta get rid of the immigration issue altogether. It's simple for me to fix it. I think you control the border first, you create a pathway for those people that are here, you don't say you gotta go home. And that is a position that I've evolved on. Because you know what—it just—it's gotta be resolved. The majority of people here—if some people have criminal records you can send 'em home—but if people are here, law-abiding, participating, four years, their kids are born here ... first secure the border, pathway to citizenship ... then it's done. But you can't let the problem continue. It's gotta stop.
Meanwhile, in an interview with ABC News' Diane Sawyer, House Speaker John Boehner said he is "confident" the two parties can agree to a deal on immigration.
"This issue has been around far too long," Boehner said. "A comprehensive approach is long overdue, and I'm confident that the president, myself, others can find the common ground to take care of this issue once and for all."
Just two years ago, Boehner said it was worth considering amending the U.S. Constitution to end birthright citizenship, because he said it might discourage people from illegally crossing the border. Boehner was also opposed to President George W. Bush's attempt to pass immigration reform.
Former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, who supports immigration reform, said on CBS on Friday that Republicans had sent "mixed messages" about immigration. "On the immigration issue, which turned out to be very important, and some issues about women, too, some mixed messages were sent," she said.
The party has been searching for answers about why Mitt Romney lost what seemed like a very winnable election. Many within the party have pointed to the GOP's demographics problem: Romney lost every group except for white voters, which is a shrinking portion of the electorate. Latinos this year made up 10 percent of all voters, according to the national exit poll, a share that will only grow each election. Like other groups, most Latino voters say they care most about jobs and the economy, but 35 percent of them listed immigration reform as their top issue in a poll conducted by Latino Decisions.
Latino voter and advocacy groups have said they expect both Obama and congressional Republicans to work together to pass immigration reform in 2013.
Eliseo Medina, secretary-treasurer of the Service Employees International Union, told reporters that Latino voters had sent a message to Obama. "We expect leadership on comprehensive immigration reform in 2013," he said. "To both sides we say: 'No more excuses.'"

I guess if you can't beat em, join em.

Underdog · 11-09-2012, 12:24 PM

What, next - are they going to allow women to vote and let black kids go to school with white kids??? Hell, at this rate they might even let gay people get married!!

Kinda hard to platform on bigotry these days, isn't it?

chumdawg · 11-09-2012, 04:22 PM

Well played, UD. Well played.

Murphy3 · 11-09-2012, 04:56 PM

Go murder a 3 year old, quit your job, and get on welfare... The liberal agenda..

SeanL · 11-09-2012, 05:19 PM

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Originally Posted by Murphy3

Go murder a 3 year old, quit your job, and get on welfare... The liberal agenda..

And its statements like that is probably why your guys lost the election.

MavsFTR · 11-09-2012, 05:59 PM

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Originally Posted by Murphy3

Go murder a 3 year old, quit your job, and get on welfare... The liberal agenda..

Seems legit...

Ninkobei · 11-09-2012, 06:16 PM

Republican Tears of unfathomable sadness..taste so yummy. cry some more let me lick them off your face.. mmm yummy mmm

Murphy3 · 11-09-2012, 08:34 PM

I'm not a Republican.. but, the most annoying people in the world are those to the far left.. those to the far left are annoying, but nearly as much as the far left. The world would be such a better place without them.

Dirkadirkastan · 11-09-2012, 11:07 PM

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Originally Posted by Murphy3

the most annoying people in the world are those to the far left.. those to the far left are annoying, but nearly as much as the far left.

...what?

MavsFTR · 11-09-2012, 11:24 PM

I thought he was just trolling

Janett_Reno · 11-14-2012, 05:01 PM

The gop has turned into robots. They are told what to do and what to say. That policy doesn't work anymore. It isn't hard to see the main players that controls the robots. John McPain had to join the robots or he would be kicked to the curb like Richard Luger. Passionate Conservatism. Remember Cheney when he wasn't into gays? Then he finds out his daughter was a lesbian, after she married another woman. Now is ok with that. They can not keep hiding behind we are better than you because we do no wrong or stand behind, we do not like big gov, we do not like taxes and do not ask us about gay people, latino's, women, and we can fix everything but i am sorry, we can not tell you how. It is a secret but if you elect Mute, he can fix it all as a miracle worker but he can't reveal how. The gop should have let Mute be himself & not make him into a robot. Look down the list of names that the gop has in 4 years? Mute, McPain, Corndog Back That Thang Up Bachman, BigManChristie, Baracuda, Switch McConnell, Jeb who was funded back in the day by Neil Savings & Loans Bush with gov money & many went busted(S&L's). These people can't beat Hillary.

The gop has another prob called the tea party. The tea party doesn't always go along with the play callers at the top & won't go the way of the robots. You also have Ryan, Rubio & Santorum that may try 2016.

MavsFTR · 11-17-2012, 02:22 PM

http://news.yahoo.com/republicans-go...-election.html

How anyone can support this party is beyond me.

Janett_Reno · 11-17-2012, 04:05 PM

You have a guy like Ron Paul that will speak his mind but big money won't follow him because he won't follow the robots. Most of the gop robots hated Mute Romney in the primaries, after he won the nomination, then he was Mr Gop, and he sold out to the robots. Now after the election and Mute is blamming all sorts of people for his loss, now the robots are ready to get rid of him. They will probably try kicking him to the curb. Just another day and life in the Grand Ole Party.