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Can Newt Be Trusted? Calls Mitt Romney ‘Anti-Immigrant’ in Spanish-Language Ad
Posted on | January 25, 2012 | 50 Comments and 10 Reactions
You may remember last week’s CNN debate in South Carolina, when Rick Santorum hit Newt Gingrich with this:
I will give Newt Gingrich his due on grandiose ideas and grandiose projects. I will not give him his due on executing those projects, which is exactly what the president of the United States is supposed to do.
Four years into his speakership, he was thrown out by the conservatives. . . . I served with him. I was there. I knew what the problems were going on in the House of Representatives when Newt Gingrich was leading there. It was an idea a minute, no discipline, no ability to be able to pull things together.
The “grandiose” Gingrich doesn’t seem to think the rules apply to him, and the things he has been saying about immigration are . . . well,nuanced.
So now Newt’s defenders will have to explain to us once more why Gingrich is a trustworthy conservative, after his campaign aired Spanish-language radio advertisements accusing Mitt Romney of being “anti-immigrant”:
Sen. Marco Rubio scolded Newt Gingrich’s presidential campaign over a Spanish-language radio ad that accuses rival Mitt Romney of being “anti-immigrant”
“This kind of language is more than just unfortunate. It’s inaccurate, inflammatory, and doesn’t belong in this campaign,” Rubio told The Miami Herald when asked about the ad.
“The truth is that neither of these two men is anti-immigrant,” Rubio said. “Both are pro-legal immigration and both have positive messages that play well in the Hispanic community.”
Michelle Malkin notes that Gingrich’s attack echoes Spanish-language ads by SEIU (!) making similar accusations against Romney, and adds:
The truth is that neither Gingrich nor Romney has a strong, consistent overall record on border security and enforcement. But at least Romney’s been traveling in the right direction…while Gingrich once again echoes left-wing language and plays the race card to get ahead.
Immigration is an issue where almost no one is tough enough to suit my inclinations. I’m somewhere off to the right of Tom Tancredo and Sheriff Joe Arpaio, waaaay out there. And you know something funny? Malkin linked a report card by the tough-on-immigration group Numbers USA ranking the current candidates for president.
Guess who scores the best grade? Just sayin’ . . .
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LOL - My oh my....what would columinists be writing about without old style opponent jabs still being used? It's like watching a football game, where team D is sitting on the sidelines watching and commenting about team R knocking each other down......lol....... And the fans of team R are.......at the delight of team D..........confused on whether or not to cheer for their team........... I guess team D has long forgotten four years ago...of team D's verbal Jabs between themselves...lol It's a political arena folks.........the participants all shake hands at the END of the match.....LOL |
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The participants don't always shake hands at the end as Alexander Hamilton found out. Earlier today patriotdelux blocked me for virtually nothing (which is why I couldn't respond to you concerning rights vs. privileges). |
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Don- I was speaking of politicians.... Hamilton was a statesman....those are long gone....now we have blood sucking creatures who study how to win elections and know nothing about what they are swearing an oath to uphold. |
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That's not exactly how Burr would have characterized him. There was plenty of animosity among those Founding Fathers. Hamilton was certainly a very capable fellow but maybe statesmen are no more than dead blood-sucking politicians which future generations forgive of their faults. |
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Of course the founders had differences. Some of them challenged each otherwith words, others with a duel.....I am not saying they were without human instincts. But I do believe they primarily all had the idea of promoting and protecting Allegiance as well as Liberty for America and Her People......... imo, that is sorely lacking in modern times. |
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I'm not going to get involved in the knife fight between Newt and Mitt. It's clear to me that both of them are hacks. Couldn't give a crap about the People. They've both forgotten how; if they ever knew. I'll be voting for Santorum when the carnival comes to Illinois. (Carnival: A traditional feast of meat before the crucifixion of Christ.) |
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They're all blood suckers and leeches. We the People are the host body that they are draining dry. |
It's my understanding that the ad in question was pulled.
Think the rhetoric is inflammatory now?
Wait 'til the Repubs actually nominate a candidate.
"Whomever" better have a strong stomach, lots of money and be able to fight back against the Libs.