Damn! America's Voice calls McCain out for lying about Obama in Spanish. . .

. . .LOL

Frank Sharry Statement on New McCain Immigration Ad

Today, Senator John McCain released a new Spanish language television ad accusing Senator Obama and other Democratic Senators of blocking the Senate comprehensive immigration reform bill in 2007. Following is a statement from Frank Sharry, Executive Director of America’s Voice:

“We are stunned. A Spanish-language ad approved by Senator John McCain accuses Senator Obama and the Democrats of derailing immigration reform? He knows better. The whole political world knows better. Comprehensive immigration reform was blocked not by Democrats but by Republicans. A White House strategy designed to secure 25-30 Republican votes (of the 60 needed) ended up getting only 12 Republican votes. The reason? A number of Republican Senators were intimidated by the intense opposition to the bill fueled by anti-immigrant groups, hard-line Republicans and right-wing talk radio and television.

“Why such a bald-faced misrepresentation of history? Probably because Senator McCain knows that Latino voters – especially Latino immigrant voters – could prove to be decisive in this year’s election. He knows – perhaps more than most in his party – that comprehensive immigration reform is a defining issue and a driving factor for many of these new voters. He knows that they are rejecting his candidacy, despite his heroic efforts in the past on behalf of immigration reform, because he has an “R” next to his name. So what better way to reverse this trend than to run an ad so audacious in its distortions that it just might negatively define Senator Obama with enough Latino voters to win the coveted states of Colorado, Nevada, and New Mexico.

“We get the politics, but in our view this is dirty politics. Yes, George Bush won some 49% of Spanish-dominant Latino voters in 2004 (which accounts for his increase in overall Latino support from 35% in 2000 to 40% in 2004). Yes, the nativists’ drumbeat coming from Republicans in recent years is driving these voters into the Democratic column in droves. Yes, Senator McCain is now drawing support from Latino voters in the low 20s, a level comparable to Bob Dole in 1996. Yes, if you are in the McCain campaign, something must be done to increase your level of support to the low 40s. But no, you don’t get to re-write history and blame Democrats, who voted for the bill. No, the McCain campaign cannot hide the fact that he pandered to the Republican base following the demise of the Senate immigration bill by adopting a so-called “border security first” position – a position incompatible with comprehensive immigration reform – in order to remain viable in the primaries. The McCain campaign cannot paint Senator Obama as an opponent of comprehensive immigration reform when both he and Senator Obama fought for it and voted for it in both 2006 and 2007.

“Finally, it is not lost on Latinos and immigrants that most of the anti-immigrant measures being implemented at the federal, state, and local level are championed by Republicans. Even the Bush Administration has now moved from supporting comprehensive immigration reform to a strategy of crack downs directed at arresting Latino immigrants in their homes, workplaces, and communities. And as if there was any doubt, at the convention just last week in Minnesota, the Republican Party embraced a mass deportation approach that opposes citizenship for illegal immigrants – a key component of comprehensive immigration reform. This stands in stark contrast to the official party platform of the Democratic Party, which firmly embraces comprehensive reform.

“Immigrants and Latinos are intelligent. They know the difference between fact and fiction. This ad is more fiction than fact, and the McCain campaign should take this ad off the air.”

For more analysis from America’s Voice on the presidential candidates and their positions on immigration reform, please visit the Immigration08.com web site.

America’s Voice -- Harnessing the power of American voices and American values to win common sense immigration reform.

is their name.......and that just a fact.

He's a 3rd generation Mexican-American who feels strongly about this issue in particular. Does this mean that Obama will need to release some Spanish ads too?

they really are scum.

yahoos who insist on being lied to in English only?

for our spanish speakers.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t-Ktp77C03o

It has only two comments as I write this. both very supportive. I am only beginning to learn spanish--how do you say bullshit?

McCain y sus mentiras como siempre. ¿Y la Palin? No pueden reconocer la verdad si les golpee sobre la cabeza con un 2 x 4.

¡Gobama!


(McCain and his lies as always. And Palin? They couldn't recognize the truth if it hit them over the head with a 2 x 4.)


We'll see if it gets posted.


(edited to correct my SPANISH spelling! Idiota!)

that is the real question