Oh, this will endear McCain to the Republican base - "McCain's secret meeting with Hispanics"

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McCain's secret meeting with Hispanics

Holding an off-schedule meeting with an interest group was bound to arouse interest, and sure enough comes an AP report about McCain's get together with Chicago-area Hispanics Wednesday night.

The predictable lede bound to irk some on the right:

Republican presidential John McCain assured Hispanic leaders he would push through Congress legislation to overhaul federal immigration laws if elected, several people who attended a private meeting with the candidate said Thursday.

And, apparently, it's just McCain's luck that the head of the Minutemen in Illinois happens to be, you guessed it, Latino:

"He's one John McCain in front of white Republicans. And he's a different John McCain in front of Hispanics," complained Rosanna Pulido, a Hispanic and conservative Republican who attended the meeting.

Pulido, who heads the Illinois Minuteman Project, which advocates for restrictive immigration laws, said she thought McCain was "pandering to the crowd" by emphasizing immigration reform in his 15-minute speech.

"He's having his private meetings to rally Hispanics and to tell them what they want to hear," she said. "I'm outraged that he would reach out to me as a Hispanic but not as a conservative."

http://www.politico.com/blogs/jonathanmartin/0608/McCains_secret_meeting_with_Hispanics.html

AP article - But the key paragraph is the last one - check this out:

McCain meets with Hispanic leaders
The Associated Press

Thu, Jun 19, 2008 (7:20 p.m.)

After the event, McCain met privately with Martin Sandoval, an Illinois state senator and Democratic convention delegate for former candidate Hillary Rodham Clinton. Sandoval said he left open the possibility of backing McCain, citing his immigration stance and pledge to keep business taxes low.

http://www.lasvegassun.com/news/2008/jun/19/mccain-meets-with-hispanic-leaders/

Who the hell is this bastard?

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1. kick this up!

[Shae]

2. "He's one John McCain in front of white Republicans.

"And he's a different John McCain in front of Hispanics," complained Rosanna Pulido, a Hispanic and conservative Republican who attended the meeting. "

McCain tailors his speeches based on the audience of the moment -- even if he must contradicts himself from one audience to another.

He is a true chameleon.

[mrreowwr_kittty]

3. He is shooting himself in the foot with this.

Many conservative Hispanics are anti-immigration, like Rosanna Pulido in the OP. Most of the GOP base are white xenophobic asswipes. This is a lose-lose for him.

[Starbucks Anarchist]

4. The irony of Rosanna Pulido:

She belongs to two groups that could care less about her, yet she gets mad about a guy who could care less about her in the first place.

[mrreowwr_kittty]

8. As a resident of AZ, I can tell you that Rosanna is not unusual.

In a previous job I had a lot of clients in the barrios of South Phoenix. These were people who were often 3rd and 4th generation Phoenicians. Almost to a person, they hated the undocumented immigrants. It was a combination of resentment over perceived competition for jobs and the racial profiling they experience due to sharing the same skin tone.

[bluestateguy]

5. He's for amnesty for illegal immigrants

nt

[bullwinkle428]

6. "MI AMIGOS...GATHER 'ROUND, SO YOU CAN HEAR MY SECRET PLAN!"

[PM7nj]

7. The Freepers are throwing a hissy fit....

If you dare... http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/bloggers/2033663/posts

[slinkerwink]

9. I LOLed!

[anonymous171]

10. McCain is caught talking from both sides of his mouth again.

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11. kick