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An activist group in Nevada – “Latinos for Reform”- is running an ad on television, radio and the Internet telling Nevada’s Hispanic population not to vote on election day so as to teach Democrats a lesson for failing on the promise to deliver on immigration reform.
But this is not some liberal PAC fed up with the lack of progress on a hot button issue for the state’s Hispanic population.
‘Latinos for Reform’ is headed by Robert De Posada, a conservative political analyst who makes occasional appearances on the spanish-speaking television network, Univision. The treasurer for the group is a high-powered Republican lobbyist named Juan Carlos Benitez who was named a special counsel for immigration related unfair employment practices in the Bush Administration…
The television ad imploring Hispanics not to vote should be taken down immediately. No voter should have their right to vote suppressed or denied.”
It has been taken down by some. Univision – at least – is refusing to carry the advert.
It’s not the first time we’ve heard from the group. In an effort to exploit distrust between the Latino and African American communities during the 2008 presidential campaign, ‘Latinos For Reform’ ran ads accusing Barack Obama of putting the interest of African Americans before Latinos and the interest of the African continent ahead of nations of Latin America.
So putting up fake ads encouraging them not to vote because the Democrats they would normally support aren’t worthy of support, that’s beyond the pale. Now how about if they had put up a fake candidate for the immigration amnesty platform, and ran ads encouraging voting for that guy? Is that OK, or would you still say it’s bad? I personally think this is worse, but you guys think the opposite, judging from your lack of posts about the fake tea party candidates that the Democrats have put up.
Isn’t this focused on people who can’t vote anyway? What’s the point then?
How about a compromise… only eligible US citizens who are still alive can vote – once.
Like the law says.
Although this would be a big stretch for the Democrats.
#23, The democrats would never allow such extremist ideas to be enforced.
Why are the Republicans so worried? Ever since the Teabaggers appeared they realized they don’t need the hispanic vote to win.
Hmm, Juan Carlos Benitez sound like one of those Mexicans. If legal ones don’t vote there are plenty of illegals to vote in their place. Kinda sad.
Hmm, so all Hispanics are illegals?
I guess only handsome white people can be Americans…
{/sarcasm}
23, RSweeny,
I’d take it a step further. Due to the obvious conflict of interest with tax-paying Americans, welfare recipients should forfeit their right to vote until they get off of welfare.
> The television ad imploring Hispanics not to vote
> should be taken down immediately. No voter should
> have their right to vote suppressed or denied.
How does a TV ad have the power to “suppress or deny” the right to vote? That charge is for old style Chicago politicians who had a an array of tactics far beyond TV ads.
http://www.americanthinker.com/2008/08/obamas_bag_of_tricks.html
Mexicans are not US Citizens. Hence they should not vote in the United States.
A Mexican-American, however, can vote on Wednesday.
At one level I agree, don’t vote when the only people running are cult members. Better yet, vote none of the above so we can purge the R/D cult.
Fellows, the only reason the democrats want the reform is cuz they have the majority and want to keep the latino vote. Lets remember that the first mention of the current reform was made by George w. bush, and the republican party. The dems, wanted nothing to do with it. I think as long as the political parties in this country dont work together as they should, neither whites or latinos are gonna get what they want.
Its neither suppression of a vote or denial of one to vote. Its a suggestion that Hispanics not vote as the party is not deserving of their support. Granted any one who would not vote because of some (any) add on TV probably should not vote any way.
FYI, in Australia citizens are (or, were?) legally required to vote. This was because of the same kind of BS we see here, lobbyists and interest groups cultivating distrust in the electoral system to leverage their own bent candidates into office. Belligerent incumbents were never voted out of office because so very few people voted.
#32 “Its a suggestion that Hispanics not vote as the party is not deserving of their support.”
Something like this?
“I don’t know how anyone of Hispanic heritage could be a Republican.”
How about the cute little beaner chicks? I’d let them vote. Mmm, Herspanics…
Only pornographers and liberal loons with their global warming scams should be allowed to speak.
They will insure diversity by having different races read from different colored White House Podesta teleprompters.
If the ad is factually wrong, then make your own commercial exposing that.
That’s the way free speech works.
Shutting people up because you know they speak rightly and the Democrats did blow their chance for immigration reform, and jobs, by concentrating all their energy on forcing down our throats, a health care bill that is that in name only…
Is wrong, unAmerican.
Every day Americans are noticing (finally) how dangerous you progressives are, how everyone must shut up or their racist, if they don’t toe the party line.
We will see Nov 2 if that growing movement is strong enough today to throw your Democratic and Republican collaborators out of power…
I truly hope so. First we cleanse our government, then our schools, and lastly our courts.
I’ll teach my foot a thing or two. How dare it trip me! Where’s my gun?
Truth hurts, that why Podesta goons want it off the air.
The Democrats did promise, they had super majorities, they could have pushed it through easily…
They promised they would.
they didn’t.
Facts are facts, If I was counting on their promises, I would deny them my vote also…till they start doing what they promised they would do.
Pretty much par for the course for the less moral partisans of both sides.