In Spanish, McCain Criticizes Obama on Immigration

[Nambe]

Source:

Senator John McCain’s campaign began running this advertisement on Spanish language television stations in Colorado, Nevada and New Mexico over the weekend. ...

,,, SCRIPT (As translated by The New York Times) A male announcer says: “Obama and his allies in Congress say they are on the side of immigrants, but they’re not. Reports in the press say that their efforts were like ‘poison pills’ that caused immigration reform to fail. The results: ‘No’ to the guest workers program; ‘no’ to a path to citizenship, ‘no’ to secure borders. The reform didn’t pass. Is that being on our side? Obama and his Congressional allies — ready to block immigration reform, but not ready to govern.”

ON THE SCREEN The spot switches among montages of Mr. Obama and Senate Democrats — Harry Reid of Nevada; Patrick J. Leahy of Vermont — and Hispanic-looking voters and hazy images of federal buildings as onscreen writing flashes statements like “De Nuestro Lado?” ( “On our side?”). ...

Read more: http://www.nytimes.com/2008/09/16/us/politics/16madbox.html?_r=1&ref=washington&oref=slogin

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...Still, after the bill’s failure, Senator Mel Martinez, Republican of Florida and a major backer of the bill, thanked Mr. Obama for his help, saying in a note that it “meant a lot to me personally.” And in May 2006, Mr. McCain complimented Mr. Obama for his “commitment to this issue,” and for “working to ensure this bill moved successfully intact through the legislative process.” Mr. McCain, however, said during a Republican primary debate in late January that if the legislation came back for a vote he would not support it because, “We know what the situation is today — people want the borders secured first.” ...

[Xipe Totec]

1. Nice try, McPendejo,

but we're not half as stupid as you look.

[Guy Whitey Corngood]

2. Ese viejo cabrón me lo puede mamar. n/t