‘Angry’ McCain Referred To Hispanics As ‘You People’ During Outreach Meeting

[FourScore]

Report: ‘Angry’ McCain Referred To Hispanics As ‘You People’ During Outreach Meeting

On March 11, Sens. John McCain (R-AZ), John Thune (R-SD) and Mel Martinez (R-FL) met with a group of Hispanic business leaders in the Capitol’s Strom Thurmond Room as part of an effort to reach out to Hispanic voters. National Journal is reporting that several participants in the meeting said McCain got “angry” while talking about immigration. At one point, McCain reportedly began referring to Hispanics as “you people“:

“He was angry,” one source said. “He was over the top. In some cases, he rolled his eyes a lot. There were portions of the meeting where he was just staring at the ceiling, and he wasn’t even listening to us. We came out of the meeting really upset.”

McCain’s message was obvious, the source continued: After bucking his party on immigration, he had no sympathy for Hispanics who are dissatisfied with President Obama’s pace on the issue. “He threw out ‘You people — you people made your choice. You made your choice during the election,’ ” the source said. “It was almost as if (he was saying) ‘You’re cut off!’ We felt very uncomfortable when we walked away from the meeting because of that...”

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But one person’s straight talk is another person’s vitriol. “My hands were shaking,” one source said. “I was nervous as no-end.” The senator’s comments went on for several minutes at least. And by the end of the meeting, another participant, who had supported McCain in last year’s presidential election, was so shaken by the display of temper that he decided it is good that McCain isn’t in the White House...

http://thinkprogress.org/2009/04/03/mccain-hispanics-you-people/

[bigwillq]

1. I just saw a thread on this in GDP.

What a racist piece of shit. :( :mad:

[Dramarama]

2. With Mel there?

Wow

[Hope And Change]

3. LOL.What an a-hole McLame is.

[DJ13]

4. "You people, get off my lawn!"

[spag68]

5. insane McLame

Way to go John, that's helping the Dems. carry South Fla. next time.

[LuvNewcastle]

6. He must've picked up some leftover

racist vibes there in the Strom Thurmond room.

[Ocracoker16]

10. I thought the same thing when I read what room it was

[DavidDvorkin]

7. "And now I want all of you people to vote for us."

"Because this is an outreach meeting. So tell all your friends in that weird language you speak. Even though I still hate you because you voted for that one."

[Enrique]

8. McCain is one of the more popular republicans among Hispanics

make that was.

[Raine]

9. ReTHUGS

the gift that keeps on giving.