Liberal Latino groups bail out on collaborating with KOCH funded "LIBRE Initiative". Yay.

[UTUSN]

Sigh. The question is, *why* would they even consider it?!1 So, they had one teeny tiny possible tentative point of agreement and: "wide disagreement on other issues like health care, the minimum wage, and voter ID laws"!!!!!!!!!!!11 (read, EVERYTHING ELSE!!!!!!!!!!1)


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http://www.buzzfeed.com/adriancarrasquillo/liberal-latino-group-now-says-it-wont-work-with-conservative#.txeelOvn8

[font size=5]Latino Group Now Says It Won’t Work With Conservative LIBRE Initiative On Immigration After Furor[/font]

Adrian Carrasquillo
BuzzFeed News Reporter

.... LIBRE has sought to thread the needle on the issue: The group supports the 2012 program because it is already in place but does not support DAPA because it confers work visas without congressional approval and is held up in court. ....

Both NCLR and LVP had said there were some areas of alignment on immigration with LIBRE, despite wide disagreement on other issues like health care, the minimum wage, and voter ID laws, as they relate to Latinos. Both groups also made it clear that they were just discussions, with no partnership imminent, and LVP has been leading an effort to push back against LIBRE in those other areas.

But sources say posts on social media as well as private phone calls and emails made it clear that the idea of working with LIBRE was unacceptable to many Democrats, who view the group as a way for the billionaire Koch brothers to access the votes of the Latino community. ....

“If you can’t even reach consensus with an organization that agrees with you but is conservative, how are you going to reach consensus with Republicans?” he (LIBRE executive director Daniel GARZA) said. “Democrats don’t get to decide what immigration reform is. Are you looking out for parties or for the community?”

That question, it seems, is where the potential for collaboration ends — liberals ask the same question about LIBRE.

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[hopemountain]

1. they see through the obfuscation

but, latinos and democrats who are able must make it a priority this coming election - in addition to canvassing and registering voters - to educate all voters on how to see through the smoke and mirrors and discern the true agendas of the koch brothers and the far right. in other words, research the organizations and who funds them. if it is too hard to find the actual names of the funders - this is a clear sign that deception is their tool.

[UTUSN]

3. Yip, that's what's needed, unfortunately, Latinos/Hispanics *don't vote!1* enough.

Unlike the LBJ & African American effort of making voting a center piece for everything.

[Gothmog]

2. I am glad that this group saw the light and realized that they were being used by the Kochs