McCain: RECRUIT 'em! ELECT 'em! And not just because they're Hispanics and the GOP needs the votes.

[Amerigo Vespucci]

"Let's face it. We're fucked."

Having attempted to put together a voting coalition broad enough to get elected president, Sen. John McCain (R-A.Z.) knows better than any other lawmaker the shortcomings and vulnerabilities of the Republican Party.

So his declaration on Sunday morning that the GOP faced a dire situation unless it did more to bring Hispanic voters into its ranks is likely to be treated as a blaring warning siren, not mere political analysis.

"On the issue of the Hispanic voter, we have to do a lot more. We Republicans have to recruit and elect Hispanics to office," McCain told CNN's State of Union. "And I don't mean just because they're Hispanics, but they represent a big part of the growing population in America. And we have a lot of work to do there. And I am of the belief that unless we reverse the trend of Hispanic voter registration, we have a very, very deep hole that we've got to come out of."

While he was one of only a handful of Republicans willing to tackle immigration reform in 2007, McCain faced a massive deficit with Hispanic voters in the 2008 election. His aides have said that, were he not the home state senator, he would have lost Arizona to Barack Obama, in large part because Hispanics had left the Republican Party in droves.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/08/02/mccain-without-hispanic-v_n_249488.html

[Mayberry Machiavelli]

1. Meanwhile, he's hedging on voting for Sotomayor, because she's an unqualified racist, no doubt.

[Hello_Kitty]

2. Good luck with that, John.

I live in Arizona and I can tell you that the anti-immigrants have taken over the GOP.

[AspenRose]

3. Did he not watch the Sotomayor circus with chief KKKlown Jeff Sessions?

:wtf:

Come on....just how stupid do you think minority voters are?

[Amerigo Vespucci]

4. It should be the title of a new GOP playbook...

..."All I Really Need to Know About Courting Hispanic Voters I Learned from Watching the Sotomayor Broadcasts...

People are people, and there are some brighter than others, but the "Hispanic Community"....just like ANY OTHER community...is ABSOLUTELY smart enough to see through this gossamer crap.

The ONLY time the GOP has paid any attention to the Hispanic Community is when they were pimping votes. Otherwise, the smart thing to do if you're a Republican and are playing to the "base" is to PROPOSE MORE FENCES.

Can't have it both ways, GOP...can't have it both ways.