Karl Rove Speaks Out Against Arizona Immigration Law
What many Tea Party types do not understand is that the Republican Party can not have…must not have….an energized and determined Hispanic community opposed to their party come election day. (2010 or 2012) In spite of the hate and bigotry that many conservatives exhibit on the issue of brown-skinned immigrants the Republican Party at the core knows that they can not win the needed states and races if they come across as intolerant and unfair on the immigration issue. At the end of the day there are more voters who care about fairness then there are hard rock-ribbed conservatives that can’t see beyond their bigotry. So it is now that we see former Republican Florida Governor Jeb Bush and Republican South Carolina Senator Graham speak out against the unconstitutional Arizona immigration law. The latest such big name to add his weight to the matter is Republican Karl Rove.
At the end of the day the Tea Party folks will have to decide where they want to go. They can vote with the GOP that will need to accommodate the Hispanic vote for long-term electoral possibilities, or they will need to form a third-party and further splinter the conservative vote.
Karl Rove, who served as chief political strategist for former President George W. Bush, is the latest Republican to speak out against Arizona’s controversial new immigration law, the Orlando Sentinel reports.
“I think there is going to be some constitutional problems with the bill,” Rove reportedly said at a senior community center in The Villages, Forida, where he made a stop on his book tour. “I wished they hadn’t passed it, in a way.”
Arizona’s new law, signed by the governor on Friday, would require immigrants to carry documents verifying their immigration status. It would also require police officers to question a person about his or her immigration status if there is “reasonable suspicion” that person may be illegally in the country.
Apparently, “angry white men” out number Hispanics.
With whom should politicians in Arizona throw their lot?
Maldita puta de mierda….papers please!
You are being a racist in that you know damn well that the vast majority of those who come to this nation to work and have a better life are not involved in the crimes that you write about with such a huge brush stroke. You really should be ashamed of yourself.
My city is a friend of the Hispanic and Latino community. We are in the fight to see your state become educated.
I, for one live in Arizona. I am one of the 77% who absolutely love this new law. You cannot enter our country by immediately breaking the law. We don’t let other foreigners and, quite honestly, they are as upset about the illegal immigration as the rest of us in Arizona. We have had children raped by a serial ( illegal mexican ) rapist, police officers killed by illegal mexican criminals, homes robbed by illegal mexican criminals, and citizens of our state murdered by illegal mexicans. Now, if you are all so emphatic about letting them stay illegally in the U.S.A., then by all means, bring 1000 buses and come here, pick them up, and take them to YOUR state where they can rape, murder, and steal from you and the rest of the citizens of your state. You are more than welcome.
The GOP needs to be very mindful that they do not overplay their hand on the Hispanic vote, as you note, because Hispanics will be casting votes that the GOP will never recover from. Hispanics will become the largest bloc of voters in the next 25 years, and in some places that will be done much sooner. The angry white man better be nice to those with the growing power.
Karl Rove needs to learn about the concept of a poll.
Unpopular with 23% of the voters there. I have a feeling this is more unpopular:
That must be why the law is so unpopular in Arizona.