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Xipe Totec Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Dec-09-07 10:11 PM
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GOP hopefuls temper anti-immigrant talk
Source: Associated Press

The Republican presidential candidates sought to embrace Hispanics in a Spanish language debate Sunday, striving to mark common ground with a growing voter bloc while softening the anti-illegal immigration rhetoric that has marked their past encounters.

The candidates avoided the harsh exchanges and name-calling of their most recent debate, while still emphasizing the need for border security and an end to illegal immigration. The polite debate came less than four weeks before the first votes are cast in Iowa and amid a topsy-turvy race in which former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee has bolted to the lead in the state.


Read more: http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20071210/ap_on_el_pr/republicans_spanish_debate_16



They just can'y get their story straight, can they...

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underpants Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Dec-09-07 10:32 PM
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1. No they can't-the Va. Republicans have been opening fretting about this
the moderates are trying to retake some sort of stake and the conservatives are just SURE that the system will work their message will work it's not them it's THE PEOPLE!!!

How mindlessly stupid is it to complete cut off a voting block. You don't have to pander to them just don't insult them.
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