Friday, June 20, 2008

"He's one John McCain in front of white Republicans. And he's a different John McCain in front of Hispanics"

Associated Press reports on a private meeting Senator John McCain, the Republican presumptive nominee, held with Hispanic community leaders and Hispanic Republicans in Chicago. Question: why did the McCain camp invite a member of the Minuteman Project to participate in a Hispanic community meeting, even if the person was Hispanic?

"He's one John McCain in front of white Republicans. And he's a different John McCain in front of Hispanics," complained Rosanna Pulido, a Hispanic and conservative Republican who attended the meeting.

Pulido, who heads the Illinois Minuteman Project, which advocates for restrictive immigration laws, said she thought McCain was "pandering to the crowd" by emphasizing immigration reform in his 15-minute speech.

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