PHOENIX (By Jon Garrido, Hispanic
News) February 1, 2007 J
ohn
McCain has always taken what ever step is
politically expedient
to further his position to run for the presidency of the United
States.
He is
quick to attest to the time he served as a
prisoner of war in Viet Nam and as dreadful as this period of
his life was, none of this qualifies airplane pilot McCain with the same level of military expertise as U.S.
military generals who lead our troops in Iraq.
To
attest to this, McCain advocates the Bush Doctrine of sending an
additional 21,500 troops to Iraq
and we all know what a disaster George Bush has been as
Commander in Chief. Should McCain be elected president, the same
Iraq quagmire would continue to the further demise of the United
States.
An example of McCain political expedient
maneuvers is to appeal to a broad base of constituents. On any
given day, McCain is saying what ever plays to that constituent
group and at a later time to another
constituent group
with a completely opposite view, McCain's playbook champions
actions to appease this other group.
A prime example:
John
McCain sponsored Comprehensive Immigration Reform in the US
Senate and proceeded across the United States to inform
Hispanic organizations of his sponsorship to champion the
Comprehensive Immigration Bill with amnesty. At the very same time,
back in Arizona, McCain became campaign
manager for Jon Kyl's re-election bid back to the US Senate from
Arizona.
As
the Comprehensive Immigration Reform Bill was debated on the
floor of the US Senate, Senator Kyl chipped away at the proposed
bill by inclusions of crimes committed by immigrants being
cause for automatic deportation back to country of origin. This
long list of crimes included frivolous acts such as jay walking.
Had the McCain Immigration Reform Bill been
approved with the Kyl amendments, all undocumented would have
been deported. A strategic win for McCain winning approval of
Hispanic groups by championing Immigration Reform and in turn favorable
Hispanic voter support in 2008. Yet, the
hidden agenda using Kyl would have deported the undocumented
winning support from conservative Republicans. A win-win for
McCain and conservative Republicans. A gigantic con game played
on Hispanics.
Back in Arizona,
Kyl campaign television
advertisements used in his bid for re-election from Arizona, Kyl used actual
Arizona county sheriffs to state they
all opposed amnesty. Kyl at the end of the television ad stating he opposed amnesty.
At the end of the campaign television ad, McCain is identified as the Kyl campaign manger at
the very same time back in Washington sponsoring Comprehensive Immigration
Reform with amnesty.
