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Rick Perry -Cornerstone New Hampshire speech – Friday, 28 October, 2011 – a reminder
Campaign 2012
Who will win the GOP nomination?
It doesn’t matter.
There has NEVER been a more extreme field of candidates.
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Our nation has already begun what I believe will be one of the most pivotal presidential elections in American history.
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Our nation is facing a potential sweeping right-wing takeover. This is no exaggeration. With dishonest extremists like Newt Gingrich, Mitt Romney, and Herman Cain vying for the GOP nomination, and the possibility of a Radical Right-controlled Congress, Supreme Court, and White House, you and I should be very concerned.
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They want to roll back civil rights, women’s reproductive rights, and recent hard-won progress toward equal rights for gays and lesbians… they block every effort to help the economy and the middle class to protect tax breaks for corporations and the richest 1%… and they seek to undo both separation of church and state AND the separation of corporation and state.
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a message from Senator Maria Cantwell
Some Wall Street banks think they can get away with anything.
Wrecking the economy with reckless gambling? Abusing the foreclosure process to put more homeowners out on the street? Raising fees on consumers whenever they want? To them, it’s all part of the game.
That’s why we have to be ready for anything in this campaign. Maria has fought her entire career to hold Wall Street accountable, and powerful special interests are determined to defeat her. They’ll say anything. They’ll spend whatever it takes. And it’s up to us to fight back.
Will you help strike a blow against these special interest groups by making a contribution of $5 or more to help Maria fight back today?
For years Maria has been working to hold Wall Street accountable to the people – voting against the Wall Street bailout, cracking down on speculation in oil markets, toughening restrictions on derivatives trading, and fighting to make the financial reform bill stronger and more progressive.
But some of the worst offenders on Wall Street are also some of the most powerful special interests in Washington. And they are determined to get rid of one of the Senate’s champions for accountability and sound regulation.
Maria can’t win this fight alone – we all need to stand together against the big banks and their attacks. Please click here to make a contribution today!
Fueled by huge money from Wall Street special interests, shady right-wing attack groups will do everything they can to defeat Maria. But these special interests can’t beat us if we stand together.
Please click here to contribute now.
Thanks for helping Maria stand up to Wall Street.
– Chris
Chris Gregorich
Campaign Manager
Friends of Maria
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Further to the right on immigration
It seems the longer the GOP race drags on, the more extreme the candidates get.
In fact, at a debate last week Mitt Romney placed himself further to the right on immigration than any presidential candidate in recent history.
He said he would deport all undocumented immigrants — including grandparents and families who have been in the United States for over 25 years, belong to local churches, pay their taxes, and in some cases have even defended our country in the military.
I’m sure it won’t be the first or last time the GOP candidates use immigration and Hispanic families as political props to score points with the far-right base.
That’s why we need to stand up and fight back every time they do. Don’t forget, we’re all in this together — and we prosper when we stand united.
The thing that makes Mitt’s statement even more troubling is that a mere five years ago — when the politics of immigration among GOP voters were quite different from today — he was singing a different tune, saying that the nearly 11 million undocumented immigrants in our country “are not going to be rounded up and box-carred out.”
In an interview yesterday he was reminded of his old talking points, but rather than attempting to moderate his stance, he actually doubled down on his current position.
So why the change of heart? It’s simple, according to Mitt’s 2008 Iowa State Director, Doug Gross. Gross said that while campaigning in Iowa before the caucuses, Mitt began to realize the so-called “political implications” of his stance and switched his position as a result.
“Political implications” shouldn’t be the determining factor in the lives of 11 million people.
But now Newt Gingrich — on the heels of being accused by the right of being compassionate — came out this week in support of a new South Carolina law, similar to the one passed in Arizona, that allows police to demand the immigration status of anyone they pull over.
And Rick Perry recently trotted out the endorsement of Arizona Sheriff Joe Arpaio, self-titled “America’s toughest sheriff,” who’s been known to organize armed, volunteer posses in his county to round up undocumented immigrants to deport.
As the primaries get closer, there’s no way of knowing where the GOP candidates will stop in trying to out-extreme each other when it comes to illegal immigration.
But I can tell you this: We’re going to fight back every time one of them sells out Hispanic families to try to improve their standing in the polls.
Join us today:
http://my.democrats.org/Stand-up-for-Hispanic-Families
Thanks,
Juan
Juan Sepulveda
Senior Advisor for Hispanic Affairs
Democratic National Committee
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