Catholic Prof. Asks If Obama Folks Do Not Respect Hispanic Voters

I am in the yes column on this. Prof. Beckwith of Baylor (now a visiting Prof at Notre Dame) says:

This is despicable. These Spanish-language ads, targeting Hispanics, attempt to tar John McCain with Rush Limbaugh's 1990s comments on Mexican immigration. Of course, as the Obama campaign surely knows, Limbaugh has been a harsh critic of McCain's views on immigration. But, I guess the Obama campaign figures that the ad's audience will just think that since both men are white Republicans then they must hold the same views on everything. Thus, ironically, this ad attempts to illicit and nurture bigotry in its viewers, which means that the Obama campaign does not respect them. When someone expects you to be a bigot, they don't think very highly of you.
In case you may have forgotten the pastoral insights of the Rev. Wright, go here. These recent ads are cut from the same demagogic cloth.

That pretty much hits it. One of the leading Latino journalist in the nation Ruben Navarrette in his must read column from today basically said the Emperor Obama and his merry band of Democrat friends have no clothes at No friend to Latinos on immigration

For Catholics paying attention you will not read what Reuben is saying mostly on white Anglo Catholic social justice blogs or voices that now seem to want to bash McCain full time.

The issue is not if you thought the immigration bill was good or bad. The issue was that John McCain was willing to lose a election over it. Obama decided that his "principles" and "beliefs" as well as many people who put their hope in him as to the immigration bill could be sacrificed for future Union support (AKA VOTES AND SUPPORT).

That is one reason , way before Obama overcame Hillary, that I knew all this Hope , Change, and new kind of politics coming from Obama was a bunch of BS.

Reaching across the aisle takes guts and takes the courage to get some arrows in your rear end. Obama sold his soul cheap.

I know that perhaps the democrats thought that this legislative in the weeds stuff of how Obama betrayed people would be lost but thank God McCain is pressing it.

To me the issue is not the merits of the immigration bill. The issue is who stood by their convictions when the going gets tough. I rather have a man or woman that stands by their conviction even when I disagree with them in the White House than the alternative.