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Updated, 1:30 p.m. - TAMPA, Fla. -- Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa said that Republicans "can't just trot out a brown face" to make inroads with the Latino community, an increasingly important growing bloc.
As the GOP prepares to showcase some of its rising Hispanic stars during the next two days of its national convention, the Democratic mayor dismissed Republican overtures toward Latinos as insincere.
"You can't just trot out a brown face or a Spanish surname and expect people are going to vote for your party or your candidate," Villaraigosa said at a press conference here organized by the Democratic National Committee.
Rep. Tim Scott, R-S.C., joins The Daily Rundown to talk about the convention and diversity in the GOP.
"People are going to vote just like Anglos do, just like African-Americans do, and virtually every demographic group. They vote for people based on what they say, what they've done, and what they're going to do," he later added.
Among the Latinos speaking in Tuesday's Republican National Convention programming are Rep. Francisco Canseco, R-Texas. Sher Valenzuela, the Republican candidate for lieutenant governor of Delaware, Republican Nevada Gov. Brian Sandoval and Texas GOP Senate nominee Ted Cruz.
But, other staunch opponents of illegal immigration -- like Iowa Rep. Steve King, who's speaking as well on Tuesday -- will also be among the featured voices in the day's program.
"I don't think it's going to do much for him, frankly," Villaraigosa said of the GOP's overall message.
The Los Angeles mayor predicted that President Barack Obama would win "close to 70 percent" of the Latino vote in his re-election effort; Romney advisers have set a goal in the upper-30th percentile in targeting Hispanic voters.
Latino voters are of particular importance in swing states like Colorado, Florida and Virginia -- a sign of shifting demographics that Republicans have worried would put them at a long-term political disadvantage unless they were to become more welcoming of Latinos.
Ryan Williams, a spokesman for Romney, said in response to today's Democratic bracketing event: "Today, as we learn that more than a quarter of Democrats believe President Obama does not have a clear plan for creating jobs, his surrogates in Tampa continued to launch false and baseless attacks against Governor Romney. The facts speak for themselves – with 23 million Americans struggling for work, nearly one in six Americans living in poverty, and median incomes declining, the Obama campaign cannot defend a record of broken promises and failed policies. Mitt Romney and Paul Ryan have a plan to strengthen the middle class by creating jobs and turning around our economy."
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"People are going to vote just like Anglos do, just like African-Americans do, and virtually every demographic group. They vote for people based on what they say, what they've done, and what they're going to do," he later added.
I think this is a lie. Maybe white voters go for substance but any other race here in America votes along color lines for sure. Look at Obama. The only reason he was elected is that it was the first time all the coloured folks had a chance to take a shot at whitey. There I said it it. The Emperor has no clothes.
Plus this is what I expect from a Racist hater from Los Angeles. This is what happens when the voters elect somebody because of their skin color. L,A, is going down with the Latino leadership. All you have to do is look at Mexico to see how well they can lead. Ceasar Chavez was a good leader because he lead with his heart and not his hate. But I cannot recall any other Latino leaders who do not have the race hate card in their bag of tricks.
oh how you have preached the gospel tony v is as big a racist as anyone he doesnt speak for us and hes gone in the next election hes just a lying cheating piece of Cr@p
Why not? Willard is going to trot out his own wife tonight. His stupid minions will undoubtedly love it.
Mayor
Villaraigosa is an embarrassment to LA as a leader. He's done nothing for the
City of LA. Both he and Obama are great at fanning the blaze of racism.
Both
these idiots love the uneducated and undocumented individuals to dominate the
country for votes. That's why Southern
California has become the worst place in the country to live. The "so called"
cheap labor have entitlement problems, exploit the system, and are on welfare
(yet collecting cash under the table)! Most are litigious as well and
sue for everything. Welcome to the new America--look at the average face in LA
and you’re seeing the “new America”!
....the mayor is just angry that the white people who paid all of LA's bills are moving out in droves and there will be no one left to pay for all the leeches on the LA dole......LA will soon look like Detroit and the illegals who are left there can wallow in their unemployment and poverty.....
California has the eighth largest economy in the world. Larger than almost every other nation on Earth. LA, by far, is the biggest city in the state, so your paranoid delusions don't make much sense.
upset....you must be from California.....stupid and broke and you don't even realize how bad it is.....Try picking up a newspaper some day and reading about the cities in that State already in bankruptcy....it's happening right now....but you keep pretending like a good boy and maybe it will just go away........
Thanks, NYC guy, for the typical New York pompous and condescending tone; but if you think LA is anywhere near the condition of Detroit, you are living in GOP Bizarro world.
...lol...so, you think LA is fiscally solvent......how can you type on a keyboard when you're wearing a strait jacket???....amazing.....
say upset as a person living in LA im curious what your trying to say, we are a large city and due to all the hands being held out by all the illegals here our city is on the verge of bankruptcy, oh thats right illegals arent a burden on us they dont drain the school systems or the medical sytems or the welfar and public aid systems but yeah LA is doing just fine LOL can anyone say delusional
More racist crap from Democrats, and yet they will call the Republicans the "racists".
Why is it so important to "trot out a brown face" anyway?
Isn't this the country of EQUALITY where the color of your skin makes no difference? Oh wait, to the left color is EVERYTHING!
For almost four years we've had to hear how Obama is black and anyone that doesn't agree with him is automatically a "racist". It doesn't matter that Obama is NOTHING more than just another left wing, tax, regulate, borrow, and spend spend spend FAILURE. Nope, it's all about his "color" or his "race" to the left.
And now we've got a "headline" from the Mayor of Los Angeles talking about how Republicans can't just "trot out a brown face", like that actually makes a difference in absolutely ANYTHING.
How about the Mayor worries a little bit more about his OWN business before he starts squalling some racist crap about Republicans? Los Angeles is another city on the brink of bankruptcy. Hundreds of thousands of peole in his city are on welfare. Los Angeles is another Democrat DOMINATED city that can't keep their budget straight, the politicians are overpaid, the unions are cleaning up with high salaries, massive pension plans, and Cadillac health care policies, and the taxpayers have to pick up the tab for it all.
He's made sure he has a "sanctuary" city, breaking Federal law and not caring. Hundreds of thousands of illegals are draining the city, county, and state dry while the city, county, and state are going bankrupt. And all this MORON can do is talk about Republicans?
If any of you "genius" elitists would pay attention, EVERYWHERE that Republicans have taken charge of the government in cities, counties, and states all over the nation, unemployment is DOWN, the deficit spending is DOWN, the debt is DOWN, and Democrats are now attempting to take credit for it all.
Antonio Villaraigosa needs to just shut up until he can show IMPROVEMENT in Los Angeles, which will NEVER happen as long as he and Democrat RACISTS just like him are in charge.
Cheryl - You may not realize it, but it is your side making it about race.
really...upset-1557697 what did she say that was racist the truth is not racist the fact you said your side just shows that i guess your the racist either that or just plain ignorant what she has said is logical and to the point the things she pointed out are facts dont like it tuff thats the truth
Unbelievable!
NBC can't stop the negative articles for even a couple of days, during the Republican Convention.
Way to go NBC, always a jump ahead, when it comes to showing your true colors!
....and you wonder why your numbers keep plummeting.
From Matt Lauer, to doorknob Chuck the Schmuck Todd, to Andrea Mitchell, to evening news, Brian Williams, they're all in the bag and comparable to Shawn Hannity, on the other side. The only difference is, Hannity is just a talk and squawk show, not the so called "elite" media.
Why in the hell would the Republicans want NBC televising the Convention?
Because they are losing and they need all the coverage they can get, when they trot out Hispanic republicans to attempt to gain more than 25% support from that demographic. That is what this is about.
Mitt Romney speaks proudly when he tells Fortune 500 companies that moving jobs to China, India, Vietnam, Taiwan, Indonesia, Europe, South America, and Mexico is acceptable, because profits trump commitment to cities and towns that have suffered due to outsourcing of American Middle Class Jobs. When you are wealthy and know the best offshore banks for your personal "tax free income growth" why would you want a job that only pays $400,000 a year? I am guessing that Mitt views his reduction from $20 Million a year in 2011, to $400,000 if elected POTUS, as his form of "slumming with the poor folks".
Could you point out the speech, or even the date that Romney made a speech where he "speaks proudly" about moving jobs to China?
If you would PAY ATTENTION Terry, NO jobs were outsourced by Romney. If a company that Bain INVESTED in moved jobs, that's their call, not Bain's. All Bain has done is INVEST in companies so that they could be successful. It's up to the company itself to do what THEY can to either survive or die, not on Bain, or even Romney.
The filth thrown out by people like you is unbelievable.
Think about it "genius"!! The man could make somewhere between 20 and 100 MILLION dollars, in just ONE year, just by not being President. That's how BRILLIANT he is as a businessman.
He actually CARES enough about this nation to give that up to attempt to WORK on getting us out of debt, to a balanced budget, and to cut the wasteful, MASSIVE, spending by the Federal Government.
And all you can do is throw out garbage, like the true "progessive" that you are. You'd rather have a President that brags about boozing, smoking dope, and snorting coke in high school and gets HANDED entrance to elite colleges. You'd rather have a President that allows over one million ILLEGALS steal jobs from the CITIZENS of this nation. You'd rather have a President that tells people not only that they WILL buy health insurance, but actually tells you what kind of health insurance you WILL buy. You'd rather have a President that doesn't CARE at all about record, debt, deficits, regulations, borrowing, or spending. You'd rather have a President that makes sure UNIONS get Billions of dollars, and the non-union middle class gets NOTHING!
Really "intelligent".
CherylLM, that is because liberals have no idea of basic economics.
I will ask a basic question. Why is that Republicans say that if you cut taxes on the job creators they will hire more people. However AT&T and EXXON paid zero taxes last year and both made billions in profit but neither company hired any new people. If you know anything about business your biggest expense in busy is salaries. Oh by the way if the Republicans are so for the middle class then why do they want to get rid of the minimum wage then people would make even less. Makes sense to me.
The minimum wage has eliminated millions of entry-level jobs. Any employee must add enough to the business's bottom line to pay for that employee. New employees at $7.25/hr often do not pay their way until they've learned their jobs. So the employer knows that they will lose money on that employee for months until they finally get good enough at their job to pull their weight. Many employers cannot afford to lose money for months, so the job goes unfilled or goes under the table for less than minimum wage. We could raise minimum wage to $8.50/hr if a "trainee" period of no more than six months allowed a wage of $5/hr. But Democrats won't go for that. They have done everything they can to eliminate exceptions to the minimum wage laws. The result is fewer jobs for entry-level American workers to get their toe in the door of the working world. Those jobs sometimes get filled by day laborers paid under the table, usually illegal aliens. So the Democrats' insistence on the minimum wage has created a place for illegal aliens and leaves American school kids with no entry level jobs.
Trent, don't forget that when the Minimum Wage was first presented in the 1800's it was a means to keep the Non-WASP immigrants from Celtic, Germanic, and Slavic nations down and on the government dole. If you look at the rhetoric from the Democrats at the time, it was intended to be exclusionary. The point we are making against the Minimum Wage is the exact same one the Democrats used to pass the Minimum Wage. Ironic that they won't live up to it, but then most Dems support the labor theory of value instead of the price theory of value when it comes to economics. And don't even get me started on the number of Democrat politicians who think the Broken Window Theory is a legitimate line of economic thought.
viaraigosa is the biggest and slimelist politican to enter the political areana. He has single handedly destroyed Los Angeles and now he has ambitions to destroy this country on a national level. He is hardly qualified to comment on brown Republicans. If you don't espouse giving all benefits and rights to illegal Mexicans then I guess you are not the right shade of brown. Sadly too many hispanic politicans of the Democratic party only care for hispanics and do not care for anyone else.
I would love to vote for Romney and teach these 3rd world Democrats a lesson, but honestly Paul Ryan scares me more than any other person. His arrogance is so transparent. He is just waiting to take over the spineless Romney and rule the white house like Cheney did and look at the mess he created.
Ryan is the best thing in D.C., I do not understand the hate.
The cure to racism is not to ignore the color of the skin and to pretend that multiple colors don't exist. It's to directly address and remediate the prejudicial issues associated with discrimination based on color. You can't do that without being able to point out what the issues are and who they affect.
Pointing the finger at each other and screaming "racist" everytime someone says "brown" or "black" doesn't resolve the issues. It's a fact that we still live in a country where color does matter and racism does happen.
Yep, and Democrats ENSURE that racism continues. By screaming "racism" at anyone and EVERYONE that doesn't agree with their agenda. By having racist commentators throw out their filth. By having race baiters have the stage at every opportunity. By claiming that any conservative is automatically a "racist", and any non-white conservative is a "turn coat", "oreo", "Uncle Tom", and any other vile filth they can throw out.
I was raised in the projects of East Nashville. The MOST non-racist people I've ever seen were the people that wanted OUT of the projects and to live the American Dream. It didn't matter to them about "color". It mattered about HARD WORK, sacrifice, and doing whatever it took to get out. They didn't scream "racism" when they didn't get a job they wanted, or get the raise they wanted. They WORKED harder, got EDUCATED, and kept on going without ever, EVER, screaming race.
Meanwhile, our friends that CHOSE to remain in poverty screamed racism at every opportunity. Every time their "entitlement" didn't go up. Every time they didn't get a job. Every time they failed in school. Every time they dropped out and did absolutely NOTHING for themselves. They CHOSE to quit and scream that it was "white men" that kept them in poverty. They CHOSE to listen to Democrats that run the projects that told them if they voted for that "racist Republican" they would lose their "entitlements". They CHOSE to be the failures they are and blame it on "racism".
It's my belief that members of both parties are responsible for a lot of the racial divide issues and that these issues have been used for political power and positioning. It's also hard to overcome decades of impacts from "urban renewal", Jim Crow laws, red-lining, government public housing policies, the loss of the urban CBDs, lack of access to transportation, etc. especially when the continued suppression of people is still happening.
There is no solution as long as people's attitudes continue to separate groups into "us" and "them" in stead of saying "all of us." (Note - kind of funny how a discussion on bipartisanship could parallel this thought process.)
Stop it, just stop it! Sick of all this race talk...!
That is what libs do, divide and conquer.
You have got to be kidding me. That, my friends, is a perfect example of the Karl Rove play book in action - accuse your opponent of the very thing that is deemed to be your own weakness.
There has never been a more polarizing party in America than the GOP.
You have got to be kidding me. That, my friends, is a perfect example of the Obama play book in action - accuse your opponent of the very thing that is deemed to be your own weakness.
upset, I would take your comment seriously if you would include the fact that Democrats are doing the same thing. Case in point, the add produced by the left that insinuates that Romney is responsibly for the cancer death of a lady; or the add that portrays Ryan throwing a senior in a wheel chair off a cliff.
Remember, if you point a finger at someone, you have three fingers pointing back at you.
I welcome any immigrant to this country legally. Illegally, go home and return as millions of others have. I don't want my property and income confiscated to feed, clothe, house, and educate you because you are too lazy to go through the process correctly. Yes, you have rights. You have the right to come here legally with your families. You don't have the right to expect the Obama Gift Card from the American taxpayers.
Romney is going to lose Michigan, his home state, or at least one of his many "home states". The other home states he will lose are NH, MA and CA.
upset,
Of course he'll lose CA. Hell, California has lost itself. It's a bankrupt State that just doesn't know it yet.
...and even though they owe it all to welfare recipients and Illegals, they're too stupid to do anything about it. Their doorknob Governor, Moonbeam, wants to make it a sanctuary State for the Illegals, if you can believe that.
Typical scapegoat for the ill-informed - illegals and welfare recipients. Must be nice to live in a world where everything is so simple. Don't forget CA had a Republican governor for a long, long time. How's that factor into your paranoid conclusions?
Everyone that lives in this country is an immigrant except for the Mexicans and the Indians. No one else was born here or do you guys not realize that.
I think you are mistaking a distaste for criminals for a distaste for immigrants. The GOP understands to its very core that this is a nation of immigrants; its how the immigrant arrives that we care about. When my great-grandparents arrived in this country, they knocked on the front door and requested permission to enter. Many of them came ashore on the Island of Tears and had to watch friends and neighbors (or even acquaintances they made on the Steamer across the pond) be told no and sent home. All of them came with little or nothing to their name expect a hope and a prayer for a better life. But, they knocked on the front door and announced themselves.
Illegal immigrants do not. They sneak across the border and then live and work in the shadows in modern day slavery. Women who cross the border are raped after the coyote who is guiding them across decapitates one of them and threatens to do the same to the rest. Others are left to die in the heat of the desert by people who do not care about them. Now, I am not advocating we shoot anyone trying to sneak across our southern border like Mexico does to illegal immigrants from Guatemala and points south, but I am asking that we at least know who is coming into our country. The vast majority of them are just people looking for a better life, but they will not find it in the US so long as the situation remains the way it is.
Wow trashy i can honestly say ...your the biggest racist reverse sighted moron to ever post a comment, you can have that bs oblammo and his moron cabinet that has done more to bring down this country than all other presidents combined you defend the democratic party...let me see the dems want to turn a blind eye to the millions of illegals they broke the law well its ok htis one time yeah we heard that before and oblammo is pandering to the latin, the gay, basically any vote he can get ...why because most intelligent americans can see thru the facade he has put up...so trashy why dont you and your buddy oblammo go suck a lemon your both morons
It seems to me that is is always the Democratic Party that NEEDS to define itself by race and color. Who says things like "brown face" these days? Its annoying and insulting to those of us who can think for ourselves and who are what the DNC likes to call "people of color." Just watch CNN and NBC and see how divisive the language is on those networks are with regard to race, gender, et al.
That's rich coming from a guy who got elected soley because of his brown face and Spanish surname.
This phony bastard's real name is Tony Villar, a miscreant who went to law school and flunked the Bar exam at least 3 times. He still is not a lawyer. Ol' Tony didn't think Villar sounded Mexican enough to he combined that name with the surname of his former wife, Raigosa, and came up with Villaraigosa. A few years back his wife divorced his slimy butt because he got caught diddling some tart who worked at an L.A. Spanish language station.
I won't get into what treasonous Villy did with the Mexican government in order to get Calif. Prop. 187 killed. This puto Villy ought to be in prison, IMO.
Ol' Comrade ObaMao really had to dig deep in the dung pile to find this former MEChA member, philanderer, and rabid Mexican revanchist, eh? The Comrade really must be desperate if he trotted this POS out. The guy is the stuttering buffoon who wrecked L.A. and turned it into a facsimile of Chilpancingo.
Listen, as badly as Comrade O has effed this nation up Romney won't need a single "Latino" vote to win unless there is massive vote fraud, a good possibility with this corrupt regime in power. Trotting Tony Villar out was a really dumb move on the part of the tin pot dictator. Too funny!
Rat - You are in GOP bizarro world. First of all, Willard Romney desperately needs to improve his standing with this demographic - he said it himself - They will lose if they don't turn this around.
Secondly, your voter fraud paranoia reeks of Faux Noise and Rush Limbaugh. Get a life dude.
Excellent statement Mayor and the Dem Party should get all the non-white leaders like him lined up to rebutt every BS statement by the GOP on this subject of their being so interested in integration. In fact, outside of Rice and Powell, who else that is non-white in the GOP has had any opportunity to be in their leadership? Just like Mitt, he doesn't have any close associates or advisors that are non-white does he? They may want non-whites to join the GOP but you can bet just like they treat all women, the old white males will never give up or share much power in their world.
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Interesting off-topic thought! Amazing how the Racist Republicans are opposed to abortion and the Non-Racist Democrats fight tooth and nail for it when it is minorities that make a up such a great proportion of those aborted!?
Don't forget, Margaret Sanger started Planned Parenthood to abort the Blacks, Jews, Catholics, and other "Undesirables" out of the country. She even spoke at a number of Klan rallies about her plans to kill non-WASP's in the womb. The war on black babies by the left is no surprise or accident.
Feel most Americans already know where their vote is going. Football haves a priority over politics, so many will ignore the rest of political statements.
Good luck all on your vote in Nov.
I'm waiting to hear from the Log Cabin Republicans....their target isn't a minority in the Republican voter base now is it. Good old fashioned Christian family values there for ya fellers :)
Polls say more than 90% of blacks will be voting for President Obama.
Hmmm...... 70% of Hispanics and 90% of blacks.
Perhaps the white population should stop voting their beliefs, and vote based on the race of the candidate. Oh, that would be racism!
Everybody votes for their best interests, whites included. Don't kid yourself reason.
And a lot of us are not democrats so we have to vote based on our belief of the founding principles
Not everybody. Liberals ALWAYS vote against their best interests. See Current President.
In the words of the great Hank Aaron - "if you want racism to go away, stop talking about it!" You cannot turn MSNBC on in the evening without hearing Chris Matthews or the fat boy bringing up race. The day Romney chose Paul Ryan as a running mate what does Matthews say? "This is the first time I can remember no protestant being on a ticket." He is such a joke! I used to like Chris until he got the "tickle up his leg!" LOL OMG! What scum!! when Herman Cain was told 0% of blacks are voting for Romeny - he said "i"m not part of the 0%. Listen to Artur Davis and some of the other educated blacks who don't want handouts and don't want to blame someone else for their problems - you might learn something.
Obama has done pretty darn well. And the ONLY reason Obama has not done even better is the GOP House that flatly wants the United States to fail because they think that will help them defeat him. They have consistently even cut off their own nose, and our hopes, in order to spite him. Every single jobs bill, even if it came from a Republican-every single one!-they shout down out of fear it will help him. F them all.
wow john so hes done pretty well name those things HE'S accomplished like the highest debt in history the highest unemployment in history and the largest group of handouts in histroy yeah he done pretty well destroying this country keep those blinders on dude
hey tony v instead of commenting on oblammo maybe you need to worry bout your own election we getting rid of your sorry pathetic carcas in the next election so shut up and dont speak for us angelinos
Still waiting to hear Romney's plan to improve the economy....waiting....still waiting....
Bart,
I'm sure that whatever he says, to you, it will be the wrong thing.
Tell us what Obama has said about the economy that is making your leg tingle?
Then you should check out Romney's web site. he has his plane there for you to read, unlike Obama's site has no plane what so ever. Just more liberal BS of divide and conquer
There's a reason the polls show that 0% of blacks support Mitt (R-Romney), but the GOP just can't figure out why that is........or why very few women, gays or Latinos will be voting Republican.
And tell us all that "reason" skrekk.
If "0%" of blacks support Romney, then that by itself shows racism. (And by the way, since there are a whole lot of CONSERVATIVE blacks that actually do support Romney, your "0%" is just the usual "progressive" lie.
And it's not "very few women, gays, or Latinos" that will be voting Republican.
MILLIONS of women that aren't sitting on their butts whining about getting "free" contraceptive care will be voting for Romney.
MILLIONS of Latino CITIZENS that are sick of paying high taxes, seeing jobs go to ILLEGALS that they should have, and actually WANT to live the American Dream instead having the government ruling them from birth to death will vote for Romney.
As for gays, the are many that actually ARE conservative and actually WILL vote for Romney. Just because they disagree with Romney about ONE thing doesn't mean that they will vote for a FAILURE like Obama.
90% of blacks voted for Gore, so clearly black support for Dems isn't based on race but on the ideology of the party which supports labor rights and civil rights. That a statistical 0% of blacks support Mitt (R-Money) today isn't at all surprising, given how utterly clueless he is and how he's been engaging in race-baiting. Here's the poll:
http://msnbcmedia.msn.com/i/MSNBC/Sections/A_Politics/_Today_Stories_Teases/August_NBC-WSJ_Int_Sched.pdf
This next link shows the extreme right-wing ideological shift the GOP has taken over the years, and goes a long way to explain why so very few women, elderly, blacks, gays or Latinos will be voting Republican:
It's no surprise at all that the GOP is rapidly becoming just a southern regional party, with little national support. And no surprise that there's a huge gender gap. What woman in her right mind would vote for a party which wants to control her uterus?