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| Clinton, Obama Address Racist Conference |
| 2007-07-22 |
| Two top Democratic contenders in the presidential race are in South Florida to address the National Council of La Raza, the nation's largest Hispanic civil rights group. Sunday morning, New York Senator Hillary Clinton told the gathering at the Miami Beach Convention Center, she would prefer to pass a comprehensive immigration bill that would provide a path to legalization for immigrants in the United States. But, she was quick to add, there were some aspects of the current immigration reform proposal that she believes have a chance of passing on their own. For example, she pointed to the so called "Deam Act" that would help students who are brought to the U.S. as young children go to college and eventually become citizens. Illinois Senator Barack Obama was scheduled to address the conference Sunday afternoon. The organization had invited the top three Republican candidates; Mitt Romney, John McCain and Rudy Giuliani to speak as well, but all three said they would not be able to attend according to La Raza officials. Other conference speakers include Gov. Charlie Crist, Wal-Mart President Lee Scott and the Rev. Al Sharpton. Also during the conference, La Raza will launch a new campaign to register and mobilize millions of immigrant voters, who are mostly Hispanic, to take part in next year's presidential elections. La Raza's 2007 Annual Conference and Latino Expo will run through Tuesday. "Por la raza todo" (Everything for the race.) |
| Posted by:Anonymoose |
| #2 Edwards would have come, also, but he was at the |
| Posted by: GK 2007-07-22 18:20 |
| #1 makes sense... racism is a foundation of the democratic party. there is no other group that is more racist in their words and action. |
| Posted by: Abu do you love 2007-07-22 17:56 |