It attacks John McCain at a campaign event:
“Do the people in Washington — the politicians and the lobbyists and the rich people writing the checks — do they understand the amount of anger the average European Christian, native-born American feels when they see their country turning into a multicultural chaos Tower of Babel?” he said.
McCain started to answer, only to be interrupted by his questioner accusing him of supporting amnesty for illegal immigrants. Finally, McCain repeated his promise — “I think for the 15th time” — that he would secure the borders to stop illegal immigration before attempting anything else.
To McCain’s credit, he slapped back the more racist notions of the man’s harangue, but then again, you don’t see the Republican frontrunners like Giuliani, Thompson, and Romney doing that. They’re in fact vying for who can be the most xenophobic of them all. This may work for the party nomination, but that kind of nativism is going to absolutely decimate the Republican party as the country becomes less caucasian minute by minute.
I’d like the anti-illegal immigration crowd to come here and explain that their side is not filled with racist bastards. Sure, not everyone who freaks out over illegal immigration is a racist prick, but there’s enough of them to question the motives of the group as a whole.
Your readers are in luck: I comment on this story at the link, and with quite a bit more insight and background.
Bonus! Here’s a video featuring Media Matters:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nTjcYVQ-cKE
[I thought I posted this before, but I guess there was a technical glitch. Hopefully there won't be another technical glitch this time.]
I don’t think that video is from the Democratic party.