Senator John McCain’s flip-flopping on issues he has championed in the past, most notably immigration reform, has not been missed by U.S. Latinos or the nations of Latin America. In this article from El Tiempo of Colombia, columnist Sergio Munoz Bata lambasts John McCain for his ‘betrayal’ of Latinos for reasons of ‘blatant electioneering.’
For El Tiempo, Sergio Munoz Bata writes in part:
To deny that Harry Reid needs the Hispanic vote in Nevada to win reelection this November would be the height of folly. So no one should be surprised that last week, Senator Reid included in the defense budget bill something called the Dream Act [Development, Relief and Education for Alien Minors Act], which, if it becomes law, could alter the destiny of thousands of young people born abroad but who came to the United States as children when their parents emigrated without immigration documents.
Intolerable for his hypocrisy and despicable air of brazen betrayal is Arizona Senator John McCain, who, for reasons of blatant electioneering, used manufactured outrage and pointed a red-hot finger at Reid, accusing him of playing politics by defending illegal immigrants to win reelection. These are pathetic accusations coming from a man like McCain, who has turned political flip-flopping into a way of life.
at 74-years-old and despite having a family fortune amounting to billions of dollars, with a well-earned reputation as a war hero and after almost three decades in Congress, McCain has not resigned himself to losing power, even if it means making a deal with the devil.
In its many incarnations, the Faust of German legend has had many variants, but a single constant. From Marlowe to Goethe, to Mann, the successful and unsatisfied Faust longs for transient glory, although it means selling his soul to the devil – and even knowing that once the pact is made, his damnation will be eternal.
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