(last tweak. early day tomorrow)
columnist Joseph Perkins (2005)
http://www.signonsandiego.com/uniontrib/20050218/news_lz1e18perkins.html
I don’t consider myself a “racist” or a “bigot.” But Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee apparently does.
Because I happen to see the merit of a measure, proposed by two Arkansas state lawmakers, that would require anyone registering to vote in the Razorback State to prove citizenship and anyone applying for state services to prove legal residency.
To Huckabee’s mind, anyone who supports such a law has succumbed to “race-baiting and demagoguery.” That would include yours truly. It also would include a majority of my fellow California residents.
“To Huckabee’s mind, anyone who supports such a law has succumbed to ‘race-baiting and demagoguery.’”
He said the bill inflamed racists and bigots, which is almost certainly true. That’s different from saying anyone who supported it was a racist or a bigot.