I never said it was a conservative paradise. I've seen the liberal hippies in San Miguel. I'm just saying from my experience, the people I've met and worked with don't like what's going on, they are mad that their country has this problem, they are mad that nothing is being done to fix it. Maybe I just hung out in conservative circles. You know, birds of a feather...... They thought Fox was the better of the candidates, and supported him, then later felt betrayed, again. I'm just offering my perspective from my time there. The interior, the tourist areas, and the borders are like three different countries.
Actually, much of what you have been saying is similar to what I have heard from some of the Mexican students. These students (most of whom speak English with no discernable accent) want to return to Mexico with their US education so that they can, hopefully, erase the stigma that Mexico has. Most of them wish Mexico would become as close a partner with the US as Britain or Japan. Also, they HATE the corruption in their country.