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New Mood From New Citizens (Latinos Reject GOP...Surprise!)
The Los Angeles Times ^
| June 16, 2007
| Peter Wallsten/Staff Writer
Posted on 06/16/2007 10:35:03 AM PDT by truthkeeper
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Another new citizen, Elieth Cifarelli, 39, from Costa Rica, could barely contain her excitement after registering to vote.
"I already know who my first vote will be for: Hillary Clinton," she said, referring to the Democratic senator from New York who is the party's front-runner for president in 2008. Yet another "do you laugh or do you cry" moment.
The hits just keep on coming.
To: truthkeeper
The local party chairman, Joe Garcia, sweat soaking through his blue guayabera shirt, walked up and down the sidewalk, exhorting the new citizens to register to vote.
Garcia, former director of a prominent Cuban American exile group, did not make a partisan pitch, but many in line recognized him from his frequent appearances on local Spanish-language television.
"Democrat! Democrat!" said one man, holding high the thumbs-up sign. Sigh...
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posted on
06/16/2007 10:37:32 AM PDT
by
truthkeeper
(It's the borders, stupid.)
To: truthkeeper
“Alright, I can vote now. Who is going to give me the most Free Stuff?”
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posted on
06/16/2007 10:38:23 AM PDT
by
M203M4
(Vote Fruity Giuliani or the terrists will win! Abortion & gun control = price for freedumb!)
To: truthkeeper
"I don't know whether Bush is a Democrat or a Republican, but whatever he is, I'm voting the other way," Izquierdo, 20, said Thursday as he waited for a taxi after a mass naturalization ceremony at the Miami Beach Convention Center.<
Oh, yeah....THERE'S a valuable new citizen, well informed and open minded.
To: truthkeeper
Latino voters a bloc Bush had hoped to woo into the Republican camp If Bush truly believes that to be a possibility he's even dumber than he looks/sounds.
The Republicans' Hispanic Delusion.
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posted on
06/16/2007 10:44:36 AM PDT
by
Mr. Mojo
To: truthkeeper
Doesn’t matter to the business backers of the amnesty bill whether these people vote Republican or not. (They figure they can lobby, bribe, etc. the Democrats just as well.) What they want is cheap labor and the market these people provide - for banks (high-interest loans), mortgage brokers, check-cashing services, wire services (wiring money back to the home countries), etc. Bush doesn’t care about the Republican Party - he figures he can work along with the Democrats.
To: Mr. Mojo
If Bush truly believes that to be a possibility he's even dumber than he looks/sounds.Maybe Bush does believe it. After all, look at how many blacks vote for Republicans.
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posted on
06/16/2007 11:11:50 AM PDT
by
pnh102
To: truthkeeper
"...most of them Republican, who seem to dislike immigrants."
Score one for the MSM 'microphone man'.
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posted on
06/16/2007 11:12:20 AM PDT
by
Texas_Jarhead
(Just what is the deal with punctuation getting transformed into garbage after previewing one's post?)
To: truthkeeper
Appropriately enough, izquierdo means "left" in Spanish.
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posted on
06/16/2007 11:15:07 AM PDT
by
darkangel82
(Socialism is NOT an American value.)
To: truthkeeper
Karl Rove, you’re brilliant! /sarc
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posted on
06/16/2007 11:27:47 AM PDT
by
oldbill
To: pnh102
The Republicans have to work harder to defeat the stereotype that between them and the Democrats, they are the anti-non-European-descent racist group.
And they have to work harder to make that racism no longer be more than just a stereotype--out of the two, a larger percentage of Republicans seem to be racist.
Just because the Republicans have a larger percentage of racists doesn't make all or even the majority of Republicans racist--in the colloquial sense; every human creature is racist to some extent--just pointing out things the way they are.
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posted on
06/16/2007 11:40:05 AM PDT
by
Jedi Master Pikachu
( What is your take on Acts 15:20 (abstaining from blood) about eating meat? Could you freepmail?)
To: darkangel82
Damn...you beat me to it...good call
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posted on
06/16/2007 11:44:30 AM PDT
by
Crapgame
(There's no place I'd rather be than right here, with my FRedneck, white socks and Blue Ribbon Beer)
To: pnh102
“If Bush truly believes that to be a possibility he’s even dumber than he looks/sounds.”
I hate to say it but anyone who voted for Bush truly voted a bozo into office (I held my nose and voted for him the first time). When he first took office the comment from his handlers was about how naive he was on foreign affairs.
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posted on
06/16/2007 12:08:04 PM PDT
by
doc
To: doc
I voted for Bush twice, but voting for Gore or Kerry was never an option.
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posted on
06/16/2007 12:10:14 PM PDT
by
darkangel82
(Socialism is NOT an American value.)
To: truthkeeper
well, gee, I was reading stories that resistance to this bill crosses all party lines and all other demogreaphics, yet somehow the pubs still take it on the chin.
Perhaps the MSM reporting of this focuses overwhelmingly on repubs/conservatives who are against this?
To: darkangel82
Appropriately enough, izquierdo means "left"
in Spanish.
Glad someone else noticed that. I was about to point it out. Thought it was an article from The Onion at first because of it. ;)
Sauron
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06/16/2007 12:27:05 PM PDT
by
sauron
("Truth is hate to those who hate Truth" --unknown)
To: darkangel82
I voted for Bush twice, but voting for Gore or Kerry was never an option.
Hindsight being 20/20 I wish I would have voted third party.
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posted on
06/16/2007 12:29:08 PM PDT
by
Hydroshock
(Duncan Hunter For President, checkout gohunter08.com.)
To: truthkeeper
Letter to Sen Demint:)
Dear Senator Demint,
Next time the President says Americans won’t work, tell him not to confuse his job with mine. That comment escaped his lips on CNN on my ten minute break at Spartanburg Steel. We almost had a riot over that.
I’m not angry mind you, just disappointed a tad, since I did vote for him back in 2004.
On a brighter note, you seem to be doing a great job.
Thanks for listening and have a great week.
To: truthkeeper
I don't know whether Bush is a Democrat or a Republican Ditto!
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posted on
06/16/2007 12:31:18 PM PDT
by
rhinohunter
(...I'm not waiting on a lady...I'm just waiting on a Fred)
To: Jedi Master Pikachu
The Republicans have to work harder to defeat the stereotype that between them and the Democrats, they are the anti-non-European-descent racist group. And the Democrats have been working for decades to paint Reps as bigots and racists. The so-called Southern strategy.
And they have to work harder to make that racism no longer be more than just a stereotype--out of the two, a larger percentage of Republicans seem to be racist.
BS. The true racists are the Dems who seem people as groups and not Americans. They also have a double standard, e.g., Byrd the former KKK member who just a few years ago used the N word on TV. No reaction.
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posted on
06/16/2007 12:32:45 PM PDT
by
kabar
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