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Posted on 10/25/2014 7:57:38 AM PDT by Lazamataz
Whenever one looks at the demographics of the population of America, and how it is changing, it always looks very daunting for conservatives.
I agree. But I'd like to suggest a strategic solution that is very viable.
The Hispanic demographic is ripe for a conservative takeover.
The Hispanic population is a largely-Christian and very religious demographic. They are hard-working, very family-oriented, and tend to be moral. There are, of course, exceptions that disprove this rule, but I am speaking of the big-picture Hispanic population. They tend to have fled from countries that embrace socialism and police-state tactics on the part of the government. In Atlanta, Georgia, I run into a lot of Hispanics, and they are mostly as I describe. They seem to be 'natural conservatives', and if we explain it to them, we may bring them to our side.
These factors lend themselves very well to how we conservatives think. At the moment, the Democrats seem to be winning them over. If we get motivated and directly address them, one-on-one or especially in large groups, we may just capture this group for our own.
It will take a great deal of motivation and a very large effort, but I would like us to consider this as a strategic plan of action. It would require the development of a curriculum that explains America (as it once was) and how we became great. The curriculum would need to explore their country's socialism, and why they lived in the squalor from which they fled. It would need to educate them on the founding of our country, and explain who the founders were -- and how they relate to the current Hispanic situation.
Then, when a curriculum is developed, we would need to organize meetings, perhaps funded by deep-pocket conservative icons, replete with a reasonable give-away to lure them there. We'd need fluent Spanish speakers to explain the curriculum to them.
Obama will issue an Executive Order Amnesty later in 2014, illegally, of course. Imagine, however, if it turned out to be the Liberal, Communist and Democrat Party's undoing.
This is a sound strategic move. We need to start the process.
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I would like to get your opinion and if you agree, see if you would like to be a principal in this endeavor.
Oh, and if my idea pans out, watch how quickly a border wall gets built. LOL
Well, Laz, you have sparked my brickle. I had been thinking of taking up Spanish, to become fluent ‘someday’, but your reasoning is so close to my own regarding the innate conservatism of Hispanics that it is time to start the study process in earnest. Ola!
We already have a starting point.
Agreed.
Politically, the growing immigrant population can be a big source of new GOP voters. There’s no reason why new immigrants and their children should be ceded to the Democrat party. Many of these immigrants are involved in activities such as owning small businesses, and are concerned about cultural rot in this country. They are prime candidates to hear the GOP message of limited government and lower taxes and individual liberty.
More food for thought here, comment on it Laz after reading it....
http://humanevents.com/2013/04/30/is-immigration-reform-political-suicide-for-gop/
How does that work out with Californians or New Yorkers who flee their native states?
This is some of that ‘Political Judo’ we discussed so long ago.
What do you think, sir?
I have heard this over and over. The Hispanic vote is generally centered in lower socio-econonmic circumstances (as are growing numbers of non-hispanics)which is a group that will never vote against what they perceive as their own financial self-interests which unfortunately involve “other peoples money.”
I do not think it is "ripe". Frankly, I see it as green. But the potential is there. Lots of work to do.
Until then I would like to give a shout out to those amnesty loving, power-hungry droolers in the Democrat party.
When you get all your South-Of-the Border voters through amnesty, get used to this little phrase:
I agree with this premise.and have seen it in action. The majority of Hispanics I know are more conservative in nature. Now the radical La Raza types; that’s a different story but it would be quite ironic if all the imported illegal immigrants began voting conservatively after they figured out they’d only been allowed into the country for cheap labor and to vote Democrat.
That border fence would be approved and up within no time...
However, I'd offer that these are not similar acts. Fleeing an American state for another is relatively easy. Fleeing a socialist country to enter another illegally is a completely different level of 'hard'.
The ones who get here are motivated. We need to tap that.
Don’t give up before we even start, for goodness sake.
The potential is there but the liberals have spoiled it by giving away the country. Mexicans just happen to be first in line due to proximity.
30 years ago in the south New Mexico/El Paso area it was the legalized Mexicans that were turning in the illegals that were sponging the system because they knew that the pot was only so big. That was a generation ago.
I would so love for all the “scum” that is flooding our borders and country today to have an epiphany once they get their feet on the ground and realize that they have been handed the most precious opportunity on the planet and foster some kind of respect for protecting it.
Thanks for the positive thought this morning.
> How does that work out with Californians or New Yorkers who flee their native states?
They spread the affliction to the new state and begin to rot it from the inside out just the same...Colorado is a prime example.
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