[american spirit]

Not sure where you live but I'm in the Dallas area and it's obvious that we're inundated with illegals that are here to re-colonize not assimilate. I think that represents a huge
difference between them and other waves of immigrants from
previous generations.

As their numbers have grown I've seen a marked difference in
their attitudes as well as a much cockier attitude on behalf of their boosters in the media and political community. It's always about "the Hispanic community" and never do they convey any allegiance to the American community. Within the
last couple months I've had two situations where they either
cut me off or pulled out in front of me which turned into a screaming confrontation at the next light. Needless to say when they saw a white guy jumping out of the car with a crazed look on his face they took right off!

My point is Sanchez tried to tap into the racist side of Hispanics throughout his campaign and perhaps he was just one election cycle too early....don't know. One racist statement he made during the campaign is paraphrased as follows: " Now, we finally have the opportunity to elect a government that truly reflects the people in the state of Texas". Obviously, he was talking about his Hispanic flavored government that would be in power due to the great influx of illegals into Texas.

[RobbyS]

Hispanic "community" is not quite the word if one is talking about a population that is partly from Texas, partley from northern Mexico and partly from southern Mexico and Central; America. These people all have different attitudes. It occurs to me that I can often tell a guy who comes from "the south" and one who comes from "the north" simply by the way he looks and acts. Sanchez bothered me because here we have this guy who has been years building a fortune by toadying up to Anglo leaders and then tries to put Morales down because of Morales's imperfect Spanish.