The Puerto Rico vote and the Arizona law have immigration in the news again, just in time for the Dems to revive the impression of Republicans as evil white men who don't want none of them 'non-white' folk around.
In the static they can create, all the details and facts will be lost. Listen to the conversations of random people in your community over the following months, and you will hear the most bizarre theories and storylines emerging. That's because we so prize uninformed interpretations that aren't based on "history" and "law" but on revisionist history and "real people".
The mantra is "Everyone has the right to their opinion" (though they really only have the right to their informed opinion), and you can't tell someone that their information is wrong--who are YOU to tell ME I haven't got the facts???
In the rise of Olbermania, getting one's news from Comedy Central and Leno, and the touchy-feeliness of Oprah having invaded the political system, we are at the mercy of an emotion-based media that talks endlessly about "the impression of racism in the Tea Party movement" and such.
Things could go well for us in November, but the FEEEEELINGS that got Obama into power haven't just gone away. They've cooled a little, and are waiting for an issue like this one to be re-ignited.
You got that right. I talk to many folks in the “mushy middle” and it is astounding to hear such uninformed childish opinions/feelings.
Watch for the relentless sob stories about the “immigrant” (undocumented)valedictorian (with citizen-anchor siblings) whose parents work four jobs while fighting terminal diseases and no access to health care.
The media will spin this faster than a pulsar until any thinking person's head will explode.