Posted on 03/17/2002 6:00:26 AM PST by Love America or move to ......
Hispanics nationwide have a stake in the Texas governor's race. Laredo businessman and millionaire Tony Sanchez won the Democratic primary by about a 2 to 1 margin. If Sanchez unseats Republican Gov. Rick Perry in November, he will become the first Hispanic governor of Texas. Texas, following California, also would become the second state in which Hispanic voters put an end to Republican dominance.
In California, Hispanic voters were something of a sleeping giant. That all changed with the administration of Pete Wilson, the Republican governor who stupidly decided to exploit the state's xenophobes and bash immigrants. Wilson blamed immigrants - legal and illegal - for just about everything from lousy schools and health care to the failure to achieve world peace.
Faced with such abuse, the sleeping giant woke up. Voter registration drives became a favorite pastime in Hispanic neighborhoods. In 1998, Gray Davis became the first Democratic governor of California in 16 years.
He trounced his Republican opponent Dan Lungren, drawing 58 percent of the vote; Lungren got 38 percent. Davis captured just about every voter block except for white men, Republicans and Protestants. He carried Hispanics by a great margin.The Texas primary race, similarly, drew a heavy Hispanic vote in the southern part of the state. Observers said more Hispanics were moved to vote. While the major Democratic candidates both were Hispanic, Sanchez said his opponent, Dan Morales, was embarrassed to be Hispanic.
Sanchez reportedly spent about $18 million to defeat Morales. This is a record for a Texas primary, and it reflects an odd element to the general election. Sanchez is new to politics and wealthy. The family fortune is said to be $600 million. He reportedly threw as much as $13 million of his own money into his campaign kitty.
Hispanics are the fastest growing minority in the country. And as they increase, so too does their political influence. This is the most important political trend since Richard Nixon launched his successful southern strategy in which he urged conservative southern Democrats to switch to the Republican Party. It's a trend that could affect Illinois, New Jersey and some southern states where there is growing Hispanic influence.
I agree, but it doesn't reflect common sense. The common sensical thing to do would be to have an immigration "time-out" for at least ten years, and then institute immigration policies of no more than $100,000 per year, whereby the majority are from European countries, and a much smaller amount from the rest of the world.
You're right of course, but I would actually go further.
In the current historical context, where we have the Welfare State, Affirmative Action, and Multiculturalism within, and the Islamic fandamentalists without, I think the best choice is closing the borders to all immigrants period -- until further notice.
I apologize. I had you figured all wrong.
Why do you hate white people so much?
All you have to do to change Dane's opinion on this issue is remind him that Cheech from Cheech and Chong is Mexican. He'll be patroling the border himself by midnight!
fundamentalists... good grief...
White males: 60%
White females: 43%
Blacks: 9%
Hispanics: 35%
Asians: 41%
Protestants: 56%
Catholics: 47%
Jews: 19%
McCain supporters: 59%
Union members: 37%
First-time voters: 43%
Homosexuals: 25%
People who get their political views from the Internet: 49%
Gun-owners: 61%
Other: 39%
The inequity lies in the fact that Americans who have been in the U.S. for two, three or more generations no longer have close family members outside the U.S. Recent immigrants have loads of close family that obtain green cards who then bring in their close family members who obtain green cards. It works something like AMWAY.
As I said before, pre 1964 there were NO quotas for the Western Hemisphere. What caused the flood is that Mexico began to develop economically, giving more Mexicans the capacity for mobility, and as Hispanic communities developed away from the border, support mechanisms were in place for friends and neighbors from the home country to join their friends and relatives.
Due to the slowing population growth rate in Mexico, and the Western Hemisphere in general, and the future growth in Mexican per capita income levels (due to development, a more middle class culture, and lower population growth), the rate of immigration from that part of the world will substantially fall off in the next 10 years.
It appears to me that, following the lead of G.W. Bush, Republicans care more about "cheap labor" for their businesses and pocketbooks than they do about either their country or their party. There was a time when I thought Republicans were only misguided about these Immigrant Democrat voters. But with the loss of California to Democrats and soon to be lost Texas, I am convinced that support for the third world Immigrants is deliberate. However, the real blame for this situation goes to all those Republican voters whoe refuse to elect pro-American conservatives.
It appears to me that, following the lead of G.W. Bush, Republicans care more about "cheap labor" for their businesses and pocketbooks than they do about either their country or their party. There was a time when I thought Republicans were only misguided about these Immigrant Democrat voters. But with the loss of California to Democrats and soon to be lost Texas, I am convinced that support for the third world Immigrants is deliberate. However, the real blame for this situation goes to all those Republican voters whoe refuse to elect pro-America conservatives.
LOL!!! That's funny. But true because someone who wants totally open borders and unlimited immigration should realize where almost 100% of our hard drugs come from ---and who brings them in. I don't think Dane has followed the rise of the Mexican drug cartels too well and how they've developed their vast network in the US.
A "natural fit for the Republican party" - Republicans want cheap labor and the Latinos supply it. Sure, Latinos are "culturally conservative" FOR THE LATINO CULTURE. I'll believe you when I see Hispanic voters begin to elect conservatives.
Culturally conservative? Dane's worst nightmare! LOL!!!
As for the Spanish language statement, that is exactly what La Raza (a radical Mexican group of US-based activists) are saying about Aztlan. Perhaps I was too subtle, but I'm against their program and against all illegal immigration from anywhere. OK?
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