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.
Rep. Sanchez to Top GOP Ballot (Mine: New Mexico Governor's Race)
Money, Money, Money. They obviously live for the moment with no thought or care about tomorrow. The Stupid Party is about to become the Extinct Party.
Don't say that! I'm looking for someone who'll bet real money that he does. I was hoping to get someone who keeps saying Hispanics are all Conservatives and can't wait to vote for Republicans to put up some money (big money) to back up their claim.
I would consider that bet but according to you, those Mexicans are keeping you in the depths of poverty. It would do no good to make a bet with someone that can't pay off.
Your right. Pardon me for interjecting race into this argument.
White males: 60%
White females: 43%
Blacks: 9%
Hispanics: 35%
Asians: 41%
Protestants: 56%
Catholics: 47%
Cuban Americans: 80%
Who did better than that? Maybe the Mormons.
Yep. It's the Great Sellout of the GOP. Somewhere down the line the Republicans caught the disease of corruption that has infected the democrats for decades. Money and influence peddling rules the day with the GOP these days and the interests of the American people are nowhere to be found in their twisted agenda.
Now you're getting close to the truth. It's about power and the consequent flow of money from influence.
It's about pluarlism as a growing key to power. It's about an increasing trend toward victory without a plurality let alone a majority. It's about getting elected in a multicultural society.
It's about the most transparent kind of pandering to achieve political victory which leads to power and wealth. It's the "new" politics of the 21st century and 43 is good at it.
Send some to Texas.
No...IMHO...the problem with Governor Perry is that he is a RINO. He was a weak Lt. Governor and a weak Governor because he switched parties and tried to ride the fence. Blue dog democrats don't trust him and Republicans don't either. All the socialist dems don't like him either just because he is a republican. He is probably in the weakest position in the race. If he wins he will be a typical one term Texas governor.
Yes, it is. Yours.
"If most Hispanics are on welfare, how come so many(and most in many areas) work the lowest paying jobs, often at or near minimum wage?"
How? They do not have valid SSNs to report income. They go to welfare offices and receive it, no questions asked. Many live in public housing against the laws. Many get their elderly parents hewre for free Social Security, having not paid a dime into it. Many can get WIC by simply crossing the border then having an "emergency birth" at an emergency room, where the hospital cannot tell them to leave. The kid is now an American, by birth.
If so many are working and do not need welfare, or do not collect it, then why are more than 30% of welfare recipients Hispanic?
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