True, but incomplete.
Let's rewrite it to be strictly accurate:
40% of Hispanics who voted in 1994 voted for 187.
Now, after the 187 ad campaign and the Democrats' subsequent demagougery over 187, we got a LOT more Hispanics registered--and convinced that the GOP hated Hispanics.
187 was ready-made for demagougery on both sides. Ol' Pete (who never gave a damn about illegals when he was Mayor of San Diego, or Senator, or during his first term as Governor) used it in his campaign in 1994. The Democrats used it in 1996, 1998, and 2000...and got a LOT more votes out of it than we ever did.
Only because the GOP leadership bent over and took it. You prefer more of the same.
If the Dems and the media and demagoguery are so invincible, how does Ward Connerly roll up victory after victory in California?
Hint: he doesn't share your fear, he rolls up his sleeves and wins.
