[BlackElk]

There are plenty of Mexican-Americans in Rockford. One, a former school board chairwoman, just ran a tight race for state representative as a socially conservative Republican against a black incumbent somewhat liberal Democrat in 2002. It was a bad year for the GOP here because of the outgoing crooked governor Lyin George Ryan who has apparently established: Pardon Me as the new state slogan. In a normal year, she would have won.

[hchutch]

I am not surprised, personally. I once saw a poll that showed Hispanics were one of the most pro-life groups out there. Personally, I would not go out of the way to offend a potential source of strength for the pro-life movement.