Posted on 11/11/2008 3:06:30 PM PST by americanophile
How? By appealing to the Golden State's fastest-growing demographic group, Hispanics. Yes, I know. In recent elections roughly two-thirds of the Hispanics who voted in California went for Democrats. But there is one hopeful precedent: Proposition 227. On the state ballot a decade ago, this measure called for a ban on bilingual education in the public schools. Ron Unz, the high tech entrepreneur who drafted the initiative, based it on a simple conviction: No different from the children of earlier immigrants, the children of Hispanics should be taught in English. Until the week of the election, polls showed that more than 60% of California Hispanics supported Proposition 227. Then opponents began blanketing the state with television ads, outspending the initiative's backers by about 25 to 1. Although enacted with 61% of the vote, Proposition 227 received the votes of just 40% of Hispanics. Within weeks, however, post-election polling demonstrated a remarkable event: Hispanic support for Proposition 227 rebounded. "Political ads can only rent support," Mr. Unz told me, "not buy it." California Hispanics weren't alone. As recently as 2001, a poll found that English-only legislation commanded the support of some three-quarters of Hispanics nationally. "Hispanics didn't come here to go on welfare or rip off California's taxpayers," Mr. Unz argued, "and their support for Prop. 227 proves it. They came here to become Americans. They have a strong work ethic. They believe in family values. As Catholics, they're pro-life. They're natural Republicans." Proposition 227 was the last time a California Republican made a concerted, intelligent effort to reach out to the state's newest immigrants. Now Republicans -- particularly Republican candidates for governor in 2010 -- need to try again. Former congressman Tom Campbell has filed papers to form a fund-raising committee. High tech entrepreneur Steve Poizner has formed an exploratory...
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I did come across this video before the elections. How many college kids will have the patience to watch this video? Most of the college kids don’t know the difference between capitalism and communism. I am in chapelhill, NC which is very liberal. You go to birthday parties and you will have games, where, everyone wins. This is the generation that is coming out.
What’s the alternative? Give up?
If people can be deprogrammed from cults, they certainly can learn enough not to vote democrat.
Let not your heart be troubled....
I can’t quite recall where...but I read a piece by a gentleman named Jesse Romero. Romero (Catholic Lay Evangelist, jesseromero.com) asserted that Catholics almost HAD to vote Republican for some of the reasons stated in your referenced article.
There are Hispanics who get it...Romero does.
I agree.
Then you should move to LA, so you can better understand why we are not all that enthused to have no border.
You are dead wrong on that issue, look what is happening in Oklahoma.
I don’t know what is going on in Oklahoma. But, the population of Oklahoma is roughly equal to that of the city of Los Angeles. (L.A. County is much more populous as it includes the cities of Burbank, Pasadena, Long Beach, etc.) Plus, OK is a more homogeneous population than in L.A. Therefore, whatever deportations (self or otherwise)are going on in OK is so small in terms of the overall problem that it cannot be used as an example of what can can be achieved nationwide.
Deporting 12 million or getting them to leave would be the same as trying to remove every person in OK, MO and KS. That’s not going to happen. We’d better find an acceptable solution to this problem, such as a path to residency, not citizenship.
The current level of illegal immigration took decades to build up to where it is. It may take that much time to get the numbers back down to where they were. Legalization will only make the problem permanent. There will be no going back after that.
Could someone tell specifically me how we do this?
What the hell are we all supposed to do?
Is the author suggesting we make all the Mexican illegals, legal?
How are we supposed to "Appeal" to them? Are we not talking about legal American citizens here, that we are suppose to "appeal" to?
Are we supposed to give them gifts? What is it??
Why not? There are ways to do this over a period of time. There are solutions, none of which have been enacted. We all know why.
Beats me! It sure worked out for McCain!
That may be the case, but that does not preclude the possibility that it could be done if we wanted to do it.
Look at Dwight Eisenhower's policy.
The toughest illegal alien laws in the country. As opposed to New Mexico, where the Supreme Court has ruled the the term "Illegal Alien" can not even be used n court. Good grief people, what is going on...........
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