Yes, indeed, Republicans are slow on the
learning curve to think that a little pandering
in Spanish will convince Latinos to vote for
them. There must be some amnesia at work too, or
they would remember the 1998 campaign of Dan
Lungren to be governor of California. http://www.sfgate.com/cgibin/article.cgi?file=/examiner/archive/1998/10/15/NEWS13702.dtl
"Lungren just started ads on
Spanish-language TV in Los Angeles, Fresno,
Bakersfield and Sacramento. They highlight his
sponsorship of the Immigration Reform and
Control Act, which gave amnesty to millions of
illegal residents." – San Francisco
Examiner, 10/15/98
According to exit polls, Lungren got only 17%
of the Hispanic vote in that election. http://www.intellectualcapital.com/issues/issue168/item1887.asp
Amazing - even whoring for amnesty is not
enough. Isn't there a lesson here somewhere?
In more cheerful news, I finally got my
immigration website up and running, complete
with its agenda of questionable humor, campaign
finance reform, women's rights and
environmentalism. There are also book reviews
and other material from local cronies. Well, it
actually isn't complete overall, though some
topics are pretty thorough. Hey, I even have a
link to the transcript of Peter Brimelow's Booknotes
interview -- you don't see that every day.
http://www.limitstogrowth.org/
Brenda Walker
bwalker11@home.com
November 9, 2000
