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November 25, 2008
Nah Gah Dah
Here's one huge reason why the Republicans are screwed for the foreseeable future:
Barack Obama won about two-thirds of the Hispanic vote this year, up from the 53 percent that John Kerry won in 2004.And the Republicans are very, very worried about the Hispanic vote. They see the African-American vote as largely gone, but the Hispanic vote was a possibility in future elections. If only Republicans knew how to appeal to Hispanic voters.
You don't do it by demonizing and deporting Latinos while calling them "wetbacks." This is going to erupt into a huge internal debate within the Republican Party: do they abandon illegal immigration as an issue, or do they listen to the far-right and remain a minority party for at least a generation? I'll enjoy watching that one.
By 2050, Latinos will represent 30 percent of the population of the United States. Getting hawkish about immigration was probably a bad, bad idea.
Filed under: Barack Obama || Election 2008 || Far-right || Republicans
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Posted By Bob Cesca | November 25, 2008 7:46 AM
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This wont change until more minority republicans win elections at the local level. If everytime you turn on the TV and see republicans speaking and its nothing but old white guys, then what do they expect? Maybe the republicans need to stop clinging to their guns and god and quit being the confederate party.
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at November 25, 2008 10:15 AM
And what do you project the population of the US being in 2050 if 30% of the population is Hispanic? And do you think that kind of population increase is a good thing?
Man, I don't care what color people are, but you're not fixing anything unless you get a handle on the numbers.
Posted by: Andhakari at November 25, 2008 1:57 PM
Thank god we can all procreate faster than the inbred hypocrite goopers!
Posted by: jerrykco at November 25, 2008 8:11 PM
