Why do Mexican-Americans are Democrats supporters? & Why the Mexican-American vote was a clue for Dems to won?
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Well, I think your facts are reversed.  As you know, many conservative Republicans are not in favor of making helping an illegal alien from another country, for example Mexico, a crime.  As you probably also know, in spring and summer of this year, there were nation-wide protests relating to this hot-button issue.  However, at his press conference the other morning, President Bush proclaimed that he could pass his agenda as far as immigration goes.  Therefore, Dem's are more likely to help President Bush pass a law making assisting illegal aliens a felony.  Therefore, I believe that you have your facts reversed. Wouldn't you want to help your own people?  Unless many of the Mexican-Americans were uninformed of the Dem's stand on this issue, then I would have to say that they would not vote Dem's into office because of their stand on this issue.
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Our culture, our language, our traditions are being eradictated as we speak. Republicans and Democrats have sold this country down the river for votes.\n\nShame on them all.\n\n_________\n\nlpkm:\n\nWhy, then, did more than 40% of Hispanics vote for W?
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The MAJORITY (if not ALL) of the Democrats are FOR amnesty. They don't GIVE A CRAP who they SCREW OVER as long as THEY GET SOME VOTES!!!!!!!
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Just look at this:\n1)How do you think nations form? Texas was taken from Mexico by immigrants from the USA. Santa Anna let the immigrants in because he thought it would improve the tax haul from Texas. He didn't see the revolution coming at all.  Sounds a lot like those people who want to bring in Mexicans to save a few bucks....\n\n2)Did anybody expect to see these massive protests divided along race lines?  I was shocked.\n\n3)Most Mexicans believe the the Southwest USA still rightfully belongs to Mexico.  A LOT of Mexican-American's believe that it rightfully belongs to Mexico.\n\n4)If you import enough Mexicans in too short a period of time (so that they do not become TRUE Americans) and give them voting rights, they will become the majority vote in many states.  The easiest states to get would be New Mexico and Arizona.  So, if they become the majority and vote to secede, what do we do?  Start a war?\n\n5)There is an underground movement calling for the return of the Southwest to Mexico.  There is also another movement calling for it to be a separate nation ruled by "the indigenous peoples."\n\nhttp://answers.yahoo.com/question/index;_ylt=AuWl8gMRzMTtRBRLQClIWgzsy6IX?qid=1006050101272\n\nThe most important thing to consider here is ethnic strife in other countries.  If you observe what's going on in Sweden and France with the Musim immigrants, you will see how an unassimilated group can cause serious problems.\n\nI don't think the bulk of Americans knew there was such a strong solidarity and anger in the Mexican/hispanic community.  If they can surprise like they did with this, who's to say they won't surprise us again with an even BIGGER request.  I don't think it will happen tomorrow.  But given mass illegal immigration and open borders, it sure could happen within 20 years, provided the Mexicans overwhelm the Southwestern states.
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EDIT TO JD 8:11 PM.....UNinformed possibly...I don't claim to know everything as YOU do in ALL your posts.  Unpatriotic..a little...we Desert Storm Vets are kinda getting the shaft....BUT...you didn't address my questions did you.  You didn't clarify the need to downgrade Mexicans, call THEM OUT as a race...and not mention any others.  Oh and I refuse to look at your BLOG...UGH...that would be continuing YOUR ignorance....WOW....I probably made a 100 people go to it.  Fight the good fight JD...our soldiers are overseas.....the welfare system is full of 2nd and 3d generation losers and I feel that both of those problems are worth addressing IMMEDIATELY....but that is just my opinion and I don't have a BLOG.\n\n\n\nI find you boring and annoying.  Here is why.....illegal immigration has been an issue for years....decades even.  Every time you post you are so up in arms and ready to protest and march and do whatever people like you do.\n\nAND JD....when I say ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION I mean ALL illegal immigrants not just the Mexicans you love to talk about and bash.  \n\nWHY....please tell me why...if this is not a race fight for you EVERY TIME YOU ANSWER A QUESTION it refers back to "those Mexicans".  \n\nAND WHY PLEASE TELL me why if this is such a HUGE issue for you....why are you posting on YAHOO Answers and not knocking down doors and handing out pamphlets.  \n\nThere are so many illegal immigrants in the US right now I would be typing for perhaps the next 30 minutes to name them all....BUT....not you.....you can type nothing but\nMEXICAN.....hmmmm....sounds a little ummm....race related to me.\n\nOh and again if this was just about ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION as you point out SO MUCH in your demeaning taunts to others....why the name calling and Mexican innuendo.  Why not an Irish joke or a Haitian joke or perhaps a Canadian joke.  Hmmmmmm sounds a little race related to me.\n\nAND finally JD.....as I continually post to your friend and cohort Cherokee Rose.....You do realize that we HUGE problems right here in the good OLE USA that need strong, opinionated people such as yourself.....why don't we try to fix what is broke here....and then work on the leak you are trying to plug up with hatred.
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It didn't help at all. Think about it, Mexicans are marching in American streets chanting in Spanish, draping themselves in the Mexican flag, and dragging and stomping the American flag(yes, they stomped on the American flag, I saw footage of it from one of the protests). This is supposed to gather support from Americans. It solidified my postion against illegals. \n\nP.S. A Latino is one of Latin American decent or related to Spain.
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A group of House Republicans wants to do away with bilingual ballots and translation assistance at the polls, a reflection of how tensions over immigration are pervading other issues. \n\nAs Congress readies to reauthorize the 1965 Voting Rights Act, the lawmakers are lobbying their colleagues to let the act's language assistance provisions expire. \n\nThere are 56 lawmakers who support the act but say the language assistance to voters -- provided throughout much of California -- undermines national unity, increases the risk of election fraud, and puts an undue burden on state and local governments. \n\n"We believe these ballot provisions encourage the linguistic division of our nation and contradict the 'melting pot' ideal that has made us the most successful multiethnic nation on Earth," the members said in a letter earlier this year. \n\nThe group's effort probably won't succeed, in part because of other Republicans' concerns that it could further offend Latino voters upset by the enforcement-only immigration legislation the House passed in December. \n\nPolicy analysts said the focus on bilingual ballots illustrated a hardening of positions within the GOP as the debate on illegal immigration evolved. \n\n"It's reflective of the broader divide in the Republican Party on the immigration issue and related cultural questions," said Marshall Wittmann, a former GOP Senate aide who is a senior fellow at the Democratic Leadership Council. "This division is now being reflected in collateral issues, like the Voting Rights Act." \n\nUnder President Bush, the GOP has emphasized courting Latino voters. But many Republican lawmakers also have spotlighted illegal immigration as a key concern, contending that the continuing flow of illegal immigrants into the United States is transforming the nation culturally and must be stemmed. Such attitudes led to the passage of the House bill that would significantly upgrade border security, make illegal presence in the United States a felony and make aiding illegal immigrants a felony. \n\nBush is urging Congress to pass a bill that, along with beefed-up border security, includes a guest-worker program and some legalization measures for illegal immigrants. He also is encouraging immigrants to learn English. \n\nThe Senate and House are to conduct committee hearings on reauthorizing the Voting Rights Act. Rep. Steve King, R-Iowa, prime sponsor of allowing the language assistance provision expire, plans to submit his proposal as an amendment in the House Judiciary Committee this week. \n\nThe Voting Rights Act was designed to prevent discrimination from interfering with a citizen's ability to vote. When the act was extended in 1975, Congress added the section that requires some jurisdictions to provide bilingual ballots and translators. \n\nThe proposal's backers say that U.S.-born or naturalized citizens should know enough English to vote, particularly because a command of the language is a requirement for citizenship. \n\nKing said another provision of the Voting Rights Act allows voters who need help, including translation, to bring someone with them. \n\nBut Rep. James Sensenbrenner, R-Wis., the main author of the enforcement-only House immigration bill, staunchly defended the language assistance provision in the Voting Rights Act. \n\n"If (immigrants) want to achieve the American dream, they better learn how to read and function in English," Sensenbrenner said. "But this deals with the right to vote, and these people are United States citizens; they are not illegal immigrants. It seems to me these people should not be confused because they don't have the proper instruction about how to vote on ballots for the candidates of their choice."
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I agree with both of your issues!  However, i do not agree with the statement that they "are here whether we like it or not."  I don't like it!  Most Americans don't like it!  If we protest enough, our elected Officials will eventually do something about it.\n\nWrite your Congressmen and Senators.  Write to the President.  Inundate them with mail that demands what is right for America.  Withhold your votes from anyone who does not make "Restoring America for Americans" the cornerstone of their political platform.  Withhold your votes from anyone who doesn't make ILLEGAL immigration a major plank of their platform.  Let your elected Officials know this.\n\nBe proactive ~ America is so close to apathy that it is mind-boggling.  It's time for another Revolution, people ~ one with no weapons other than words and quiet determination.\n\nStop thinking "Republican" or "Democrat" and start thinking "AMERICAN!"  Vote a straight ticket and you grow a row of idiots.  VOTE THE CANDIDATES WHO ARE FOR AMERICANS ~ born or LEGALLY naturalized.\n\nA standing ovation to Bullseye for his input above.  I've copied it and will now email it to everyone on my list.\n\nADDITIONAL DETAILS:\n\nBecause the pro-illegal alien lobby has a bottomless pit of money and can hire PR people to spin (and fabricate) anything any way, there are an undue number of myths and lies that the public (and many politicians) has bought into. The FACTS are:\n \n1. It is NOT racist to call these people "illegal aliens" In fact, "illegal aliens" is the only term used in federal laws and regulations to describe criminals (and they ARE criminals) who come into our country illegally. They are not illegal immigrants, not undocumented immigrants, not migrant workers, and not day laborers - they're ILLEGAL ALIENS.\n \n2. Mexico is NOT a poor country. It has the fifth richest economy in the world, and by sending its teeming masses to our country, that status keeps on rising. Mexico has more resources per square mile than the U.S. and plenty of money to take care of its own people. Why should the taxpayers of this country subsidize Mexico's corruption?\n \n3. Illegal aliens are NOT necessarily coming here to work. Lou Dobbs recently reported that 33 percent of our prison population is now comprised of non-citizens. Plus, 36 to 42 percent of illegal aliens are on welfare. So, for a good proportion of these people, the American dream is crime and welfare, not coming here to work.\n \n4. Illegal aliens are NOT doing work Americans won't do. What jobs won't Americans do? In most states, Americans still clean their own houses, do their own landscaping, clean hotel rooms, work in restaurants and fast food places, paint houses, DO CONSTRUCTION WORK, work in airports, etc. - just like we have the past 200 years before "our" government allowed these people to invade our country. There are 18 million Americans who cannot find a job, so illegal aliens who are coming here to work do so at peril to American workers.\n \n5. Illegal aliens absolutely do not contribute more than they cost. Certainly the millions in prison and on welfare aren't contributing a dime to our economy, and the ones who are working often are paid in cash with no deductions for taxes at all. The ones who use fraudulent social security numbers and qualify to pay taxes and social security have so many deductions for dependents that they pay little if any taxes. We have seen them pay less than $100 in taxes and get back $4,000 refunds (thanks to earned income tax credits and multiple dependents). The Center for Immigration Studies estimates that the average Mexican illegal alien costs U.S. taxpayers a whopping $55,000 each. Some bargain, eh?\n \n6. The economy does NOT depend on illegal aliens. Sure, greedy CEOs (making $50 to $150 MILLION a year) and business owners depend on illegal aliens, but due to #3, #4
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Funny, I'm native and a democrat.  Why do you ask?
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of course they will lose support. the only reason they won both houses is because lazy conservatives didnt vote. believe it or not the conservatives still outnumber the liberals... for now...  but as soon as they grant amnesty for the illegals,( which is exactly what they are going to do), they will raise our taxes to pay for them. and nothing pisses off conservatives more than higher taxes. trust me it will flip flop again in 2 yrs
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Oliver - Very nice...that's something I would say. If in fact Bush wants Mexicans here, it's to pander to the perception that Democrats (bleeding hearts as we are) believe in immigration, without regard to the law.  It's an easy way to take a non-issue (you're either here legally or illegally, really), put a spin (ah, I'm just an old softie at heart, right Laura?)get the media to focus on something other than the atrocities of your administration, with very little political fallout.
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What's funny is that there's a Zimbawee-like mentality that land can be made productive no matter the standing culture...but it's the American culture that makes America great, not the Mexican culture.\n\nIt's not like we wanted to adopt the thoughts of socialists Europe when it was going through that phase, even though remnants of that got in to make the dem party what they are; but fundamentally we came from other countries realizing they were a failure and that America had a better way.  Not the other way around, where our country was a failure, but we have the better way.  Migrating to a new country or going into someone elses house should have some humble aspects to it, but evidently it doesn't in this case.  Humble yourself.
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immigration. well i am full blooded Mexican American. my father was in Vietnam, grandfathers in world war II, I struggle to get to pay bills. hard to find a decent job. but i manage and tell my daughter how great this country is every day. It angers  me to see Mexican nationals go to the grocery store, pay for there food, complain about sale priced items only to pay with food stamps and then to see them load it up in there escalade, or other brand new car. but yet there plates still show Mexico. they only come to complain about our society. but yet will mooch off it as much as possible. well Monday they are to do a strike. if any one is in position to fire anyone, then get those illegals and people that should remember just where you live. freedom is not free. and my family as well as many other families fought and gave life for this freedom. don't throw that though away just for people who don't deserve it. if you are American citizen, then do your part and go to work. remember where you came from and remember why people want to come to this country. long live the USA
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HERES The Racism-\nALL The RACISM You Want\n\n\nMexico's President Fox has been unrelenting in his brazen demands on the United States, starting with open borders even before he was elected. He has called for the border to be “a joining line.” His visits to the U.S. have been filled with endless requirements for Mexican citizens illegally in this country — free healthcare, taxpayer-subsidized in-state tuition for illegals at state colleges and universities, guestworker programs and amnesty for all. \n\n                                                             **************************\n\nMexican American Legal Defense Fund founder Mario Obledo stated, “California is going to be a Hispanic state. Anyone who doesn't like it should leave. Every constitutional office in California is going to be held by Hispanics in the next 20 years.  People who don't like such demographic changes “should go back to Europe.” (Incidentally,  Senor  Obledo was also the California Secretary of Health, Education and Welfare under Gov. Jerry Brown.) \n\n\nObledo Is A Member Of "MEChA" And "LA RAZA"\n\n                                                 ********************\n\nThe newly "ELECTED"mayor, Antonio Villaraigosa, joined the lawbreakers and proclaimed "this bill in Congress is wrong". Señor Villaraigosa said "The only thing illegal is making 11 million illegal aliens felons." Yeah, he Actually said that. People should make no mistake about it: Villaraigosa was "ELECTED" by ILLEGALs VOTING, and HIS Allegiance, along with the rest of these "ELECTED" public officials in California of Mexican ancestry is to Mexico, not California or these United States of America. Villaraigosa has spent a lifetime opposing U.S. immigration laws.\n\nVillaraigosa is A Member Of  "MEChA"  and  " LA RAZA"\n\n                                               *********************\n\nMEChA and the La Raza movement teach that Colorado, California, Arizona, Texas, Utah, New Mexico, Oregon and parts of Washington State make up an area known as "AZTLAN" -- a fictional ancestral homeland of the Aztecs before Europeans arrived in North America. As such, it belongs to the followers of MEChA. These are all areas America should surrender to "La Raza" once enough immigrants, legal or illegal, enter to claim a majority, as in Los Angeles. The current borders of the United States will  be extinguished.\n\n The Council of La Raza succeeded in having itself added to congressional hearings by Republican House and Senate leaders. And an anonymous senator even gave the Council of La Raza an extra $4 million in earmarked taxpayer money, supposedly for "housing reform," while La Raza continues to lobby the Senate for virtual open borders and amnesty for illegal aliens. \n\nhttp://www.humaneventsonline.com/article.php?id=13863\n\n"We have an aging white America ... They are dying ...We have got to eliminate the gringo, and what I mean by that is if the worst comes to the worst, we have got to kill him." Jose Angel Gutierrez, professor, University of Texas, Arlington and founder of the La Raza Unida political party \n\nProfessor Jose Angel Gutierrez, University of Texas; "We have an aging white America.  They are not making babies.  They are dying.  The explosion is in our population . . . I love it.  They are shitting in their pants with fear.  I love it." \n\n                      *********************\n\nArt Torres, California Democratic Party chairman, at the Latino Summit \nResponse to Prop 187 at U.C. Riverside (Jan. 14, 1995): "Power is not given to you, you have to take it! People say to me when I was on the Senate floor, when I was in the Senate, why do you fight so hard for affirmative action programs. And I tell my white colleagues: because you're gonna need them. Remember, 187 is the last gasp of white Americ
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Because the democrats just use the blacks in this country for our vote.  If they dont play the race card and win the black vote, there would be no democratic party.  I belong to the National Black Republican Party and more and more blacks are beginning to see the light. They are realizing that they are being used by the democratic party and that they are all talk. The Republican party truly supports the black race.
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3 words, 'pro hispanic lobbyists'. That's why. And yes, they've got lots of money, AND the sympathy vote, AND lots of new prospective voters that have only been in the country for a week or two and are doing their level best to remain invisibile. The next 2 years will determine whether we retain our independence from mexico, or not. Bush is a sellout on this one....
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Yes, it is a damn shame that that bozo got elected. It does not look well for those of us opposed to amnesty for illegals. But we can't give up. Just because it worked in Utah, with the large community of Mormans, who say they are christian, but keep harems, does not mean that the trickery and money will work in every state.\nIf the stupid democrats would pledge to get tough on the illegals, pledge to strengthen the borders, and start supporting our military, they could win this year and in 08. But alas, they are far too busy criticizing everyone else and can't formulate a cohesive strategy. That only leaves the libertarians. and where do they stand on the illegal immigrants debate?