tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7179048494901365426.post9150542789883807645..comments2024-01-16T03:21:37.695-08:00Comments on Gancho: Winning the Battle, Risking the Warpchttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13973333514392213258noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7179048494901365426.post-34149012956278900152010-05-23T08:31:55.290-07:002010-05-23T08:31:55.290-07:00When I talk about the younger being more tolerant ...When I talk about the younger being more tolerant of immigration, I'm referring to articles like this one from the NY Times: <br /><br />http://www.nytimes.com/2010/05/18/us/18divide.html?scp=1&sq=generation%20gap%20immigration&st=cse<br /><br />Of course that doesn't preclude young (compared to typical politicians) anti-immigration hysterics from arriving to high office, and the lapse for the younger set's tolerance of immigration to trickle down (or up) to the level of Republican policy platforms could be decades. But with Hispanics occupying a fifth of the electorate before too long, I just can't imagine the republicans will continue behaving like this indefinitely. Then again, they've managed to remain alive despite earning only 10 percent of the African American vote, so I shouldnt put it past them.pchttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13973333514392213258noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7179048494901365426.post-50371031145003672332010-05-22T07:21:44.845-07:002010-05-22T07:21:44.845-07:00RE the Republicans now, yeah no disagreement here,...RE the Republicans now, yeah no disagreement here, I don't think historians are going to look at the Bush/Cheney years fondly. <br /><br />I'm a little more optimistic about the long-term prospects of the Republican party as it relates to Mexico and Mexican-Americans for two reasons: one, most of the most rabid anti-immigration advocates are older, whereas younger people tend to be more open toward immigrants in general and Mexican immigration specifically; two, rising hispanic proportions of the electorate mean that laws like SB 1070 (as in California 15 years ago) will have a significant negative impact electorally. In other words, the tradeoff of offending latinos in exchange for the support of the older white set will increasingly be a bad deal for both parties, which is good news for everyone. However, that shift is going to take a long time, and in the meantime, a lot of damage could be done.pchttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13973333514392213258noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7179048494901365426.post-91004307753484938942010-05-21T13:07:41.663-07:002010-05-21T13:07:41.663-07:00Nice post about Calderon and his speech before Con...Nice post about Calderon and his speech before Congress. That the Republicans showed disdain and discourtesy doesn't surprise me at all. Mexican bashing in all forms seems to be the "buoy" that the Republicans are hanging on to for dear life, appealing to ignorance and intolerance in order to maintain a political upper hand. Demagoguery in it's most effective and classic method of scapegoating the powerless, while at the same time convincing the predatory xenophobe's that they are the real victim's.<br />I'm afraid that with the record of the Bush/Cheney Republican era as one of total and complete failure (except for the robber barons and their lackeys getting over like fat rats), there is nowhere to turn for the Republicans except to lash out and wail crocodile tears over their fears and psychotic nightmares of a Mexican reconquista and subsequent loss of "Imperial white mans western culture". Or in more simple but unspoken terms, the Mexicanization of white America and the mongrelization of the so-called "holy English language".<br />The Republican Party, aka The USA White Man's Party, can be counted on to continue to use immigration and fear of growing Mexican American political power as a wedge issue to help circle the wagons against Indian attack and while at get themselves elected to public office.<br /><br />PS Maybe it can't be translated to the English language properly but the term "euphoric nationalism" always leaves me with much consternation, euphoria should be reserved only when making love, or enjoying nature, music, and the good fortune of family and friends.<br /><br />don quixoteAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com