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Selling the American Dream
Can the GOP bring Hispanics home?
IT WAS THE SPRING OF 1994. The Smashing Pumpkins ruled the airwaves. I was 22 years old, recently graduated from Arizona State University and living in the “Real World” house in San Francisco. Rooming with six strangers and having my life taped for MTV’s groundbreaking reality series, The Real World, in the nation’s most liberal city was a formative experience for a young, Hispanic, conservative, Catholic girl from the Southwest.
The Real World perfectly captured the politically correct, multicultural zeitgeist of the 1990s, and it was exhilarating to be at the center of a pop culture phenomenon. In San Francisco, I saw my first gay pride parade with my HIV-positive Cuban roommate, Pedro. I attended “spoken word” night at a dry hip-hop nightclub with my dreadlocked, African American Muslim roommate, Mohammad. I regularly bar-hopped in seedy neighborhoods with my anarchist bike messenger pal, Puck. I went to more drag shows than I care to admit, and once was even taken to “bondage night” at a local club, where I observed a sad, topless, wrinkled grandmother in leather shorts, and misfit weirdos of every stripe, spanking and electrocuting each other. I was shocked (no pun intended), but in youthful optimism also convinced that somehow this “culture” would make me a more well-rounded, worldly, sophisticated adult.
So I was annoyed when my “open-minded” roommates balked and moaned after I invited them to experience my world at an Empower America conference. Jeane Kirkpatrick and my political hero, Jack Kemp, were headlining the event.
That morning, several of my roommates took in the beautiful view of the Golden Gate Bridge from our pimped-out pad on Lombard Street. It was a gorgeous day, and our flat had enormous windows overlooking the bay and the charming North Beach neighborhood Jack Kerouac once trolled. What a waste, they complained as cameras rolled, to spend a beautiful afternoon with a bunch of Republicans.
In their subsequent “confessional” interviews (taped to add drama and help narrate the storyline of each episode), it became clear that my roommates left the conference more convinced than ever of their Republican stereotypes. They all complained about the lack of diversity and seemed genuinely baffled, even outraged, by my affiliation with a group that so clearly didn’t look like me. My Jewish roommate from New York explained that he had always thought the GOP was the party of old, white, straight men. And when he went to the conference, all he saw were…well, old, white, straight men. Even I had to laugh when I saw the episode for the first time. The show’s producers timed it for maximum comedic effect: a long, slow shot of one old man after another until the camera landed on me, the only ethnic person in the room.
At the time, I chalked it all up as more evidence of the myth of liberal tolerance. Here I had delved so enthusiastically into my roommates’ lives and fetishes, yet they refused to take from my world anything more substantive than an appraisal based on skin color. I was frustrated that their liberal orthodoxy prevented them from hearing the universal message of economic freedom and self-determination.
Jack Kemp, it turned out, shared some of my roommates’ concerns. Long before the Hispanic vote became a favorite topic for pundits and talking heads, he profoundly understood that changing demographics created consequences for the GOP if it failed to aggressively and continually engage minorities in ideological debate.
Today, Harry Reid says he doesn’t understand how anyone Hispanic could be a Republican. Actor John Leguizamo claims that Hispanics voting for Republicans are like roaches voting for Raid.
But when Kemp was alive, he specifically and exuberantly made the case that Hispanics belonged in the GOP. He passionately argued that the work ethic and entrepreneurialism of Mexican Americans is quintessentially American—and very Republican. He understood that our parents and grandparents came north for economic freedom, not more government. He recognized that Hispanics are inherently pro-life and very traditional in their principles and values.
Jack Kemp is the reason I became interested in Empower America, and the reason I brought my roommates and the MTV cameras with me on that beautiful afternoon. Later, I received a handwritten note from “Old #15” that I still have framed in my home office. It reads: “Rachel—I’m sure glad you made it to M.T.V. They need a young (beautiful), sharp, conservative ‘bleeding heart’ Hispanic woman from Arizona.”
What Jack didn’t say in that note, but knew to be true, was that the GOP needed me too.
HERE WE ARE NEARLY 20 YEARS LATER, on the cusp (at press time) of a critical election in which Hispanics are projected to cast critical votes, and Obama has pandered accordingly. Recall how in June, he halted deportations for 800,000 “dreamers” with his temporary and hastily devised plan. Four days later, an article in Politico declared: “President Barack Obama’s campaign wants to turn Mitt Romney into the candidate of old, straight, white men.” So little has changed from the spring of 1994.
But it needs to change. In 2004, George Bush captured an impressive 44 percent of the Hispanic vote. In 2008, McCain got 31 percent. As of this writing, Romney is pulling a dismal 24 percent. Since we know that our Hispanic population will triple by 2050—to a full 30 percent of the U.S. population—these trends threaten the very future of our party.
The question is how to bring Hispanics home. My family’s story, an all-American story about hard work and sacrifice, can provides insight into the culture and events that have shaped Hispanics’ political views and party affiliation.
My father was raised a union Democrat. He cast his first ballot for a Republican in 1980 for Ronald Reagan. At the time, he was a married father of four and an enlisted Air Force sergeant. But the seeds of my father’s conservatism were planted decades before in Sonora, Arizona, the poor copper-mining town where he was born and raised.
About the Author
Rachel Campos-Duffy is an author, pundit, and television host, and the wife of U.S. Rep. Sean Duffy of Wisconsin.
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btims86| 11.21.12 @ 6:46AM
How about a novel idea, all you GOPers? Reduce immigration significantly, for say 20 years. But you see kiddies, the GOP won't advocate that because they are in bed with the Dems/Socialists who are "replacing" the American people by mass importation of 3rd world peoples.
The brutal truth is non-White Americans vote overwhelmingly for big government/Dem politicians/policies. Non-white people (foreigners) see the GOP as the party of "rich, white, racist Amercians" so they vote along tribal lines.
It all comes down to race/ethnicity/tribe boys and girls. Always has, always will.
The GOP is kaput. I don't mind though cuz they are not conservative. THe GOP is liberal and the Democrats are Marxist. Gee, what a choice.
TLP| 11.21.12 @ 7:23AM
As a Friend? I think you should Kill Yourself. That way, you wouldn't be such a Downer, and the rest of us can start off these days, not in a btims86 Funk.
I'm assuming that the "86" stands for the Number of Anti-Depressants you've been Prescribed by Occam.
Anyway.
This Smoking Hot Babe is absolutely right. Usually chicks that look that nice are only that right when you wanna hurry up and get to the "Less Talking" Portion of the Evening, so you just agree with everything she says, as fast as you can, no matter how many things she says give you that - I really gotta Poop, feeling - in the pit of your Stomach.
There is no reason not to reach out to Hispanics, before it's too late. Before "Brown" becomes "The New Black" (as in - "Community")
The Blacks are a Lost Cause. Their Illegitimate Bastard Children will soon come to believe that Martin Luther King Jr. was either some kinda "Chumpass Fool House N*gga Uncle Tom" with all a his Content of their Character BULLSH*T? Or a Mythical Figure, created by the White Man, to trick them into being like White People. Like: The Boogie Man. Black People with Fathers. Black People with Jobs. And Black People with Fathers who have Jobs.
If you live in Alaska, and haven't had "The Pleasure" of our Lower 48 Black Community, and their Contributions to Society?
Watch "The Walking Dead".
It's pretty much The Cliff Notes for the whole Black Community Experience.
Bob Grant| 11.21.12 @ 9:08AM
"There is no reason not to reach out to Hispanics, before it's too late. Before "Brown" becomes "The New Black" (as in - "Community")"
So true.
The goal for blacks and democrats is to sell (i.e. indoctrinate) grievance and victimhood throughout the Hispanic community before anymore Rachael Campos-Duffy's spring forth.
Mrs. Duffy is the democrat's worst nightmare.
TLP, The black community NEVER ceases to disappoint. It boggles my mind that millions of middle-class African Americans committed wholesale suicide by voting strictly based on skin color. Many of the freshly minted middle-class African Americans will be relegated back to the lower classes in short order by voting for the Job Destroyer-In-Chief.
And they have no one to blame but themselves. Racists always get it in the end.
But as Mrs. Duffy lays out in her article, there is fertile ground to grow conservatism within the Hispanic community and republicans would be fools to ignore her.
Albert Constantine Jr.| 11.21.12 @ 9:59AM
Actually, I think Signora Duffy y Campos outlines a way to do outreach beyond the Hispanic community to almost any community. It is easy to attract supporters when you give them things, particularly if your policies create conditions where it might be difficult for many to achieve in a way to get those things, and you marshal your support in a way to assemble majority support to make others pay for the things that you give them.
It is more challenging to teach people that their long term interests aren’t satisfied by gifts, but by the freedom to pursue the opportunities that allow them to achieve.
Of course, I am not the first to propose this. Long before any of us typed here, Jesus Christ was talking about teaching men to fish being superior to giving them fish.
CJW| 11.21.12 @ 1:08PM
Albert,
Some general thoughts:
Why is that Reps or anyone must "reach" out?
If you come to the USA to work, get an education, live in freedom, etc. then it would seem you are intelligent enough to vote for the political party that most advances your goals and values, rather than a political party that promises condoms, abortion on demand, and quotas for your group.
Why don't we expect more from the voters to make an intelligent decision rather than blame the political party for not spoofeeding enought the voter?
Have a happy Thanksgiving.
Albert Constantine Jr.| 11.21.12 @ 2:04PM
Same back to you for a Happy Thanksgiving.
On the big picture question, though, I will take a different tack; I do think both conservatives as a movement and the Republican Party should reach out, not to appeal to groups, but to individuals, who likewise agree with our beliefs that we should adhere to our Constitution, and try to maximize liberty (coupled with self-reliance) rather than dependence and tyranny.
We should reach out by example, and be effective communicators about that message, and why we think it benefits all in the long run.
TLP| 11.21.12 @ 4:43PM
Happy Thanksgiving, Albert.
My Rock.
Albert Constantine Jr.| 11.21.12 @ 9:11PM
Same to you, Tim.
And I look forward to Friday...
TLP| 11.21.12 @ 1:32PM
In the Liberal World. To ask a man to get a fishing pole, dig some worms, and trudge out to some body of water where fish are, is nothing short of a Code Worded, Racist Rant, started by a JEW, way back when Blacks were regulated to the Jungles of Africa, and not allowed to participate in Regular Commerce.
It's no different than it is today, where Black People are told they must DO WORK, if they want Free Money from their Racist White Overseers.
TLP| 11.21.12 @ 1:33PM
OBAMAFISH.
NOW!
Albert Constantine Jr.| 11.21.12 @ 1:41PM
Is it Friday yet?
Bob Grant| 11.21.12 @ 1:59PM
Technically NO, but in reality YES because it's the day before a holiday.
Albert Constantine Jr.| 11.21.12 @ 3:47PM
I refer to it as Functional Friday.
CJW| 11.21.12 @ 4:07PM
Bob
Happy Thanksgiving.
CJW| 11.21.12 @ 4:06PM
Tim
Happy Thnksgiving.
Is there a contest Friday? need to know whether to stay sharp or drink.
TLP| 11.21.12 @ 4:45PM
As far as I know, there is.
So, you'd better do Both.
Stay Sharp AND Drink.
Happy Thanksgiving.
Bob Grant| 11.21.12 @ 4:53PM
I mean really, have you seen some of the entries?
Drink like a fish.
And Happy Thanksgiving!
Bob Grant| 11.21.12 @ 4:59PM
That was directed at CJW.
Or, whoever wants to drink and/or have a Happy Thanksgiving.
Occam's Tool| 11.23.12 @ 10:36PM
Well, my two little Hispanic Native Americans are being raised Conservative, Rachel. I remember Ik at 3 shouting that he was a "capitalist!"
Socialism NEVER works, anytime. I spend my days cleaning up the wreckage for$98.64/hr and $24.66 when I am on call (128 hrs. every 2 weeks on call). I get about an extra 40 hours of call a yearm for the holidays I'm on call for.
But in a properly market place setup I would be paid a lot more as the shortage is fairly desperate. I get job offers every week.
Occam's Tool| 11.23.12 @ 10:41PM
"Ike," not "Ik." You would love my kids, Tim. Switching to Btims:
Btims86, the comments you made about Mexican Indians and Guatemalan Indians are patently untrue. How do I know? Because my kids are Mayan Indians adopted from Guatemala. My daughter is a Jewish-Mayan American Princess. (although she's being raised Christian)
Culture means EVERYTHING. If I raised them in a Rez it would be different.
Occam's Tool| 11.23.12 @ 10:41PM
"Ike," not "Ik." You would love my kids, Tim. Switching to Btims:
Btims86, the comments you made about Mexican Indians and Guatemalan Indians are patently untrue. How do I know? Because my kids are Mayan Indians adopted from Guatemala. My daughter is a Jewish-Mayan American Princess. (although she's being raised Christian)
Culture means EVERYTHING. If I raised them in a Rez it would be different.
Deerknocker| 11.23.12 @ 10:54AM
Do you want to reduce illegal immigration from Mexico? Here's how. Get the percentage of hispanics voting for the GOP to 51%. The Dems will move heaven and earth to seal the border.
Alan Brooks | 11.26.12 @ 6:03PM
Learn to speak Spanish if you don't already.
btims86| 11.21.12 @ 6:55AM
So called "Hispanics", really Mexican Indians and Central American Indians, are dirt poor, grade school educated. They have VERY HIGH rates of out of wedlock birth, high school dropout rates, identity theft, income tax evasion, etc.
Do you really think that they are "natural conservatives"? What a joke. A joke Jebby Bush and other GOPers have been peddling for years.
The GOP lost the "white vote" in Middle America, that's true but also true is they always lose the "non-White vote".
So why are we importing more "non-White" people, espcially with high unemployment and a sour economy? Mass immigration is for one reason: to grow big government and give power to the Political Class.
It's the immigration, stoopid.
TLP| 11.21.12 @ 7:50AM
They're also Very Hard Workers. They still believe in being MEN.
I've seen too many of these guys, come here with nothing, only to Work Like Dogs, Save their Money, and get themselves a Truck of their own to Start their own Business with.
We still have time. At least out here, in the Hinterlands, so to speak. But as Mr. Happy86 reminds us: That time is Running Out.
They can still be inducted in to The Ways of the Force, before they are Consumed by The Dark Side. We must try. If for no other reason than - Once you go Black Community?
You never go Back.
Sean| 11.21.12 @ 10:03AM
If by hard working you mean being on welfare as over half of second generation Hispanic households are.
TLP| 11.21.12 @ 1:40PM
I don't know where you live. But, where I live, you couldn't get a New Roof, a Driveway, a House Built, or a Stonewall put up on your property, without these guys.
You can't get your Crops outta the Field without them.
You couldn't get a Clean Dish at a Restaurant - Even a Chinese one - without these guys.
You couldn't get your House Cleaned, without their wives.
Like I said: I don't know where you live.
I don't blame them.
I blame all of the Lazy Blacks, Whites, Asians, and Jews, who think that this kinda Labour Intensive work (That I do, bye the way) is beneath them, and refuse to do it.
And, THAT'S THE TRUTH.
Quartermaster| 11.22.12 @ 9:26PM
So true. That's because they are hired by employers who are glad to hire people here illegally. It pushes US citizens out of that part of the job market and further impoverishes them. From what you've written it would seem that part is not an issue for you at all.
And, guess what? They still take advantage of the welfare state both parties have built. The rest doesn't much matter TLP. Most of them bring the same attitudes with them that is currently wrecking Kalifornia. Reaching those people is pretty much a lost cause as it is with Blacks.
Alan Brooks | 11.26.12 @ 6:05PM
TLP does have FIRE in the belly.
Pecos Pete| 11.21.12 @ 9:55AM
El Sr. Estúpidos, vienen a mi casa y visitar a mis amigos y yo. Somos los dueños de negocios con educacion universitaria. Nuestros niños tienen educación universitaria. Todos son más inteligentes que usted. Vaya con Dios.
Albert Constantine Jr.| 11.21.12 @ 10:05AM
Oui mon Pierre. Who could disagree with that? As my wife might say:"รู้มาก".
Albert Constantine Jr.| 11.21.12 @ 10:08AM
Though I would added at the beginning : "พีท".
TLP| 11.21.12 @ 1:45PM
I'll take an order of Pad Thai, a Bowl of Fur, a coupla Spring Rolls, and a Chicken Foot, please.
And, do you have any of those Holiday Eggs, with the baby chicken in them?
Oh, and an order of Chicken Shit, and A-Holes.
And, I'm kinda in a hurry.
Al Adab| 11.21.12 @ 2:04PM
Balot. That's Phillipino.
TLP| 11.21.12 @ 2:55PM
Is that the Chicken Shit?
Or the Eggs?
Drunken Sailor| 11.21.12 @ 3:55PM
TLP,
It's Balut
Fertilized duck embryo, boiled and eaten in it' shell. Not bad washed down with a San Miguel
TLP| 11.21.12 @ 4:49PM
Look for The Contest, D.S.
I'm thinking of Changing it up a little.
Join us, and Happy Thanksgiving.
You too, Pecos Pete.
Think: Date Night, with someone from this Administration.
Maybe.
Al Adab| 11.21.12 @ 4:56PM
Interesting topic. How about: Play Misty for Me.
Al Adab| 11.21.12 @ 4:54PM
D/S Sorry about the misspelling. Could never get myself to try one, but I'm with you on the San Miguel. Salamat.
Drunken Sailor| 11.23.12 @ 9:59AM
No worries Al, It took quite a few San Miguel before I could try one myself. But at 3AM with the munchies and no fast food in site, follow the locals.
Walang anuman and "Mabuhay"
SUBVET| 11.23.12 @ 11:39AM
D-Sailor...........San Miguel oh the memories.
The WESTPAC 65-69 tours.....walking across "shit river bridge" to one's favorite bar...tom tom, rio club to name a few.
Ya know the surface pukes hated us "sewer pipe" sailors we got $55 a month extra...more beer and girls.
I think a San Miguel was 35 cents US back then.....$10 could go a long way, then as you walked back to the base there was the monkey meet on a stick.
Last thoughts before I fall asleep....I like the beer, the girls, the music....would I go again......
Hell ya, the next off duty weekend........
Drunken Sailor| 11.23.12 @ 12:51PM
Had to laugh at "Surface Pukes". My brother was a Sewer pipe sailor for 6 years. I spent my sea time with Uncle Sam's Misguided Children (USMC). Guess that makes me a Green Water Surface Puke. I can live with that.
CJW| 11.21.12 @ 11:54AM
Pete
My HS Spanish allowed me to enjoy your post. Congratulaions, Vaya con Dios, usted. Have a happy Thanksgiving.
Pecos Pete| 11.21.12 @ 3:03PM
Muchas gracias! A todos mis amigos en TAS: Feliz Día de Acción de Gracias. Somos un pueblo libre.
TLP| 11.21.12 @ 4:50PM
Happy Thanksgiving Guys, to you, and yours.
Look for the Contest on Friday.
Date Night.
GobBluthe| 11.21.12 @ 11:41PM
Actually the GOP won the white vote and did better with white voters than in any election except 1984 and 1972
Purp| 11.21.12 @ 7:33AM
"Obama has pandered accordingly" - that's exactly the sentiment that even you don't see loses Latino support in your diatribe about how the GOP can capture Hispanic voters.
When you don't understand what's wrong, you cannot provide solutions.
As a Latino, you don't seem to get it. You were right about one thing - this is a generational problem for the Republican Party.
And, it will take 30 years to change the mindset that Republicans have planted in Latino Nation whether intentionally or unintentionally.
But for the next 8 elections, you've lost the Hispanic vote, the youth vote, the women's vote - unless like Rush says, you become Democrats! How interesting ... what a conundrum for y'all.
CJW| 11.21.12 @ 8:49AM
Purp the Village Idiot posted the following after the elections:
"Purp| 11.8.12 @ 10:35AM
"The Lord rules, not Obama." - CORRECT!
The Lord works in mysterious ways... and this is something for the faithful to contemplate in the way the see the world:
Hurricane Sandy and Chris Christie was the Lord's way of pressing his thumb on the scale to tilt in the direction of President Obama. It was His punishment of Republicans for their lying and trying to cheat (Voter Suppression) their way to political victory, while espousing faith, freedom and constitutional credentials."
So purpie believes God killed over 100 persons and destroyed millions of dollars of property to help Obama win.
In Sept Purpie wrote that Amassador Stevens was at fault and caused his death.
Purpie also wrote that the unborn are biological entities not deserving of protection until God allows them to be born. (What does this mean?)
Purpie represents the Loon Left that should be mocked and ridiculed, and not engaged in conversation
Von Mises Jr| 11.21.12 @ 9:05AM
I think Hurricane Sandy was a warning to NYC and NJ NOT to vote for Obama and big government. But we live among many stupid people like Perp who voted for Obama by a margin of 2-1. So what did these morons get from Obama and big government?
- Christie, Cuomo and Bloomberg failed to stage food, water, clothing, generators or designate shelters out of the way of the storm beforehand
- Obama showed up for 2 hours and gave a speech
- Christie gave him a deep kiss and all four of them professed in public their great admiration and love for each other
- Water and electrical crews were turned away by union thugs if they were not also union thugs
- Three weeks later nobody can access their devastated homes since looters were stealing anything left
- And G0d showed those with eyes to see that King "Canute" Obama cannot "stop the seas from rising and heal the planet"
- Barry and Hillary were not able to be reached to find out if they are still "the ones we have been waiting for"
- They are still taking up private collections to help the victims. I gave them advice: call 1-800-GOV-HELP
Moe Blotz| 11.21.12 @ 10:26AM
Did Christie Kreme french Barry?
TLP| 11.21.12 @ 1:47PM
No.
But I heard that Barry did greek Krispy Kreme, before he left.
CJW| 11.21.12 @ 10:50AM
Christie will probably switch to the Dems. He is finished as Rep. He refused to attend a rally with Mitt in Philly. That was the worst Keynote speech I have heard, it was all about Christie.
Joellen| 11.22.12 @ 9:29AM
CJW - Blessed Thanksgiving to YOU!
Bob Grant| 11.21.12 @ 9:15AM
YOU are a grievance-mongering fool!!!!
Don't get too cocky about how this will all play out, Mr. Know-it-All!
Cobalt| 11.21.12 @ 8:08AM
"The majority of Latinos, African-Americans, immigrants and young people 18 to 25 pay no income taxes yet enjoy a panoply of government benefits. Does not self-interest dictate a vote for the party that will let them keep what they have and perhaps give them more, rather than the party that will pare back what they now receive?"
"IN THE LONG RUN, IS THE GOP DEAD?"
By Patrick J. Buchanan
http://www.humanevents.com/201.....-gop-dead/
Nancy in NC| 11.21.12 @ 8:43AM
And there lies the rub. How can one compete with the nanny state? Many employers complain that applicants decline to take a job when they can get almost the same amount of money by sitting on their bumpkus.
A couple of years ago I hired a local landscaper to do some work in my garden. His employees were Hispanics and I'm fairly sure they were illegal. These guys were hard working and courteous. The local owner said he hired them because blacks wouldn't show up for work, take care of the equipment, and were often rude to customers. Whites refused to take the jobs or if they did were undependable and/or would steal from him.
But now the government of obama has a website that tells illegals how to use the system of welfare BEFORE they even come to this country. By those kinds of efforts we are destroying this country. The two party system will end, and we will have tyranny as we have never seen before. I fear for my grandchildren.
Is it too late? I'm beginning to pray for the bottom as quickly as possible. Like the alcoholic many in this country will fail to wake up until doom is staring them straight in the face. The do gooders and idiots must feel pain before they will seek a different path.
Von Mises Jr| 11.21.12 @ 9:14AM
Don't despair; we will see the crash soon. Not that I wish for pain, but you are correct Nancy that free stuff looks great until the fools find out that free is very expensive to your liberty and standard of living.
In the Northeast, we have every flavor of Hispanic. They are good people and mostly all hard working. I grew up among Portuguese whom washed the sidewalks of their cold water flats. The Cubans I met were very conservative especially if they came from or had family living under Castro. Mexicans are landscaping and I had South Americans work on my roof.
It is that many from Mexico come from a failed state where government is their refuge. But the Portuguese and Cubans know that government is a death trap. I suggest that we let Mexicans become citizens only if they spend six-months living in Cuba first.
cowgirl| 11.21.12 @ 9:39AM
Nancy - funny you should post these thoughts. On Drudge Report today there is a link to an article (here is link: http://www.mcclatchydc.com/201.....aster.html) that Mexico is facing a diabetes disaster as obesity levels in Mexico are soaring. It is the number one killer in Mexico - about 70,000 people - which is way more damage than the drug cartels. Isn't it funny how the poorest people and those who at poverty levels are also the most obese and at risk for diabetes and all the diseases that accompany it? Mexico is a Nanny State - much like California, Illinois and New York. Twenty Five percent of the population in California lives in poverty, but that population has the highest levels of obesity.
Proverbs: 12:24 Diligent hands wil rule, but laziness ends in slave labor.
Proverbs 21:25 The sluggard's craving will be the death of him because his hands refuse to work
Occam's Tool| 11.23.12 @ 10:46PM
Native Americans are at high risk for obesity. IHS wants me to defer checking on A1cs to the IHS primary care MDs, even though it is a side effect of antipsychotics, which a lot of my suboxone patients are on because they serve as excellent mood stabilizers, and a lot of them also have heavy meth use histories.
IHS (Indian Health Services) does a generally rancid job for the Native Community.
pogybait| 11.21.12 @ 9:58AM
Why should they work when you can literally walk into one of the richest country of the world and be given free health care, free education, free social services...even in your own native language, sanctuary cities to live and soon a fast track to citizenship...free. Both parties are ignoring common sense guidelines that are in reality destroying key features of our society. We are no longer Americans we are hyphenated Americans in need of emotional counseling.
Cobalt| 11.21.12 @ 10:26AM
The devil is in the demographics.
"There is another social development rarely discussed.
The workers who are replacing retiring baby boomers in the labor force are increasingly minorities."
"BUCHANAN: THE COMING AGE OF AUSTERITY"
By Patrick J. Buchanan
http://www.humanevents.com/201.....-austerity
Nancy in NC| 11.21.12 @ 8:46AM
If anyone doubts what I posted above, look at what is happening in the NE in the wake of Sandy. Have you ever seen such a pathetic display of helplessness? So many are sitting on their hands waiting for help to arrive. This country has turned into a class of victims, depending on the government for their every breath. If it's not over already, it's damn close.
Pecos Pete| 11.21.12 @ 10:02AM
There was recently a tornado in my area of New Mexico. No one died. Many structures were destroyed. Power was knocked out. Etc. No government came to help, thank God. But, local people pitched in and, except for destroyed buildings, we are back in business with power restored almost immediately.
SUBVET| 11.21.12 @ 10:11AM
Nancy......Larry Elder calls then "VICTACRATS"
TLP| 11.21.12 @ 1:52PM
Don't you mean: The Uncle Tom, House Negro, Oreo Cookie, Step'n Fetch it - Larry Elder?
Of course you do.
djn1313| 11.21.12 @ 9:18AM
Bringing hispanics home? We should be deporting the illegal hispanic invaders that are destroying our nation. They have no love for this nation and have no interest in becoming Americans. I am sick and tired of their demands when they don't even belong here.
Seek| 11.21.12 @ 3:48PM
Finally, someone here writes with some political wisdom.
delahaya| 11.21.12 @ 9:20AM
I am so sick of the "Hispanic outreach" bs. Everyone acts like the takeover of the US by poor, uneducated Hispanics is a done deal, that its just a force of nature or destiny. Not true - we are doing it to ourselves! All we have do is actually control our southern border and enforce our immigration laws. If illegals really can't vote (wink, wink, nudge, nudge) then why are we pandering to a very small minority? It is amazing that in a country that is 72% white we are talking about never having any more white candidates, that we have to have a minority candidate and that we have to pander to Hispanics. Rachel's story about her dad is great, but its also atypical. Has anyone actually looked at the statistics for the Hispanic community on crime, education, welfare, teen births, etc? Its dreadful. No amount of wishful thinking will change the stats on the ground.
djn1313| 11.21.12 @ 9:20AM
If you have been on welfare your whole life or are an illegal invader you should no right to vote. Only those that are productive should decide how our money should be spent.
delahaya| 11.21.12 @ 9:25AM
Look, lets get down to brass tacks here. Mass immigration is nothing more than a power grab by Democrats. If you support it, you are either a Democrat or a sympathizer or a useful idiot. Seriously, if you think importing millions of poor, uneducated people who made a mess of Mexico is good for this country then you need to have your head examined. Of course, in the short run the Democrats get power, in the long run we ALL lose.
delahaya| 11.21.12 @ 9:27AM
It is nice that Rachel's dad pulled himself up. But what of the other 14 of Rafael's kids? Inquiring minds want to know.
PolishKnight| 11.21.12 @ 9:34AM
What the hispanic "outreach" demonstrates is that if the Democrats promise race entitlements to a group then they will vote loyally for them no matter how often they go to church or even if they are working and middle class. It's a no brainer for them.
The key is to put an end to the notion that white males having civil rights is a "racist", "sexist" concept and that organizations such as "La Raza" (the race) are fundamentally different than the KKK.
Al Adab| 11.21.12 @ 12:43PM
For one party, on philosophy, to treat our citizens as though each of us was only a gear in the cog as a part of some identity group is a method abhorent to the American system which strives to treat each person as the individual they are. While such classification may further the political power of the party involved it does nothing for those whose (is that the right usage? I always have trouble with that one) identity and asperations are subsumed in the socio-economic-ethnic new think promulgated by would be tyrants.
PolishKnight| 11.26.12 @ 10:50AM
Al Adab, don't know you're still reading but your statement is a perfect example of the naive behavior of conservatives and the reason they're losing elections and if they continue their current path, lose everything.
The notion of a political party is an "identity group". Yes? The term "tea partier" is that to describe a group of people with a set core of beliefs AND personal interests. The difference between the left and a healthy political identity group is that the left engages in redistributionist politics. Saying members of group A take from group B is different than group B saying they want to defend their rights to what they have earned. Of course, the devil is in the details since the left are masters of rationalizing redistribution as "settling accounts" or "leveling the playing field". When they break into someone's house and steal a stereo, it's returning it to the masses from the evil wealthy. When it happens to them, it's an injustice. Nonetheless, this struggle has been going on for thousands of years. It's nothing new.
The right understands this concept when it sends young men off to combat to fight to protect others' rights. Isn't that also "identity" group politics? Shooting at group B to protect group C? What you unintentionally advocate is political pacifism. Howz that going?
ncatty| 11.21.12 @ 9:55AM
I am not sure that "diversity" is a good thing when it applies only to how you look, and not how you think. If "diversity" only applies to looks, it is merely tribal. That is why the left loves identity politics "diversity." No thinking is required.
C. Vernon Crisler | 11.21.12 @ 10:01AM
I remember watching Rachel and her "roommates." I certainly liked the the hot police officer and Rachel was cute too, and Puck was interesting up to a point, after which he was simply vulgar and tiresome.
However, I agree with those that all this talk of "outreach" to racial groups is just buying into the balkanization philosophy of the Democrats. What races need is leadership. That means strong moral, cultural, and political leadership. Too often, Republicans pander rather than lead, and that was no different in this election.
The principles of our founding are strong enough to attract anyone, no matter their race, as long as they are clearly articulated and lived. It is not the Republican Party that should be embracing minorities but rather minorities that need to embrace the Republican Party. A Republican Party of principles, that is.
JmsA| 11.21.12 @ 11:09AM
What, no snide comments about Iberians (actually Celtiberians), Crisler?
Can't wait for your buddy C Bowen to chime in.
There's a minority Hispanic group who has embraced the Republican Party since their arrival on these shores, but most here treat them as if they were the plague.
Seek| 11.21.12 @ 3:47PM
They're white. Thus, they don't fit into the New Republican campaign for diversity.
I'm actually a big fan of Iberian-Celts. Think of Catherine Zeta-Jones, Tom Jones, Sean Connery, Colin Farrell and Eamon DeValera.
JmsA| 11.21.12 @ 5:50PM
They're not Iberian-Celts. They're actually Celtiberians or Celtiberos, whose only true manifestation outside of Spain, are not the Black Irish or the Welsh, but actually the majority of Cubans. Yes, the same ones whose supposedly diminishing vote for Republicans you've misrepresented by citing figures from a so-called bipartisan immigration website. It should please you to known, although the final figures are yet to be arrived at, that ecological regression has shown they voted in the range of 58% for Romney. I suspect it would have been higher had Romney not mouthed off the Castro's anti-American slogan: "Patria o Muerte, Venceremos" (Homeland or Death, We will Triumph), as he opened a campaign event in South Florida. By the way, Eamon DeValera's daddy was Cuban.
Galicians from Northwestern Spain (not Western Poland), happen to be the direct and sole descendants of invading Germanic tribes. These included the Suebi, or Swabisch. Regarding them, the Roman historian Tacitus wrote: "We must come now to speak of the Suebi, who do not, like the Chatti or Tencteri, constitute a single nation. They actually occupy more than half of Germany, and are divided into a number of distinct tribes under distinct names, though all generally are called Suebi."
As a matter of fact, so many Galicians emigrated to Cuba from the early 1500s to 1959, that Cubans did not refer to Spanish immigrants as Spaniards, but actually Gallegos (Galicians).
Seek| 11.21.12 @ 6:44PM
Hey, we're on the same side here.
I remember attending a Celtic cultural festival back some 15 years ago and remember well a Galician marching band. Very entertaining and fascinating. I wasn't aware until then of just how Spanish in character many Celts really are. I look at the beautiful and talented Spanish-looking Irish singer, Enya, and realize people like her constitute a cultural "missing link."
It's unfortunate that Republican "consultants" see Hispanics as noble masses of future Americans who just need a chance at the American dream. What they don't see, or at least admit to, is that these a great many of these people are badly-educated, non-English-proficient and unassimilable. Many are criminals. Clowns like Karl Rove need to take a few refresher anthropology courses.
JmsA| 11.21.12 @ 6:58PM
Please accept my apologies, I didn't mean to insult you or Crisler. I'm just frustrated; it's bad enough to catch it from the left, but when others mischaracterize the facts, particularly about my ancestors, I react. Happy Thanksgiving to all.
C. Vernon Crisler | 11.21.12 @ 4:36PM
JmsA, I have no idea what you are talking about.
JmsA| 11.21.12 @ 5:56PM
Nice try, Crisler. You once derisively referred to the colonizers of Latin America as Iberians, who were the ancient inhabitants of Spain prior to the conquest and pacification of it by the Romans. I could care less if you can't recall your ignorant, erroneous assertions. Read the post above directed at Seek, another ignorant fool.
C. Vernon Crisler | 11.22.12 @ 10:35AM
I have no idea who Iberians are you putz. Nor do I have any idea about the history of Spain. Provide a link to my supposed comment or as they say around here shut the f-ck up.
PolishKnight| 11.21.12 @ 12:15PM
It's not balkanization. It's racial scapegoating and we're "it". Did you see the democrat constituencies talking points memo that was leaked on drudge? They asked democrat voters which groups they identified with. They had a list of _27_ different categories including women, hispanics, blacks, etc. but whites and men were left out. In other words, they "include" everyone but white guys.
This political tactic by the left reveals why marxism can't work. In theory, sure, it's wonderful that if you skim off the rich to provide for raising the middle and lower class, it benefits everyone. The rich don't vacation in India which business friendly and has low wages. They vacation in Gstaad. They don't like being around the ultra poor.
The problem for the left is that they don't go after the rich because they want to be one of the oligarchs and they find the rich are useful. So they wind up engaging in racist scapegoating and eating the middle class. Every time. Even in Sweden, it's just a matter of time.
In the end, socialism is about giving government the power of life or death and they do what the Romans did: give it all to guys like Caligula.
Al Adab| 11.21.12 @ 2:40PM
There is so far one great overlooked truth in this article. Tolerance and Diversity are a one way street. The Left expects Conservatives to experience Diversity and show Tolerance toward alternative (read perverse) lifestyles. However, never expect them to Tolerate any of the views held by Conservatives. Yes, I capitalize the names of the false gods.
Who Knows?| 11.21.12 @ 10:17AM
Ever heard of “Mexifornia”, by Victor Davis Hanson?
Why, it’s already been TEN YEARS since this clear-eyed report about how Mexico is taking back California, de facto---never mind de jure!
And, for better or worse, we all know California leads the nation.
I predict slow-learning elites will eventually realize the truth---
It’s the CULTURE, stupid.
Right NOW we’re experiencing a rebirth of heavy attention on race, epitomized by translating physical seeing of skin color into words like “Hispanic”, “African-American”, “Asian”, “old white men”, “the war on women”, “gay marriage”, on and on and on it goes.
Through it all, though, it’s the CULTURE that matters.
For example, Blacks denigrate education of the mind and extol bodily excellence.
Whatever happened to the Protestant work ethic?
Well, any fool can see the results from historical events, like what’s happened---was chosen---south of the USA border, to people conquered by the Catholic Church warriors. What a difference between cultures!
And, escapees of the Hispanic culture, like the young authoress of this piece, are just fools on stilts.
Who Knows?| 11.21.12 @ 10:17AM
Indeed, as we continue to process the latest election, the takeover of America by the cultures of NON-Protestant work ethic, it is way past time to understand people like her for what she truly is---
A wolf in sheep’s clothing.
It is WAY BEYOND funny, and actually suicidally insane, to continue to put up with idiots---epitomized by the Wall Street Journal editorial page---who try to use percentages to prove how the GOP should welcome more Hispanic voters.
Why, even though Romney got only 27% and Obama 73%, someone in the past got 40%!!! Whoopee! So, best case scenario is GOP loses 60 to 40, or by 20%, which is a landslide, and Obama won by 73 to 27, or by 46%!
Yeah---that’s the ticket!
Welcome more humans from a losing culture, who are sure, as a group, to vote for more government.
Who would have thought America would lose its spark this way?
The Pope is coming to your neighborhood, courtesy of illegal immigrants.
Demography IS destiny.
What is it Rush Limbaugh used to say---people have too much free time?
Exactly.
Cobalt| 11.21.12 @ 10:32AM
Whatever happened to cutural assimilation?
Who Knows?| 11.21.12 @ 11:28AM
Celebrate diversity---that's what.
Jacob McCandles| 11.21.12 @ 12:25PM
What do you mean by diversity? Various skin colors? Please enlighten me.
Al Adab| 11.21.12 @ 12:37PM
Diversity is simply another of the false gods, the idols like Choice, Gaia and so on, which The Left worships. It is likely that such idolotry is the reason our nation has been weighed in the balance and found wanting. He judges the nations and while His kingdom will survive, there is no gurantee that our kingdoms will as well.
Occam's Tool| 11.23.12 @ 10:50PM
Hanson just continues to document the disintegration of California in his essays. Leaving California was the third best decision of my life. Second was marrying the wife, best was adopting my Mayan Indians., who are the world's best kids
It is hard to hit a guy with two Indian adopted children with the "White Racist Gringo" card. Helps me when dealing with the tribe.
Bill8472| 11.21.12 @ 10:21AM
NICE pants!
I bet he's got a white plastic belt in his dresser drawer...
TLP| 11.21.12 @ 1:57PM
Easy.
Those Pants, and that Belt you're talking about, are basically, what I used to wear at the Discos.
Let's be nice, and think about WHAT YEAR IT WAS when this picture was taken.
It's a picture of a Loving Father, playing with his little daughter.
At least, that's what I saw.
Cobalt| 11.22.12 @ 7:39AM
The father and daughter are dressed nicely, and the father obviously loves his daughter, who is absolutely beautiful.
Bob K| 11.21.12 @ 10:37AM
As the author's father said, the problem IS integration!
Since it's founding, the United States has not "integrated" or "assimilated" it's own Indian (Native American) peoples. They instead live in their own enclaves and retain much of their old culture. The government's policy of making them wards of the federal government certainly contributed to this.
Unfortunately, most of the immigrants from south of the border do not look like Hispanic Europeans like the Author here, or like Senator Rubio.
These immigrants look like the Native Americans they are and the Democrat Party has plans to make them "wards" of their Socialist government and another minority group to buy with government largesse and end up exploiting for their votes. They will end up living in their own districts or barrios and will be politically controlled by groups like La Raza just like they were controlled in Mexico and Central America by people who are happy to send them North and make them North America's problem.
It is not realistic of the Republican party to think that they can get enough votes from them to make a difference when the Democrats intend to make them wards of their welfare state.
They will be able to vote and Democracy trumps all good intentions here.
Zeppo| 11.21.12 @ 10:58AM
Instead of pandering to ethnic groups, what if the GOP did "outreach" by coming up with good ideas and finding attractive candidates to present them? Or is that too crazy?
Les | 11.21.12 @ 11:10AM
Rachel,
Your story made we weepy, but that's just because I'm an old white guy.
I grew up in the San Joaquin Valley of California. Many of my friends were Spanish(this was before PC), several from families who'd been there before it was California. Some of my friends were children of braceros who came, every year, to work the crops.
I know, for a fact, that these people have the same beliefs, values and dreams that I do. They, like your family, insist on taking care of their families, they serve in the military and they are the sort of folks I want for neighbors.
We need to be sharing our values and our dreams with this community every day. Most of them will agree with us. Some will still, as they do today, vote contrary to their core beliefs and still won't be able to say why. However, many will join with us to repair the damage 50 years of "progressives" has done.
Les
Jacob McCandles| 11.21.12 @ 12:23PM
What is unique about this "hispanic community" or "black community"? The way I see it, the only reason to use these terms is so government can give somebody something. Unless we get back to looking at each person as an individual, we will never have success as a nation.
Slacker| 11.21.12 @ 12:43PM
This is discouraging. Does this woman understand her family story is not special?
The only substantial difference between her family story and my family story is location. Substitute Finnish for Hispanic, subtract a few kids, delete the piñata and you basically have my family story. Genealogically, I’m every much as Finnish as she is Hispanic. I don’t hold on to it.
What's so special about your ancestory? Just how many generations does it take before one ceases to be Hispanic? When can you give up the hyphenated name and be Rachel Duffy?
Simon Templar| 11.21.12 @ 1:26PM
It is not special. The only difference is that our ancestors came here legally, loved this nations institutions and ideals, wanted to be Americans, and were willing to assimilate.
Al Adab| 11.21.12 @ 2:06PM
Saint:
As many of my Spanish surnamed friends would attest.
Simon Templar| 11.21.12 @ 7:52PM
Attest to what?
I am very much aware of those well established 3rd or more generation 'Hispanic' person who has assimilated and does indeed see themselves as a patriotic and conservative American. Unfortunately, they do not represent the majority that has overrun the nation in the last twenty years. Not all Spanish speaking people share the same revulsion and sympathies. Cubans hate socialism for the most part whereas Mexicans love it. Some came here for more than work and sought political freedom; others mainly because of the work, and these often despise America, its culture, and its institutions, particularly conservative. The Gringo hatred is very much alive.
Simon Templar| 11.21.12 @ 1:23PM
"Convince us that you are the party preserving that dream for our children and grandchildren, and you will win our hearts and our votes."
With what? Amnesty to millions of illegals who forced there way to citizenship unlawfully through voter fraud, leftist movements, and balkanization? More welfare, free contraceptives and medical care? Special rights and favoritism. Victim status? Dual language and history classes? A two language society? Succession of the southwest back to Mexico?
Is that what you want from the GOP?
Got some news for all of you. Hard work, persistence, and wanting the best for your family and its future ability to obtain greater wealth is not a conservative ideal or set of values. Communist have the same values.
These illegals come from societies that are socialist; they come here with an overriding world view that the rich, the whites, and capitalism is bad. It is that simple. They will vote for those that give them stuff and allow them to take what they perceive was stolen from them, not what they say about abortion, G-d, religion, homosexuals, whatever.
Rubio is already being destroyed and will lose in 2016. Then you can all scratch your asses and whine and moan about how could this happen, we ran a Hispanic, we tried to reach them!
Simon Templar| 11.21.12 @ 1:39PM
Oh, by the way, who did she live with and who were her chosen friends when she went to school?
Enough said. She makes my point. She could give a rats ass about Catholic or traditional values. Her association with Kemp was politically practical and served her personal interest at that moment, nothing else.
I would bet a grand, she voted for Bam.
Simon Templar| 11.21.12 @ 1:34PM
This problem was created and manufactured. As long as we refuse to control our borders and continue to ignore immigration law, the democratic socialist will import their voting blocks and enlarge there ranks and demographics. You will be bending over an kissing the asses of every new illegal voter wherever the demos decides can come in illegally.
It is not a coincidence that we see know immigration legal or illegal coming from old soviet block nations or western societies.
Face it before it is too late.
Stan Redmond| 11.21.12 @ 1:58PM
Outreach is not the right word. Educate is better.
First things first the GOP must purge itself from it's leadership and replace them with people that have the balls to call the democrats out when they are called "racists" and start telling the truth about the democrat plantation. Until then the gifts given by democrats will continue to win.
Seek| 11.21.12 @ 3:44PM
The "liberal plantation" is a myth. Democrats love blacks -- they're the party of affirmative action, ghetto lottery lawsuits and slavery "reparations." It's whites they hate. The Southern Democrats of yore bear no resemblance to Democrats of today. It's a b.s. non-issue and it distracts us from the main ones. All we do by decrying that chimera known as "liberal racism" is unknowingly ratify the Left's main premise.
Educate Hispanics? Sure. Tell them to assimilate. Speaking fluent English is a good start.
Dimitry_Aleksandrovich| 11.21.12 @ 4:10PM
Hey Seek there have been "HISPANICS" in this territory long before your ancestors ever got here and a majority of them do speak fluent English. It sounds to me like you have a problem with people that don't look like you.
Al Adab| 11.21.12 @ 5:00PM
You are correct here tovarich. I had a business partner whose family was ranching in the Southwest sometime before 1750. This is a clear example of why it is wrong for the left to use identity politics and treat all as members of monolithic groups or classes.
Seek| 11.21.12 @ 3:40PM
A more relevant question: Can the GOP bring swing voters -- i.e., non-party-affiliated white voters -- home? It certainly won't by taking this women's advice.
Rachel Campos-Duffy writes like your typical fast-talking, made-in-Washington mediocrity gunning for a slot as a (grossly overpaid) campaign "consultant" to enlighten Republcians how to reach out to voting blocs who will never reach out to us. It's pathetic that "conservatives" take her seriously. Of course, we took Karl Rove seriously in 2012. A lot of good that did us.
Paul A'Barge | 11.21.12 @ 3:49PM
Rachel,
Here is how Hispanics have voted over the last 30 years (yes, that's right. 30 years):
https://www.facebook.com/note.php?note_id=10151099215925946
--1980 Jimmy Carter, 56% Ronald Reagan, 35% +21
--1984 Walter Mondale, 61% Ronald Reagan, 37% +24
--1988 Michael Dukakis, 69% George H.W. Bush, 30% +39
--1992 Bill Clinton, 61% George H.W. Bush, 25% +36
--1996 Bill Clinton, 72% Bob Dole, 21% +51
--2000 Al Gore, 62% George W. Bush, 35% +27
--2004 John Kerry, 58% George W. Bush, 40% +18
--2008 Barack Obama, 67% John McCain, 31% +36
--2012 Barack Obama, 71% Mitt Romney, 27% +44
Latinos are Democrats in Hispanic clothing. Don't let anyone tell you
otherwise.
Dimitry_Aleksandrovich| 11.21.12 @ 4:39PM
How do you think Irish Americans have voted during that same period? Irish Catholic Americans that is.
Paul A'Barge | 11.22.12 @ 8:47PM
These numbers are not "thinks". These numbers are facts. They are from the Pew Institute. Please ask them about Irish Americans. But first, tell me what difference how Irish American Catholics voted over the last 30 years makes.
Dimitry_Aleksandrovich| 11.23.12 @ 4:08AM
Irish Catholic Americans vote overwhelmingly Democrat as well does that mean Irish Americans are Democrats in White clothing. I don't understand what's the point of your statistics regarding the voting trends of American citizens of Latino heritage.
btims86| 11.21.12 @ 5:38PM
Exactly right Paul. Add to it the dismal academic performance of Latinos, the out of wedlock birthrate, the myriad laws they break by their illegal presence.
Deportation is the only solution but no Pol has the courage to say it much less do it.
Dimitry_Aleksandrovich| 11.23.12 @ 4:13AM
I would contend that contrary to popular erroneous belief most illegal immigrants do not vote in American elections and I would also contend that the dismal academic performance and out of wedlock birthrate among Latino's in America is more of a problem with Americanized Latinos who are American citizens born or at least raised in the U.S.A. as opposed to immigrants born and raised in Mexico, Puerto Rico, Cuba, etc.
So the question is btims86 are you suggesting that American citizens of Latino heritage be deported to the countries their forefathers hailed from? If that's the case then there probably is validity to the Latino argument of having inhabited the Americas first and maybe you should return to Europe where your ancestors first hailed from.
btims86| 11.23.12 @ 5:34PM
Are you into the vodka again Dimitry? How does one say non-sequitur in Russian?
Occam's Tool| 11.23.12 @ 10:56PM
I agree with the antisemitic rat bastard Democratic voting Dmitry on some of this. Skin color matters less than culture, considerably.
That being said, you can look at a man's skin in this country and, if he's Black, guess who he voted for President with 98% accuracy. If he's in Florida, about a quarter of those men with that skin color couldn't vote due to felony charges.
In short, these people are voting for people who make their lives harder and more marginal. Obama has done NOTHING good for Blacks. If he were white, they would be calling him a "KKK" candidate, because David Duke couldn't screw over the average Black person better than Barack.
Dimitry_Aleksandrovich| 11.24.12 @ 1:33AM
All though I hate to admit it sometimes I agree with the Zionist Jew bastard Occam. Many Jews can cook very good Russian food and they like vodka so they can't be all bad.
Slacker| 11.21.12 @ 4:06PM
The more I think about it, the more astonished I am by this piece. Someone else from the Spectator really ought to deconstruct this line by line.
Could it be that Bush did better with the Hispanic voters primarily because he was lucky enough to be running against other old white men?
So you’re going to sell them school choice? Could it be minorities want school choice principally so their children don’t have to go to school with other minority students? Is that ultimately a dead end?
And if it is winning over Hispanics is a generational duration task…that would seem to indicate we are already screwed.
Rarely do I read something that fills me with such hopelessness…and I’m not even a
Republican.
btims86| 11.21.12 @ 5:39PM
Deportation of 20 million is the only solution. Sorry if that offends you but it's the only solution. It will decrease the political influence of so called "Hispanics" and re-establish Caucasian, English speaking Americans.
Dimitry_Aleksandrovich| 11.21.12 @ 4:08PM
Roman Catholics used to overwhelmingly vote Democrat because more than any party the Democrats more closely represented working class Catholic interests and they were not staunchly pro-abortion and definitely not pro-homosexual marriage like they are today. In fact I think there was a time when the Democratic Party was the Pro-Life party precisely because of the Catholic vote, but they also represented working class union interests also because many union members were Catholic. Reagan took that vote in 1980 but the Republicans have definitely lost the Catholic vote over the last decade even despite the fashioning of themselves as the Pro-Life party.
cicero| 11.21.12 @ 9:22PM
Sorry to join the discussion so late, but I just journied half way across the fruited plain for the holiday to be with part of the family. But, how disappointing must it be for recent immigrants to arrive only to find that we want them to live in the same environment they just struggled to get away from? What idiocy - unless we want to exploit them for our own political ends.which can only be short term? Americal is only an idea. If you come here, you come for that idea. If we let people come in without having them adopt that idea, we are only telling them that the idea was a fraud. If you believe that, you are not only wrong, you are a terrible example of historical retrogression. At the point of time that that retrogression gains the ascendency, the cause of humanity will regress, and may not arrive at this point in philosophical time for centuries to come.
Paul A'Barge | 11.22.12 @ 8:51PM
...we want them to live in the same environment they just struggled to get away from...
We?
We is the Democrat Party. It is not the "we" that I belong to. I wish to invite them to preserve and protect the American Dream, which includes not just financial opportunities but the opportunity for Life, Liberty and the Ownership of Private Property, the First Amendment, the 2nd Amendment and all the other freedoms that our creator gives us.
If they've come for all that, they're not going to vote Democrat. And if they vote Democrat, they didn't come here for all that.
Cynical Observer| 11.21.12 @ 11:19PM
It's so sad that we have to read stuff like this now at the Spectator, which seemed to be one of the last outposts of fact-based thinking.
I don't see and never will, why the GOP should make race-based appeals. I've never yet heard that the GOP rejects votes from people on the basis of race. If you believe in what the party stands for, then join the party, vote for it, give money if you can.
If not, don't.
Her family story is nothing special. She only figures it should be seen as different because of ... race.
My grandmother came from Poland (legally and in a different era). She was 14 and came alone. She knew almost no English, had to learn. She worked in a factory before getting married. She had 7 kids and ran a diner during the Depression to feed the family. Tough times. She was a nice lady, but I certainly don’t think that in 2012, we need to import 14-year-old Polish girls who don’t speak much English to do factory work.
If someone asks me "what are you?" I understand that means "where did your ancestors come from?" and I say "I'm Polish," but that's just a way of speaking. Poland means nothing to me. It could have been Finland or France and I certainly don't expect any politician to appeal to me on the basis of alleged "Polish" interests.
As to Marco Rubio: I gather he didn't even deliver "his" people (Cuban Americans) in Florida for the GOP. What use is he going to be with, say, former residents of Guatemala living in Illinois?
Paul A'Barge | 11.22.12 @ 8:53PM
Roger this.
You can't peddle (ideas) if you pander.
Occam's Tool| 11.23.12 @ 10:58PM
No. What the Republicans need to do is discuss how Obama has made Blacks poorer, and how he destroyed scholarships to Private schools for Blacks in Washington, DC.
Mention that Jackie Robinson and Frederick Douglass WERE REPUBLICANS, and why.
sdfhlk | 11.22.12 @ 4:56AM
the dream is so nice ,it is ok now
Mike W| 11.22.12 @ 10:43AM
The GOP's amnesty push will be a "we had to destroy the village to save it" philosophy.
Import millions of additional Democrats so we can continue to get at the most , 39 percent of their votes.
Meanwhile we have posters here that are too lazy to do their yard work and landscaping so they feel the need to hire illegal aliens. Pathetic.
Bob Grant| 11.22.12 @ 11:06AM
Mike,
The question should be: how do conservatives grow the already-sizable conservative Hispanic base in this country...which constitutes approximately 30 percent of the Hispanic population. As it stands, the baseline for republicans is 30 percent. Their goal should be to increase this baseline to 40 percent, and if achieved, many of their problems with this demographic disappear for good.
Deerknocker| 11.23.12 @ 10:50AM
Who is this lady and why is her article not required reading for every Republican politician? An inspiring story and a great message. May we please hear more from you.
nickyboy109| 11.23.12 @ 12:31PM
after many years of being a observer of these wonderful comments, and getting to know each and every one of you common sense people. except for purp,vtwn,alan,whiskey jack, and i think mike of n.c. i feel quite at home. I look foward every morning to the insights of t.l.p,with his right on truthfulness, injected with humorious sarcasim aimed at the above list of dimwits that i mentioned above. nancy of n.c, joellen, anthony, ken, von mises, al adab, along with t.l.p keep me sain, and i pray that you can continue to open my eyes to what common sense conservatism is, and of course my nerves.......now to comment on this article. all do respect to mrs. campos, who i fondly remember from the "real world" this show couldnt be less real. mrs.campos stood out like a sore thumb, both in beauty, and in brains....i think your beating a dead horse pandering for votes. as i see it elections in the future being the the joke they were this year..as a christian i believe the book of revalation is a full speed ahead at this point...the only way the u.s will be able to belong in this global beast is the crashing of the economy. there is no way in the next four years that the economy will improve. how is it possible with satans minions at the helm...i know i sound like a downer especially to t.l.p, but truth is truth, and biblical truth is golden....godbless all you good people, even the dimwits.
Cats1cowboy| 11.23.12 @ 1:03PM
Re: "...Convince us that you are the party preserving that dream for our children and grandchildren, and you will win our hearts and our votes. I stand ready to help." As your father said, "...the problem isn’t immigration, the problem is integration." Until hispanic and every other ethnic group quits hyphenating themselves by putting American last, nothing Republicans can do to will convince them to change. There are two viable political parties in these united States. If, and until, a third party emerges that better describes Our American dream I will be a Republican. We live in an either/or political society. Either we want Constitutional capitalism and freedom or we want dictatorial socialism and bondage. All other third parties are a distraction. It amazes me that the democratic party that is ever increasingly blatant in its drive to subvert this great Country's principles keeps hispanic loyalty. Rachel, it is apparent that you have the American dream in your blood through the example of your father who wanted to be an American. Being Republic is a logical choice. Being Democrat is an emotion.
Martin kzovich| 11.24.12 @ 8:05AM
It is the Free Stuff that is the major problem at this time. If you are into pandering throwing free stuff then you lost me. But I am inclined to agree illegals who are working and show a willingness to have skin in the game of our economy should be given
consideration but be in the back of the line for citizenship status.
AKraver| 11.24.12 @ 9:19AM
Mr. Kemp was right. Ms. Campos, you possess a radiance of beauty that is crisp and bright like a sunny summer morning.
But to your point, I disagree. It's the politics of Liberalism that splinters society into groups. It's liberalism that politicizes race, gender, et al. And by focusing on strategies to win this demographic or that we are accepting Liberalism's premise--buying into their language game.
By accepting Liberalism's premise we dilute a tenet of conservatism-- that all people are made in the image of God and should be granted a fair chance by the Law to rise... not based on skin color or who you like to fall in love with, but based on the fact theat every man woman and preborn child is important.
Instead, what we need to be doing is preaching REAL CONSERVATISM. We need to be getting rid of phonies like Rove, like Boehner, like Romney, like Rubio. We need real conservatives unafraid to display their values. Every time a candidate tries this he or she wins.
Steveo| 11.24.12 @ 1:56PM
Alice asked the White Rabbit how she was to get into Wonderland, and it replied that she had asked the wrong question, that the question was whether she was to get in at all.
Here the question is not, `How does the GOP bring 'Hispanics' home?' but, rather, `How do conservatives bring the GOP home?'
geronl| 11.24.12 @ 4:38PM
The first few paragraphs alone tell me this person is not and never was a conservative nor a Christian. Disgusting. Denigrating. I feel dirty just seeing it.
Dimitry_Aleksandrovich| 11.24.12 @ 7:14PM
People make mistakes in their youth. Especially if you are not from San Francisco and are exposed to it for the first time. Being a San Francisco native I saw the debauchery from a young age and never wanted to partake in it. It was for outsiders. The San Francisco I knew was still very much Catholic with conservative family values. It was the homosexual transplants and yuppie hipsters who brought the degeneracy. I think the author was just a young woman exposed to the dark side of San Francisco by both MTV and her friends. She wouldn't be the only one.
Dimitry_Aleksandrovich| 11.24.12 @ 7:16PM
If Republicans want the working class vote of any racial and ethnic group then they must drop their free trade ideology and adopt the economic nationalist platform that Patrick J. Buchanan has been espousing for a long time now.
SPULLE| 11.24.12 @ 7:53PM
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