All of us in the Hispanic Republican world are trying to figure out what are the long term implications the immigration debate will have on Hispanic American voters.According to the Pew Hispanic Center, in the last major election, 2004, Hispanics made up 14 percent of the U.S. population and 8 percent of registered voters, but only 6 percent of voters on Election Day.
Documentary film maker Neil H. Simon asks
"For all the hype around Hispanic voters, with the Democrats rearranging their calendar to put Hispanic-heavy Nevada right after the first-in-the-nation Iowa caucuses, and Florida intending to hold its primary Jan. 29, Hispanics still have to meet the campaigns halfway to dispel any doubts about their growing clout. "Then you have extreme right talk show host Rush Limbaugh who says Hispanics were never GOP voters.:
"How can we lose voters we never had? How can the Republican Party lose voters? This is a big myth, and the myth is being spread. It's designed to frighten you, but more than that, it's designed to frighten Republican elected officials so that when this comes up again -- and it will somewhere down the road -- that they do something about it, because the Democrats still don't benefit from this."Limbaugh, and conservative talk radio, who are being blamed for the demise of the immigration bill, are trying to say that Hispanics will never be part of the GOP base.
Many of us in the Latino GOP know that Hispanics are Republicans, they just don't know it yet, as stated by Regan in 1979. Issues such as "traditional marriage, tax breaks for families and small business, school choice, military preparedness, the right to life, personal savings accounts, and faith-based social-service programs" all resonate with the Latino community. The GOP must continue focusing on its agenda and get the message out and prove the nay-sayers wrong.
History has taught us that if you target Hispanic constituencies and talk about the Republican platform, monumental gains are made. Read a little Richard Nadler for some historic perspective.
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I'm including your organization in re within email, as many politicians and media state or imply Spanish-speaking and other immigrants are heavily into Socialized lifestyles and thirst for same to be the norm in the USA...no, I DON'T believe them, but things like broadly worded support for healthcare in the hands of those saying immigrants want Communism...how does it look for nationals or them?
Today I received an e-petition nature link from AARP re its requesting officials to sign its pledge for healthcare for all; I notice therein the prepared wording by AARP could be misconstrued as ANY OLD healthcare even if casual members of the public had their own vision of HOW to afford such care, and the said AARP text is, to-wit:
"As your constituent, I urge you to support the Divided We Fail effort by signing onto their Congressional Pledge, if you have not already done so. If you have, thank you for standing up against gridlock!
Over 200 of your colleagues have signed the pledge or sent a letter of approval supporting the Divided We Fail platform. Let's move our nation forward by working in a bipartisan fashion to address health care and lifetime financial security.
We can't wait - the time to address these problems is now. I hope you'll signal your agreement by signing onto the Divided We Fail pledge today. If you have already agreed to support the Divided We Fail goals, I hope you'll urge your colleagues to do the same.
If you want to learn more about this important effort, visit www.dividedwefail.org.
Thank you for your time and efforts. I look forward to hearing from you in regard to Divided We Fail and whether or not you have signed the Congressional Pledge."
The within foregoing paragraphs were text provided by AARP's dividedwefail.org link to Capwiz; I have read, understood, and support such sentiments, yet in my own right respectfully point out nothing therein construes or is by me intended to endorse socialized medicine, but rather bolstering of job and income opportunities so that more folks can afford easily affordable HMO style plans in diversity, instead of looking to have them all sit at home, all ages, and have government interest only in mass socialized medicine and healthcare...amid diminishing dollar valuations some now think require importation of any old medications without any inspections.
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