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Politics : PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: calgal who wrote (204642)	11/24/2001 8:22:30 PM
From: Carolyn	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 769670

Appropriate for many here: credit: Louis Dembitz Brandeis Experience teaches us to be most on our guard to protect liberty when the government's purpose is beneficent. Men born to freedom are naturally alert to repel invasion of their liberty by evil-minded rulers. The greatest dangers to liberty lurk in insidious encroachment by men of zeal, well-meaning but without understanding.

To: calgal who wrote (204642)	11/25/2001 4:17:58 AM
From: CYBERKEN	Respond to of 769670

Sounds like a golden opportunity for a California Republican party-that has been fading for many years-to attempt a come-back: Align with Hispanic organizations, take on Hispanics as party officials, and register the hell out of the Latino communities. Any ideological analysis that makes the Hispanics look more liberal than they are is and has been fading, with the "maturation" of that community. The CRP has no reason to do anything but think long-term, and the effects might come far sooner than they would expect. For 2004, for instance, all they have to do is force the Democratic candidate to have to double the resources spent on CA over 2000. That would weaken their effort in the key electoral states significantly. Looking out further, the continuing "mature" Hispanic community will be nothing but receptive to low-tax, limited government issues, including privatization of public schools, anti-crime, and low marginal tax rates. The opportunities for a shrewd Republican party boggle the mind. The CA Reps don't fit that bill-but the team in the White House is a new breed...

To: calgal who wrote (204642)	11/25/2001 4:24:18 AM
From: CYBERKEN	Respond to of 769670

Of course, it goes without saying that there will be a Spanish language Rush Limbaugh emanating from radios all over LA, if there isn't already one...