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To: DMaA who wrote (135049)	8/29/2005 8:41:29 PM
From: Whitebeard	Respond to of 793781

Prop. 187 in Ca. in 1994 scared Republicans nationwide to death. It passed. The wonderful 9th Circuit knocked it out. Repub. party faded away in the state. The Repub. strategists decided it was because of Prop. 187, and have been running from the issue nationwide ever since. The fact that the state party is a mess, that white flight accelerated after '94, and that that state is gerrymandered to death seems to never have occurred to them as possible reasons for their constant defeats. Plus, of course, the southern part of the state is increasingly Hispanic.

To: DMaA who wrote (135049)	8/29/2005 9:24:37 PM
From: miraje	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 793781

Hispanics aren't unified on the issue. Almost half of Arizona Hispanics voted in favor of their Prop 200. I have some American born Hispanic friends who speak contemptuously of the illegals, calling them "wetbacks" and "beaners". I like Hispanics, personally. Almost all that I've met, legal and otherwise, have been nice friendly people. The major, and often virulent, prejudice I've witnessed, from people across the political spectrum, seems rooted in the perceived lack of willingness on the part of the illegals to assimilate culturally and, most importantly, linguistically. Having to press "1" for English, every time you call a business number, grates on a lot of folks. I don't like it, either. The problem of untaxed workers in the underground economy could be easily cured by eliminating the IRS and substituting a national sales tax. Presto, that problem goes away. Every day laborer and drug dealer would be paying the same taxes as the rest of us, every time they make a purchase. And if the idiot Feds would use some common sense in rethinking their stupid and expensive "war on drugs", a lot of the cross border violence resulting from the drug business would disappear as well, IMO..