Linus Van Pelt
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« on: February 16, 2010, 06:16:28 PM » |
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For all Bush's faults, he was quite genuine in his desire to have the GOP reach out to minorities. Part of it was his Christianity, part of it personal relations from Texas. Whereas since about 2006 the rest of the party has returned to playing the old game of How Racist Can We Seem Without Being Really Explicit About It?
The funny racialization of the category "Hispanic" hides the fact that this is a diverse group, and motivations for GOP voting go beyond the obvious (Cubanness). A significant minority of Mexican-Americans are evangelical, and a significant minority too are prosperous enough to have the same kind of aspirational middle-class Republican voting that exists across America.
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