Election immigration debate turning 'offensive'

[sabra]

http://www.miami.com/mld/miamiherald/news/15274875.htm

Election immigration debate turning 'offensive'
From questions posed on the campaign trail to talk radio, many Hispanic Republicans are worried the 'mean-spirited' discussion about immigration could harm their party.

The caller to the talk-radio show discussing ''the illegal-alien invasion'' listed the three strikes against Republican Will McBride's campaign for the U.S. Senate:

``You're a lawyer for one thing. You're young. And you're Hispanic.''

That last comment troubled McBride -- partly because it's true. For the 34-year-old son of a Mexican field worker has found he's campaigning against GOP icon Katherine Harris, two other little-known candidates and an insidious challenge: the ''offensive'' tone over immigration from a minority of Republicans.

And it worries not just McBride, but also Republican leaders seeking to protect the GOP's historic gains with Hispanics. Polls show Hispanics nationwide moved 32 percentage points in the GOP's favor over the past three presidential elections -- the nation's largest demographic electoral shift.

[zbdent]

1. uh, whoops ...

Gee, who'da thunk it ... anger against Hispanics might hurt HISPANIC REPUBLICANS ...

:silly:

edited to add:

Oh, and aren't almost all the members of Congress lawyers?

[damntexdem]

2. Racism will out.

And Republican racism will hopefully help the Republicans out of power.