Shields up, Sulu!
In classic Rovian style, we've got a hum-dinger of an issue to debate this coming election season.Is it the war, you ask? No.
Is it the increasing numbers of those without health insurance? Nope.
Is it the widespread instances of Republican corruption and abuse of power? Fraid not.
No...the number one issue for this election looks like it's going to be "The Alien Invasion"!
Yes. In the tradition of family values, gay marriage, swift-boat lies, wars on Christmas and Easter and various other earth-shattering issues, illegal aliens brings to the fore another Repubican "base"; bigots and xenophobes. Because this isn't anti-immigrant really. It's anti-Mexican.
The doomsayers are taking to the airwaves with mad-as-a-hatter Michael Savage and "respected journalist" Lou Dobbs leading the charge. Congress has its many panderers and the lines are being drawn.
Demonstrating against the anti-immigrant legislation being proposed were hundreds of thousands who showed up in a wide number of cities a few weeks ago and even more are expected to show up on May 1st.
Just as swift, however, will be the rebuttal of anti-Mexican groups such as the so called Minutemen, who find their issue on the front burner after years of spotty success in stopping the brown hoards from crossing our southern border.
In the meantime, we'll see in November whether Americans will show up to vote this kind of phony diversion issue or will be more concerned with the immediate serious issues that face this nation.
Then again, with all the questions involving the increasing use of untrackable electronic voting, will our votes mean anything ever again?
posted by mauiloa @ 3:17 PM
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