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justiceischeap

(14,040 posts)
19. Self-deportation vs. Dream Act
Thu Nov 8, 2012, 09:33 AM
Nov 2012

When you have an obvious divide between how the 2 parties are going to deal with your community, the choice is easy.

When the Republic primaries were on-going and you had candidates advocating electrified border fences, and just the overall vitriol towards the Latino community... which, some have rightfully pointed out in this thread, are not all the same. Yet the Republics see them as all one entity and they start with a losing hand, with no real in-roads to win over the community. When the Republic party was so obvious in their attempts to suppress the minority vote, they add to their losing hand.

Watching this campaign and the party overall since the Tealiban inception, you can see the map leading to this loss. The fact that they're even surprised at this point is what is most shocking.

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