There is much said of late regarding Hispanics and immigration. Which is the same issue Republicans play at ACORN, the NAACP and of course freedom of religion except for one. The same KIND OF PEOPLE. People who will soon be in power of the purse. And impeachments?
Hemmingway, when I got to the end of this article by Houston Chronicle reporter Peggy Fikac, I found the best explanation of how the entire Hispanic community sees things in just one short sentence.
GOP bid to lure Hispanics gets lukewarm response. A little background first…
AUSTIN — State GOP leaders said they made history by bringing conservative Hispanic leaders together last week, but one who attended the meeting dismissed the gathering as more hat than cattle.
"That meeting was designed to be a meeting so they could say they met with Hispanic leaders. I did not see a plan of action," said Fermín Ortiz, president of the Llano County Republican Club, who emphasized he wasn’t speaking on behalf of the group. "I’m not the only person that left that meeting thinking, ‘What didn’t we do today?’."
Munisteri often emphasizes the GOP’s need to reach out to the growing Hispanic population: "Statistically, it’s an impossibility for Republicans to maintain statewide offices through the decade if we lose 70 percent of the Hispanic vote, (and) we lose 95 percent of the African-American vote."
Ortiz said the GOP must temper its tough stand on those in the country illegally with compassion for those trying to provide for their families, calling the issue "the key to the soul of the Hispanic community."