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Memo From Mexico, By Allan Wall

In A Double Whammy, McCain Sticks It To The Base On Cinco De Mayo

"Last week, on May 5th , Cinco de Mayo, Senator John McCain once again

showed his contempt for the Republican base by hitting it with a double
whammy.

In the same statement (see here) McCain announced that 1) he was opening a
Spanish language website, and 2) he was going to the convention of the
Hispanic chauvinist agitator group the National Council of La Raza
[NCLR].

Why did McCain choose Cinco de Mayo to announce his double whammy? As I
pointed out recently , Cinco de Mayo is not even a big deal in Mexico.
Its hardly celebrated. My school didnt even suspend classes for it.

But in the U.S., Cinco de Mayo has become a big Mexican-American drinking
fest and de rigueur occasion for pandering by U.S. politicians€”chief
among them being Panderer-in-Chief George W. Bush.

John McCains Spanish-language website is called Estamos Unidos (We are
united). If you only changed one letter, the "m" to a "d", then is would
be Estados Unidos (United States). Clever, eh? You can see the website
here.

The website so far has links to articles. Some of the articles are in
Spanish, but some are in English. As time goes by, we can expect the
McCain camp to hispanify more of the website.

There are also plenty of videos, including one with McCain talking (in
English with Spanish subtitles) to Latino entrepreneurs. There are also
promotional videos featuring Mel Martinez, Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, Lincoln
Diaz-Balart and Mario Diaz-Balart plugging for McCain. All four of them
are Cuban-Americans. In fact, all but Mario were born in Cuba.
Cuban-Americans and Mexican-Americans do not always cooperate, but all the
big league Mexican-Americans are already going for the Democrats, so I
guess McCain had to settle for the Cubans.

Of course, McCain is not the only candidate with a Spanish website. Barack
Obama has one also, which features a blog by Conchita Cruz of South
Carolina. Conchita says shes registered to vote, although judging from
her photograph, she barely looks old enough.

The Obama website reports Obama gushing on about Cinco de Mayo too.
Apparently, he said that "As Americans celebrate Cinco de Mayo, it reminds
us that, although the Mexican cultural traditions are an important part of
who we are as Americans, the American dream is still out of reach of many
Latinos." [My emphasis€¦!]

Hillary has whats called a "bilingual" website, with articles in both
Spanish and English and it includes her "Hispanic Agenda". (Hmmm, how
about an American agenda?)

So why is it bad for any of these candidates to have Spanish-language
website? Arent they just reaching out to voters?

Yes they are€”but in the wrong way, taking us down the slippery slope of
linguistic, cultural and political balkanization.

A common civic language is a great advantage, one we shouldnt toss on
the junk heap so easily. English is our national language. Its our
language of public discourse. Its the language of the Constitution and
our legal system. How can you really understand American politics without
knowing English?

Bilingual campaigning is still in its infancy. But is it already leading
to the encouragement of a divided electorate. In 2002, I wrote a VDARE.COM
column about a Texas election in which gubernatorial candidate Tony Sanchez
ran a bilingual campaign. But the image Sanchez presented in English was
radically different from the image he presented in Spanish. Thats the
way these things inevitably work.

Besides, American citizens are supposed to know English. Its one of the
requirements to get citizenship: "Applicants for naturalization must be
able to read, write, speak, and understand words in ordinary usage in the
English language." (There are exceptions€”the elderly and the physically
and mentally impaired are not required to learn English).

As for individuals born in the U.S., it used to be understood that
theyd learn English by the time they got to school€”though you cant
always count on that these days.

Linguistic balkanization is a threat to American national unity€”and
these three candidates are irresponsibly contributing to it. Shame on all
three of them.

This campaign has even seen Univision-sponsored bilingual debates, held
for the Democrats and the Republican . Shame (again) on all those who
participated€”which was just about everybody, with the honorable
exception of Tom Tancredo.

But John McCains encouragement of balkanization is not really a
surprise. In the past, he has expressed his contempt for American culture,
saying

"a nation conceived in an idea, in liberty, will prove stronger, more
enduring, and better than any nation ordered to exalt the few at the
expense of the many or made from a common race or culture or to preserve
traditions that have no greater attribute than longevity."

In other words, who cares about a common American culture (or race)?

But when speaking to Hispanic leaders, McCain waxed eloquent about the
growth of their culture in the United States :

"This [is] one of the defining moments in American history that really
does define what kind of nation we are. If there was ever such a thing as
a noble cause, it is the one we are embarked on now. Anyone who is afraid
that somehow our culture will be anything but enriched by fresh blood and
culture, in my view, has a distorted view of history and has a pessimistic
view of our future."

So when John McCain promotes mass immigration, its more than desire for
votes or big money. The man actually wants his country to be Hispanicized.

Nor is it surprising that McCain, in his Cinco de Mayo Double Whammy,
announced a speech to be delivered to La Raza July 14th.

In case youre not familiar with the National Council of La Raza [€śthe
Race€ť], its a radical Hispanic pressure group, funded by, among
others, the Ford Foundation, Citigroup, Wal-mart, George Soros€¦and even
by your tax dollars.

What does La Raza stand for? It supports drivers licenses and in-state
tuition for illegal aliens. It opposes a fence on the border and
immigration enforcement cooperation between state, local and federal
authorities. La Raza has links with MEChA and sponsors radical Mexican
charter schools. And its currently attempting to shut down debate over
the illegal invasion.

McCains kind of people, in other words.

This is by no means the senators first visit to "The Race".

In 1999, McCain was honored by La Raza and in 2004 he delivered the
keynote address at their annual conference.

(Another prominent Republican who has spoken to assembled Razistas is Karl
Rove, who spoke to the group in 2006. Rove was cheered for calling for an
amnesty and booed for calling for border security, which shows you where
La Raza stands.)

Here at VDARE.COM we dont tell you how to vote. We can tell you how bad
the candidates are on the National Question.

Vote for whomever you want. But conservatives, and anyone who want to stop
the alien invasion and Americas balkanization, should be under no
delusions about John McCain. The man is an open borders fanatic, an
associate of radical anti-Americans, a contemptuous enemy of white
middle-class Americans and traditional American culture.

Yes, I know McCain served his country in the military and was a POW. As an
Iraq veteran myself, I salute him for it. But that doesnt give him a
pass for the rest of his life, a blank check to tear our country apart.

McCain has a horrible record on immigration. Americans for Better
Immigration give him a grade of D (for both his Career grade and Recent
grade).

Regarding the election, Roy Beck of Numbers USA/Americans for Better
Immigration has a useful chart comparing the presidential candidates. Beck
breaks down the candidates on immigration €“related issues. On some
issues, McCain is no different from Hillary or Obama, sometimes hes a
little better, sometimes worse. Not a great recommendation.

McCains negative leadership in promoting McCain-Kennedy and other
horrible (though thankfully defeated) amnesty bills in recent years shows
us exactly where he stands. He has supported marches by illegal aliens and
is a strong proponent of Bilingual Education. His "Hispanic Outreach
Director" is Juan Hernandez, a former Mexican cabinet official and rabid
amnesty supporter, who has openly stated his goal was for
Mexican-Americans to always "think Mexico first".

But its not just McCains positions, its his attitude. McCain is
extremely contemptuous of Americans€”even including fellow senators€”who
disagree with him.

In an interview with Hugh Hewitt, former Senator Rick Santorum described
how things were during the amnesty debates:

" John McCain was the guy who was working with Ted Kennedy to drive it
down our throats, and lectured us repeatedly about how xenophobic we were,
lectured us, us being the Republican conference, about how wrong we were on
this, how we were on the wrong side of history, and that you know, this is
important for his€¦because having come from Arizona, knowing the strength
of the Hispanic community, that we were going to be seen as racists, and he
wasnt going be part of that, that he was not a racist, and that if we
were for tougher borders, it was a racist thing."

(Similarly, John McCain tried to prevent North Carolina Republicans from
bringing up comments by Barack Obamas preacher in a TV ad).

Whats really sad, discouraging and frustrating is how many GOP voters
claim to care about protecting our borders but voted for John McCain
anyway.

The Center for Immigration Studies (CIS) recently released a study titled
Poll: Voters Unaware of Candidates Immigration Positions subtitled
"McCain Supporters Farthest off the Mark". Aint that the truth!

It explains that

"A new poll using neutral language finds that primary and caucus voters
have little knowledge of candidates immigration positions. The results
also show that voters often do not share their candidates position."
[PDF]

What were these people thinking?

According to the CIS poll, only 34% of McCain voters (in the primaries and
caucuses) know that McCain favors eventual "eventual citizenship for
illegal immigrants who meet certain requirements."

Incredibly, of those polled who voted for McCain, "35 percent mistakenly
thought he favored enforcement that would cause illegals to return home,
another 10 percent thought he wanted mass deportations, and 21 percent
didnt know his position."

According to CIS, only 31% of McCain voters agree with the man on
immigration.

Thanks a lot, folks, for selecting John McCain as the GOP candidate for
president.

Now were stuck with this guy€”at least until November.

In his own way, John McCain is just as alienated from the United States as
Barack Obama. Sure, each man has his own style, which appeals to a
different set of voters. But both candidates display contempt for
traditional American society, and both are contemptuous toward white
working and middle class Americans.

McCain, like other elitist Republicans, thinks grassroots Republicans have
nowhere else to go, and will have to vote for the GOP. Thats why the
candidate thinks he can stick it to them again and again and theyll
still vote for him come November.

But a lot could happen in the next six months. And John McCain, if he
continues to stick it to the Republican base, just might be surprised."

American citizen Allan Wall ( email him) resides in Mexico, with a legal
permit issued him by the Mexican government. Allan recently returned from
a tour of duty in Iraq with the Texas Army National Guard. His VDARE.COM
articles are archived here; his FRONTPAGEMAG.COM articles are archived
here his "Dispatches from Iraq" are archived here his website is here.

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