FLASHBACK: Gore Beware: GOP Convention Promises Major Press for Latinos

[gatorboy]

http://www.puertorico-herald.org/issues/vol4n33/GoreBeware-en.shtml

On the convention stage at First Union Center in Philadelphia, Latinos of all ages and hues were showcased in proud Spanish and articulate English. They were given a king-size abrazo -- `` a huge cultural hug'' -- as the GOP embraced hispanidad as never before.

To the Hispanic electorate, the Grand New Party made its point well: George W. Bush is ``a different kind of Republican.''

An unprecedented total of 11 Latinos were given highly visible onstage roles. Three -- California Assemblyman Abel Maldonado, whose entire six-minute speech was given in Spanish; George W. Bush's nephew George P., who blended Spanish and English in an effective pitch for Uncle George; and musician Jon Secada -- spoke in prime time. Ten-year-old Mari Griego of New Mexico sang the national anthem on opening night, and Vietnam War hero Everett Alvarez led the Pledge of Allegiance the second night.

Tall, dark and Hollywood-handsome George P. -- the 24-year-old son of Florida Gov. Jeb Bush and his Mexican wife, Columba -- was one of the convention's stars. He drew raves from delegates and the media alike as he promised that his uncle will ``work for people de todos los orígenes so they can share in the prosperity of el sueño americano'' The American Dream.
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A huge cultural hug from the GOP....Oh, those were the days... :eyes:

[ComerPerro]

1. Where is George P these days? Defending America in Iraq?

[gatorboy]

4. Good question.

I wonder how he and his wife feel now about the Spanish love fest they once had with the GOP...

[ComerPerro]

5. Like many "good Hispanics"

they are already US Citizens, and therefore side with the GOP on this issue.

[librechik]

2. this will be hilarious--Latinos are hip to that crap now

the voting public won't by a PR push--they didn't last time either!

[MADem]

3. OK, so como se dice "USED" en espanol!!!!!

Constituency by constituency, he's cutting them all loose. The isolationists, the religious right, the latinos....so desperate is he to gain air, he's like the HINDENBERG jettisoning those deck chairs, in order to remain aloft!!!!

Oh, the HUMANITY!!!

[many a good man]

6. Battle of the bases: Xenophobic racists vs. Cheap Labor conservatives

Bush can only count on the converts to Protestant Fundamentalist Christianity (Pentacostalism, Evangelism) who left the Catholic Church. Catholic and Secular Latinos are solidly Democrat.

[gatorboy]

7. Kick!

:kick: