Posted by
Playful Walrus on Saturday, October 07, 2006 12:33:24 PM
As Schwarznegger, who appeals to a broad majority of Californians with his relative fiscal conservatism and social liberalism, trounces the Democrat candidate for Governor, the reconquistadors, socialists, and yellow-dog Democrats grasp at straws.
The latest attempt to gain traction agains the Governator involves the immigrant saying that immigrants should <gasp> assimilate and become part of the mainstream in the U.S. Shocking!
Let's look at the "unbiased" coverage presented by the ABC station in the San Francisco area:
Headline: Activists Find Governor's Comments Offensive
Do they really? Are the really offended, or are they just raising a stink because they are losing the election?
More questionable remarks from Governor Schwarzennegger today about Latinos, saying Mexican immigrants do not always assimilate quickly into American culture.
"Questionable", huh? Thanks for being so nonjudgemental.
For the second time in as many months, Governor Schwarzenegger finds himself in hot water with Latinos, saying today that Mexicans have not tried hard enough to assimilate.
First of all, I can't recall him being in hot water with any "Latinos" aside from the ones officially part of the Angelides campaign. It was a non-story. Secondly, there needs to be the qualifier "some" before "Mexicans". Surely Schwarzenegger wasn't talking about the Mexicans who still live in Mexico, or the Mexicans who immigrate to California and assimilate.
"They are so close to their country here, so they try to stay Mexican, but try to be in America. So there is this back and forth."
What is wrong with that statement? It is true. With it being so easy to travel back and forth to Mexico and with a whole Mexican subculture, complete with media and language and ghettos, some people are not assimilating into the larger culture of the U.S. If you have moved here from, say, South America or Egypt, or Denmark, it is more difficult to head back home for every holiday or vacation.
Luis Arteaga, Latino Issues Forum: "I'm offended because once again, this governor is making these blanket generalizations about the Mexican community that comes in so many different shapes, sizes and beliefs. And yet he wants to couch us all as un-American."
Really... he said "all"? Hmmmm, I wonder who the Latino Issues Forum generally supports?
Last month, aides to Democratic gubernatorial candidate Phil Angelides somehow accessed a server in the governor's office that houses private tapes.
"Somehow". You mean hacked?
Prof. Melissa Michelson, Ph.D., California State University East Bay: "I think he put his foot, his ankle and his entire lower leg in his mouth. He really seems to have a misunderstanding about how Mexican immigrants see themselves and their place in this country."
Now who is making blanket statements? If you're talking about the Mexican immigrants who are making a big deal about this, you're probably talking about people who see California as a part of Mexico... history, war, treaties, and purchases be damned.