demonstrating that they *want* to assimilate by studying the history and reciting it back into a test and are indoctrinated into equating wingnuttiness with being "American". Also, legitimately, lots of these really are running from oppressive socio-economic systems and *want* 19th Century unfettered Robber Baron capitalism. These are ones who are out wingnuts, who exalt their "legal" immigration, degrade the more desperate undocumented immigrants, claim that the latter take jobs, etc.
Another thing is that all countries, here the Spanish speaking, have their own spectrum of politics ranging from Left to Right, rich to poor. The first generation of Cuban exiles were from the rich/oppressive class, and there are those in the other countries.
2- As for the longer residing Hispanics who support the BUSHes: Shrub and Jeb grew up around them, heck Jeb married a Mexican, and they see the local Hispanics as hooman beings, know a few words in Spanish (Jeb knows lots), and SMILE with them. Tweety said yesterday he doesn't get why Shrub got 40% of Hispanics, it was because Shrub knew little enough how to pronounce "Beto" (not Tweety's "bay-toe" ) - it's beh-toh (short "e" and "o" ) . All it takes is some smiles and hugs and whooping it up instead of being stuck up. Guess what, Shrub is perceived by them as friendlier than Tweety who sees them as "foreign". The upside is that all other Repukes don't have the co-habiting background that the BUSHes do.
3- "many millions vote repuke"? - See 1&2, but the real problem is that as Paul BEGALA said, "not RED, but NON-VOTING". Most DON'T vote. And despite that Repuke voter suppression is disgusting and outrageous, the true secret is that they are wasting their efforts, because Hispanics SUPPRESS THEMSELVES by not voting. Also, the absurd wingnut focus on non-existent "voter fraud" and "illegals voting" - undocumented immigrants are NOT voting, are too focused on their own desperate situation, and the destitute residents are beset with their day to day SUBSISTENCE to care about keeping up with the news or to study who might help them politically, don't have the time or luxury to keep up with anything beyond daily SUBSISTENCE. And, not to bolster wingnut views, but guess what, undocumented immigrants who are detained might see being in climate controlled facilities with meals as a vast improvement over the conditions they are fleeing - plu-eeze, no flaming over this, thanks.
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