Thursday, October 31, 2002
Political Correctness Backfires in Florida's 13th District Debate
C-SPAN just finished airing the October 29th debate between two candidates for Congress in Florida's 13th district, Katherine Harris (R) and Jan Schneider (D). The debate included telephone calls from the public.
Carmella, a woman with a pronounced Spanish accent, asked about the candidates' views on amnesty for illegal aliens. Schneider said she supported amnesty for illegals who had been in the U.S. a while and urged more be done on "multicultural issues" like language.
Carmella asked the moderator's permission to ask another question, which was granted. Carmella then asked Schneider if she really supported amnesty. Schneider said that she certainly did. At which point Carmella announced that she was not impressed because her family "went about this [immigration] in a legal manner." Schneider quickly began talking about stronger enforcement of immigration laws in addition to amnesty, which she then started calling "regularization of status."
Politicians take note: there is no such thing as the "Hispanic vote" -- just Hispanic individuals who vote.
|posted by Jim on 9:22 PM|
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