Jeff Bercovici of MIXED MEDIA reports that:
Alex Nogales, president of the National Hispanic Media Coalition, says this: "What can I tell you? It's the same kind of nasty, bigoted, racist type of comment that has become so prevalent in today's society, as practiced by Lou Dobbs, as practiced by [Sean] Hannity, [Bill] O'Reilly, [Michael] Savage -- all these guys who are appealing to a particular bigoted audience, and fanning the fires of bigotry and racism by doing these kinds of things without real concern about the consequences of their words. And the consequences are that these kinds of comments have helped in raising the rate of crimes against Latinos 35 percent in last three years." (He attributes that figure to the FBI.) "These guys have no civility in their makeup, no compassion, and very little intelligence when it comes to opening their mouths."
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You might consider it tangential, but I consider Dobbs seperately because of the jobs/ fair trade/ (protectionism if you wish)issue.
On the grounds that McCain's orbit of NAFTA and free trade significantly exacerbates related adverse aspects of immigration.
Ken,
In principle,free trade is the way to go but most of the people who defend it neglect to mention that there will be some people who lose.
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