Reply #80: I believe it too [View All]

[AspenRose]

I too am in New Mexico and one of my friends is married to a staunchly Catholic army veteran who is "pro-life" and thinks GWB walks on water. He watches O'Reilly faithfully every day, listens to Rush and Hannity on 770 every day....and he's hispanic. He's in Sandoval county (Rio Rancho).

Go north, however, to near my neck of the woods in Rio Arriba county (Espanola) and it's a different story. Very, very blue county. Signs that said "Labor for Kerry" dominated this time last year.

New Mexico is unique in its hispanic history, in that those who are descendants of the Spanish Conquistadores have been here over 400 years (that's not the entire hispanic population in the state, but it's a significant portion). They're not to be confused with the Mexican-American population.

Bottom line: Liberal hispanics (MALDEF, La Raza, LULAC) need to join with the NAACP, CORE, etc. There is strength in numbers and it's long overdue.