Smirk & Arnold "personae non gratae" in Baja Mexico - really

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http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/uniontrib/wed/opinion/news_mz1e12thomps.html

In a politically motivated act that can only be described as asinine, deputies in the state legislature of Baja California Sur are proposing to declare Gov.-elect Arnold Schwarzenegger a persona non grata. Moreover, should the initiative be approved, Schwarzenegger will become the second undesirable and unwelcome representative of the American people so designated in recent times.

The state's first persona non grata was – is – President George W. Bush.

And like the action before, this initiative is being proposed by ostensibly concerned elected officials in a remote, strapped-for-money state that is dependent on tourism from the United States, largely California, for its all-important visitor industry.

State Deputy Elsa de la Paz Esquivel Amador, in news reports disseminated nationally on Nov. 7, insists that "it is a reprehensible mistake for the governor to endorse and promote racist campaigns against immigrants, especially in California where 25 percent of the population is Latino and, of those, 75 percent are of Mexican origin."
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the rest of the article is very revealing and ends with a secret meeting.