The new political battleground is shaping up to be an all-out fight between Democrats and Republicans over the increasing Hispanic vote, which could be a key to the future of the United States. In fact, Barack Obama told the National Council of La Raza, on July 13, that the “Latino community holds the election in your hands.” But with John McCain as the GOP nominee, Republicans are more than ready to step up to the plate.
According to Dick Morris, in his new book Fleeced, Latinos might comprise 20 percent of the total population by 2020. If they vote 90 percent for Democrats, as blacks do, the Republican Party might be forever out of power. This is a major reason why the late Sam Francis was fond of calling the GOP the “Stupid Party.”
But instead of taking a patriotic position and seek restrictions on immigration, particularly the flux of illegal aliens, Republicans seem bent on trying to woo Latinos to their side. Success will be futile, as there are no better sugar daddies than Democrats.
The modern-day Democratic Party has maintained a tradition from the corrupt political machines of the late nineteenth century, based in most Northern cities – get ‘em off the boat and into the booth as fast as possible. Southern politics after the War Between the States never operated this way, with the exception of Huey Long’s Louisiana, but was devoted solely to the preservation of white supremacy. This crooked Northern system is accurately portrayed in the films Gangs of New York and Far and Away.
The most infamous political machine in American history was Tammany Hall in New York City. Bosses, like William Tweed, were notoriously corrupt. In fact, Tweed was finally convicted after stealing more than $100 million from taxpayers (that’s $100 million in 19th century dollars!). He died in prison in 1878.
The old process worked like so. New immigrants, many from Ireland, arrived on ships which docked at New York harbor. Once off the boat, they were generally met by a “ward boss” or his representatives. They were promised jobs and even housing, all provided by the machine. However, part of every workers’ wages kicked back to support the machine, which provided funds for “get out the vote” drives. These workers were expected to get out and vote “Tammany” in every election and many of them voted “early and often.” To not support the machine risked losing job, lodging, and all.
With its candidates firmly entrenched in office, the machine could then award contracts to its supporters for various government jobs and construction programs. These contracts, as you might guess, were many times what was needed to complete the project. But, as with the wages, part of the government funds kicked back to the machine. The process then started over again.
One major example of the Tweed Ring in action was the construction of a courthouse in New York City, a building still in use today. The original budget was $250,000, in 1858 just before the War, but by the time it was completed the city had spent $14 million, much of it in the pockets of Tammany bosses. Roy Morris, in his book Fraud of the Century: Rutherford B. Hayes, Samuel Tilden, and the Stolen Election of 1876, tells of one electrician who submitted a contract to install fire alarms in the new courthouse, for the sum of $60,000, a high bid to be sure. Boss Tweed responded to his request by asking, “If we get you a contract for $450,000, will you give us $225,000?” Who could have said no? And it was taxpayers who were left with the bill.
Democratic politics are not nearly so corrupt today but use a similar method. Whereas the old political machines used graft and corruption in the form of stealing public funds and shaking down immigrant workers, today’s Democrats use legalized theft in the form of inflationary paper money, high taxes, and government handouts to maintain a permanent voting base. The more people on the dole, the more likely they are to vote Democrat. This is a primary motivation behind nationalized health care.
As for Hispanics, Democrats have been in the lead in the race with Republicans to out-promise each other. Latinos, legal or not, are promised free health care, access to primary and secondary education, tuition breaks to colleges and universities that taxpayers don’t get, Social Security benefits, jobs, and quick citizenship and voting rights. Step across the border with a pregnant wife due any minute, have the child in a U.S. hospital thereby making it an American citizen, and the authorities can’t send you back, even though this is a major distortion of the original intent of the 14th Amendment.
But Democrats are also not above out-right fraud. During the 1996 presidential campaign, Democrats hurried the naturalization of more than a million Hispanic voters so they would be eligible to cast ballots that November. It was known as Citizenship USA, a project initiated by Vice President Al Gore with the full knowledge and backing of President Clinton. In fact Gore even admitted that the scheme was a “pro-Democrat voter mill.”
From August 1995 to September 1996, according to records from congressional investigations, 1,049,867 aliens received citizenship under the program. Many of the laws governing naturalization were ignored, like background checks and fingerprinting. About 180,000 immigrants were never fingerprinted at all. Another 80,000 who were checked had criminal records, but were naturalized despite those restrictions. According to David Schippers, a Democrat who headed the congressional investigation against the Clinton administration, one alien was even naturalized while still in jail!
Citizenship USA put politics ahead of the safety of the American people, as well as the laws of the nation. It’s a prime example of how far Democrats are willing to go to maintain power and win over Hispanics.
Republicans are not nearly so brazen and seem to want a more moderate position that will appeal to enough Hispanics to remain competitive. But this strategy is destined to fail. Either the Republicans stand on principle and do what is right for America or fold up their tent and go home. The war is over.
Ryan S. Walters 
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