Reply #8: Nonscientific feedback. I AM in the Latino community. [View All]

I don't know who the Mafia was trying to Bush* but there's no way Latinos went more for Bush than they did in 2000. My immediate circle is as lefty as I am. But in my family circle and that different network, there are a ton of centrists who regard Bush with something like horror.

We've had four YEARS of this racist creep. And we remember his daddy. And we remember when Reagan was exporting hit squads all over Central and South America.

From my reading, the exception maybe in the older Cuban expat community in FL. Those folks have a lot invested in ousting Castro (yeah, right) and in recouping what they lost.

But their KIDS are not buying in. Their kids broke for Kerry (and sorry, I'd have to dig for the article/link).