Immigration reform may be only short term benefits for the Democratic Party.

[CK_John]

Since almost all immigrants come from conservative cultures and very authorian systems, I don't expect any long term pickup in voters.

[JI7]

1. bigoted shit

[WillyT]

2. Maybe... But This Guy Says Different:

DULink: http://www.democraticunderground.com/10025814308

[stone space]

3. I think you are very, very wrong, but here's the thing.

I don't give a shit!

It's the right thing to do!

[bravenak]

4. Every day something strange from you.

You seem to imply that they will vote for the people who are calling them illiterate and trying to ship them back to other countries.

[CreekDog]

10. the strange predictions have a long history

http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1002&pid=2264289

[bravenak]

12. My goodness!!

That is quite a list of crazy fail....

[CreekDog]

14. i forgot one

Oh Canada!

http://www.democraticunderground.com/10021091637

[bravenak]

17. So, he's a Sci Fi writer then.

I get it now, he's just trying out ideas on us. I like dystopian fiction too.

[treestar]

22. lol

though to be fair that post was in 2012, giving it to 2022-2027 for Canada to be absorbed. Resistance is futile Canucks!

[Cha]

19. Somebody had to say it.. mahalo brave~

[bravenak]

21. Nice to see you!nt

[MohRokTah]

5. If you predict something,...

I'm pretty damned sure it won't happen.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

6. Maybe they are trying to get away from those conservative cultures and authoritarian systems.

Mostly they are coming for economic reasons. In any event for many, many years Mexican and other Latino immigrants have tended strongly toward the Democrats. The Republicans have repeatedly expressed their disdain (and sometimes outright hatred) for these immigrants, and there is no sign that their attitude is ever likely to change, so whatever authoritarian or conservative attitudes some might bring with them is likely to be overcome by the realization that the Republican Party is not and never will be their friend in any sense of the word.

And, by the way, many immigrants are Catholic, and the Catholicism of Latin America, while socially conservative in some respects, tends almost toward Marxism economically. "Liberation theology" is anathema to the GOPers.

I'm not too worried. Your track record is about as accurate as Bill Kristol's.

[RedCappedBandit]

7. I thought immigration reform was supposed to benefit immigrants

Anyway, you're wrong.

[CreekDog]

8. You have a long record predictions that were wrong

All nonwhite groups vote Democratic.

You probably didn't know that either.

[Starry Messenger]

9. No, you're wrong, as well as bigoted to say so.

CA leans left because of the pink tide-country voters from LatAM countries, actually.

[arcane1]

11. I thought it was the right thing to do, not the right thing to do for one party.

[KamaAina]

13. Did it ever occur to you that maybe they came here to get away from that?

Huh?

[KamaAina]

15. "almost all immigrants come from conservative cultures and very authorian systems"

The largest single source of immigrants by far is Mexico, which doesn't really fit either description.

edit: P.S. It's "authoritarian".

[Robbins]

16. Many Hispanics have some conservative views on social issues

Yet they often vote Democratic.

Hispanics even voted more for Gore and Kerry than W although W made it ccloser.

Immigration,emplyment,education,Health care all Important to them.

[Tierra_y_Libertad]

18. Then again, it may prove to be a benefit over the long term. Thankfully, we'll find out.

[Lex]

20. A Bill Kristol-like prediction. nt

[FSogol]

23. Not-so-damus has spoken!