In 1964, Northern Democrats and Progressive Republicans teamed up against Dixiecrats and conservative Republicans to pass the Civil Rights Act.  The Dixiecrats jumped ship, and teamed up with Conservative Republicans who have been working ever since to drive progressive politicians out of the Republican Party.  They have achieved that goal.  Starting with Goldwater, Republicans have adopted the Southern Strategy, a plan to play on white fear and Racism and disenfranchise  black voters.  It was succeeding until the election of Barack Obama. Now Republicans have become so desperate, they have expanded the Southern Strategy to include Latinos.  They have even gone so far as to run an ad trying to convince Latinos to disenfranchise themselves.  Fortunately, Univision has rejected the ad.

Earlier today, ThinkProgress reported that Latinos for Reform — a Republican 527 group — purchased an $80,000 buy on Univision to air ads urging Nevada Latino voters not to vote. We urged Univision not to air the ads. The network, which heads the non-partisan Latino civic participation campaign, Ya Es Hora, has decided to do the right thing and not broadcast the ads. A Univision spokesperson told ThinkProgress:

Univision will not be running any spots from Latinos for Reform related to voting. It is also important to clarify that while Mr. Robert de Posada has on occasion provided political commentary on Univision, representing one of various points of views, he is not in any way affiliated with Univision. Univision prides itself on promoting civic engagement and our extensive national campaigns encourage Hispanics to vote.

Univision’s decision likely has something to do with the fact that Robert de Posada wants to tell their viewers that the best way for Latinos to exercise their political power in support of immigration reform is to stay at home this November — a message that runs counter to its own GOTV efforts. ThinkProgress did some digging into de Posada’s group, and here’s what we found.

To begin with, the group’s 8872 form lists the same P.O. Box number as the one belonging to the Admiral Roy F. Hoffmann Foundation [fascists delinked], an organization founded by the chairman of Swift Boat Veterans for Truth (SBVT), Roy F. Hoffmann. For those who don’t recall, SBVT was another 527 group formed during the 2004 elections aimed at opposing Sen. John Kerry’s (D-MA) presidential bid by distorting and misrepresenting his war record… [emphasis original]

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I commend Univision for their wise decision.

Rachel Maddow has put together a fantastic piece on Republican racism.

Long term, this is a can’t lose situation for Democrats, if they play their cards smartly.  Soon minorities will collectively be a majority in the US, a fact that could well bring the death knell for the Republicans, because they have thrown minority voters under the bus to become a white party, save a few opportunistic token traitors like Michael “they sent me to Guam” Steele, Alan “biker boy” Keyes, Clarence “I’m a Teabagger too” Thomas, and Tom “I’m trying to be a gringo” Tancredo.  The possibility for a coalition between minority voters, progressives, environmentalists, and labor awaits us.

Medium term, we need to replace DINOs with people who will represent such a coalition.

Short term, we need to keep Republicans out of power long enough to prevent them from establishing a new Republican Reich in which fair elections will no longer be possible.  It’s up to you.

Vote!

Republicans love to hate that big government, socialist, stimulus program that has saved millions of jobs and created millions more.  More stimulus spending is desperately needed, because the damage done to our economy by the Republican recession was worst than most imagined.  Not only are Republicans blocking attempts to provide more, but also, they are calling for redirecting unspent stimulus funds to more tax cuts for the uber-rich.  But when they think nobody is watching, those same Republicans are craving to be stimulated.

Rep. Pete Sessions, the firebrand conservative from Dallas, Texas, has relentlessly assailed the Democratic-passed stimulus law as a wasteful "trillion dollar spending spree" that was "more about stimulating the government and rewarding political allies than growing the economy and creating jobs."

But that didn’t stop the Republican lawmaker from reaching his hand out behind the scenes to seek stimulus money for the suburb of Carrollton after the camera lights went dark and the GOP campaign against the 2009 stimulus law quieted down.

The affluent city’s rail project is "shovel-ready," Sessions wrote Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood in February, urging his cabinet agency to give "full and fair consideration" to the city’s request for $81 million in stimulus money, according to a copy of the letter obtained by the Center for Public Integrity. Ironically, his letter suggested the project would create jobs, undercutting the very public argument he has made against the stimulus.

"Carrollton’s project will create jobs, stimulate the economy, improve regional mobility and reduce pollution," the lawmaker wrote.

When asked about the letter, Sessions suggested to the Center that he did not want his "strong, principled objection to the bill to prevent me" from getting his congressional district its share of the massive spending pot.

Sen. Jeff Sessions speaking at the American For Prosperity’s No Stimulus rally.

Sessions was hardly alone.

Scores of Republicans and conservative Democrats who voted against the $787 billion American Recovery and Reinvestment Act subsequently wrote letters requesting funds for projects in a massive, behind-the-scenes letter-writing and phone call campaign, documents obtained by the Center show.

Those asking for money include Tea Party favorites like freshman Massachusetts Sen. Scott Brown and Rep. Michele Bachmann, R-Minn., former presidential candidates Ron Paul and John McCain and Republican congressional leaders like Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell of Kentucky and Rep. Mike Pence of Indiana… [emphasis added]

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Keith Olbermann discusses this hypocritical behavior with Ezra Klein.

Since these Republican letters all give creating jobs as one of the reasons for requesting the money, we have solid proof that Republican claims that the stimulus creates no jobs is a lie.  It also demonstrates that they have no desire to be free of government spending.  If elected, Republicans will increase the deficit while slashing the safety net, because Republicans govern exclusively for the benefit of criminal corporations and the richest 1%.