25 October 2008

GOP bigots back on center stage in New Mexico

Another GOP hate-monger from New Mexico rose to national awareness this week with the publication of a letter to the editor by Marcia Stirman, chair of Otero County Republican Women. Her screed to the Alamogordo Daily News, entitled “Why I'm a Republican,” included the following:

“I believe Muslims are our enemies...
“I believe there is a good reason for the death penalty…
“I believe a man and woman make marriage. Period…
“I believe…illegal aliens should go home…
“I believe war is a fact of life and we should always win…
“I believe there is a moderate and a socialist in this election. I agree with a two-party system, but Obama isn't a messiah or a democrat. He's a Muslim socialist.”

Several weeks ago, Fernando C de Baca, at the time the chairman of the Bernalillo County Republicans but never a historian, explained why Hispanics won’t vote for Barak Obama. “The truth is that Hispanics came here as conquerors,” he told the BBC. “African-Americans came here as slaves. Hispanics consider themselves above blacks. They won’t vote for a black president.”