Tuesday, May 24, 2005

More "Family Values"

President Bush talks about his brown relatives and speaks some Spanish on the campaign trail. Nationally, Republicans reach out and make a huge effort to try to win over a greater share of the Latino vote.

And in Wisconsin? A Republican front group makes its debut with a television commercial that tries to divide people by playing on racial themes, pitting taxpayers against "illegal aliens."

Meet the Coalition for America's Families, the latest right-wing group to enter the fray in Wisconsin. Their website.

Republicans will say it is an independent group, of course. No matter that it is headed by Steve King, a former state chairman of the Republican Party of Wisconsin. Its website says its a "diverse coalition" with an agenda that calls for lower taxes and more guns.

The group's mailing address and physical presence is: Coalition for America's Families, 6907 University Avenue #176, Middleton, WI 53562-2767. That's a drop-box at Mailboxes, Etc.

Where are the responsible Republicans in Wisconsin? Who is going to speak up and disavow the racist ad that is currently running, using a Latino woman to sow divisiveness and racial paranoia?

Is there anyone on the right who will say something? Now would be the time.

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