Democrat’s latest: Jim Crow meet Juan Canto
By Michael R. Shannon It’s been a decade since I agreed with the Democrat platform,
but I
must give the party a great deal of credit for its consistency. There
is a direct correlation between Democrats in 2018 fighting to increase
their political power by demanding vote–less illegal aliens be counted
in the census; and Democrats in 1818 demanding equally vote–less slaves
continue to be counted in the census to increase their political power. In both instances Democrats are exploiting the downtrodden for
their
own advantage. When the Constitution was written each slave was counted as
three–fifths of a person. History ignoramuses contend this proves the
US was founded as a racist nation. The opposite is true. Slave owners
wanted each of their charges counted in the census because it would
increase the population of the South and grant slave–holding states
more representation with additional power to encourage the growth of
slavery. Anti–slavery Founding Fathers didn’t want slaves to be counted
at all,
thereby reducing the number of congressmen allotted to the South.
Three–fifths was a compromise that unfortunately wound up giving
Democrats in the South a third more seats in Congress and consequently
a third more electoral votes than counting just the free population
alone would have done. Counting the powerless worked so well for Democrats then, they
want to
repeat the process with illegal aliens in the 2020 census. Plus,
showing leopards never change their spots, this new counting scheme is
a twofer: It will continue the tradition of penalizing blacks, while
exploiting vote–less Hispaniards. Standing in the way of this power–grab are the normally
piñata–like
Republicans who want to include a question on the census form that asks
the citizenship status of the respondent. This makes perfect sense to
me. Even better it makes perfect sense to American citizens. A recent
Rasmussen Reports poll found that an overwhelming 89 percent of the
surveyed 1,000 adults think including the citizenship question is
important and 69 percent say it’s very important. (Although to be
truthful, I’m not sure how many ‘Press #2 for Spanish’ adults were
included in the survey sample.) The census is crucial for enhancing political power because
the results
are used to apportion the 435 congressional seats between the various
states, based on each state’s population. If I happen to be visiting Cancun to attend the most recent
severed
head display and the Mexican government is simultaneously conducting
its census, I wouldn’t expect to be counted, even though I have strong
opinions regarding the Mexican government. The same should go for
citizens of other nations who happen to be in the US, legally or
otherwise. Leftists disagree. Faster than you can say “Jim Crow�?
Democrats are
accusing the GOP of wanting to keep the brown man down. Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D–Senility) told the AP adding a
simple
question regarding citizenship “will inject fear and distrust into
vulnerable communities and cause traditionally undercounted communities
to be even further underrepresented, financially excluded and left
behind.�? It would also significantly reduce the number of Democrat
congressmen.
California maintains its population by importing illegals to replace
citizens who flee to other states in a desperate effort to escape high
taxes and intrusive nanny–state government. Currently the U–Haul
trailers heading east are more than compensated for by the huaraches
heading north. That’s one of the main reasons California leftists fight to
keep the
state a sanctuary for illegals. If we take the conservative estimate
for the number of illegals in the US at 12 million, counting those
people in a census meant to apportion representation for citizens would
mean the illegals produce 17 extra members of congress for the states
that harbor them. The effect of this policy is to make a Hispaniard vote count
more than
a black vote. Gerrymandering and the Dept. of Justice pressure state
legislatures to carve out districts for ethnic groups based on their
population within the state. It’s a complete victory for Cultural
Marxists originally enabled by bigoted Southern Democrats. In effect, it means a congressional district with 700,000
Hispaniards
is allotted one congressman, but of those 700,000 only 500,000 or fewer
may be citizens eligible to vote. While a district with 700,000 blacks,
all of them citizens, will also get only one member. Black votes are
counted once, while in our hypothetical example the individual
Hispaniard vote counts as 1.4 votes. Jim Crow is replaced by Juan Canto. Keeping the citizenship question off the census form isn’t a
matter of
fighting racism. It’s a matter of Democrats using any means necessary
to enhance their power and control over American culture. If illegals
are discouraged from participating in the census, so much the better.
They always have the option of being counted in their real
country.
web posted April 16, 2018 
Michael R. Shannon is a public relations and
advertising consultant with corporate, government and political
experience around the globe. He is a dynamic and entertaining keynote
speaker. He can be reached at mandate.mmpr (at) gmail.com. He is also
the author of Conservative Christian's Guidebook for Living in Secular
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