Following up on [1] John Brimelow’s blog regarding the “poisonous advice” given to the GOP in the Washington Post by ethnic identity specialist Leslie Sanchez (“[2] Virginia’s Message to the GOP,” Leslie Sanchez, November 19, 2005), I recommend that Republicans look at California history instead of listening to the empty words of a paid shill.

Pre [3] Arnold Schwarzenegger, the last Republican to be elected as California governor was [4] Pete Wilson who won in 1994 by running on a strong [5] anti-illegal alien platform.

By 1998, Republicans had been scared off the immigration issue by the increasingly vocal (and Hispanic) California State Legislature. Accordingly, Gray Davis hammered the absurdly cautious Dan Lungren who never mentioned the word “immigration.”

In 2002, Republican gubernatorial candidate Bill Simon proved that he learned nothing from Lungren’s error. Simon too remained silent about California’s ever increasing illegal alien population. Consequently, Simon could not unseat a very unpopular Davis.

California Republicans seeking election to the U.S. Senate fared no better. [6] Dianne Feinstein beat incumbent John F. Seymour (who had been appointed by Wilson when Wilson became California governor in 1992) and Tom Campbell in 2000.

And Barbara Boxer made short work of Republicans Matt Fong in 1998 and [7] Bill Jones in 2004.

What did Lungren, Simon, Seymour, Fong and Jones all have in common? They consistently avoided speaking out about illegal immigration even though the issue had been a[8] winner for Wilson.

Here’s some [9] sound VDARE.COM strategy for politicians based on California history: don’t be cowed. State the anti-illegal immigration case early and often.

And whatever you do, don’t back down.