The MSM appears (wisely, given its pro-Kennedy-Bush Amnesty/Immigration Acceleration Bill preferences) to have averted its eyes from the spectacle of GOP Chairman’s sycophantic bootlicking at the National Association of Latino Elected and Appointed Officials (NALEO) conference in Dallas.

RNC Chairman Ken Mehlman Addresses NALEO Annual Conference –GOP.com June 22 2006.

Maybe it is just a spasm of good taste. Mehlman, fresh from claiming credit for Rep. Bilbray’s 50th District anti Immigration Bill victory, is clearly cravenly unscrupulous, even by Washington standards.

But more likely it is because any normal Republican reading it will be outraged to the point of departing the Party. Mehlman displays nothing but hostility and disdain for the interests and preferences of the historic core constituency of the GOP

And as Republican Party Chairman …I want to make it very clear to my Republican friends, both here in Texas and across the nation – that… a Republican Party that does not reach out to Hispanics does not deserve to win. (VDARE.com emphasis).

One might argue (fallaciously) that the GOP cannot win without courting the Hispanic vote, but why doesn’t it deserve to win, if it can? What does Ken Mehlman dislike about the American Government being elected by the historic American nation?

More Mehlman:

I am proud that this is the most diverse administration in history…since I became chairman of this party, I have made it my highest priority to reach out, to say to those who might never have really looked at the Republican Party…

Political appointments are obviously a zero sum game: more Hispanics means fewer whites. If reaching out to non Republicans is the highest priority, that means Republicans are to be relatively neglected.

Even an elementary concern like learning English is considered only as a convenience to the immigrants, not as a moral obligation of an aspiring new citizen. The whole approach is that of a salesman for a new cheap subdivision, rather than that of a leader of one of the nation’s major political groupings.

Apparently in Mehlman’s mind, the old America deserves obliteration because it was sinful:

In an opinion survey in May 1938, fully 68 percent of the public opposed letting refugees from Germany and Austria enter the United States…. In 1905, Republican Senator Henry Cabot Lodge called for “more restrictive legislation” partially because of “the effect upon the quality of our citizenship caused by the rapid introduction of this vast and practically unrestricted immigration.”
Ladies and gentleman, that was wrong then … and it is wrong now.

[So much for his pretence of favoring immigration controls.] Why is being concerned about the survival of your heritage so wrong? Mehlman’s prejudices probably have more to do with his policies than any concern for the GOP

So where does the overwhelming majority white and Christian-stock GOP (and American) community fit into this plan? As a correspondent remarked of Southerners at the time of the Trent Lott lynching, their job appears to be to vote and shut up. Or as Sam Francis put it: Bushman to Christians: Drop Dead (After Voting Of Course)!

When Southern whites figured out the Democratic Party had betrayed them, they decisively left it. The same thing could happen to the Repubicans, right across the country.

VDARE. COM columnist Joe Guzzardi received five first-place blue ribbons in three different baking categories at this year’s San Joaquin County Fair.

His Chocolate Frosted Triple Chocolate Brownies with Dried Cherries won first place in the brownies category. His recipes for Vermont Apple Bread, Decadent Double Chocolate Banana Bread and Old-Fashioned Scottish Orange Current Scones took first place in the quick breads category. Finally, Guzzardi’s California Fruit Cake took first place in the cakes, non-layer category.

The story in the Lodi News-Sentinel, where his column also appears is here.

In addition, the Lodi Living section of the News-Sentinel published a special feature on cupcakes that included Guzzardi’s childhood memories regarding those treats here.

Also available: Joe’s recipe for White Mountain Chocolate Cupcakes, which won an award at the 2005 California State Fair.

Apparently, every rainbow has a silver lining. The effects of Chip Rogers’ Georgia Security and Immigration Compliance Act [ SB 529]are starting to be seen more than a year before the law begins to go into effect!

Mortgage lenders who have been allowed to make loans to illegal aliens - encouraging an illegal to remain in the U.S is a federal crime- along with their equally guilty partners, real estate agents operating the same racket, are now complaining that illegal aliens don’t seem too excited about moving to, remaining in or buying a house in Georgia.

The news of Senator Rogers’ intended consequence has reached California and is reported by the Los Angeles Times. [Our pal Terry Anderson refers to that AJC of the left coast as “LATIMES“]

Georgia Law Chills Latino Home-Buying Market

By Jenny Jarvie, [LA] Times Staff Writer
June 19, 2006

ATLANTA — Two months ago, all Alina Arguello had to do to find Latino home buyers was put up a sign and answer her phone.

But ever since Georgia passed one of the most stringent and far-reaching immigration laws in the nation, the number of Latino buyers who call the Re/Max agent’s home office in suburban Atlanta has dwindled from about 10 to two a day.

“We’re seeing a drastic drop,” she said. “There’s just a tremendous amount of people who want homes, but are not calling.” Many real estate agents and mortgage providers who cater to Spanish-speaking immigrants across Georgia say that the flourishing Latino home buying market has faltered since April, when Gov. Sonny Perdue signed the Georgia Security and Immigration Compliance Act.

Almost immediately, Latino home buyers pulled out of contracts. Some who had already bought, put their homes on the market. And many prospective buyers stopped searching for homes.

Although Georgia’s new legislation does not prohibit illegal immigrants from owning property, many wonder whether they will want to live in Georgia when it begins to come into effect in July 2007.

The law will require companies with state contracts to verify employees’ immigration status, penalize employers who knowingly hire illegal immigrants, curtail many government benefits to illegal immigrants and require that jailers check the immigration status of anyone who is charged with a felony or driving under the influence.

As is the habit of writers and papers with an agenda [the AJC pops into my head again] LATIMES describes the effect on “Latinos” instead of people who are in our country illegally [ a federal crime].

SB 529 is not aimed at Latinos or any other ethnic group. It is aimed at illegal employers and aliens.

The report does get around to mentioning the illegals though:

Diego Castaneda, a real estate agent and loan officer in Norcross, Ga., had two clients — illegal immigrants from Mexico — who were a week away from closing on homes in Atlanta’s northern suburbs when they pulled out of their contracts.

We like Senator Rogers’ quote from the “LATIMES” article:

State Sen. Chip Rogers, a Republican who represents some of Atlanta’s northern suburbs and who sponsored the legislation, said he was “very satisfied” that the law seemed to be prompting some illegal immigrants to consider leaving Georgia.

That illegals are hesitant to come or remain here, that employers are now worrying about legal status of new hires and that profiteering mortgage lenders are whining proves that enforcement, - even the promise of future enforcement - works.

Thank you Senator Rogers!