“those hurt by the boycott will respond/ change their ways/ pressure their elected representatives to do so/ vote them out of office” …
johnjohn: Are you aware that AZ’s governor was *not* elected into office? When the Democratic governor left to become (ahem) director of homeland security (cough) Arizona’s insane rules of succession provided that the nutcase Secretary of State automatically assume the post.
Much of AZ’s population is non-white, and will suffer from a boycott. The state is already a mess from the real estate meltdown.Also, remember that many immigrants tend to vote for conservative politicians because they *hate* the countries they left and drink the jingoistic right-wing koolaid. That’s the essence of the right wing’s nightmarish stranglehold — they convince the people they will harm the most to vote for them.
this is not an easy issue. Thanks to Damian for the good article
“those hurt by the boycott will respond/ change their ways/ pressure their elected representatives to do so/ vote them out of office” …
johnjohn: Are you aware that AZ’s governor was *not* elected into office? When the Democratic governor left to become (ahem) director of homeland security (cough) Arizona’s insane rules of succession provided that the nutcase Secretary of State automatically assume the post.
Much of AZ’s population is non-white, and will suffer from a boycott. The state is already a mess from the real estate meltdown.Also, remember that many immigrants tend to vote for conservative politicians because they *hate* the countries they left and drink the jingoistic right-wing koolaid. That’s the essence of the right wing’s nightmarish stranglehold — they convince the people they will harm the most to vote for them.
this is not an easy issue. Thanks to Damian for the good article