AVWatch: Annotating Villaraigosa's speech

L.A.'s mayor-elect Antonio Villaraigosa appeared at the "Take Back America" event (for "progressives", not necessarily reconquistas). Here are his remarks, annotated with few randomly chosen links:

I come today as a patriot... I talk about patriotism because I think for too long progressives have allowed some to wrap themselves around the flag and say, America, love it or leave it...

...take a snapshot of Los Angeles and in 25 or 30 years so will go Topeka, Kansas and Des Moines, Iowa.

...I started out in the civil rights movement...

The speech went on like that. If you prefer facts, even of the uncomfortable kind, click on the links and check out who "progressives" support.

The middle sentence should scare the crap out of anyone in the named cities. Trust me on this: you don't want to end up like Los Angeles.

Immigration2005a · Thu, 06/02/2005 - 15:52 · · Importance: 1

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