Lately I’ve been seeing lots of advertisements on television plugging four ballot initiatives having to do with casinos on Indian reservations. They ads are almost identical, and they’re basically saying (almost in so many words) “vote for these propositions to steal more money from Indians.” And this is supposed to encourage “yes” votes!
Apparently the people pushing this genuinely believe that the majority of California voters will respond to this blatant 19th-century appeal to greed and bigotry. I’m surprised they didn’t throw in “vote yes to get revenge for Custer.” Certainly the “vote yes” campaign has done an excellent job of ensuring that I will go to the polls specifically to vote no on all four initiatives, and I certainly hope they fail overwhelmingly.
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