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>> thank you. >> did i explain it right, is that pretty much what you did? >> yeah, you know, myself and my writing partner, we were sick of like everybody else in california, we were sick of hearing about the -- and living the anti-immigrant hysteria going on in california during the prop 187 era, and i mean people were losing their minds, people in pizza places, clerks were asking dark skinned mexican people for id before they could buy a pizza. the world was just gone as they say in cartoons, plum loco. the way to cope with awful things like prop 187 or anti-immigrant hatred, was to

This is satire. by taking anti-immigrant it shows the extremism, this is a modest proposal, how satire works. what is the greatest hope of all political satirists? their work will be so close to true, some people will not get the joke. when they did this in the 1990's, some people didn't get the joke. telemundo put daniel portado put him on telemundo as defending prop 187. they didn't get the joke. also pete wilson, the guy who the joke was about. in the midst of the whole daniel deportado, the comedy routine, the governor did an interview with a columnist which he

Deported. 40% said yes. the number this year, 31%. in 2008, republicans were asked if there should be a path to citizenship in florida. 29% said yes. this time, 38% said yes. there appears to be declining -- a declining amount of anti-immigrant feeling among republican voters. as anti-immigrant policies go off the charts for the republican candidates. this is beyond not getting the joke. something is out of whack in republican politics around this issue. remember russell pierce? he became the first arizona legislator ever recalled from office, after he championed the super anti-immigrant arizo...

Repatriate. particul tickets one way only. this is satire. by taking anti-immigrant it shows the extremism, this is a modest proposal, how satire works. what is the greatest hope of all political satirists? their work will be so close to true, some people will not get the joke. when they did this in the 1990's, some people didn't get the joke. telemundo put daniel portado put him on telemundo as defending prop 187. they didn't get the joke. also pete wilson, the guy who the joke was about. in the midst of the whole daniel

In 2008, republicans in the florida exit polls were asked if all illegal immigrants should be deported. 40% said yes. the number this year, 31%. in 2008, republicans were asked if there should be a path to citizenship in florida. 29% said yes. this time, 38% said yes. there appears to be declining -- a declining amount of anti-immigrant feeling among republican voters. as anti-immigrant policies go off the charts for the republican candidates. this is beyond not getting the joke. something is out of whack in republican politics around this issue. remember russell pierce? he became the first ar...