Reid orders Hispanics back to the fields
I picked this up from DrewM at Ace of Spades. Harry Reid wonders how a person of Hispanic origin can possibly vote for a Republican. He seems to be saying “Hey! All of you Mets-i-kins get back out in the field and pick me some damn lettuce”.
It’s an obvious attempt to shame Hispanics into voting for him and his son (who happens to be facing an Hispanic opponent…Brian Sandoval) as if Latinos should be a monolithic voting bloc for Democrats.
Not all Latinos are so intellectually dishonest that they want open borders just to attract more Hispanics to the country. One only needs to look at how the Mexican government treats Guatemalans and Salvadorans as they transit that country.
Category: Liberals suck
From what I’ve seen, legal Hispanic immigrants despise illegals even more than citizens here, if that’s possible. Can’t say I blame them–they took the time, spent the money, did things the right way, and someone comes along and shits all over their efforts and unfortunately the more myopic among us ignorantly lump both illegals and legal immigrants into the same group–which couldn’t be farther from the truth.
That being said, how come Reid isn’t being painted as a racist with that comment? You know that if a senior US Senator on the GOP side said something to the effect that he can’t understand why any white people would vote Democrat, the story would be page one, above the fold, until said Republican politician quit or was thrown out of office.
Being hispanic myself I find Reid’s remark repugnant and offensive.
http://danmaloneyforcongress.wordpress.com/2010/08/11/this-hispanic-republican-finds-harry-reids-remark-offensive/
Yeah, the thing about Nevada ballots is there’s a third, “vote for nobody” on them. Those votes go to incumbents. So if Reid gets everyone pissed at him and angle, it works for him. God I hate smart enemies.
The question isn’t, “Why would Hispanics vote republican”, but, “Why would anyone (other than that top 5% we keep reading about) vote republican”…..
Congratulations on your attainment of complete irrelevance, Joe.
Oh Joe, Joe, Joe,
Just go and turn yourself into fish bait.
At least then you’d be useful for something. . . .
Joe, if it makes you feel any better…if the Republicans keep going the way they have been, most REPUBLICANS will be asking themselves the same question.
Of course, the Democrats won’t get their vote, either.
Just for the record, I’m a Conservative. (Translation: I vote for the politician I think will do the best job, not for any / either party.)
PintoNag,
Yeah, you know how I feel about the current republicans, blind to recent history, blinded by ideaology and completely cynical about the political process. I’m not crazy about the current crop of democrats either. If a viable 3rd party came along I’d look long and hard. If Rlaph Nader had a chance in hell, I would have voted for him. But really and truly, I think the process is completely broken and dysfunctional, poisoned by money and corporate “personhood”. David Michael Green had an interesting editorial recently when a reader asked him, after all his criticism of both parties, what is there to do? After paragraphs of rumination he was not optimistic for the future of our republic, but said that perhaps the last, best hope of taking back the process is to work for publically funded elections. But I agree with him, it looks bleaker than it did in Great Britain in the 50’s – 70’s……
#8 Joe:
I would like to see a strong third political party come of age now; I have watched the Tea Party with great interest, to see how their philosophies solidified. I will also be curious to see what will happen to the Republican Party if the Tea Party gains true momentum; actually, if may well affect the Democratic Party, as well.
Joey, quit trying to sound moderate. You’re a rabid, Obama-loving lefty radical. You’re not crazy about the “current crop” of dems, because you don’t think they’re radical enough for you. Some seem to be trying to distance themselves from the excesses of Obamacare, and the deficits of the Oconomy, and that just doesn’t cut it for you. I’d bet you just get all teary when the LSM reports that some dems running for office run the other way when Meechelle’s husband shows up in their state.
To all, and ESPECIALLY Joe,
We are going in the direction of no parties, as the Founding Fathers originally conceived and planned for the politics of this country. We are seeing now the reasons for their mistrust of parties of either direction. The F.F.’s original plan was for individuals to run on their own merits, as citizen-statesmen (and now, women). We’re going there, we just need to be aware of it.
I know that in Arizona, hispanics tend to be about 50/50 on most of the immigration hot-topics. I mean, most hispanics are hard working individuals (Illegal immigrants work hard for their minimum wage!) – why would any hard working individual want to pay high taxes?
Also, I see you’re fail trolling again UpNorth, lol.
Interesting contrast; on numerous occasions, I hear Reid and other pandering panderers who pander refer to people as “Hispanic-Americans” or “Latino-Americans”, then I listen to Marco Rubio…and he consistently uses the description “Americans of Hispanic heritage” or “Americans of Hispanic descent”. Therein lies a crucial indicator in ideology between these two…one places ethnic identity before national identity, and the other emphasizes being an American first, and their ethnicity second. Need I say more?
UpNorth,
Obama is radical? I think not, more like he is in the corporations’ pocket. He is not nearly radical enough.