Posted on 11/26/2004 12:27:15 AM PST by AnimalLover
White House Counsel Alberto Gonzales, President Bush's nominee for attorney general, got the backing of a group that promotes driver's licenses for illegal aliens, no immigration law enforcement by local and state police and amnesty programs broader than the administration's proposal.
The National Council of La Raza, which bills itself as the largest national Hispanic civil rights and advocacy organization in the U.S., welcomed the nomination of Gonzales to succeed John Ashcroft.
"We are very encouraged by the Gonzales nomination," said the glowing endorsement by La Raza. "We previously criticized the Bush administration for not having an Hispanic in the cabinet since the departure of former HUD Secretary, now Senator-elect, Mel Martinez. We are pleased that one of the first acts since the president’s re-election both rectifies that situation and marks an historic milestone for the Latino community. Never before has a Hispanic served as head of one of the four major Cabinet posts – secretary of State, Treasury, Defense and attorney general," said Janet Murguia, NCLR executive director and chief operating officer.
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Well......Bill Clinton was a success story too in that sense. A lot of people with bad ideas have rags to riches biographies! A more serious issue on this score is Gonzalez's support of mandating "diversity" in college admissions (contra Olsen, Thomas, Scalia, and Renquist) rather than admitting on the basis of merit.
I don't see anyone complaining about non-racists like Henry Bonilla or Silvestre Reyes. It's not the color --- if this guy is a hispanic supremist that needs to get out --- supposedly he's for Affirmative Action (for Mexicans anyhow), that's pretty bad if he is. If a white supremist was nominated then that would also be bad. If someone belong to white pride groups or a group which called itself "The Race", wouldn't that be something that needed to be discussed?
So, you think there should (1) be a prevailing color, and (2) God forbid it should be white?
That's about as racist as you can get.
Very true. If he's not a member --- then it should be dropped. That's could be like being endorsed or supported by the Nazi party or KKK --- if you weren't a member, their endorsement could actually be someone trying to cause trouble.
Liberals apparently don't like Gonzalez --- he is pro-death penalty and he might be good on some issues --- so they could get La Raza to pretend to endorse him for their own reasons.
It's been on other websites for a week. I wondered when it was going to hit FR.
I don't think so.
Skin color has nothing to do with my outlook on an AG, but his relattionship with an Hispanic organization devoted to the superiority of one race over another does.
You can't cry "racist" if someone questions someone's relationships. This whole La Raza thing may be nothing but an urban legend, but it's proper to question it anyway.
Ding! Ding! We have a winner!
Why does it bother you that Gonzales is not a certain color?
It's been on other websites for a week. I wondered when it was going to hit FR.
Read slower and comprehend. I'm not the one on that thread supporting the pure white America. I figured the posters I directed to it initially would feel more at home there.
Good point. I hadn't considered that he brings them credit instead of vice versa.
"got the backing of a group" does not mean he's a member. As someone else mentioned, LaRaza is probably just piling on so it's not left out of the Hispanic groups that support him.
Did they ask you to speak for them?
From the article:
"Alberto Gonzales served with distinction on the board of directors of one of NCLR’s oldest and most respected affiliates, the Association for the Advancement of Mexican Americans in Houston, Texas," she [Janet Murguia, NCLR executive director and chief operating officer] said. "Moreover, during his tenure as White House counsel, he has been one of the most accessible members of the White House staff to NCLR and other Hispanic organizations."Translation: Gonzalez ran one of NCLR's bottom feeders.
None of that would change the fact that the members of those chapters were members of NOW. They may have condemned them (on these two matters) with words, but they supported them with activity and with cash.
The people making the La Raza claim need to start showing some real evidence cause so far they don't have squat.
Perhaps a future Cabinet member can be a member of Alqaida. Wouldn't be surprising to Marcuse.
Seen this?
AG Nominee Member of La Raza
Gonzales in group that backs lax immigration laws
http://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=41628
many freepers have to cry racist.....it makes them feel good and look like libs.
folks question the guy's alleged links to La Raza and the do gooders here cry racist...they are no different than the left.
....well...maybe they are pro-war and for less taxes but they still worship at the altar of "where's the peckerwood bogeyman"
meanwhile...many of them who are "of color or non-gringo ethnicity would never dare admit where their true axe lies...nosiree...hypocrites.
Yup, and after many threads and hundreds of posts NO ONE has provided any proof other then La Raza claiming AAMA is an afiliate organization. Yet AAMA claims no such afiliation, and no documentation proofing an afiliation has come forward. Yet some posters continue to insist, with out a shead of proof that Gonzales is La Raza. I think such a claim should include a little proof. If that makes me a do gooder, fine with me, now where is your proof? Put up or shut up.
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