My Email to Bill O'Reilley regarding "Juan"

Self | Feb 8, 2008 | Jeff Head

[Jeff Head]

Last night, since Laura Ingraham was going to be on O'Reilley, I watched the show. At one point O'Reilley became quite agitated over what he termed as the unfounded personal attacks from the right against Mccain. Laura asked him for examples.

O'Reilley became even more agitated and asked if Laura knoew that conservatives were calling McCain, "Juan" McCain, and how terrible and bigotted that was.

I thought Laura would respond appropriately, but she either wass caught unprepared or simply does not know the real meaning of that particular reference.

Si, I sent an email to the "No Spin Zone" and copied it to Laura. Here it is:

Bill,

With all due respect. During your interview with Laura Ingraham last night you became quite agitated when giving examples of the personal attack on McCain by the right. I admit that there have been personal attacks and many of them are unfounded and disgusting, particularly as regards his POW status.

However, the "Juan" charge is not one of them. That label is not penned to him as some sort of bigotted, demeaning attack against either legal Mexican immigrants or the illegal variety.

It has to do with an individual named Juan Hernandez who Mccain has hired as a senior member of his campaign staff as a part of his Hispanic Outreach program.

I suggest you do some homework on Juan Hernandez. He was a member of Vicente Fox's cabinet, is a dual-citizen, and it about as vocal a proponent of totally open borders as you will find, even calling for Mexican-Americans in this nation to look first to Mexico for their allegiance.

As long as McCain retains such an individual on his campaign staff, his words about both securing the border and effectively dealing with the illegal immigration problem ring absolutely hollow to most conservatives.

Thus the term, "Juan" McCain. It refers to his campaign staffer, Juan Hernandez.

Sincerely,

Jeff Head

I do not know if it will help. But, it appeared that both McCain and Ingraham were unaware of the significant implications of Juan Hernandez's position in the McCain campaign.

[Jeff Head]

FYI.

[Travis McGee]

Don't listen to McCain's promises of the moment: observe his actions.

This is the man John McCain chose to be his "Hispanic Outreach Director." Hernandez is a verified traitor. Born in Dallas he decided as an adult to become a dual-national Mexican citizen. His last job was serving as Mexican President Vicente Fox's "American Reconquista Director."

Hernandez believes all Mexicans and Mexican-Americans in the USA should become dual citizens and consider themselves Mexicans first, "to the 8th generation."

The "New American Pioneers" proclaimed in his book are the illegal alien invaders he urges to become settlers in the USA.

And this is the man McCain chose for his "Hispanic Outreach Director." In the past week he was asked about this choice, and he said he chose Hernandez because he agrees with his positions.

Yet out of the other side of his mouth he says "He has heard us" and he will "Secure the border first."

Juan Shamnesty McCain is precisely a treacherous liar.

[DuncanWaring]

“New American Pioneers”?

Not hardly.

More like “New Conquistadores”.

[GVnana]

It has to do with an individual named Juan Hernandez who Mccain has hired as a senior member of his campaign staff

Problem is, how can you ever source the origin?

[Clemenza]

The average Mexican would resent being compared to "consquistadores" who aren't regarded favorably in Mexican history textbooks.

I would compare them more to Kosovar Albanians.

[exit82]

Good for you, Jeff.

I saw that segment too, and it was so bogus. O’Really shows that he isn’t quite up on things as he thinks.

He was spinning quite rapidly about the “personal attacks”. I haven’t seen any personal attacks, other than the POW article you mention, but that didn’t get a lot of play, so if he even mentioned that, it would not have resonated with anyone.

When O’Really went off on Laura, it reminded me of his ignorance concerning FreeRepublic and the trashing that he gave us, that was completely erroneous and inaccurate.

Like you, I only stopped channel surfing when I saw Laura on. And I agree, she could have been sharper. But I’ll cut her some slack, as when Romney bowed out, it took a lot of wind out of her sails earlier in the day.

I also believe O’Really has stuck his finger in the wind, and was anxious to get on board the media template of the day—which is to act like conservatives are nutballs for not supporting such an illustrious nominee as Juan McCrazy.

[3AngelaD]

Jeff, I, too, thought it was odd that Bill O’Reilly had no clue and apparently doesn’t know who Juan Hernandez is. I would have expected him to be better informed. Can his research people be that dim?

[muawiyah]

Actually, I compare Mexicans to their forebears in North Africa and the Levant. Those guys have no more American Indian in them that your typical New Yorker. The New Yorkers may have more!

Alas, Juan Hernandez doesn't even seem to have all that much North African ancestry. Guy could be the punk down the street for all anyone knows.

[Red_Devil 232]

I do not think your analysis is correct. Juan = John. Juan is used because of McCain’s stance on amnesty!

[JaneNC]

Oreillly is a big BLOVIATING fool

[muawiyah]

O’Reilly’s fact checkers and researchers are particularly dim when it comes to Republicans and Conservatives. He should take action immediately to fix that problem.

[wilco200]

BOR needs to get off hi high horse. Calling someone Juan is offensive?

On the same show, Bernie Goldberg pointed out more of this nonesense with BOR’s outrage over a comment about asking Bill Richardson to pass the guacomole. He thought that was offensive, too (or at lest the lack of media coverage)

Reminds me of that old Seinfeld episode where Jerry asks a Chinese guy where the closest Chinese restaurant is and the guy goes nuts.

[Clemenza]

Wrong. Your average Mexican has more Indian blood in him than European.

I've been to Spain and I have been to Mexico. The former look no different than many French and Italians, while the latter look more Amerindian than either.

Besides, most of the Moriscos (converted Moors) were expelled following the Alpurajja uprisings in the 16th century. While there is some moorish ancestry (and JEWISH ancestry) in (southern) Spain, it is no more than that found in Sicily and Provence.

[Anonymous Rex]

One of the many reason I will never vote for McCain. Juan Hernandez.

[Marysecretary]

You are exactly right, Travis McGee. I don’t trust either Juan for one minute. How tragic for America.

[RobinOfKingston]

“New American Pioneers”?

Not hardly.

More like “New Conquistadores”.

That is euphemistically speaking, of course. The new discourse in America is to conceal the meaning of plain language behind soft sounding, non-threatening words. Consider "human rights," for instance, and all the debris that gets hoovered up into that term.

[CaptainK]

Bill has Juan on his show frequently.

[jan in Colorado]

Thank you, Jeff, for writing that note to O'Reilley. I saw that exchange last night with Laura, and I also think it is important that O'Reilley understands WHY we call McCain Juan. I am going to send him a short, pithy note as well!

He should do a report on Juan Hernandez and maybe then he will understand ONE of the reasons WHY we are so upset!

[Travis McGee]

Juan is exactly the Spanish translation of John.

Are you saying that it’s an insult to be called by your Spanish name?

What are you, an Anglophone bigot?

[Waco]

Remember the famous detective “Juan Peso” and his sidekick Tonto?