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Julián Castro throws his sombrero in the ring
americanthinker.com ^ | 1/15/2019 | Peter Barry Chowka

Posted on 01/15/2019 9:49:58 AM PST by rktman

Early in the new year, the first of what are expected to be several dozen Democratic presidential wannabes are making preliminary announcements to supporters and the media of their intentions to challenge President Donald Trump in 2020. The first Latino politician out of the gate is Julián Castro, who announced his candidacy on Saturday, January 12. Castro is the 44-year-old former mayor of San Antonio who served as the secretary of housing and urban development during the last three years of the Obama administration. He is the grandson of a Mexican woman who "crossed" to the U.S. in 1922. Almost every article I read about Castro recently describes him as "a rising star in the Democratic Party."

Judging by his campaign launch and his "rise" in the party hierarchy before that, Castro is positioning himself as a master of the art of extreme identity politics. After his Jan. 12 speech in his former barrio neighborhood in San Antonio, Castro retweeted Natalie Montelongo, Immigrants Rights @ACLU, who is also the founder of The Future is Latina dot com. In her tweet, Montelongo gushed about Castro's announcement:

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TOPICS: Culture/Society; Philosophy; Political Humor/Cartoons; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: 2020demprimary; laraza; mechae
Uh, in some circles, wouldn't the header alone be considered "racis'"? Aye, que pedo?(Sure the spelling is all wrong but the intent is "Hey, who farted?") Probably the stench from jewleyanne's mom's involvement with la raza and mechaE or whatever it's name is today. Castro, dems? Yeah, that fits.
1 posted on 01/15/2019 9:49:58 AM PST by rktman
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To: LUV W; Jane Long

Texas Ping.


2 posted on 01/15/2019 9:52:40 AM PST by Army Air Corps (Four Fried Chickens and a Coke)
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To: rktman

Their primary ballot will look like a phone book page......................


3 posted on 01/15/2019 9:56:06 AM PST by Red Badger (We are headed for a Civil War. It won't be nice like the last one....................)
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To: rktman

Sí, ¿quién se tiró un pedo?........................


4 posted on 01/15/2019 9:58:09 AM PST by Red Badger (We are headed for a Civil War. It won't be nice like the last one....................)
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To: Red Badger

Pee Yewwwww. Thanks. LOL! But, you got my intent right?


5 posted on 01/15/2019 9:59:07 AM PST by rktman ( #My2ndAmend! ----- Enlisted in the Navy in '67 to protect folks rights to strip my rights. WTH?)
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To: rktman

The Clown Car takes on another passenger.


6 posted on 01/15/2019 9:59:42 AM PST by Signalman
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To: rktman

Racist.


7 posted on 01/15/2019 10:00:17 AM PST by OKSooner (Whatever happened to, "The midterms are safe."?)
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To: rktman

Que?

What?

Si.

Que Si?

Yes.

Casey Watt.......................


8 posted on 01/15/2019 10:00:51 AM PST by Red Badger (We are headed for a Civil War. It won't be nice like the last one....................)
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To: OKSooner

Thanks. I’ll be here all week.


9 posted on 01/15/2019 10:01:10 AM PST by rktman ( #My2ndAmend! ----- Enlisted in the Navy in '67 to protect folks rights to strip my rights. WTH?)
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To: rktman

That is a truly ignorant headline.


10 posted on 01/15/2019 10:02:09 AM PST by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either satire or opinion. Or both.)
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To: rktman

Beto wept.


11 posted on 01/15/2019 10:09:24 AM PST by hadaclueonce ( This time I am Deplorable)
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To: rktman
"The Future is LatinaWhite dot com

Imagine if that was a website

The screaming would never end

12 posted on 01/15/2019 10:13:25 AM PST by Regulator (Inquiring Minds Wanna Know: Why?)
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To: Signalman

It’s all a scam to pilfer donations, build street cred and maybe get a veep slot.


13 posted on 01/15/2019 10:39:34 AM PST by shanover (...To disarm the people is the best and most effectual way to enslave them.-S.Adams)
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To: rktman

This Castro guy looks weird. It looks like he has no ears.


14 posted on 01/15/2019 10:45:24 AM PST by HighSierra5
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To: rktman

These early no-names (and have no realistic expectation of advancing in primaries) are all in for one thing -

The earlier you get in the horse race, the easier to attract early money. This is all about themselves advancing.

Not one of them could clearly answer WHY they want to lead the USA.


15 posted on 01/15/2019 10:51:39 AM PST by Sir Napsalot (Pravda + Useful Idiots = USSR; Journ0List + Useful Idiots = DopeyChangey)
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To: HighSierra5
This Castro guy looks weird. It looks like he has no ears.

I've said before that Castro is too unattractive to be elected Prez. He's not gonna make the ladies swoon the way Beto did. In fact, he's kind of off-putting.

16 posted on 01/15/2019 11:18:23 AM PST by Sans-Culotte (Time to get the US out of the UN and the UN out of the US!)
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To: Army Air Corps

We need the Not This S#!t Again guy, en espanol.

I did a search....looks like they’ve disappeared that one :- /


17 posted on 01/15/2019 11:41:23 AM PST by Jane Long (Praise God, from whom ALL blessings flow.)
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To: rktman

Kirten air head “Silly Gilly” Gillibrand is going to announce tonight on a serious news show, Colbert? Ever heard of it?


18 posted on 01/15/2019 11:42:18 AM PST by 1Old Pro
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To: HighSierra5

He looks to me like his (unknown) daddy was a grey. Just something UFOish about him and his twin brother.


19 posted on 01/15/2019 3:10:50 PM PST by Ann de IL
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