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To: nanny
To nominate, vote, oppose, woo, hire, fire, etc. anyone on the basis of their ethnicity is racial politics and it is just wrong - just wrong and very destructive.

For years and years, in American politics, ethnicity has been one of the candidate's qualities that has been considered before nomination .

128 posted on 04/29/2003 6:38:27 PM PDT by syriacus (Our tagline composers are assisting other customers. Your input is important to us. Enjoy the music)
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To: syriacus
For years and years, in American politics, ethnicity has been one of the candidate's qualities that has been considered before nomination .

That makes it right?

131 posted on 04/29/2003 6:53:23 PM PDT by nanny
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To: syriacus
For years and years, in American politics, ethnicity has been one of the candidate's qualities that has been considered before nomination

But what is "ethnicity" in this Estrada case? He's from Honduras (I think) ---how many Hondurans are there to vote for him? Silvestre Reyes and the Hispanic Caucus in Congress are working against his nomination ---maybe someone should have asked them ahead of time? I think the Republicans made a fatal mistake in assuming most Hispanics even care ---I live in an 80% hispanic area (no Hondurans) and I haven't seen one bumper sticker for him, I have not heard one workplace conversation about the issue. To me it might be like nomination a French immigrant and expecting all Americans with any European ancestors to demand he be nominated because we felt part of the same ethnic group.

133 posted on 04/29/2003 7:02:21 PM PDT by FITZ
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