You know and I know that you do - this has been pushed forward as a Hispanic issue. You have read the posts.
Now I will repeat this- He as been nominated -partly because he is Hispanic - I didn't make that up - he has been characterized that way. You can't deny it now that we have been bombarded with the wonderfulness of it and how man Hispanics will come into the party ang how the President is reaching out to the Hispanics and how he is showing minorities he cares- blah, blah, blah.
This is vile racial politics.
The really sad part is some Republicans now have the audacity to say the Democrats are using racial politics because they are blocking him.
Now you may try to justify the actions - you can't. There is never justification for using a person's race for anything - anything.
But most of all - there is no way you can deny that race entered into this - race was used to defend it (as in attacking the Democrats) and that the President didn't use racial politics to get rid of Trent Lott. It's there for all to see - it is despicable for the DEmocrats -it is despicable for Republicans.
Instead of attacking me ( I am just one little old lady on a posting site for goodness sakes.) Those of you who have any influence might suggest to others that this is not the best way to present the Republican party. Unless of course, it doesn't matter how the party behaves as long as it wins - not sure what it wants to win or what it will have when it wins.
Well, I'd guess you don't know, because you missed by mile.
You haven't answered my post about the author's apparent interest in Latino issues and in bias against Latinos. Is Ruben Navarette a Republican? I don't know.
I know I am not a Republican. I am not as nice as most Republicans. I was very liberal for many years and still haven't gotten rid of all my bad habits.
I do get het-up by the Democrats' tendency to smear pro-life people, which is why I left the Democratic party.
You know and I know that you do - this has been pushed forward as a Hispanic issue. You have read the posts.
Of course I've read them. And I think it's legitimate to say that, when Estrada (finally) gets his position on the Court, it will be a "first" for a Hispanic.
Estrada seems like an honest, hardworking genius to me and to many others. You don't seem to notice all the times people say he has many, many good qualities (see my list of a few examples up above, in post 137). You keep focusing on the race issue.
Please tell me... why aren't the Democrats allowing an up-and-down vote for Estrada?"