[HitmanLV]

I disagree, though I confess I am no expert. The fact is that none of this is really news (racial slurs, club membership), and yet Bustamante has enjoyed public office for years.

There is no comparision to Ayrian Nation - that is sudden death for a white (and it should be), but comperable affiliations are not sudden death for a minority.

[PeoplesRep_of_LA]

The fact is that none of this is really news (racial slurs, club membership), and yet Bustamante has enjoyed public office for years.

BELIEVE me, this will be news when Californians realize this. Most of us don't even know who the heck the Lt Gov is out of lineup in a normal time, but all hell is breaking loose here. Have you heard that they can't really find his birth certificate or any record of him being born here? He might be illegal, and inelligable to run.

There is no comparision to Ayrian Nation - that is sudden death for a white (and it should be), but comperable affiliations are not sudden death for a minority.

Its a perfect comparison, and you are coming dangerously close again to calling real minorities (read not Leaders like Jackson and Sharpton) racist. That simply isn't the case, which is why we don't have Black Panthers winning every black district in the US.

[moehoward]

Part of the problem is assuming that this pushy bunch thinks like the average American.

They do not.

While this news may alienate many level headed Dems. The majority of the Hispanic/Illegal Alien crowd will circle the wagons and vote as a block. Bustamante is one of their own.