Posted on 06/09/2005 6:08:23 PM PDT by JJSOmaha
OMAHA, Neb. -- A Nebraska Democrat is under fire. Barry Rubin is executive director of the state party and is accused of using a racial slur.
Rubin used a Spanish phrase meaning "Uncle Tom" when he wrote about Douglas County Election Commissioner Carlos Castillo in a blog on the Nebraska Democrats Web site. The comment has been removed from the site, but the war of words is not over.
"I just kind of stumbled upon it," Castillo said. "(It) was on their Web site last night."
Castillo, a Republican, said he was perusing the Democrats' site when he noticed a comment about himself written by Rubin. The comment was about Castillo's resignation announcement earlier this week. Rubin called Castillo a "Tio Tomas," or Uncle Tom in Spanish.
"I think it's unacceptable. I don't think it's appropriate to be calling racial slurs," Castillo said. "I mean, Barry Rubin doesn't know anything about me. He doesn't know anything about my family. My family has lived in Nebraska longer than Barry Rubin has lived in Nebraska, and I think it's inappropriate."
Uncle Tom is a term that often refers to someone selling out their race. Castillo calls it an insult.
"We can have disagreements over issues and decisions I made. That's all fair game. But I don't think ethnicity, heritage, race, religion -- I don't think those things are fair game," Castillo said.
Rubin said the posting was an internal blog, and was not intended as a racial slur. Rubin said he doesn't believe it was a slur.
When KETV NewsWatch 7's Tom Elser checked the Web site, the Tio Tomas comment was accessible to anyone.
Castillo wants Rubin to resign.
"If anyone in my party did that, I'd ask them to quit, and I think it's fair to do the same. Like I said, I hope his party leadership does the same thing," Castillo said.
Being a Democrat means never having to say you're sorry. Robert Byrd can use the N word on national TV with impunity. Do you think an insignificant racial slur will hurt this guy? Don't be naive.
even a blind pig finds an acorn once in awhile
I believe the term you are looking for is 'pendejo'.
Respectfully,
Khurkris
I think it is 'pinche pendejo'.
It saves energy, though. In Illinois, nobody has to ask Barak Obama for his opinion. Dick Durbin has already given it to us.
I'm afraid the MSM definition of "racist" excludes Democrats.
Don't stand on one foot waiting for it, though
Since this thread is so alliterative, has Osama Obama ever been in Omaha?
The demagoguery is beginning already.
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