[Mrs. Don-o]

I have never known Linda Chavez to be a racial activist. Her last contact with the AFT (Teachers' Union) was almost 30 years ago ---- and she left them for reasons of political/moral divergence: even 30 years ago she couldn't stomach the radical Left direction they were going in.

And she's not hysterical.

You can certainly criticize Linda Chavez on policies, and do so with facts; but the attempt to encapsulate her character with a few broadly insulting phrases is, I think, poorly directed.

[rmlew]

Chavez plays the race card, calling all those who wish to reduce illegal immigration racist. She calls those of us who want to reduce absolute immigration Malthusiasts, racist and nativist. She is a liberal and race baiter. She’s no conservative. She falls between neoconservatives like Irving Kristol and neoliberals like Dan Patrik Moynihan.