Aff.Act.Alum NAVARRETTE Sez, Support GONZALEZ & RICE Because of Race [View All]

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NAVARRETTE is another one of those Affirmative Action dudes who, like Clarence THOMAS, emerged from their Democratic-sponsored hand-up apparently traumatized and self-hating, therefore committed to lashing out at anything Democratic and favoring every wingnut position.

The angle that hooked NAVARRETTE is that Hispanics ought to be free agents, not be "owned" by the Democratic Party. The wee problem with this is that the alternative is to "belong" to the wingnuts, who just want Hispanics to be their (literal) yardmen and houseboys. The more he pretends to "independence", the more he is owned.

Yep, there's something wrong with Affirmative Action, since those "Liberal" colleges turn pod minds into wingnuts. The suspect mechanism for teaching this supposed "independent thinking" is the devil's advocate gimmick, which tends to make the pod mind think it is very, very smart--smarter than the evidence supports.

In 2002, he was lecturing the Democratic Party in Texas on "loyalty" to Victor MORALES, the MORALES who later refused to support the Democratic nominee in the general election.

So, here, he wants to know, "What have you (Dem Party) done for me LATELY." So the word is "gimme" and supporting WINGNUT minorities is supposed to be BECAUSE of their race/ethnicity--------RACISM.

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http://www.postwritersgroup.com/archives/nava1124.htm

DALLAS -- A Latino attorney general? A black woman as secretary of state?

Who would have imagined it 50 years ago -- or even, more recently, say, during the Clinton administration? Give President Bush credit for breaking barriers that his Democratic predecessor never got around to breaking.

Just don't try telling that to white liberals who are thrilled with the idea of minorities doing well -- as long as they can claim credit. If they can't, or if the minorities happen to be conservative, things can get messy. ....

As Democrats sink their teeth into the Gonzales and Rice nominations, note the condescension. Liberals can -- in one breath -- convey both the high opinion they have of themselves and the low opinion they have of everyone else. I've had a taste. During a stint as a columnist at a newspaper in Arizona, I criticized a Democratic U.S. attorney for ducking a civil rights case involving Latinos. I got lots of angry phone calls and e-mails. One note that stands out: A reader asked where I'd be ``without affirmative action secured for (me) by the Democratic Party.'' ....

When that sort of garbage comes from the right, we call it racism. What should we call it when it comes from the left?


Ruben Navarrette's e-mail address is [e-mail].

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