tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3901123.post5283383563619043521..comments2024-03-15T03:20:38.106-05:00Comments on Brains and Eggs: Is Ted Cruz legitimately 'Hispanic'?PDiddiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05851660342241127485noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3901123.post-37556868773997002922012-08-30T21:02:21.163-05:002012-08-30T21:02:21.163-05:00Amaury Nora of Somos Tejanos, via Carl Whitmarsh l...Amaury Nora of Somos Tejanos, via Carl Whitmarsh listserv:<br /><br />I would seriously tread lightly when when it comes to this issue, it will do nothing more but backfire and create blow back. Here is a little insight into the Mexican-American community, especially the Tejano, community - Cuban-Americans are not trusted, they are looked as the tokens of the GOP. This is why it is wrong to compare support between the African-American and the Hispanic community. The Hispanic votes have always been diluted. The Cuban American block have always voted Republican and in Texas, political affiliation has always been based on socio-economic level. This is why Orlando Sanchez did not beat Lee Brown. I know, I was there, and I took part in that election. There is more effective ways to go after him. I would push the issue of his involvement in Tom Delays quest to redistrict Texas. That would open a whole of worms, that would time with Dick Army. Wonder why we don't see wife? He would have to acknowledge his works for the banking industry. She currently works for Goldman Sachs, prior to that, she worked for Merrill Lynch, talk about revolving doors. If you really want to stir things up, bring up her involvement Security and Prosperity Partnership of North America (SPP), dubbed Bush's North American Union Plan. You certainly have Alex Jones stirring up his base.<br /><br />http://www.cfr.org/content/publications/attachments/NorthAmerica_TF_final.pdf<br /><br />Heidi S. Cruz* is an energy investment banker with Merrill Lynch in Houston, Texas. She served in the Bush White House under Dr.<br />Condoleezza Rice as the Economic Director for the Western Hemisphere at the National Security Council, as the Director of the Latin<br />America Office at the U.S. Treasury Department, and as Special Assistant to Ambassador Robert B. Zoellick, U.S. Trade Representative. Prior to government service, Ms.. Cruz was an investment banker with J.P. Morgan in New York City.<br /><br />How effective was the North American Union campaign, it died a horrible death. From the Hoover Institute<br />The design of the SPP is creative in handling asymmetry by attempting a less political, technocratic negotiation process; however, this has raised issues of transparency and accountability that threaten the future of the SPP process.<br /><br />http://hudson.org/files/pdf_upload/HudsonNegotiatingNorthAmericaadvanceproof2.pdf<br /><br />Questioning his ethnicity will only rally the Hispanic in his favor. It is bad enough we have to endure the GOP's anti-Hispanic rhetoric, however, with the recent Supreme Court decisions that allow law enforcement to question any Hispanic they suspect to "illegal" as long as they are able to articulate the circumstances that they felt suspicious, based on their training and experience. To make matters worse, under Texas Penal Code - Section 38.02 a "person commits an offense if he intentionally refuses to give his name, residence address, or date of birth to a peace officer who has lawfully arrested the person and requested the information." In so doing, the cases constitutionalize racial profiling against Latinos and unduly expand governmental power and discretion beyond the borders of immigration enforcement.PDiddiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05851660342241127485noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3901123.post-59826690329728035052012-08-30T15:50:34.095-05:002012-08-30T15:50:34.095-05:00I love it when liberals try to argue that minoriti...I love it when liberals try to argue that minorities who disagree with them don't qualify as minorities any more. It is the height of racism -- and when it comes from members of the minority group in question, it reeks of self-hating racism.<br /><br />I wonder -- would the Losercrat chairman argue that Barack Obama isn't black enough because of his white mama, being raised by white grandparents, and spending the first 40% of his life being known as "Barry"?Greghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16164118803445903585noreply@blogger.com