In the context of the entire convo...no. He was commenting on something McCain said...responding that is all they have to offer Hispanics...
I also didn't see why the Taco comment by the mayor was racist either... On Thu, Feb 16, 2012 at 10:58 AM, Jerry Barnes <critic...@gmail.com> wrote: > > "The bottom line, and you know it to be true, is that any Republican or > Republican proxy would be excoriated for this. That is not right." > > > Maureen, I found just such an example: http://minx.cc/?post=326726 > > > Chimichanga? > > Is anyone really > offended?< > http://univisionnews.tumblr.com/post/17659726914/chimichanga-republicans-twitter-jim-messina > > > > Was it a "great line" in the first place? > > I get it, though. Because no Republican in any position of prominence could > have used Dana Milbank's lame line -- "All [Democrats] have to offer > Hispanics is the chimichanga" -- without experiencing two months of fake, > ginned-up "outrage." > > Liberals, by definition, are not racist. So if a comment comes along that > pushes a stereotype, you must have just misunderstood. > > Conservatives, by definition, are racist. So if a similar comment comes > along, that's proof of the racism. > > But I don't know if doing the same thing in return helps us at all. > > *But "I Might Have Tacos" Is Racist?* > The nuanced decisions they > make!< > http://usnews.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2012/01/26/10246992-2000-tacos-delivered-to-i-might-have-tacos-mayor > > > > I assume the mayor there who said "I might have tacos" as his suggestion > for Latino outreach must be a Democrat, as MSNBC studiously refuses to > identify his party. > > *Nope:* > Rocks says he's a Republican. > > So, if a Republican says something similar he gets a national campaign > directed against him. > > Jim Messina doesn't even issue an apology. > > > J > > - > > Ninety percent of politicians give the other ten percent a bad reputation. > - Henry Kissinger > > Politicians are people who, when they see light at the end of the tunnel, > go out and buy some more tunnel. - John Quinton > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:347018 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
