Yesterday marked the final day for this year’s conference of the National Council of La Raza (NCLR), one of the main Latino civil rights organizations in the U.S. The four-day event centered on issues such as the economy and education, and several business and political leaders spoke at the event. Unfortunately there was one vital group that skipped the event: the Republican Party.The GOP is in dire need of regaining credibility with the Latino electorate, especially regarding the party’s strong anti-immigration stance. Several moderate Republicans have beseeched party elders to make a stronger effort to reach out to the Latino community. Sadly, there are those within the party whose rhetoric has been (shall we say) out-of-bounds. In perhaps the ugliest critique, ex-congressman Tom Tancredo maligned the NCLR by calling it a "Latino KKK without the hoods or the nooses."
In the sake of fairness, most major GOP members do respect the NCLR and “praise the organization as a mainstream civil-rights group.” Yet the lack of a national Republican figure at the NCLR’s conference was a conspicuous omission:
Republicans’ dilemma in connecting with the growing Hispanic electorate will be on vivid display Tuesday: GOP members of the Senate Judiciary Committee will vote overwhelmingly against confirming Sonia Sotomayor, the first Latino nominee to the Supreme Court. And the Democratic Party chairman will address the nation’s largest Latino political group — partly in Spanish. No national GOP official is speaking…Image- Houston Chronicle (Republican presidential candidate U.S. Sen. John McCain spoke at the 2008 National Council of La Raza Convention).
The Republican National Committee says no national party official will be speaking at the convention. The RNC’s four-day summer meeting starts Wednesday in San Diego.
Online Sources- The Latin Americanist, Politico, Chicago Tribune, Chicago Sun-Times, abc7chicago.com
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Republicans will need many surgeons to perform Lobotomies ( or Limbaughtomies ) :
Tim Kaine, Governor of Virginia and Chairman of the Democratic National Committee DNC - He spoke before the annual meeting of National Council of La Raza, the country's top Latino civil rights group.
Tim Kaine says that Virginia is beginning to show beautiful results in Integrating Hispanics to America.
The Good Guys make a great effort to teach English to Children and Adults. And to reach Hispanics in every way, including voter registration for next elections.
Meanwhile the Republicans snub and despise Latinos and make the greatest effort in the Opposite Direction. They were invited but did not attend the annual meeting of National Council of La Raza
Latinos will need Millions of Lobotomies to vote for those that Hate them ....
In MILENIALS.COM ... I am gathering the opinions of many distinguished Law Professors, Intellectuals and of Great Comedians on the Last Racial Events ... including attacks on Sotomayor. ( See many nice cartoons on Sotomayor )
This has to be reflected in the Next Election Results .... We have to blog relentlessly to avoid Latinos from voting for those Racists that hate them .... We have to work very hard in order to avoid those mistakes, by people that do not know English enough to understand their enemies, or that are not interested in politics.
Blog relentlessly in English and Spanish !
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