Oh My! ..... Tancredo says Sotomayor is a member of the 'Latino KKK'

[marmar]

:wow: :crazy:



from THinkProgress:



Tancredo: Sotomayor Is A Member Of The ‘Latino KKK Without The Hoods Or The Nooses’

Seizing the opportunity to vilify a female, Hispanic Supreme Court nominee, noted bigot Tom Tancredo has emerged from obscurity to denounce Judge Sonia Sotomayor. Earlier this week, Tancredo declared her to be a “racist” who should be “disqualified” from serving on the bench.

This afternoon on CNN, he went further, attacking her affiliation with the National Council of La Raza as equivalent to being a member of the Ku Klux Klan:

TANCREDO: If you belong to an organization called La Raza, in this case, which is, from my point of view anyway, nothing more than a Latino — it’s a counterpart — a Latino KKK without the hoods or the nooses. If you belong to something like that in a way that’s going to convince me and a lot of other people that it’s got nothing to do with race. Even though the logo of La Raza is “All for the race. Nothing for the rest.” What does that tell you?

SANCHEZ: Alright. We’re not talking about — we’re not talking about La Raza –

TANCREDO: She’s a member! She’s a member of La Raza!

Watch it: http://thinkprogress.org/2009/05/28/tancredo-latino-kkk/


The La Raza line is the latest right-wing attack on Sotomayor. Right-wing groups have been waging war against La Raza since the 2006 immigration rallies. Conservatives, including Rep. Charles Norwood (R-GA), claim the group “supports racist groups calling for the secession of the western United States as a Hispanic-only homeland.” The right-wing blog Stop The ACLU calls La Raza “an anti-white extremist group.”

These attacks — promoted by Drudge — are only going to escalate. Of course, the characterizations are wildly false. La Raza is the nation’s largest Latino civil rights and advocacy organization that focuses on such nefarious issues as “civil rights/immigration, education, employment and economic status, and health.” Used to these attacks, La Raza has a long fact-sheet debunking the unhinged claims of the right, including pointing out that “La Raza” translates as “the people,” not “the race,” as the right wing suggests.

Tancredo echoed a popular right-wing myth, claiming the group’s slogan is “All for the race, nothing for the rest.” When ThinkProgress asked a La Raza spokeswoman, she replied, “No. That’s very much incorrect.” In fact, the true slogan is “Strengthening America by promoting the advancement of Latino families.” A far cry from Tancredo’s egregiously false, race-based characterization.


http://thinkprogress.org/2009/05/28/tancredo-latino-kkk/

[Hugabear]

1. Tancredo would probably know who's a member of the KKK

Seeing how he probably has them all on his rolodex.

[sakabatou]

2. ...

:spray:

[xchrom]

5. in his phone -- i'm not sure even the KKK has a rolodex anymore. nt

[Sebastian Doyle]

15. Well, they USED to have one.

Unfortunately it was a little too close to the cross at their last "bonfire".

[xchrom]

21. ...

:spray:

[DesertFlower]

9. i don't know about that.

there was a time when the KKK didn't like italians either.

[Dramarama]

12. Well he did leave

the Catholic Church.

[blogslut]

3. Keep talking, Tommy

n/t

[Mrs. Overall]

7. Yep!

[AspenRose]

4. Everything is about race to these people

He can't even translate La Raza right. I guess the NAACP are the "black KKK," by his estimation. :eyes:

I wonder what he thinks of MEChA or LULAC?

[LaurenG]

6. Oh dear - I attended lots of meetings with my friends in school

and I'm not Latino. What will they do to me! A Latino KKK supporter. :shakes head:

Republicans are the most hateful, bigoted, bitter people anymore...big losers!

[HopeHoops]

8. Holy fucking batshit crazy wingnuttery!!!

There really isn't a good way to describe that silliness.

[opihimoimoi]

10. The Pub Hacks are running around the tree so fast they turn to butter

[wilt the stilt]

11. Tancredo likes

the Hispanics when he can hire them to fix his basement or clean his house at substandard wages.

[Vinca]

13. I've never been a proponent of electroshock therapy, but this guy needs it.

He's giving nutty a bad name.

[dgibby]

14. It only works if you have a brain to shock.

[Mr. Ected]

16. Aw, Get Off His Back, He's Just An Entertainer...

He's...

What?

Not a radio personality, you say? Former Congressman? Really?

I tell you, these guys have become caricatures of themselves. Flap them gums, Tommy boy. You dig your hole deeper and deeper and deeper.

[Bluebear]

17. Que? Que? Que?

[marmar]

18. Teehee.....

:P

[MisterK]

19. What a vile evil man he is.

No redeeming quality.

[Kahuna]

20. Keep talking Tom. You're the gift that keeps giving.

:D