Tancredo: Sotomayor’s a member of the “Latino KKK”
posted at 10:09 pm on May 28, 2009 by Allahpundit
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The “Latino KKK” in this case meaning the National Council of La Raza, about which the boss has written eloquently and at great length. Three things here. First, I’ve fed Olby enough crap sandwiches over the years for comparing conservative pundits and Fox News to jihadis not to let Tanc get away with the equivalent. Unless they’re making bombs, it’s always poor form to compare your opponents to terrorists. Second, he’s simply wrong on the facts. As HuffPo notes, it’s not La Raza whose motto is “All for the race. Nothing for the rest,” it’s MEChA (“For La Raza todo. Fuera de La Raza nada.”). There are links between the two groups — this 2006 Human Events piece by Charlie Norwood is essential — but La Raza’s considerably more mainstream than MEChA, which calls for the reclamation of the American southwest by Latinos. Third, I realize that any concession to electoral reality is disdained by “true conservatives” as the hallmark of a squishy RINO, but with Republicans nervous about alienating Hispanic voters by confronting Sotomayor, how wise is it for the most vociferous amnesty opponent in America to be doing the rounds on cable news throwing verbal grenades like this? You worked hard in Congress for a long time, Tanc. Take a break. Especially now that the GOP’s got a tiny bit of traction in making Democrats squirm over her “wise Latina” comment.
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Ugh. Not helping, Tom.
aero on May 28, 2009 at 10:09 PM
Oy indeed.
Yikes-O-Rama
The Ugly American on May 28, 2009 at 10:10 PM
He’s a dead man as Chucken Schumer would say
FontanaConservative on May 28, 2009 at 10:10 PM
His macaca moment…got a fork? He’s done.
JetBoy on May 28, 2009 at 10:12 PM
Ya’ll are pussies. Until conservatives start growing balls like this put a fork in your own ass.
thareb on May 28, 2009 at 10:13 PM
The truth hurts. We must tell the truth.
Grunt on May 28, 2009 at 10:14 PM
Good for Tancredo. It’s time we stood up to racist organizations like La Raza.
SoulGlo on May 28, 2009 at 10:14 PM
Attaboy, Tanc. Allah is a pussy, don’t listen to him.
promachus on May 28, 2009 at 10:14 PM
This is exactly why CNN has him on.
p0s3r on May 28, 2009 at 10:14 PM
+1
La Raza is being mainstreamed by willful blindness as to their agenda….
hold their feet to the fire
sven10077 on May 28, 2009 at 10:14 PM
Look. When are the republicans going to get over that there is no fair arbiter of your good intentions. It does not matter if you advocate a hispanic conservative, the media and liberals will attack him or her.
Have some stones and just stick with the truth. If what she said was a double standard and racist, then let the chips fall where they may. You will be vilified no matter what, so just stick with the truth.
Starlink on May 28, 2009 at 10:15 PM
La Raza; MEChA; The very definition of a distinction without a difference.
johnsteele on May 28, 2009 at 10:15 PM
The Tan Klan.
Mark1971 on May 28, 2009 at 10:16 PM
In some ways, I hate this. In other ways, it’s time the libs get put on the defensive about all this stuff the way they constantly put conservatives on the defensive. They set the rules of engagement, and those rules are that they set off any damn dirty bomb they want anywhere, and we have to behave ourselves like good little girls because our principles tell us to.
Remember that Palin was a member of a “hate group” because of some button on her desk or meeting her husband attended 20 years ago or pamphlet in her garbage or who cares what the hell it was? This woman is a member of a group called “The Race”. Make the libs twist themselves into pretzels to explain this organization to Joe and Jane American.
LibTired (KO) on May 28, 2009 at 10:17 PM
However seeing as I don’t give a s*** what Schumer says, I say it. Sotomayor’s a sexist bigot, who has NO reason for being up on the supreme court in the first place.
FontanaConservative on May 28, 2009 at 10:18 PM
The truth, indeed, does hurt.
Why is it only WHITE PEOPLE are racist?
Let me tell you, as a half white, half American of Mexican/Spanish descent, I see a lot of racism on the brown side of my race.
La Raza……the Race. If a white person even breathed such a phrase, somewhere, a identity liberal group would hear it and the crying would start.
I’m tired of being silenced. La Raza is the brown KKK.
It’s time to call them out for what they are…..
HornetSting on May 28, 2009 at 10:18 PM
Why, pray tell, are you telling Tanc to take a break. Like Cheney, he is taking the fight to the Demoncrats, and winning, just like Cheney. Pour it on. Expose the Demoncrats for the racist traitors that they are.
federale86 on May 28, 2009 at 10:18 PM
+1000
Those who call Tancredo crazy–YOU’RE NOTHING BUT NEOCONS! TANCREDO TO ME IS THE REAL DEAL HERE! DEATH TO THE RACISTS AT LA RAZA!
BobAnthony on May 28, 2009 at 10:19 PM
Whatever dries the tears, darlin’, whatever dries the tears.
ladyingray on May 28, 2009 at 10:19 PM
KKK is a white supremacist group right?
La Raza is a Hispanic supremacist group.
Where is the outrage over what he said?
angryed on May 28, 2009 at 10:19 PM
C’mon everyone… that was funny.
D2Boston on May 28, 2009 at 10:19 PM
Good for you, Tom, for stating the obvious. The Race is racist, and she’s a member.
Ronnie on May 28, 2009 at 10:19 PM
Actually La Raza (The Race) is more like the Aryan Nation. In fact it’s hard to tell them apart.
The Folk, namely the members of the race, are the Nation. Racial loyalties must always supersede geographical and national boundaries. If this is taught and understood, it will end fratricidal wars. Wars must not be fought for the benefit of another race.
MB4 on May 28, 2009 at 10:20 PM
Seis de uno, media dozena de otra.
(Six of one, half a dozen of the other.)
BobAnthony on May 28, 2009 at 10:20 PM
+100,000.
*Cleans up Big Red explosion*
HornetSting on May 28, 2009 at 10:20 PM
Neither are you, you candy ass. Stop being afraid to stand up for whats right.
DwnSouthJukin on May 28, 2009 at 10:21 PM
Only if you prescribe to the mentality and don’t live in reality.
HornetSting on May 28, 2009 at 10:22 PM
Nice. Nice.
/facepalm
Dash on May 28, 2009 at 10:22 PM
WHO REALLY THINKS AN ORG CALLED LA RAZA AIN’T RACIST!!?!?
TANCREDO SPEAKS THE TRUTH.
reliapundit on May 28, 2009 at 10:22 PM
Democrat talking point.
Ronnie on May 28, 2009 at 10:23 PM
You know, I think it is high time to oust the p*ssies that reside in our party. Cheney and Tancredo, keep beating the drum. It’s time for some truth. We haven’t had it for quite a while!
HornetSting on May 28, 2009 at 10:23 PM
Oh come on… they haven’t ruled out Sotomayor for her as you would say macaca moment.
Upstater85 on May 28, 2009 at 10:24 PM
Yes, the instinct to be moderate runs deep in the conservative blogger. Just as if the secret to achieving influence, or attaining respect, was moderation. If America wanted moderate conservatism, it would be happy with the status quo. Firebrand conservatism is what the times calls for.
And let it be noted that when the Left engages in hyperbole, they are to be mocked not for the hyperbole itself, but for cause that hyperbole serves. Hyperbole, statistics, and damn lies are just tools. Using them does not invalidate one’s cause. It is the cause itself which is, or isn’t, valid.
keep the change on May 28, 2009 at 10:24 PM
Then what kind of organization is La Raza?
d1carter on May 28, 2009 at 10:24 PM
I don’t believe that Sotomayor is a racist.She is prejudiced however.
Even so as a mere citizen I can overlook things like that as we all tend to defend our own kind.Ducks swim with ducks.
As a Supreme Court justice however her views will impact the lives of millions for decades to come.
She is not acceptable.
That being said from what I have seen lately I think the wingers need to tone it down a little and stop using such harsh rhetoric.
As Joe Friday says…”Just the facts”.
NeoKong on May 28, 2009 at 10:24 PM
For those who want to research La Raza for themselves, here is their website: http://www.nclr.org. I cannot vouch for its truthfullness.
ksm on May 28, 2009 at 10:25 PM
Of course La Raza is racist. Probably Sotomayor is, too. But is this really the hill we want to die on, as conservatives?
I’d like to see a little more of this non-stop outrage directed at the economic fascism being railroaded through, instead of at an SCOTUS appointment that’s going to happen regardless.
califcon on May 28, 2009 at 10:25 PM
Judge Sonia Sotomayor is listed as a member of the National Council of La Raza, a group that’s promoted driver’s licenses for illegal aliens, amnesty programs, and no immigration law enforcement by local and state police. La Raza also has connections to groups that advocate the separation of several southwestern states from the rest of America. That connection would be MEChA.
Imagine any United States Supreme Court nominee saying ‘my experience as a white man makes me better than a latina woman’. Wouldn’t they have to withdraw? New racism is no better than old racism. A white man racist nominee would be forced to withdraw. A Latina woman racist nominee should also be forced to withdraw.
La Raza literally means, “The Race”. And it’s not any race other than the Latino race that they care more than two cents about in any way, shape, or form. And that, for the clueless, is blatant racism.
I’ll bet dollars right now that if they keep digging, they’ll find a direct link bewteen Sotomayor and MEChA as well.
Sorry. But given first impressions based on her very own statements, affiliations, and actions in her public life… I agree with Tanc. Wholeheartedly.
SilverStar830 on May 28, 2009 at 10:25 PM
What politician is going to take his place on the court? Some vociferous amnesty proponent ?
Calling Juan McCain.
No answer.
I think he has left the building.
MB4 on May 28, 2009 at 10:25 PM
Thank God for straight speakers like Tank. We need many, many more. How’s that gonna happen??
PaCadle on May 28, 2009 at 10:25 PM
hahahahahaha
so delicious
You are so screwed.
;)
strangelet on May 28, 2009 at 10:26 PM
Macaca Macaca Macaca.
It feels good, just rolls off the tongue. It’s a monkey and they murder people in India. Macaca.
HornetSting on May 28, 2009 at 10:26 PM
La Raza is the equivalent of CAIR. Verbal front group that quietly distances itself from MeChA.
They behave the same way as CAIR, mission statements are exactly the same, call anyone that questions them racist, as opposed to Islamophobic.
broker1 on May 28, 2009 at 10:27 PM
Shut up Allahpundit
DanSC on May 28, 2009 at 10:28 PM
Heh
Upstater85 on May 28, 2009 at 10:29 PM
You guys never want to win an election ever again, do you?
Yes, libs can get away with such inflammatory speech aimed at conservatives. They have the media licking their toes! They can say whatever they want, and the media will put it in context for them, “clarify” it for them, or bury it if necessary to protect them. We play by different rules, whether we like it or not, whether it’s fair or not, whether it’s right or not. Tanc just gave them a really, really useful and damaging sound bite to play over an over and over again out of context. This was not the most effective way to draw Soto’s La Raza membership to the public’s attention.
How ’bout a little common sense and pragmatism, people? Seriously, you’re playing into the lefty stereotype of wild-eyed wingnuts with this kind of rhetoric.
aero on May 28, 2009 at 10:29 PM
strangelet on May 28, 2009 at 10:26 PM
Yeah, we know how you love the idea of more power over the notion of what’s best for the country. Country Second; You’re a lib, it’s easy for you.
Bishop on May 28, 2009 at 10:29 PM
Blacks that believe that obama is doing a great job:
96% think he is doing a good job.
4% don’t know.
Are you telling me that they rounded up every Hispanic in the nation and asked them this question?
You are an idiot.
HornetSting on May 28, 2009 at 10:30 PM
Sorry no. The days of the left and the media controlling the narrative are over, done, finished. Yours was the same argument that Frum, Brooks et al used against Rush when he said he hoped the president failed.
“NO we cant talk like that!! The media isnt fair to us they will tear us apart and we will look bad!”
Enough. You say what you have to say, then challenge the interviewer. We draw the line in the sand, here, no further.
broker1 on May 28, 2009 at 10:32 PM
Yeah, as BOR says, be nice to Sotomayor and the Repubs will garner great dividends from the Latino vote. And we all know that BOR is always right.
d1carter on May 28, 2009 at 10:32 PM
Please, don’t state the obvious ;)
Upstater85 on May 28, 2009 at 10:32 PM
Tom walked into the valley
With the truth clutched in his hand
He was only one man, but he knew
Someone must take a stand
There will always be a valley
Always mountains one must scale
There will always be perilous waters
Which someone must sail
PercyB on May 28, 2009 at 10:32 PM
strangelet on May 28, 2009 at 10:26 PM
Same percent that voted for Obama. How interesting.
Ronnie on May 28, 2009 at 10:33 PM
I understand those who feel otherwise, but I really think you’re right.
califcon on May 28, 2009 at 10:33 PM
¡Yo soy con usted, Tanc!
¡Dígales la verdad!
LULAC MALDEF, the NCLR… uber-racist hate groups.
madmonkphotog on May 28, 2009 at 10:34 PM
Thanks to Ted Kennedy…………
………. MEChA has a chapter in every elementary, Jr. High, High, Jr. College, and University in the United States of America.
Think of La Raza in the same vien as the IRA had a political arm………
…….. it’s all the same, just different mailing addresses.
Happy…….?
Seven Percent Solution on May 28, 2009 at 10:34 PM
The only way that we can prove that Sotomayor really isn’t a racist is if she makes an attack against a blond girl in the next day. Preferably one that supports the President’s official policy on Gay marriage. /sarc
Upstater85 on May 28, 2009 at 10:35 PM
Small minds need reminding.
HornetSting on May 28, 2009 at 10:35 PM
Weren’t the IRA kewl or something?
Upstater85 on May 28, 2009 at 10:36 PM
That’s a bold, brave assumption you are making. Are you sure she has a mind?
Upstater85 on May 28, 2009 at 10:36 PM
I’d like to hear Ms. Cheney’s opinion of this.
HornetSting on May 28, 2009 at 10:36 PM
But everything any conservative does plays into a “lefty stereotype”.
Say something inflammatory, and you’re an “extremist”.
Say something accusatory, and you’re “desperate”.
Say something softly, and you’re “afraid of losing minority votes”.
Say nothing, and your “party has no voice”.
You can’t play the game on their field. Drag them onto yours.
LibTired (KO) on May 28, 2009 at 10:37 PM
How many times do I have to say it? I’m Latino, but I’m not offended by these comments. I support them.
The left isn’t speaking to me. The right thinks that I’m some poor uneducated immigrant to whom they have to cater to get my vote.
STOP PANDERING TO THE LATINO COMMUNITY. WE DON’T NEED IT. WE DON’T WANT IT. WE FIND IT DEGRADING!
madmonkphotog on May 28, 2009 at 10:38 PM
How bout you add me on fb first
Hornet sting
blatantblue on May 28, 2009 at 10:38 PM
Haha
Upstater85 on May 28, 2009 at 10:39 PM
Even granting you hypothesis, as prejudice as she is, it is a distinction without much of a difference.
semloh on May 28, 2009 at 10:39 PM
Allah, in defense of The Tanc in comparing them to terrorists. He did say without the hoods (as in they aren’t afraid so show themselves) and without the nooses (so he did separate them from the violence of the KKK) But the truth still stands that they are as racist as the KKK.
- The Cat
MirCat on May 28, 2009 at 10:39 PM
You think the media is going to stop putting Garofolo on the air if Tom Tancredo walks on egg shells? I don’t. Take a stand. If she belongs to a supremacist group, say it.
Ronnie on May 28, 2009 at 10:40 PM
P.S. She’s not only a racist but also a class warrior (that’s what her ‘experiences’ are about)
MirCat on May 28, 2009 at 10:41 PM
The real question is, how comfortable are the other voters of the country with a Supreme Court nominee that is a member of La Raza?
Upstater85 on May 28, 2009 at 10:41 PM
As a Latina, I applaud what Tancredo said. La Raza is a liberal kook group that does not represent all Latinos. Only the kooky left ones. They also negatively speak of White republicans, unless they pander to them (Ahem, Grahamnesty).
jencab on May 28, 2009 at 10:41 PM
HotAir is outrage central, these days. La Raza is the equivalent of the KKK. Tancredo is right.
The way this is going, all I want to know is:
When is Colin Powell going to start blogging, here?
progressoverpeace on May 28, 2009 at 10:42 PM
Ronnie on May 28, 2009 at 10:40 PM
+1
Disturb the Universe on May 28, 2009 at 10:42 PM
Tanc needs a new hairpiece.
Knucklehead on May 28, 2009 at 10:42 PM
Not a chance.
HornetSting on May 28, 2009 at 10:42 PM
If the Republican party is going to take Allahpundit’s advice there won’t be any room left under the porch. :P
Right on, Tancredo! Notice that the leftist propagandist dude wanted to restrict the conversation to a very narrow point and disallow the broader discussion of cooberating evidence supporting the allegation that the judge is a racist.
FloatingRock on May 28, 2009 at 10:42 PM
Him and Bill O’R will share a username. MegMac will also be coming anytime.
Upstater85 on May 28, 2009 at 10:43 PM
Close-minded Racist!!! I know you must be one of those Blond Stepford Wives living in Maine or something ///SARC!
Upstater85 on May 28, 2009 at 10:44 PM
and
I’m out.
BB, good luck getting her to friend you. I don’t see it happening tonight. Maybe when Obama forces us to each friend a member of LaRaza, she’ll finally agree she should also be friends with you ;)
Upstater85 on May 28, 2009 at 10:45 PM
I appreciate what you are saying but emotions are running high these days. When is the last time you felt helpless, steamrolled, betrayed, suppressed, robbed, and unsafe in such a short period of time?
sherry on May 28, 2009 at 10:46 PM
No GOP member can ever let a good thing burrow it’s way under the liberal skin completely, they always have to excise it by issuing a comment at least 3 times as stupid as the one they are trying to counter.
Spiritk9 on May 28, 2009 at 10:46 PM
Hey HEY HEY!!!! Can’t we all just get along?
ladyingray on May 28, 2009 at 10:46 PM
#1; Can you edit out Rick Sanchez in any future clip? He is so stupid, it is difficult to watch.
#2 Any chance Rick SANCHEZ could be biased on this issue?
#3 La Raza is “The Race.” It IS racist!
#4 Tancredo has conservative that has guts. I hope he is is an active member of whatever party takes over for the Republicans.
Star20 on May 28, 2009 at 10:47 PM
Why does one group of European invaders (Hispanic) consider their invasion of American Indian soil in Mexico and the U.S. Southwest more worthy (deserving of respect and historical weight) than the same invasion of the same region by a different group of invading Europeans (English, French, whatever)?
They have no more “right” to any room in this hemisphere than anyone else. They are European invaders who drove the natives off their land and now act as if they have some moral highground just because they speak Spanish and not Swedish or Dutch or English or French.
Besides, Mexico is a basket case narc-ocracy and is not a model we need to spread into the U.S.
Racists are always supremacist imbeciles who deserve only mockery and marginalization.
Sotomayor included.
Tanc has cojones.
Unlike 90% of his withered Party.
profitsbeard on May 28, 2009 at 10:47 PM
Hehe … man I just will NEVER understand Allah’s reasoning.
Firstly – what would we say about Walmart if it had ties to skinheads? Would we say … “Well, ya know – those KKK guys – they’re bad and all – but Walmart is considerably more mainstream than they are.” ???
Nope.
We would say … “Hey Walmart … what is your farking problem hanging out with those skinheads??”
I’d like to know what’s the advantage to courting electoral favor when we are forced to deal with a double standard?
Uhm … how many spending bills did BUSH sign that he didn’t really believe in but he did anyway because he knew some liberal special interest or minority would steal his electoral advantage if he didn’t?
The answer – he probably signed more than a few.
His reward?
“I found this deficit when I stepped into my office!” Yeah – that’s right – Obama blames Bush for the deficit and uses him as justification to quadruple the deficit.
If we simply go along with Soto without calling her out – we’re not going to get rewarded. What’s going to happen is it’s going to set a precedence for TOLERANCE OF RACISM that is going to get thrown back into our faces in the future. We’re not going to get Hispanic votes for giving Soto a pass – please – use some logic. McCain was the SUPERMAN OF AMNESTY FOR CRYING OUT LOUD!
Everyone wants to talk about racism – Holder says we’re cowards because we won’t – well hell – LET’S TALK ABOUT IT – BECAUSE SHE’S A RACIST!!
My God Man – Trent Lott lost his job as leader of the Senate for making a statement that wasn’t 1/100th as bad as Soto’s! And Soto is going to be making legal rulings on our CONSTITUTION!!
I’m so sick of woosies crying about us criticizing Soto. We’re the opposition – IT’S WHAT WE DO. And guess what – if Obama is successful in his Socialist policies and creates a Utopia – then we’re wrong and we should be out of power. But if he’s wrong (and he is) – the we’ll come back into power and no one will care if we supported Soto or not.
BUT IF WE ARE THE SAME AS DEMOCRATS AND AGREE WITH OBAMA ON ALL HIS DECISIONS – WE WILL SHARE THE BLAME WITH HIM.
Opposition Party – it’s what we do!
HondaV65 on May 28, 2009 at 10:47 PM
go get-em Tanc. Sometimes the truth is ugly
….take my aunt Michelle for example…..
greataunty on May 28, 2009 at 10:48 PM
Rick Sanchez can’t interview a Conservative without a smirk on his face or audible sneers heard through an open mike while they’re talking.
I’m thinking, after 3 days, that Ms. Sotomayor’s confirmation may be about as inevitable as Hillary’s nomination.
Marcus on May 28, 2009 at 10:50 PM
Hee hee. Alright, I’m not from Maine. 56 obama states to go…..
HornetSting on May 28, 2009 at 10:51 PM
No, we don’t need to oust them, we just need to make sure they understand their place—-which is cowering with the women and children, providing a last line of defense, while the real men are out on the front lines doing their best to ensure the survival of all concerned.
FloatingRock on May 28, 2009 at 10:51 PM
i lol’ed
e-pirate on May 28, 2009 at 10:51 PM
You guys better watch out. If you get us on O’Reilly again AP is going to be ticked.
DFCtomm on May 28, 2009 at 10:52 PM
Note this before we go deep into RINO navel-gazing:
The founder of one La Raza group, Jose Angel Gutierrez, for instance, once wrote that, “we have got to kill the gringo, and what I mean by that is if the worst comes to worst, we have got to kill him.”
Gutierrez, it is interesting to note, later became a local judge in Crystal City, Texas
TexasJew on May 28, 2009 at 10:53 PM
satanlet rears her stupid head for another stomping.
good on ya tancredo.
hatred, racism, and bigotry are wholly owned by the american left and the democrat party.
daesleeper on May 28, 2009 at 10:53 PM
Once our beloved Santo Sonya del la Raza becomes head of the Tribunal Supremo of America del Norte we will all become mucho juridica. We will come out of the sombras and we will bring all our muchos familiares norte and we will all have at least diez ninos and in a generacion you Gringos will all be hablando un espanola and taking ordenes from us. Better get used to it.
NoBordersJose on May 28, 2009 at 10:54 PM
When he said “kill”, he meant “vote against”.
/allahpundit
progressoverpeace on May 28, 2009 at 10:54 PM
We will never oust them – I say we start our OWN party. They say Conservatism is dead – so we’ll call our party …
THE ZOMBIE PARTY.
“Zombie Conservatives”.
And lets run a real Conservative – maybe Sarah Palin for President.
And we’ll just see if the “moderate” Republican party can compete when they look like Democrats. Pro-Choice, Pro-Gun Control – Oh! but FOR tax cuts!
They would be embarrassed.
HondaV65 on May 28, 2009 at 10:54 PM
They’re actually worse than the KKK from a pragmatic point of view, as they’ve insinuated themselves into the “respectable” mainstream while supporting and encouraging racist, illegal and subversive policies and maintaining toxic associations such as with Islamic movements.
rrpjr on May 28, 2009 at 10:55 PM
Hey, hey, now hold on Rock, I’m a woman and I don’t cower. I stand shoulder to shoulder with my man with a .40 in each hand!
HornetSting on May 28, 2009 at 10:55 PM
Nope, there won’t be anymore Gringos to pay for your welfare and your ten children. We’ll be starting our own country elsewhere.
HornetSting on May 28, 2009 at 10:56 PM
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