Great piece by Rachel Maddow exposing the Republicans for their neo Southern Strategy. Since the party has pretty much written off the Black and Brown vote, angry white men is pretty much all the constituency they have left, and thus their updated expoitation of racial bigotry circa 2010 to get their vote. Things like Tancredo advocating literacy tests, John Raese the West Virgina Senate candidate making fun of Justice Sonia Sotomayor's last name, etc etc.
Only trouble is, as Maddow correctly points out, no one is calling them out on their racism. They are, instead, getting a free ride to election day. Where is the outrage?
Among Rachel's examples is candidate Sharron Angle's apperance before an auditorium of Latino High School students where she not only claimed the three Mexicans in the Senate hopeful's anti-immigration TV ad could've been Canadian, but remarked on how some of the Latinos in the house "look asian."
Just want you to know I read you regularly -- agree 100% re: absence of Latino perspective and voice in English news media in all formats. Allies are nice, but we can speak for ourselves.
I come here for good ideas, art, music and creative diversion. Keep up the excellent work.
Posted by: sm | 20 October 2010 at 08:45 PM