LatinaLista — As is typical during political party conventions, minutes after key speeches are made in front of the jubilant party faithful wearing their political allegiance literally on their sleeves (head, face, feet, etc.), critiques of the speeches and the orators start flowing. Last night was no exception. Yet, it wasn’t until Paul Ryan delivered [...]
“Isolated incidents” widening the gap between GOP and Americans of color
LatinaLista — At a time when the Republican Party was supposed to distance itself from what they claim are false characterizations of the party’s feelings towards people of different races or ethnicities, one sad example after another has been surfacing faster than (now) Tropical Storm Isaac’s movement over Louisiana. The first incident involved a Latina [...]
Boehner’s remarks about black and Latino voters serve to disenfranchise voters of color
LatinaLista — With the GOP Convention due to begin tonight just as Hurricane Isaac nears the storm-weary city of New Orleans, it’s going to be a toss-up for a lot of households as to what to watch on TV. At one time, I thought there was no way the GOP Convention could rival the natural disaster [...]
Romney: At the point of no return with Latino voters
LatinaLista — Even before Mitt Romney and Paul Ryan officially accept the nomination from their party this week in Tampa, Florida, Romney is already having to deal with public detractors — from his own party. Over the weekend, it seems one after another of GOP politicians was laying it on Romney and his tone towards [...]
GOP Party Platform may not be set in stone but it sure does throw its fair share of rocks
LatinaLista — San Diego’s Republican mayor, Jerry Sanders, is running his own primetime ad next week during televised coverage of the Republican National Convention to be held in Tampa, Florida, hurricane withstanding. Ordinarily, this wouldn’t be big news but it is this time. Mayor Sanders is running an ad titled “Family and Freedom” and it [...]
Immigration agents’ suit against President and deferred action program reeks little of conscientious objectors
LatinaLista — As the saying goes, “The writing was on the wall.” It was somewhat suspicious when a few weeks back an ICE union boss appeared with GOP politicians to publicly denounce President Obama’s plan for deferring deportation to DREAMer students. So, when news broke today that some immigration agents were suing the Obama administration [...]
