Shots Across The Bow

Bigotry? From a Liberal? Say It Ain't So!

From Fox News:

Steven Ybarra, a Democratic National Committee official and regional coordinator of Latinos for Dean, called Rosario Marin, the former U.S. treasurer under President Bush who is now seeking the GOP nomination to compete against California Sen. Barbara Boxer, a "house Mexican for the Republicans."

Not only is he a bigot, he's stupid as well. She's running for the Senate, not the House.

Jokes aside, his explanation actually makes things worse.

In a statement to Los Angeles' Univision, Ybarra said that Marin should be "proud of being called a house Mexican" in the same way as he is "proud to be the house Mexican for the Democratic Party."

He added that his remarks were not meant to make reference to African-American slaves, but to suggest that Marin is a Hispanic "owned and operated" by a company or group.

No, not a "slave," just "owned." See, if you don't actually say the word, you can't be accused of meaning it, even if you say something just like it. It is interesting that he is apparently proud to be "owned and operated" by the Democratic Party. Most folks I know wouldn't admit being a drone so readily.

Posted by Rich at January 10, 2004 10:38 PM | TrackBack