Dear Mexican: This question was inspired by the recent video you did on the Republicanos and the Latina/o vote: What’s your opinion of Cuban-American and Tea Party cariñito Marco Rubio? All this talk about him being the “Hispanic” savior of the Republican Party by being the vice presidential nominee is getting to me. Are Latina/o voters that ignorant to vote for someone as hypocritical to serious issues that conscious gente care about—like, say, small businesses, poverty, education, health care … híjole, I think I’m forgetting one here … oh, yeah: IMMIGRATION?
This guy is just a vendido who has dollar signs lightening up his cara de tonto. Should progressive Latina/os be concerned about this pretty boy? Estoy precupado, and I can’t enjoy my café con pan tostado in the morning with this guy getting closer to the White House.
Bothered in Boyle Heights
Dear Wab: Are you kidding me? Conscious Xicanos like you and I should be thrilled at the prospect of Rubio running as the VP on the GOP presidential ticket! Such a move will prove once and por siempre that the Republicans only care about Latinos as tokens.
How else can you explain the rapid ascendancy of Rubio, a no-name Florida state representative until Tea Partiers embraced him in 2010 during his U.S. Senate run, so no one could accuse them of being anti-Latino? He’s yet to do anything of any substance in Washington, D.C., other than read talking points about liberty this and chinga Obama that; if a Rep presidential candidate chose Rubio, it’d obviously only be to not only shield themselves from anti-Latino accusations (Look! We have a brownie!), but to also use the anti-amnesty, anti-DREAM Act coño hypocrite to act as their attack dog against charges of racism. (Our policies aren’t racist, because our brownie says so!)
Rubio reminds me of PRI presidential candidate Enrique Peña Nieto: Both are pretty boys with caca-eating grins and intellects the size of a black bean who are embarrassments to their proud people, but darlings of the 1 percent. Mexi voters will see through the GOP’s pendejo and vote for the only presidential candidate that truly has our interests in mind: Alfred E. Neuman.
I travelled to Juarez to see the Real Mexico, and, boy, was I disappointed. There was not a single man in white pajamas with his donkey leaning against a cactus. No women with a basket of fruit on their head. To show how I loved their culture, I mentioned Speedy Gonzales and the Frito Bandito, but people looked at me funny. No one accosted me on the street with, “Hey Meestair, for 10 bucks, you can fuck my mother; she’s a virgin.”
Where do I go for a taste of the Real Mexico?
Donkey Show Devotee
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This article appears in Feb 16-22, 2012.
It’s a shame you have been given a platform to spew your nonsensical venom because you are a disgusting, racist individual. To claim that Republicans only care about Latinos as “tokens” when you know that the Democrats only claim to care in order to get their vote is disengenuous to say the least. No, I’m not a Republican. I am an Independent, but I know that both parties use the concerns of minorities to gain their vote. We are all suppose to be Americans, not Latino-Americans, African-Americans, etc.
Alfred E nueman. that is a good one.
I agree with your comments about rubio. He is like a moth attracted to the light. Question is who would represent?Who would you suggest as a candidate?
Chuck – Republicans don’t just care for Latinos as tokens. They also know that Latinos make good gardeners, housekeepers, nannies and all manner of low-wage workers in homes AND in businesses. However, the fact that Republicans think Southwest Latinos would vote for the Republican presidential ticket because a man with the last name of Rubio is on it insults me no end. It confirms to me that Republicans think that we are as stupid as they are for considering Rubio for the VP slot.
I remember a 1 term (partial term) senator with no other practical experience to acheive a high office. would you say the same of him for the Democrats?