| David posted yesterday about some of the Bloggers for Cornyn taking "high offense" at Rick Noriega's "en Espanol" version of his campaign website (yeah, seriously...) and another comparing it to their disagreements with businesses that offer a greeting in "english and mexican".
Well, the racially toned remarks continued today as two more Bloggers for Cornyn added to the conversation.
Added as a note prior to posting the same forwarded "fundraising facts" tipsheet sent around by the Cornyn campaign, the author of "but, that's just my opinoin" writes...
There is no way in hell Noriega can win with a name like that.....
What kind of name would that be? A Hispanic one? That's either suggesting the writer has a few racial issues of their own or suggests a rather low opinion of the Texas electorate. (I'm going to assume the author has no problem with the "Rick" in Rick Noriega.)
Or was he alluding to another historical Noriega without having to say that outright? We don't know... but hey, that didn't stop yet another Blogger for Cornyn (Ellis County Observer) from illustrating that point (after saying the "en Espanol" button was causing a controversy!).
Note: Is it just me or can someone have fun with the Texas Noriega and the 80s Noriega?
And then posts this image.
This is no better than the right-wing blather about Barack "Hussein" Obama which hold about zero weight with any voters. No significant number of Texans are really going to think that a now imprisoned, former Panamanian general is really the Democratic nominee in Texas for U.S. Senate. It's just right-wing racially tinged fear-mongering.
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