McCain to attend convention of 'reconquista' group

Since when is "Hispanic" a "race?"

Maverick John McCain announcedthat he will attend the national convention of La Raza, a radical Hispanic lobby.

The convention will be held in San Diego July 14, 2008.

What's wrong with that?

La Raza was condemned in 2006 by Rep. Charles Norwood, R-Ga., as a radical "pro-illegal immigration lobbying organization that supports racist groups calling for the secession of the western United States as a Hispanic-only homeland."

Norwood has called on La Raza to renounce its support of the Movimiento Estudiantil Chicano de Aztlan – which sees "The Race" as part of an ethnic group that one day will reclaim Aztlan, the mythical birthplace of the Aztecs. In Chicano folklore, Aztlan includes California, Arizona, Nevada, New Mexico and parts of Colorado and Texas.

Ironically the announcement was made on Cinco de Mayo, the day Mexico commemorates an 1862 battle by Mexican troops against French and a "traitor Mexican army" at Puebla, 100 miles east of Mexico City.

Why are Mexicans the United States commemorating this victory? And why are U.S. citizens celebrating?

And why is John McCain pandering to these people? Here are five reasons why he should stay away:

5. La Raza/The Race joined the American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee in a failed lawsuit attempt to prevent the feds from entering immigration information into a key national crime database–and to prevent local police officers from accessing the data.

4. La Raza/The Race opposed the state of Oklahoma’s tough immigration enforcement-first laws, which cut off welfare to illegal aliens, put teeth in employer sanctions, and strengthened local-federal cooperation and information-sharing.

3. La Raza/The Race joined other open-borders, anti-assimilationists and sued to prevent Proposition 227, California’s bilingual education reform ballot initiative, from becoming law.

2. La Raza/The Race vehemently opposed common-sense voter ID provisions as an “absolute disgrace.”

1. La Raza/The Race has perfected the art of the ethnic shakedown at taxpayer expense.

See also: Where in the world is Juan Hernandez? and

Steve Ybarra: Superdelegate puts his vote up for sale

When asked whether it was right to offer what is clearly a quid pro quo, he responded, "yeah, absolutely. People do it all the time," answered Ybarra.

But not like this. Not in public and not for such big bucks. It begs the question: Is he crazy?

"Nobody's said I'm crazy," said Ybarra.

Ybarra wants every cent of the $20 million to go towards registering and educating eligible Mexican-American voters, who he calls the key to the White House.

"And I keep asking the question of the DNC: 'why won't you earmark money for these voters?' And their answer is, 'oh, we can't do that' Which is a lie," said Ybarra.

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Our election process has come to a sad pass when the only reason to vote for McCain is that I cannot abide his opponent.