OxyMoron: Gonzales attacked by white liberal racist Senate.

[edbermac]

On the March 27 edition of his nationally syndicated radio program, Rush Limbaugh claimed that Attorney General Alberto R. Gonzales, "the first Hispanic-American attorney general -- a minority" is "under fire by white liberal racists in the Senate." In fact, Gonzales' handling of the U.S. attorney firings has been criticized by lawmakers of both parties, and his actions have been censured by the Senate's only African-American and by one of its three Hispanic members.

In a March 22 CNN.com commentary, nationally syndicated columnist Ruben Navarrette Jr. made a similar claim about members of Congress who have called for Gonzales' resignation, describing them as a "lynch mob" led by "white liberals" that also includes "immigrant-baiting members of Congress -- Rep. Dana Rohrabacher, R-California and Rep. Tom Tancredo, R-Colorado." Navarrette wrote:

The nation's first Hispanic attorney general is being pressured to resign by -- pick 'em -- Democrats trying to make hay, an elite media that long opposed him, civil libertarians who condemn administration policy on detainees and wiretaps, conservatives who think Gonzales is too liberal, and liberals who think he's too conservative.

The list even includes a pair of immigrant-baiting members of Congress -- Rep. Dana Rohrabacher, R-California and Rep. Tom Tancredo, R-Colorado -- who fell out with Gonzales over the prosecution of two ex-border patrol agents.

Leading this lynch mob are white liberals who resent Gonzales because they can't claim the credit for his life's accomplishments and because they can't get him to curtsy. Why should he? Gonzales doesn't owe them a damn thing.

http://mediamatters.org/items/200703280008

[peacetalksforall]

1. So white politicians supporting a possible traitor-criminal is OK?

[DCKit]

2. Don't we have a name for that?

Republicans maybe? Bushies? The GOP?

[bpeale]

3. all these white politicians

should tell alberto gonzalez that "he is fired" via impeachment. we are an equal opportunity congress and willing to impeach any criminal for their criminal wrongdoings.

[louis-t]

4. "claim the credit for his life accomplishments"???

What the....? Can you say "Framing the debate"?

[Jack Rabbit]

5. He who coined the word *Halfrican* is complaining about white liberal racist Senators?

:rofl:

[tulsakatz]

6. if the first hispanic AG had been doing a good job........

....he wouldn't be getting attacked now!!

It's funny how they never make these racial distinctions when they're doing a good job!

[blogslut]

7. Oh, why bother?

I was going to say something snarky but really, Limbaugh is irrelevant.