NV-Gov: Sandoval (R) isn't worried about SB 1070 because his kids look white

[kpete]

NV-Gov: Sandoval (R) isn't worried about SB 1070 because his kids look white
by kos
Thu Jul 29, 2010 at 02:00:04 PM PDT

Wow.

By Adriana Arévalo, News Director, Univision Nevada

Special to El Tiempo

All of a sudden, it seems Brian Sandoval is Hispanic. How curious! The saying that you never know where life will take you is definitely true. In fact, on his life journey, Sandoval must have taken a fall, lost his memory and woken up believing what his campaign advisors are telling him -- “you’re Hispanic.” <...>

As for Sandoval, many people were left with their mouths wide open (including this columnist) with the candidate’s commercial recently launched on Hispanic television, which literally says, “With your help, Brian Sandoval can become the first Hispanic Governor in the history of Nevada.” It took a few minutes for me to recover after hearing that for the first time. I couldn’t believe it. Not even Bush, in his best moments of stuttering and muddled thinking, had shocked me as much. I thought it was one of his opponent’s commercials, or maybe it was meant to be ironic. But no, it wasn’t part of the Democratic strategy, or a parody; it seemed like a bad joke, but it was real <...>

Before he launched such an affirmation on television, his campaign must have psychologically prepared him so he wouldn’t suffer some sort of trauma upon seeing himself identified as Hispanic. It wasn’t long ago that he said in an interview on Univision that he vehemently supported Arizona’s anti-immigrant law. In reference to the same law, he was asked how he would feel if he his children were stopped in the street and asked for their papers. He answered, with a note of pride in his voice, “my children don’t look Hispanic.”
http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2010/7/29/888774/-NV-Gov:-Sandoval-%28R%29-isnt-worried-about-SB-1070-because-his-kids-look-white


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Nevada journalist Jon Ralston asked Sandoval about it during his TV show, but Sandoval twice denied making the comments. So Ralstonfollowed up with Univision:

I have confirmed that Brian Sandoval, as reported by Univision’s news director in a column and revealed in an earlier blog post, did indeed say that his children don’t look Hispanic when asked by the Spanish-language station whether he was worried about his kids being profiled if they were in Arizona.
http://www.lasvegassun.com/blogs/ralstons-flash/2010/jul/29/unvision-video-confirms-sandoval-said-his-kids-don/

[1957john1957]

1. Not surprised.

[DesertFlower]

2. WTF? nt

[no_hypocrisy]

3. Thanks for making the ultimate point.

[missheidi]

4. Well, that confirmed what everone else knew.

[Ilsa]

5. I wonder if he's going to change his name to run again. He could be Brian St. Valley!

Someone, please correct me if "saint valley" isn't close enough to "Sandoval."

[Cirque du So-What]

6. No matter their ethnic background

repukes share a 'disconnect' (for lack of a better word) in how they relate to ordinary people. They just don't have 'normal affect' when it comes to empathizing with the plight of others.

[tanyev]

7. Maybe they're not his.

[provis99]

8. let's let the police decide if his kids look Hispanic.