Hispanic lawyers to Obama: Pay up
The Hispanic National Bar Association has just sent out a press release gently reminding Barack Obama that he owes them — and they are not going to let him forget it:
HNBA Congratulates President-Elect Barack Obama and Urges Appointment of Hispanics to the Federal Judiciary and Executive Branch
WASHINGTON, Nov. 18 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — Last week, Ramona E. Romero, the HNBA National President, formally congratulated President-Elect Barack Obama and Vice President-Elect Joe Biden for their victory in the 2008 presidential election. In her letter, Ms. Romero noted that two-thirds of the Latino electorate joined President-Elect Obama’s diverse base of supporters to contribute to his win on November 4th. The Latino vote was key in battleground states such as Florida, New Mexico, Colorado and Nevada. In fact, at least 10 million Latino voters cast ballots, an increase in participation of 32% from the 2004 Presidential Election.
“The power of the Latino vote was evident during this election,” said Ms. Romero. She added that “we are both hopeful and confident that President-Elect Obama will select cabinet members and other advisors whose backgrounds reflect the rich diversity of our Country and of the voters who supported his candidacy.” She concluded by stating that “the HNBA has called on the President-Elect to appoint more Hispanics to the federal bench, and urged him to make history yet again by nominating a Hispanic to fill the first U.S. Supreme Court vacancy that occurs during his term.” No person of Latino origin has ever served on the U.S. Supreme Court.
A copy of the letter to President-Elect Obama is available at the HNBA website, www.hnba.com.
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The special interest money rolled in, now comes the favors…Chicago politics 101.
Obamaism has lots who want unsavory paybacks …
You know, I don’t know anyone who would have a problem with this, if the hispanic nominee is the most qualified candidate for the job!! And here’s a hint… being qualified to preside over any court of law has ZERO to do with someone’s ethnic background.
So, John. How’d that Juan Hernandez thing work out?
Whatever happened to earning your way up the ladder? Oh wait, Odopey didn’t. Neeeeeeeeeeevermind.
“Urged to make history” Exclusion and Affirmation Action, and they call Whites racist……
Well, I guess Obama will need to find a nice Gay Spanish ACLU lawyer for that first appointment. The real question is: Will it be a woman?
I have no idea why someone would get ‘distracted’ with knowledge of the law or the US Constitution.
Are the chickens coming home to roost?
Mr. The One had no soul to begin with. In it’s place he sold the souls of those that work, pay the bills and keep this country going.
I know MM hated Arnold Schwarzeneggar’s (sp) comments on Prop 8 with George Stephanopolous but Arnold summed up this whole “you owe my ethnic group b/c we voted for you” perfectly. To summarize, rising tide lifts all ships, just not those whose last name ends a certain way.
I fear Obama’s first SCOTUS pick, however if there is some solace, it will be watching all the various groups lay claim and then watch Obama sweat over it. He will probably end up picking a white male since that is what the Clintonistas in the Obama White House will tell him to do.
Is anyone starting to get the impression that BHO might be a giant…ummmmm, the word sometimes preceeds the words “cat” or “willow”
Well,gee gosh golly darn! On behalf of my wife, I hereby whine, gripe and complain that there has never been an ASIAN serve on the Supreme Court either!
So, if he doesn’t appoint an Asian, I’m gonna be all hot and bothered about it, and I just won’t vote for him again!
Wait, I didn’t vote for him the first time, either.
What she meant was No person of Latino origin, whether legally in the US or not has ever served on the U.S. Supreme Court.
If you scratch my back, I’ll scratch yours… or maybe not. Don’t treat the folks at HBNA like you did the Senator Obama Kogelo school in Kenya, Obie! Promises. Schmomises!
I just called that organization HNBA.com and lo and behold they also want that Spanish be forced unto Americans!!!!!! Can you believe this? I love it. We all know what those people are about and we we or misplaced compassion and political correctness will loose our country.
Yeah, what about Miguel Estrada for SCOTUS?!
Rednecks – WHAT ABOUT REDNECKS???
Weak, like most Obama bashing. There’s nothing preventing any interest group from sending a message like this to any politician: “we support you, please support us.”
MM said this kind constantly about Bush: he needs to pay more attention to his base.
Let’s not forget: This bar ALSO wants to ban certain language from the courts (for example, “illegal alien”).
Perhaps any confirmation hearings should include questions about whether the judge will use legally-correct terminology in their briefs…
http://michellemalkin.com/2008/11/07/judge-bans-illegal-and-aliens-from-courtroom/
I’m thinking a guy who made his bones as a no-nonsense prosecutor. Miguel Prado would be perfect.
Or maybe he could get all Taft-y and appoint Matt Santos.
Not enough attention has been given to this. Ayers et al don’t bother me nearly as much as the Chicago Political Machine. It was started by the Irish mob in the 30s. It is about intimidation and bribery and vote stealing. Chicago has a one party system.
The stated goal of the Democratic Party is to form a one party system in the US (based upon the Chicago political machine).
Michelle, you stole my idea.
Heh.
http://conservativesattack.blogspot.com/2008/11/its-pay-back-time.html
RACIST!!:P
These are not the Hispanics I used to know…
Excellent point Dexter! Yeh, where is Juan Hernandez anyway? And is his mustache really fake – but accurate?
Racism is alive and well in the US. Forget about the most qualified being appointed. They only care that their kind is appointed. Is it any wonder why we are in the shape we’re in?
Ola!
Mi White House Su White House
Where’s the Slavic National Bar Association (if such a thing exists)?!
Where are all the judicial appointees with names that end in -ski or -vich?!!
I’m outragedski!
Im at a cross-roads in my life. Im part Irish but I have the tanning gene. My father and my daughter do not.
Do I want more people on the Supreme Court WITH? or WITHOUT the tanning gene?
Skin color again. Gees! I suppose the next statement is that they fundamentally different inside and need help overcoming all those deficiencies. Racist are own worst enemy.
Umm sum1 plez correct my grammer but isnt that:
Mi Casa Blanco es su Casa Blanco?
“Appoint us not because of qualifications or accomplishments, but because of the color of our skin!”
Racists…
RabbidSquirrel
We all need albinos.
This is nuts!!!!
ALBINO POWER!!!!!!!
Dear Mr. Obama,
I respectfully DEMAND that left handed Norwegians be represented fairly and proportionately in your incoming administration.
Sincerely, Southpaw
Well, we have our first Affirmitive Action President, why not make the whole Cabinet Affirmitive Action?
Gotta fill those quotas and pay people for their votes!
For your own health and safety, I promise, I will not breathe a word of this to my Swedish mother.
Albinos appear genetically in all races. Lets demand neutrality of color.
Albinos rule.
Mi Casa Blanco es su Casa Blanco is technically correct.
But that is a white house without distinction.
As I read the letter from CAMBIO all I could think of was Roberto Gonzales.
Oh, I need my meds….
Redneck Mountain Men (not women) racists should be on the court!
And I qualify.
I hate white people ( i can bs as good as hussein) and I’m a white redneck mountain man from “Colorful” Colorado. (yes, thats our slogan)
I read “the Juror” and I watch TV Law shows all day long.. so I’d be perfect! ( Oh, and I can empathize or sympathize and rationalize with anyone)
soooo, how much does it pay?
I think it should be “Scratch my back or I’ll stab you in yours.”
Ya might be a Redneck Judge if ya use a claw hammer instead of a gavel.
…. if ya wear overall’s, a flannel shirt, boots, and a John Deere baseball cap instead of a black robe.
…..if, instead of poundin’ yer claw hammer and yellin’, “order in the court!”, ya just pull out yer .45 and fire a couple rounds into the ceiling.
…..if ya give a death sentence to every murderer, rapist, and child molester (and, for the child molester, ya have his, well, you know, cut off first).
Gotta love LGM’s false equivalency… Asking that the president to listen to the will of the people in making policy is obviously the same as extorting racially motivated cushy appointments.
See, the people who are Bush’s base voted for him… The act of voting for him made them his base. If you think the Hispanics are part of Obama’s base because of the Hispanic Bar Association’s sway and the HBA is representative of all of them and is therefore owed, you’re just deluded… or there are a lot more lawyers in Los Angeles than we’ve been lead to believe.
WE’RE
DOOMED
2009
I demand representation for those of Scot/Irish/Welsh/English/French/Native American/Mexican/Misc. Ancestry.
I wonder if Affirmative Action Obama will check the Birth Certificates of his Cabinet appointees…
Ya.
I’m for rednecks. Wouldent have to worry about them marrring laws. My sister or them gays.
animal house……
ALL RHINO POWER !
Or perhaps a latina with limited legal experience but good bone structure would fit the bill.
I’m just sayin’ as long as the criteria is ethnicity, I believe we can find a place at the table…
What’s wrong with checking all the boxes. We’ve already checked the box for whites, blacks, men, women, and (numerous times for) clowns.
Redneck Judge: Bailiff, get me a beer and what are the charges?!
Bailiff: Hands Judge beer, says “He stole a car”
Redneck Judge: What kind of car? and get me another beer!
Bailiff: Hands Judge another beer, says “a Mercedes”
Redneck Judge: A Mercedes?!! Hang the bastritch, he’s Unpatriotic! and get me another beer.
May I approach the bench, your Honor, PLEASE!
Can we have no boxes?
Back off gringo. I’m an Azteca. You white Spaniards stole my land.
Now that we’ve covered all the human variations, can we move on to the rights of dogs and cats?
GEES!
Maybe they’ll be sending a similar letter soon. Rednecks for Obama got a lot of attention during the election.
I’m a good old-fashioned American Mutt. I get a piece of each pie!
They could have had ALberto Gonzales (former US attorney general whose name was floated for a Supreme Court nomination) had the party of inclusiveness not demolished his reputation with lies.
worst gooberment money can buy??
YUP
Looks kinda like cross breads ta me.
Oh! you mean the rednecks
Thanks for not aborting me Michelle. It was sarc.
I have no problem whit a Hispanic or whatever race/ethnicity being appointed, as long as they are the moist qualified of all the possibilities. Then again that will make me racist somehow.
Who’s going to bail Obambi out? He’s got a lot of bills due to a lot of different groups.
I’m so tired of identity politics. Didn’t the Democrats block Bush’s Hispanic choice for a federal appointment?
That’s exactly what Obama did during the election. If your white, any remark or suggestion, other than his, was racist.
Badges???
Badges????!!!
We don’t need no stinking badges!!!
Question: will “Hispanics” demand any kind of enthnicity tests? I mean a Hispanic of pure Spanish background would be a white person.
Would that meet the demands of the HNBA? Or would they demand a Mestizo or Mulatto to meet their requirement? What about a black “Hispanic” from Cuba? Can they represent the Hispanic community or would they be considered black?
Dontcha love identity politics?
My computer monitor displays 16 million different colors. Do we need a color swath for each of our human variations. How many variations do we have? This is REALLY becoming a madness.
I have some hispanic origins. I don’t believe in placing someone into public office based upon race. I believe in selecting people based upon qualifications and principles which are in line with the duties of the jobs.
Pandering to one race or another is not selecting the right person for the job.
I don’t approve of the race favors.
HBNA can kiss my hispanic dingleberries.
How about a continuous sliding scale, from pure white to pure black. We can give preferential treatment in the smallest increments of change. Then we can have perpetual racism.
What they should be saying is they want Hispanic, liberals appointed to the Supreme Court and Circuit Court.
Case in point, Miguel Estrada. The Dems fought him tooth and nail because he was conservative.
Sort of like the feminists. We discovered that it wasn’t women’s rights they wanted, it was liberal women’s rights.
Fortunately, these are rarely mutually exclusive.
Look, it is always incumbent upon whomever is doing the hiring to put competence and qualifications first. But that said 99% of the time, there is no magical “best person for the job.” There are many qualified candidates from which to choose, all of whom will bring some specific strengths and weaknesses.
Accepting that, what is wrong with having the additional bonus of actually having an ethnically and/or “genderly” diverse bench?
And while we are at it the only person in recent memory who has tried to put identity politics above qualification (try, just try to set aside your ideological biases and I will do the same) when it came to SCOTUS was W. when he nominated Meirs.
chapoutier
The attempt at diversity is damaging.
How? Assuming qualified individuals are appointed, how is it damaging to think maybe it wouldn’t be a bad idea to have more than one woman on the Court?
On November 18th, 2008 at 2:25 pm,
Let’s compromise, Scarlett Johansson for Secretary of State. She’s Danish.
Least corrupt countries
Don’t forget the Finns. They always get squeezed out for the Swedes and Norweigians.
“My illegal invaders voted for you…so come on Obama…make the invasion complete and give us the country! …YOU PROMISED!!”
Assuming qualified individuals are
appointedconsidered, how is it damaging to think maybe it wouldn’t be a bad idea to havemore than onea womanon the CourtVEEP?The real hell begins when a biased ethnocentric group has been around long enough to become teachers, lawyers, judges and politicians.
When laws for quotas for biased hiring, promoting and anti-assimilation is rubber stamped by the courts and law enforcement and government officials and employees are force fired out of jobs so highly nationalistic minoirties can compound the ethnic bias up and down the line fed ever more by public money.
When your children come home from school ashamed of who they are and people you see who have a union or government job or government contract isn’t very diverse anymore.
Your either living in California or it’s already too late where your are too.
Was this diversity ideal supposed to end with one dominant ethnic group with all of the enforced double standards in their favor?
Because if it is, why did we ever start, when could have stayed with the same laws we had before 1964.
You can’t criticize Obama every time someone asks him for a favor. You can criticize him for granting favors he shouldn’t. Start screaming when he starts appointing judges as unqualified as Gonzalez. Hold your peace until then.
I don’t care if she is a Martian. EXCELLENT choice. She will hold daily press conferences won’t she? She does not really need to answer any questions or even say anything. It’s okay. I don’t mind.
Remember, I said “Assuming qualified individuals are considered.”
I am not going to get into it, and I may be being baited here, but no one will ever ever convince me that Palin was anywhere near qualified to be a Veep. Feel free to hold the same opinion about President Elect Barack HUSSEIN Obama and I promise not to try to convince you otherwise.
There is no need to mandate or play race favors. It is not how to select the right person for a job.
It’s not a bonus to our judicial system to promote people based upon race it’s a fallacy.
If Obama was so diverse he would have some gun toting rednecks in his administration. I’m not holding my breath on that one considering his stance to ban what he tries to claim are “weapons that belong in foreign armies”. Attaching crime to owning inanimate objects and also discriminating based upon that is just as problematic for Obamunists to wrap their heads around.
Again, you are setting up the false dichotomy that one is being promoted because of race OR because of qualifications.
I’m sure he can find a nice spot for Carville.
Yup. I guess I don’t get why it’s so hard to conceive of the idea that a Hispanic person might just be the most qualified person, or among the group of potential appointees that’s most qualified.
Oh, that’s a great idea. Hell — why not even go back to the ’50s? There was so much opportunity for all in those days…
Then do tell us why Obama IS qualified to be POTUS when he’s less qualified than Palin!
Since Obama is buying off future political rivals with political posts, like Hillary Clinton (that is soooo Chicago), he should nominate Sarah Palin for Secretary of the Interior.
I have not set up any false claim. I am saying that selecting the right person for the job in the Supreme Court should not be a race game. Nothing more. Therefore I disagree with HBNA and what they represent.
The rednecks are watching and judging. Obama did not win by a large margin so whatever he does negatively to usurp power will also backfire.
I don’t buy the concept that his diversity selection is the answer to soothing the American populace and governing soundly.
Qualifications are just that. They are not based upon race but on skills. Race is not a skill.
Will someone please start the Caucasion of Non-Hispanic Origin National Bar Association?
Please.
Also needed:
- National Association for the Advancement of White People
- National Council of The Race (non-Hispanic origin)
- United Caucasion College Fund
- White Congressional Caucus
It is totally ridiculous that people talk about being “post racial” just because Obama was annointed President.
Really what they mean is “down with whitey”. Let’s call a spade a spade here. If you are white, (which is a minority in some areas of the country) you are not entitled to be “proud of your heritage” nor create ethnocentric-based advocacy groups. Meanwhile, we can have National Council of La Raza (The Race) which promotes Hispanic agenda, NAACP which promotes Black agenda, Black Congressional congress, Black colleges, Hispanic Bar associations, and on and on and on.
It should be everyone is entitled to this self-segregation or no one is entitled to it. I am absolutely fed up!
Western Governors are traditional…
The Lily-White Congressional Congress has one member – right Lindsay?
She’s not a minority so she obviously has no skills. Dontchaknow minorities are the only one with recognizable skills according to Chapoutier
I have no problem with a Hispanic being appointed to judical positions providing that they are not liberal or ex-Army.
This already exists. Look it up! Maybe they need new members right now. You should apply.
Your argument rests on the premise that there is one “right person” for the job, which I find to be patently absurd.
If there is a pool of qualified candidates, both male and female, of all ethnicities, and you keep getting white guys, you don’t think there is something fundamentally wrong with that?
That is stupid and I said nothing remotely close to that.
I hear they are quite active in Western Pennsylvania.
Precisely.
The list of paybacks will only grow … I hope everyone who voted for Obama is happy with the “change” that’s coming:
UAW payback (bailout please), Hispanic payback (citizenship please), black payback (spread the wealth please), women payback (sign abortion on demand laws please), looney left payback (close Gitmo, get out of Iraq right now please), gays payback (get rid of don’t ask don’t tell and marriage for all please), scientific researchers payback(stem cells from dead babies, no questions asked please), environmental wackos payback (rescind all of Bush’s policies on drilling and exploration and anything else relating to the planet please) … geesh, I could go on and on.
Additional Bonus?? Content of character, chap! Content of character! A person’s pigments, genitalia, or number of toes mean absolutely nothing and add nothing to their value as a person. Why isn’t my skin color (white) a “bonus”? Who gets to decide the “bonus” one brings?
Sickening, superficial and shallow.
On November 18th, 2008 at 3:23 pm, chapoutier said:
???
Meirs wasn’t an “identity politics” pick. She was an in-your-face incompetent CRONY pick – like most of W.’s appointments.
It was only after W. decided to reward her “loyalty” with a SCOTUS appointment that the marketing team went around trying to justify her based on gender (and religion, too…)
W. was just as shameless as any other post-Reagan politician when it came to identity politics marketing – but the pick had nothing to do with it. It was allll about her being a FOW (Friend of W).
Thankfully the conservatives recognized what he was doing, and smacked him on the knuckles pretty hard for it, too.
chapoutier said: 99% of the time their is no magical “best person” for the job.