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Gonzales to Latinos: Get Over it and Have Harriet's Back

13:11 H | Topics: Politics

In a speech to the Hispanic National Bar Association, Attorney General Alberto Gonzales told Latinos to get over it about him, or any other Latino for that matter, not being nominated to fill the vacant seat on the Supreme Court and to throw their support behind Harriet Miers. According to AP, Gonzales asked that:

you and others reserve judgment and give her an opportunity to show why she would be good for the Court, for the country, and for the Hispanic community.

Gonzales was passed over not once but twice for a spot on the nation's highest court, first to John Roberts and now to Ms. Miers.

Latino Pundit probably hit it right on the nose when he says that Gonzales's request is probably based more on loyalty to the Republican hands that feed him than on a real belief that Miers is going to do right by the community. The little we do know about Miers is cause enough for concern. She's anti-choice and thinks President Bush is the smartest person she's met, ever (really mujer needs to get out more). According to ImmigrationProf Blog when Miers worked as President of the State Bar of Texas she did some pro-bono work handling an immigration and naturalization case for Catholic Charities of Dallas. Hopefully she didn't help deport people and hopefully Latinos won't just go the way of sheep and follow what Gonzales says just because he is "one of us".

Via / Latino Pundit and Los Angeles Times

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