El Paso Politics

Rick Perry's campaign released a video on YouTube that is in Spanish and tells Latino voters that starting today they can early vote. Are the Republicans trying to embarrass themselves to the Latino community? Today is the LAST day for early voting. Some Latinos are working hard to get Raza to be Republicans, but the Governor is not helping their cause!

Today I did a tapping to be aired tomorrow Saturday, October 30 at 10:30 A.M. on Channel 26. As a Conservative, I defended our principles vigorously. On the other hand I am telling the listening audience that I did not vote for either Dee Margo or Moody because neither were conservative and even worse Dee Margo's condescending new found Mexican heritage was the ultimate insult to those of us who are proud Americans and also proud of our Hispanic roots. Please consider the following: 1. In 1985 Dee Margo was very upset because he was not being chosen by Senator Gramm to be the Civilian Aide To The Secretary of the Army (West Texas). He was told at that time that "the Army was looking for "Hispanics who were also veterans". WHY DID DEE MARGO NOT CLAIM HIS ROOTS THEN. In the El Paso Times Interview He Claimed That The Reason he never claimed his Mexican Roots Before was because he did not see a reason to do so before. I contend that in 1995 he had a good reason. Please ...

The logo David K has had his panties in a wad over has started a volley between the two of us in the blogosphere which is actually getting pretty fun for me. David K is freaking out over a representation of the flag that he thinks is backwards. I know what you're thinking, why is he fussing so much over the logo. Well, I'm gonna defend David K. If Tim Besco was your party's nominee, wouldn't you find anything you could about the other guy to try to help? I mean seriously, Besco doesn't give David K much to work with, so of course he has to talk about the logo. What DK doesn't understand is that the logo isn't something brand new, its been that way for 14 years guey. It's been that way for a long time. I know most of the Congressman's staff, they are really really really smart people and mostly pretty young. They aren't stupid or lazy and they do El Paso proud. Deal with it David K, when you are moving forward, that's what the flag looks like ...

Engage, Empower, Educate & Elect! That’s the motto of the Latino National Republican Coalition. From The Lion Star Blog by Jaime Abeytia I’m a fan of what the El Paso Latino National Republican Coalition is doing. I know, I know I’m a Democrat and not supposed to say nice things about the bad guys. But I think any effort to get Raza more involved in the political process is something we should all be celebrating. And when there are deliberate attempts at trying to discourage La Raza from voting, it’s something we should all, Democrat and Republican alike, be against. When Nevada Senator Harry Reid questioned why any Latino would be a Republican, the LNRC couldn’t wait to send out a press release talking about how evil Senator Reid was doing so. They even called for his resignation because of his comments. And they were right to be critical of the comments of Harry Reid. If you recall I was also critical of the sentiments of Reid, though I didn’t, and don’t think he needed to resign...

David K is pissed that I pointed out that he's wrong about how the representation of the US flag used in Congressman Reyes' campaign logo. He's now fabricating some kind of advertising rules. Hate to break it to my colleague but ad agencies don't set out rules for the proper use and display of the American flag. I've served under that flag. I've saluted that flag, I've raised it at reveille, retired it at retreat, folded that flag and handed the flag from the casket of a veteran to a surviving family member, so I have to admit I'm a little sensitive about what people say things about it that are wrong. The image is a representation of a flag, its not actually Old Glory Herself. We never took cues from ad agencies when I wore the uniform and to the best of my knowledge, neither does congress. David K was wrong and now he's trying to come up with a way to prove himself right. Sorry David, you walked into it this time.

From The Lion Star Blog by Jaime Abeytia I wasn't going to write about this because it seemed silly. But because I'm a vet, I feel a bit obligated to set my buddy David K straight on the American flag. David K made a critique of the Congressman's signs on the freeway. Here's what his piece says: "Have you seen Congressman Reyes' billboard on I-10 near downtown? The flag in the advertisement is backwards... It's the result of a smug Congressman and a lazy staff that are 100 percent sure they'll win as long as his names is on the ballot. They are so smug, they don't even proof their advertisements for disturbingly bad errors like a backward flag. I'm glad the chairman of the intel committee has such an eye for detail." This post is an example of a guy who isn't fully aware of the rules relating to the display of our country's flag but challenges the intellect and patriotism of the Congressman and his staff. I might add, the Congres...

From Burges Candidate Forum The "Wanna Get Away" moment of this years campaign was brought to us courtesy of Rene Nunez, the Democratic nominee for the State Board of Education. Nunez was at the Democratic Rally in the Valley this weekend and when he had the opportunity to speak, he urged everyone in the audience to press 5 of the ballot. Pressing 5 means voting straight ticket...Republican! He was immediately hissed and whistled at and realized the gaffe. He meant to say press 6 for straight ticket Democrat. Poor guy felt really bad. He immediatley corrected himself and explained to the audience that in other parts of his district, which covers more areas than just the El Paso metro area, pressing 5 is voting straight ticket Democrat.