Ruben Navarrette Jr. is blind with bias

OK, look, I am a liberal. I am married to a woman whose mother is from Leon, Mexico. I have a daughter who is 50/50 Irish-Mexican. I am in favor of amnesty for immigrants, guest worker programs, and border cooperation (instead of a stupid fence) between Mexico and the USA. All that being said, I can't stand Ruben Navarette Jr.

http://www.cnn.com/2007/US/03/22/navarrette/index.html

It's not because of his race, and it's not because of his politics (most of which I agree with) it's because he puts his ethnic identity above his own integrity. He can no longer see the forest for the trees. His latest commentary about Attorney General Alberto Gonzales is a perfect example of what I am talking about. All Navarrette sees is a HISPANIC AG about to be fired and he is leaping to his defense based solely on the fact that he is HISPANIC, not because he is GOOD, RIGHT, or INNOCENT.

His argument goes something like this, the AG is HISPANIC and everyone hates that he is Hispanic, so they are taking the first opportunity to make this political and whack him for what are, in reality, racist reasons. He even goes so far as generalizing anyone who wants to fire him as a "lynch mob are white liberals who resent Gonzales because they can't claim the credit for his life's accomplishments". What the fuck is he talking about? Did he not just sound just as racist against whites as any one of these idiot "Minute Men" who get on the news and generalize anyone of Hispanic descent as "these Mexicans"?

As of this moment this attorney general is the same one who approved the White House's torture policy. He's the same one who allowed his department to violate and ignore the constitutional rights of Americans even when they are spelled out in the onerous Patriot Act. They couldn't even follow that right-stripping standard!

We now know that in addition to both of these egregious offenses, he has perjured himself before congress in the US Attorney firing case. He told Congress (and Navarrette in an interview) this was about "performance", but there are numerous emails showing it was for political reasons. When confronted by an extremely kind Congress about this discrepancy, he lied yet again and said he knew nothing about the political portion of these dismissals. Emails have now emerged showing that he not only knew about the political nature of these firings, he also coordinated the communication between the President and the DOJ to make sure he was in the loop!

How many times should an Attorney General be allowed to lie before congress before being shit- canned? Oh right...the number should be zero, but because Ruben Navarrette can only see a Hispanic man (not just a man) being picked on, the number is apparently higher than two. Honestly, I am embarrassed this man is on the same side of the immigration fight as myself because his bias and obvious racism/hatred towards whites only makes me look like a dick for standing next to him.

Look, this Attorney General has put his loyalty to the President before his duty to the DOJ, the law, and the American people. Navarrette puts his race, before everything else. Neither can see how damaged they are because they refuse to look outside their fantasy world. The AG continues to state publicly this was about performance when it obviously was not. Navarrette continues to claim the call for Gonzales' resignation is racial when it so obviously is not.

I haven''t liked Gonzalez since his torture memo was released and we suddenly discovered we had a torture tsar in our midst at the White House. I have tried really hard to like Ruben Navarrette despite his obvious hatred of Caucasians, even ones with similar views to his. I learned today that was foolish. If he wants to generalize any white liberal into a "lynch mob", and defend an obvious perjurer based only on the color of his skin, how is he any different than the minute-men he rails against? Both sides only see color.

I'll continue to fight for fair immigration, but I don't think I'll associate myself with an obvious racist like Ruben Navarrette Jr.