How long will it take the wingnuts and others to claim Gonzo firing is...

[HardWorkingDem]

racist.....

I'm surprised it hasn't happened yet.....

[Tandalayo_Scheisskopf]

1. Starting stopwatch...

Now.

$5.00 says Glenn Reynolds will be the first to float it. Or Charles Johnson.

[grasswire]

2. didn't he begin to play the race card himself?

Whining about his background the other day?

[Erika]

3. A crook is a crook

Regardless of ethnicity.

[radfringe]

4. they'll play the "it's partisan politcs" first

and when that doesn't work it, they'll use the race card...

ennywhoo - put me down for a couple of minutes after it's announced Gonzo is gone

first "rumblings" will be on the rightwing nut radio shows beginning with oxy-Rush

I'm sure the fax/e-mail/phone calls to forward the talking points have already been sent out

[win_in_06]

5. Didn't hear it when Henry Cisneros got into some trouble.

Ditto with Bill Richardson a few years ago back at Sandia.

[AtomicKitten]

6. I don't know when but I do know who ....

I predict Limbaugh will make that lame claim.

[caledesi]

7. Was lurking at FR the other day, and one poster actually

said that * made him AG because he was Hispanic! Oh yeah, THEY are such a racist and sexist bunch there.