One of the more obnoxious political phenomena this election cycle is the continued fixation of the media upon placing voters into specific taxonomic, ethnic boxes. Despite all evidence to the contrary, the press corps insist upon classifying all potential voters who hail from Spanish-speaking countries into the same amorphous, unitary bloc, regardless of the variant cultures and/or beliefs present within this “group.” A good antidote to this blinkered perspective is provided by Fausta Wertz, a respected blogger and writer who focuses primarily upon Latin American politics. She’s gone to the trouble of republishing her 2006 essay which illuminates the misconceptions that have gone into creating what she describes as the Hispanic mirage.

The only way to get past an illusion is to dispel it, and the best way to do so is by discovering the truth.

A great piece by former congressman and Colorado gubernatorial candidate Tom Tancredo, which exposes Luis Gutierrez’s hypocrisy, empty gestural politics, and the shaky foundation upon which the contemporary Democratic Party is built, was just published in World Net Daily. Read it for yourself. 

The sort of brazen, in-your-face identity politics espoused by the congressman from Illinois, as well as all the DREAMERs who support his cause, demonstrates again why their “dream” needs to be deferred indefinitely. Call the U.S. Senate! Stop their nightmarish dream!