Stupid blowhard, the Civil rights movement involed CITIZENS rights, not illegals.


Rep. Gutierrez says Latinos must break from Democrats
By Liz Goodwin liz Goodwin – Thu Dec 2, 11:24 am ET


Rep. Luis Gutierrez (D-Ill.) -- named one of the most influential leaders in a recent Pew Hispanic Center poll -- is urging Latinos to break from the Democratic Party in order to exert more pressure on politicians.

"We need to decouple the movement for comprehensive immigration reform and justice for immigrants from the legislative process and from the Democratic Party process," Gutierrez said in a Brooklyn church meeting, according to the Daily Beast's Bryan Curtis. "They are too linked."

The rhetoric appears to back up talk among Latino leaders of forming a "Tequila Party" -- a separate grass-roots movement that would pressure Democrats much as the tea party has done with Republicans.

Curtis writes that Gutierrez compares the grass-roots movement he is envisioning to the civil rights movement in the 1960s:

"'When black people in this country decided they were going to fight for civil rights and for voting rights, they didn't ask if the majority leader was with them and when they were going to tee up the bill. They said, "We're sitting where we need to sit on the bus! We're integrating this counter! We're going to march!"'

"Gutierrez is pacing around the room and his voice is rising. 'Their actions propelled the nation. It's the way changes are made. Look at John F. Kennedy â€â€