Thread: Reconquistas collide at NCLR conference.

Mike Aguirre, Dolores Huerta and Ruben Navarrette Jr. collide at NCLR conference

July 13, 2008 - 3:53 pm — David Rolland

Near the end of a panel discussion on Saturday at the National Council of La Raza’s annual conference at the San Diego Convention Center, Dolores Huerta, the 78-year-old co-founder of United Farm Workers of America, stepped up to a microphone set up for the audience to ask questions or make comments. She essentially urged the Latinos in attendance to vote for Barack Obama in November because to do otherwise would be voting against their own economic self-interest. Two of the panelists, moderate San Diego Union-Tribune columnist Ruben Navarrette Jr. and Leslie Sanchez, a Republican strategist working for CNN, had earlier urged Latinos to consider diversifying their votes, lest they be taken for granted by the Democrats and written off completely by the Republicans.

Huerta received big applause after her comments, but Navarrette wasn’t impressed. As part of his response, [b]Navarrette said Huerta’s statement would carry more weight if it hadn’t come from someone who works on behalf of an organization that had acted as a de facto agent of the Immigration and Naturalization Service decades ago during farmworker unrest. Navarrette’s remark was greeted with boos and hisses from the audience. Huerta made her way to the foot of the stage and shouted, “That’s not true!â€

moderate San Diego Union-Tribune columnist Ruben Navarrette Jr.

"moderate" ... Best joke I've heard in awhile.

Why this racist group is funded by corporations such as Coca Cola and the Ford Motor Company along with our own federal government beats the heck out of me.

Dolores Huerta is a cracked pot. I think W. has taken her on before on the radio and she just ran around in circles chasing her tail going on and on. W. told her Cesar Chavez was the first minuteman and she flipped her wig and rewrote history. All she could say was who's going to pick the tomatoes.

Glad Navarrette called her out and was truthful about her.

attacking such a great Latina leader that way was not cool, especially since she didn’t have the opportunity to respond.

The woman can't respond. She's like a puppet now, stick her on stage with a few lines and that's all she can handle.

Dixie

Amyone thinking what I am? They are beginning to implode upon themselves?

They say that they will eventually eat their own in an attempt tp be the last one standing..........

[quote]He said he doesn’t appreciate people who tell other people how to think. “And you can quote me,â€

loserville, your last statement, so true. They make sure they can keep tight reins on the working guys by funding groups who might undermine their jobs, so......workers will stay in line if they know the big bosses could replace them with slaves eventually.

Originally Posted by AE

Amyone thinking what I am? They are beginning to implode upon themselves?

They say that they will eventually eat their own in an attempt tp be the last one standing..........

QUICK!! someone hand them the mustard!!

I heard that Dolores Huerta was the nincompoop who rattled, "Carry the AMERICAN flag in your hand, but carry the MEXICAN flag in your HEART!"

[quote]About 15 minutes later, Navarrette came out of the room, flanked by his wife and brother, looking agitated. I asked him what had happened in there. He said he doesn’t appreciate people who tell other people how to think. “And you can quote me,â€