A potty mouth who thinks he should be running your country
Via the Last Angry Woman:
On CNN’s “Lou Dobbs Tonight” on Monday, Dobbs was interviewing Nativo Lopez, president of the Mexican-American Political Association about his demand for “full immediate, unconditional legalization for all persons currently in the United States.”
Dobbs posed this innocuous question about Lopez’s planned boycott, “You’re talking about a boycott of all illegal aliens in this country?”
Lopez exploded: “Well, first off, I refute your terminology. You don’t say ‘kike,’ ‘patty,’ ‘WOP,’ OK. You don’t say “nigger”! … You’re using language that’s offensive to me and offensive to my people! … You pollute the air every day, Dobbs. … That language is offensive, it’s derogatory, it’s denigrating, and don’t use that terminology to me again, referring to my people!”
Dobbs apparently changed the subject to move things along, but it would certainly have made great television, and even greater politics, to further egg on this Lopez fellow. We can’t imagine what further paroxysms this gentleman was capable of, but it would have been well worth the effort to try to find out. Perhaps CNN would be tempted to give him his own program.
UPDATE
Mick and Paddy were taking an overnight flight on Aer Lingus from JFK to Shannon. An hour into the flight, the Captain came on the intercom in his rich Irish brogue: Ladies and Gentlemen, one of the four engines on our Boeing 747 has failed. I regret to inform you that we will be an hour late. Mick turned to Paddy and shrugged.
A little while later, the Captain came on again: Ladies and Gentlemen, another of the engines on our aircraft has failed. I regret to inform you that we will be a further hour late. Mick turned to Paddy and said “I surely hope we won’t be any later.”
A little while later, the Captain came on once more: Ladies and gentlemen, yet another of our engines has failed, and I regret to inform you that we will now be three hours late. Mick turned to Paddy and said “I surely hope that nothing further goes awry. If we lose another engine, we’ll be up here all night.”
You correspondent is Irish, and quite possibly a member of several others of the ethnic groups referred to by the charming Mr. Lopez, and we don’t give a fig what you call us. Being a professional victim is one of life’s lowest callings.