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Battle for the West: NM Foot in Mouth

September 26, 2008 – 2:45 pm

Bernalillo GOP chair: ‘Hispanics won’t vote for a black president’
The chairman of the Bernalillo County Republican Party resigned Thursday following comments reported on a BBC blog last week that most observers said fell somewhere between insensitive and poorly articulated to outright racist. The money shot: “Hispanics consider themselves above blacks. They won’t vote for a [...]

By rjrivera | Posted in The Western Edge | Also tagged Albuquerque, Barack Obama, Battle for the West, GOP, Latino vote, New Mexico, race | Comments

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