Rebecca Forest: Tea Party Leader Tells Austin Rally There's Too Many Hispanics in Legislature

Well, at least she's "honest" :eyes:


(Be aware that the video at the link seems to have recorded more wind than the "speaker", so don't turn your speakers up!)

Oh she is absolutely right. That's our problem in Texas. I would like to see that number be at least 60 or so. That would be about 40% of the House which would be about the correct percentage representation. And then of course I want to see it ramp up to be the super majority.



Because after all - it's all over for you Non-Hispanic whites from here on out, baby. :evilgrin:

Oh and Rebecca Forest, just so you know we are keeping an enemies list starting right now. And you definitively made the cut! Congratulations racist! :mad:

is it all over for me? :cry:

(if it helps, I've lived along the border my entire life & was born south of the Nueces, the original Texas-Mexico border)

;)

dg

You could have fooled me. :) Tu tienes corazón grande!

Oh honey you know there will always be "discretion" when it comes to lists.
:hug:

The only pendejos/pendejas that have to sit outside in the hot Texas sun when we Latinos take over the state are the shitheads like Rebecca Forrest. That's why we're starting the list. We prefer to party and be friends, but if dip shits like Rebecca what to get in our face, then so be it honey. We're going to treat you like you deserve to be treated.

Come caca, Rebecca!! (After all you produce a whole lot of that naturally, Rebecca! No immigrant labor required!) :evilgrin:

just supports my theory that the folks who live along the border, from Laredo on down, are forming their own distinct culture. It's not white, it's not Mexican....it's both. :) We even have our own language: Tex-Mex. :rofl:

I cracked someone up once...they asked me why I didn't like Dallas. "Too many white people." You're from the Valley. You know what I mean. :)

dg

I'm from Houston and I know what you mean, too! Ha! :hi: to all of our Dallas friends here. You probably know what we mean as well ;)

The Houston Press recently did a cover story on our Indian population. I haven't read much of it, but years ago I had read that we've got like the second largest number of immigrants from India in Houston. The cover story probably mentions that. I know they like it here for our climate, so there's another plus for heat and humidity :D

I don't know if we'll ever have any South Asians in state office (if we don't already) but would guess Ms. Forest would consider them as one-too-many in office as well...

that "his" people needed to get their names sounding more "normal" or something like that (he was testifying on a Voter ID bill, & attempting to explain why Asians go by more than 1 name).

So they already have problems with the Asian folks too. :rofl:

dg

Basically, they have a problem with anyone that sounds "furrin" or not Anglicized. If only they knew how weird British names can truly be... :evilgrin:

Oh, we ought to add more Texas dialects to this page, although they've got a good collection so far:
http://www.thedialectdictionary.com/view/letter/Texas

cuz in Irish, it's spelled Ceillagh.

:evilgrin:

dg

And Betty Brown got her ass kicked in her own Republican primary. She's no longer in the Lege. :nopity:

Texas State: Asian-Americans Need Simple Names To Help ID them?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1LFITORcYYw

Ramey Ko is wonderful :loveya: Ramey!!

He keeps his cool while she shows her stupid from the dais. :rofl:

Hispanic neighbors involved, to little or no avail. We need a leader in the community whom they respect. Unfortunately we only have a bunch of white folks trying to interest them.

The Tea Party isn't really racist. Ask them. they'll tell you so. :sarcasm:

Sonia, the older I get, the more I'm beginning to think that Richard Nixon may have had a point after all. We progressives need genuine enemies lists. Not for purposes of persecution or harassment, but so we can keep tabs on what these reactionaries say and do so should the tide finally turn, we can pitilessly squash their political careers and permanently sideline them from appointed or elected office.

There's so many I forget who did what.

#1 - Rick Perry
#2 - David Dewhust
#3 - Joe Stauss (Speaker of the House)
#4 - Burt Solomons - Author of the bill
#5 - Leo Berman (All around super asshole)
#6 - Debbie Riddle (Leo Berman in panty hose)
#7 - Rebecca Forrest (stupid Tea Party bee)

:kick:

I can tell you and you'll recognize it:

Leo Berman in the Texas House during the floor debate on SB12 - Sanctuary Cities bill in the regular session:



And then he could add "Some of my best friends are ....

:puke:

I HOPE Texas progressives will rake Rebecca Forest and the TEA Party over the coals for what she said about so many Texas Hispanic legislators coming from humble backgrounds. Forest said that a lot of Texas Hispanic legislators came from families where their parents and grandparents were farm workers and that some of those legislators did such work themselves.

This remark not only flies in the face of decades of Republican propaganda about how the GOP supposedly respects working Americans of modest backgrounds (cf Pat Nixon's Republican cloth coat in his famous 'Checkers' speech, but puts the lie to Republican claims that they stand for people working to better themselves. Democrats should drive home the point that this isn't about the folks who harvest vegetables and picked cotton, but also mechanics, repairmen, custodians, housekeepers, and other people of humble origins. :grr:


With people like Forest around, you'd wonder how that humbly-born, migrant laborer-background Abraham Lincoln would get in the TEA-bagged Republican Party!

Rebecca Forest's remarks were not only racist but BLATANT class warfare by the better-off on the poor and humble. She deserves to be called on that stuff. The TEA Party deserves to be raked over the coals for that (censored).

My parents were farm workers. Most of my brothers worked the fields too - picking cotton. Oh and by the way we were never illegal immigrants - just poor growing up.

Anyhoo... totally agree with you - we need to get this stupid line of thinking branded on the hides of Texas GOP, who somehow think that everyone starts out life with a white collar job - unless you're here illegally. :eyes:

Let's get this video to the greatest page and try to make it go viral!

:kick:

Man, they're not hiding their racism anymore, are they?

dg

Magically picks itself of course! And damn those farm workers for thinking they deserve any kind of representation. Whether they are here legally or not!

I'd love to see her mow her own lawn. Better yet when only my people know how to grow food - good luck getting us to feed you anymore. :)

& yup, it was a bunch of whiny white people crying that their houses are dirty & yards unkempt.

Yet the dumb asses couldn't quite put 2 and 2 together.

dg

:hug:

I see very similar statements on my local message board, but at least there is a lot more push back now. I can report that in my area, the tea party seems to be shrinking, although not fast enough!

I hope this is their peak. I do not want to see another session with these idiots out of their klan robes! :grr:

LULAC, La Raza and the Congressional Hispanic Caucus Institute. I don't know if anything will happen, but it will help get it a little more exposure.

If anyone knows of other organizations I could contact, please let me know.

I can only think of one other group - MALDEF and I'll send the link on to them.

MALDEF most certainly will be involved in any lawsuits on redistricting and this plays very well into the frame of suppressing minority voters. Although she's not an elected representative, she has obviously paid visits to her tea party elected representatives. Some of them who probably share her "honesty".

:kick:

I sent them late (1 am) and views at YouTube were at 1242. Now they are at 1738 :)

Am I guessing that as a majority minority, Hispanic voters don't vote? What gives? Texas has changed to be so racist since I have left and returned 22 years later. I have a problem with this. I can't believe how these folks around here vote against their own best interest. Of course here, since there were no opposition candidates for local election, we just didn't have any.

Face it: Texas now has one-party rule. AT least the Dems can try to stop some of the conservnazis evil work, but is the Democratic Party going to come back to life here? Who is state party chair? Do we even have one?

Yes they are the future majority of Texas. No one disputes that. They make up anywhere from 65-85% of students in Texas elementary schools. So the tide is coming.

But from a voting perspective the over 18 and eligible to vote Latino is not the majority of Texas voters. And of course you add apathy or just no real excitement in that base to vote, and you have the pathetic voter turnout we have in Texas. To be fair it happens in all races of voters - not just Latinos.

It's a very huge problem and one we desperately need a solution too.

Nice short video from 2009 but still very relevant.

Texas Tribune video
Hispanic Voter Turnout in Texas
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UXGwwivdDFM

Who is the current party chair? It's in flux. Right now the chairman of the Texas Democratic Party is Boyd Richie, but he's already said he's not running for re-election in 2012. So there are several announced candidates. Anytime you have a real race - things are crazy.

:kick:

Sen. Chris Harris (R-Arlington)is a Texas sized ass hat! :puke:

sheesh.

dg

Pinche pendejo! :mad:

http://www.texasgopvote.com/2011-legislative-session/women-wall-and-ircot-founder-rebecca-forest-says-there-are-too-many-hispanics-te-002969

For a very long time, I have been telling people that groups like her's, ALIPAC, FAIR and NumbersUSA are not anti "illegal immigration" they are, in fact, anti-immigration and anti-Hispanic. Ms. Forest goes out of her way to clearly illustrate my point.

The following video is very hard to hear because of wind noise, but in the beginning of the video you can clearly hear her say, "If you want to know why we can't pass legislation in Texas it's because we have 37, no 36, Hispanics in the Legislature. All of the states that have passed legislation have a handful and I mean literally, some of them have NO Hispanic legislators, well, maybe 3 or 5 or something. So that's, umm, part of our problem and we need to change those numbers." Yes, that's right... She said we have too many Hispanics in our Legislature.

I'd say we need to show this video to our friends in the other state forums, and maybe they can get their locals riled up enough to up their numbers, too :D

At least some of them can see the Forrest through the trees. (yes bad pun intended)



Good catch white cloud!

:kick:

And now Houston Press has the video:



The conservatives are all over both the op-ed piece and the HP's entry. And none of them seem to understand the concept that goes along with being more comfortable in speaking in your native language: less opportunity for mistakes in what you intend to say and what you mean. Such mistakes could also constitute a legal issue in some instances, such as testifying before a Senate hearing. You certainly don't want to say something you don't mean and then have it held against you!

Sen. Kirk Watson's subtle slap-down to Harris was nice as well :D

Senator Chip Harris is a stupid ass! He's just as ugly (in behavior I mean) in the video as I imagined. :puke:

And great for Antolin Aguirre for sticking by his principles and continuing his testimony in Spanish! :toast:

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Straus, R-San Antonio, whose own city is more than 60 percent Hispanic, called Forest's comments "divisive and intolerant that have no place in our party, or, in the Texas House of Representatives.

"Our Hispanic members bring a diverse and valuable perspective to the legislative process, just as our Hispanic citizens do in our state," Straus said.

The problem for Perry, Straus, Dewhurst and other leaders, is that every now and then they have to put out these kinds of brush fires and each has the potential of giving a big black eye to the GOP or the tea party movement.

For example, before the 82nd Legislature convened in January, there was a similar controversy, with Straus the target.

Some conservative Republican activists, who didn't want him re-elected as leader of the House of Representatives, were urging the other 149 members to choose "a Christian" speaker instead. Straus is Jewish and the first Texan of his faith to lead the legislative chamber.





http://amarillo.com/opinion/opinion-columnist/2011-06-19/rangel-parties-must-be-vigilant-fight-bigotry

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A far cry from a newcomer, Forest is a veteran of anti-immigration rhetoric who has co-founded at least three anti-immigration organizations, including the Immigration Reform Coalition of Texas (IRCOT), whose website claims that they "harbor no disrespect toward immigrants" but rather "support legal immigration (at reasonable levels) of those desiring to enter legally, assimilate, and become Americans." Looking past the facade of the website's relatively benign statement, however, reveals links to minutemen and militia organizations and a Summer 2008 IRCOT newsletter that promotes a seminar from anti-immigration hate group FAIR.



Forest has moved on from IRCOT and is now the executive director of the Texas Alliance for America Legal Defense and Education Fund (TAALDEF), which she also co-founded. Forest has said she hopes to use the group to "level the playing field in the battle for rule-of-law immigration policy."

But despite no longer running IRCOT, Forest's legacy there remains intact. One speech she gave at a 2009 Memorial Day event, which is still featured on IRCOT's media player, is particularly telling of the organization and of Forest's anti-immigrant zeal. At one point in the nine-minute video, she claims that lawmakers are failing in their constitutional duty to "secure U.S. citizens from invasion by foreign-born populations." The video as a whole shows that, contrary to Rodriguez's assertion, Forest's recent comments were not those of a novice, but of someone who has been calculated in her anti-immigrant rhetoric for years. No excuses should be made by Rodriguez or Forest to defend such hateful rhetoric.




http://politicalcorrection.org/mobile/blog/201106160002

Why am I not surprised?

:puke:

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I would argue that it is not, or why else would these legislators have been elected? I pray this is a sobering wake up call to Republicans in Texas and across the nation that these types of comments are used and abused by the Liberal Media and by the Democrats who keep the Hispanic community misinformed making them believe that most of Republicans do not care for them as a community, and that is not the fact. I pray that we seek to unify and not divide our Republican Party. The Republican Party stands for conservative fiscal and social values to which we Hispanics truly subscribe.
Dianne Costa




http://www.diannecostaforcongress.com/blog/reaction-ms-rebecca-forests-remarks-texas-capital-june-11-2011-20110617-17

Why do so many Hispanics buy into "saving" the rebublican party from their true identity? You can not change those spots.

:shrug:

so twisted and underhanded they sometime forget where they are going and what they support.