re: #483 MJ

The GOP and Fox ( Hannity and O’Reilly) promoted the hell out of the Minuteman project. It came back and bit them since John McCain, a moderate on this issue, was hurt badly by lack of Hispanic votes.
While ACORN probably doesn’t have the same profile, nevertheless it could be seen as yet another attack on minority communities by the GOP.
Same goes with these Tea Parties which are being seen by more and more as racist- whether justified or not. The more the GOP gets identified with these movements, the less they’ll ever appeal to various minority communities. This is not to say the investigation isn’t warranted since it obviously is. Nevertheless, the GOP needs to exercise some restraint.

Well said, that’s exactly the point I’ve been trying to make here. Unfortunately, people keep reading things into my comments that I didn’t say and didn’t intend. Oh well.