Latinos Are Georgia Politico’s “Favorite” Aliens

Sigh. Big sigh.

Georgia Congressman Phil Gingrey, a Republican, recently visited the border on a fact-finding mission (to make sure it’s there, or what?) with other politicos to check out border security and play with the Border Patrol’s toys. They visited El Paso, Texas, Arizona and New Mexico. Gingrey also decided he’d set the record straight. He’s not a racist, you see, his favorite aliens are all Latino…what?

It’s not xenophobia on my part. If I had to choose from immigrants across the globe, my favorite alien would be our Hispanic and Latino residents coming from across the Southern border.

Mind you, this is coming from the guy who has sponsored legislation to revoke citizenship for children of undocumented immigrants. He loves the “anchor baby” term and wants to be able to stipulate how U.S. citizens are made and who they can be.

I guess my biggest problem with all of this is the fact that, when guys like this say stuff like that, it shows that they pretty much can’t tell the difference between anyone who looks Latino-ey to them. To me, that means that you and I and our families are potentially at risk anytime these bozos decide to re-interpret the Constitution or other laws.

I don’t know about you, but I wouldn’t trust some guy in Marietta, Georgia to tell me what me and my friends from LA or Texas or New York who does, and does not, belong here. I’ve never even been to Marietta, but it’s probably not a whole lot like LA or Texas or New York, for that matter, and it wouldn’t surprise me if this was Gingrey’s first jaunt down to the border to “educate” himself on these issues. But that’s just me.