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(CNN)U.S. Rep. Loretta Sanchez would seem the perfect picture of an ethnically diverse Democrat. But a brief gesture caught on a cell phone camera Saturday marred that image and sent her running.

Literally -- away from a reporter trying to chase her down for comment on a gaffe that many found racially offensive.

Sanchez, who announced last week that she is seeking to replace retiring Sen. Barbara Boxer in the U.S. Senate, was ad-libbing at a California Democratic party convention in Anaheim, when she made a stereotypical Native American 'war cry.'

Raising her hand to her lips, she let out about two seconds of it.

"I'm going to his office, thinkin' that I'm gonna go meet with woo-woo-woo-woo, right? 'Cause he said 'Indian American,'" she said, using the gesture to try to discern between Indian Americans -- with ancestry from India's subcontinent -- and Native Americans.

In 2010, she let loose on Spanish-language TV that the Vietnamese community was teaming up with Republicans to take her congressional seat. She called her opponent, Republican Van Tran, "very anti-immigrant and very anti-Hispanic," the Sacramento Bee reported.

callmeslick wrote:yup, it was. Hope she loses in the primary. Note the reaction, though, of Dems....one of outrage largely, as opposed to the tacit acceptance when such stuff occurs in the Grand Old Party.

callmeslick wrote:speaking of predictable!

Will Robinson wrote:

callmeslick wrote:yup, it was. Hope she loses in the primary. Note the reaction, though, of Dems....one of outrage largely, as opposed to the tacit acceptance when such stuff occurs in the Grand Old Party.

That is a laughable assertion. The only reason the Dems would react to condemn her is if the seat wasn't in jeopardy to a republican opponent otherwise they would circle the wagons as they have done countless times.
Your attempt to paint them as more honorable is ridiculous...and predictable.

Ferno wrote:

Will Robinson wrote:

callmeslick wrote:yup, it was. Hope she loses in the primary. Note the reaction, though, of Dems....one of outrage largely, as opposed to the tacit acceptance when such stuff occurs in the Grand Old Party.

That is a laughable assertion. The only reason the Dems would react to condemn her is if the seat wasn't in jeopardy to a republican opponent otherwise they would circle the wagons as they have done countless times.
Your attempt to paint them as more honorable is ridiculous...and predictable.

Dude. he just said "Hope she loses". how is that painting them as honorable?

actually no. I don't really want to know. I don't really care anymore.

Vander wrote:I don't know if I'd call this racist.

Will Robinson wrote:

callmeslick wrote:speaking of predictable!

Yes I do have a habit of pointing out your **** statements.
I can live with being the guy who points them out as long as you can live with being the guy who makes them.

callmeslick wrote:

Will Robinson wrote:

callmeslick wrote:speaking of predictable!

Yes I do have a habit of pointing out your **** statements.
I can live with being the guy who points them out as long as you can live with being the guy who makes them.

umm, what is predictable is that you will fail to accept my condemnation, and the condemnation of Sanchez by Democrat leaders, but will point to some mythical 'other instance' to bolster your blind hatred.

SANTA ANA, Calif. (AP) -- Democratic congresswoman Loretta Sanchez announced Thursday that she is running for the U.S. Senate, injecting competition into a race that had been shaping up as a runaway for Attorney General Kamala Harris.

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Democrats are strongly favored to hold the seat in a state where the party controls every statewide office and both chambers of the Legislature. Two little-known Republicans have entered the race: state Assemblyman Rocky Chavez and former state GOP chairman Tom Del Beccaro.

Vander wrote:... California can surprise you.

vision wrote: The San Diego Union Tribune doesn't even hide the fact it is a right-wing propaganda rag. You wouldn't believe some of the crazy stuff they print.

woodchip wrote:Any worse than the Daily KOS or MSNBC?