The chimichanga wars
By Dana Milbank,
WashPost
Published: February 17
When I set out to cover the confirmation of an obscure Hispanic jurist, I had no idea I would spark the Great Tex-Mex Takedown of the 2012 presidential race.
“Line of the day from WAPO’s Dana Milbank,” President Obama’s campaign manager Jim Messina tweeted when the column appeared in the newspaper on Wednesday. “ ‘The chimichanga? It may be the only thing Republicans have left to offer Latinos.’ ”
The conservative Twitterverse ignited in condemnation of Messina’s dissemination of this “racist” and “insensitive” remark made by, um, me. The Republican National Committee and the conservative Hispanic Leadership Network demanded he apologize.
Holy mole sauce! The flap spread, to CNN, the Drudge Report, the New York Times, Comedy Central. “Chimichanga is the New Macaca,” said Michelle Malkin. Eventually, calls came from the blogosphere that “both Jim Messina and Dana Milbank should apologize.”
(More here.)
WashPost
Published: February 17
When I set out to cover the confirmation of an obscure Hispanic jurist, I had no idea I would spark the Great Tex-Mex Takedown of the 2012 presidential race.
“Line of the day from WAPO’s Dana Milbank,” President Obama’s campaign manager Jim Messina tweeted when the column appeared in the newspaper on Wednesday. “ ‘The chimichanga? It may be the only thing Republicans have left to offer Latinos.’ ”
The conservative Twitterverse ignited in condemnation of Messina’s dissemination of this “racist” and “insensitive” remark made by, um, me. The Republican National Committee and the conservative Hispanic Leadership Network demanded he apologize.
Holy mole sauce! The flap spread, to CNN, the Drudge Report, the New York Times, Comedy Central. “Chimichanga is the New Macaca,” said Michelle Malkin. Eventually, calls came from the blogosphere that “both Jim Messina and Dana Milbank should apologize.”
(More here.)
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