Adventures of the Coconut Caucus

I have barely had a minute this week to update everybody on the latest Hispanic happenings, because it turns out I DO have a life, so here goes our news sancocho roundup in bullet point form:

• Bill Richardson wants more aliens to land in New Mexico
• Hispanic representatives of Third World Country Miami want you to buy expensive gas

• Finally a Latino on PBS!!!!!!! and he is not on Sesame Street.

• Zero Rodríguez gets a sidewalk built!
• Bush had breakfast with the 3 Hispanics that still support him
• Hillary Clinton had lunch with Hispanics who all support her

Kevin Rodriguez vs. Ciro Rodriguez

Yes, for the first time since forever, Barack Obama has more superdelegates than Hillary Clinton thanks to Kevin Rodríguez (yes not all afrolatinos are Dominican) who lives in a Caribbean island where people CAN’T EVEN VOTE FOR PRESIDENT

While I have great respect for Senator Clinton, today I am announcing my support for Barack Obama. Senator Obama has brought a new generation and energy into the democratic process and the Democratic Party.

He has shown he can connect with Democrats, Republicans and Independents across this country, whether we live on the mainland or an island.

Senator Obama’s judgment to lead, courage to tell the truth and commitment to working men and women make him the best candidate to lead this country forward.

Sincerely Kevin Rodriquez

But only just a few minutes ago, in February he said the following:

“I was always committed to Hillary, because I feel she’s a better candidate,” Rodriguez said. “I’m very proud of Barack Obama. I think he’s doing a great job. I’m honored as an African-American to have him in the position he is in, but I feel Hillary is still the better candidate to lead the party to victory in November.”

I assume it is only a matter of time before he too is called a Judas.

I can´t wait to see what the superdelegates from Guam and Northern Mariana Islands do!!!!

Meanwhile back at the Coconut Caucus ZERO Rodríguez continues to earn his nickname:

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In case you were wondering what your elected representatives have been up to lately….

Senator Ken Salazar doesn´t want to wait in line at the airport…

“In my view, these waits times are unacceptable for the traveling public,” said Salazar, D-Colo. “I’ve personally witnessed lines snaking the equivalent of several city blocks at peak periods.”

Rep. Ciro Rodríguez not so sure about horse meat tacos…

“I personally don’t believe in all honesty that you can just put a ban on all that because there are people who do eat beef,” he said. “Like we eat beef, they eat beef, but it’s a horse meat.”

Rep Ileana Ros Lehtinen knows more than the rest of us about bombing Syria…

Ileana Ros-Lehtinen is the senior Republican member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee. They expressed their anger at the fact that the Bush administration ‘has thrown an unprecedented veil of secrecy around the Israeli airstrike. It has briefed only a handful of very senior members of Congress, leaving the vast majority of foreign relations and intelligence committee members in the dark. We are among the very few who were briefed, but we have been sworn to secrecy on this matter.’”

AND speaking of Cubans from Florida, all 3 voted against their party in favor of gay rights. Yes, 3 republican Latinos, and 2 of them male, voted in favor of protecting gays against discrimination…

Dixie Representatives Split on Gay Rights. When the US House recently passed the Employment Non-Discrimination Act (ENDA), which extends job-related civil rights to gays, five Southern GOPers left their party and supported ENDA: FL: Lincoln Diaz-Balart, Mario Diaz-Balart & Ileana Ros-Lehtinen; LA: Jim McCrery; and VA: Tom Davis.

Rep Henry Cuellar paying attention to obscure district matters…

“As a Congressman, I don’t do investigations,” Cuellar said. “I do make inquiries, and I surely have made inquiries into this … . My understanding is that there is already some investigation going on.”

AND Nydia Velázquez appeared in this photo…

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So what have our illustrious politicos been up to lately?…..

Richardson López and the minor controversy over his “maricón” moment with Imus continues

Lincoln Diaz Balart etc at some intern event

Despite the fact that immigration reform is dead, for some reason Carlos Gutiérrez keeps hanging out with Michael “gut” Chertoff

Hispanics in Texas raise a bunch of money to run against each other

Luis Gutiérrez sponsors yet another bill with zero chances and it is not about immigration

Mel Martínez campaign contributor found guilty of embezzlement

John Salazar is very occupied fighting some bugs in Colorado

The dozens of readers of this blog probably think Alberto GONEzales is the only Hispanic around, because of our intense coverage of him lately, and that is pretty bad considering he is not even a “true” member of the Coconut Caucus, but hey we need to get all the mileage we can out of him before he resigns for personal reasons and to spend more time torturing his family…

So what have the rest of our fearless leaders been up to lately? Here is a glimpse:

Loretta Sánchez takes on Nancy Pelosi… and wins…

Luis Gutiérrez represents Illinois, but he is everywhere else

Since Richardson López is sooooo well known by voters… he no longer needs to be on TV

Meanwhile…. Ciro Rodríguez and Henry Cuellar attend a funeral

Hilda Solís gets a Post Office named

Meanwhile, super busy Senator, Mel Martínez, now also in a campaign to promote gay marriage

Diaz Balart, the only Latino not driving a Honda... (or at least pretending to support Ford)

Despite representing New York, José Serrano still thinks he was elected in Vieques or something…

When he is not busy promoting Bush´s immigration plan, Carlos Gutiérrez is waiting for Castro to die…

Grace Napolitano does some complicated local water hearing thing for political reasons