Adventures of the Coconut Caucus

The news from the Senate getting worse by the minute, not only did they crush the green card dreams of 12 million “undocumenteds” but now apparently, according to non-binding sources, and this picture from the Washington Post, cubanísimo senator Bob Menéndez has been turned into a mouse:

Move over Speedy González…..

Looks like yet another coconut caucus extreme makeover...

As they say…. Hell hath No fury like a Hispanic congresswoman scorned….

Seems like there will be no reconciliation soon between the Sánchez sisters and de facto leader of the Hispanic Caucus, Joe Baca, because now they are messing with la familia…

So here is the latest: Loretta Sánchez donated a whole 100 dollars (less than she spends on one pair of shoes) to one of the political rivals of Joe Baca´s son Jeremy, a convicted drunk driver also arrested for beating “altercating” his girlfriend.

Jeremy Baca was running for a council seat in San Bernardino and lost to Vincent Yzaguirre, supported by Sánchez.

Paula Negrete, Sanchez’s communications director, said the decision to support Yzaguirre had nothing to do with the spat between the two members of Congress.

“There is no connection,” Negrete said. “She was contacted by (Yzaguirre’s) campaign. She spoke to him on the phone. His priorities were in line with what she believes in. That’s why she decided to support him.”

But even MORE interesting than a little interfamilia squabble that nobody cares about, except for bloggers like us, is the “reappearance” of The Politico and their “coverage” of the Hispanic Caucus.

Baca Vs. Sanchez: Round 293

By Josephine Hearn

The San Bernardino city council will not have Jeremy Baca, youngest son of Rep. Joe Baca (D-Calif.) as one of its members, thanks in part to Rep. Loretta Sanchez (D-Calif.).

Sanchez donated to the younger Baca’s opponent and the ultimate victor in the primary race, Vincent Yzaguirre. Sanchez’s spokeswoman denied that the donation had anything to do with defeating young Baca, or with the bad blood between Sanchez and the elder Baca. Yzaguirre also got support from Republicans seeking to undercut the elder Baca’s power in the area.

Yzaguirre also got support from Republicans seeking to undercut the elder Baca’s power in the area.

Stephen Wall at the San Bernardino Sun has the story.

Copyright 2007 POLITICO

It is nice to see that our very own Josefina has learned how to attribute sources (at least to anglo papers) but I must comment about the very cliché headline, and failed attempt at copying this blog, of course without retribution attribution…

and I can`t help but add, that I know many in the Hispanic Media who would to have a full time salary to write lame 3 parragraph monolingual stories copied from a local newspaper…

Yes, even the Paris Hilton Hysteria has a Latino angle, well basically everything in California does…

So here goes, I am sure there are many more at all levels of this story, especially since it involves driving with a suspended license and jail, but the main one turns out to be a cop, specifically a sheriff with a PhD.

Yes, it is none other than person of the year 1999 sheriff Leroy Baca, who like many Latino men will go the extra mile to help out a white girl…especially if her grandfather gives him 1000 dollars.

Baca Defends Decision To Release Paris Early

(AP) LOS ANGELES LA County Sheriff Lee Baca is defending his decision to release Paris Hilton to home detention.

In a news conference, Baca cited jail crowding and what he described as Hilton’s “severe medical problems” in his decision.

Baca says Hilton received a more severe sentence than the usual penalty for such a crime, but he said he would not try to overrule the judge’s decision again.

So who can save us from a Hispanic drooling over a white rich girl?… a black guy, of course. (I wonder what Baca’s Taiwanese second wife would have to say about all this)

Just what we need a black guy and a Hispanic fighting over a white girl….

And by the way, here is a nice photo of him from his typical East L.A. childhood…

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