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As American As A Taco: TNGOP Praises Cinco De Mayo

By Kleinheider Posted on May 5, 2008 at 11:42 am

The Tennessee Republican Party celebrates Cinco De Mayo as a reminder of the importance of protecting a peoples’ culture:

“Celebrating ethnic and cultural pride within the context of the American story is as American as baseball, apple pie - and tacos - and Cinco de Mayo has grown in popularity here as more Mexicans have decided to join the American story,” said Robin Smith, chairman of the Tennessee Republican Party. “We honor the national pride displayed on this day of festivity and the importance of protecting a nation’s heritage and culture in order to ensure its ongoing freedom.”

Of course, the Tennessee Republican Party hasn’t always been so high on expressions of ethnic and cultural pride.

In a press release, which was uniformly derided by Tennesseans of all political persuasions two months ago, the Tennessee Republican Party chastised Barack Obama for wearing ethnic garb when visiting a foreign land and chided his parent’s decision to give a young Barack Obama an Arabic middle name.

RELATED: TNGOP spokesman cites study reporting half of all Mexicans in America as illegal aliens.

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8 Responses to “As American As A Taco: TNGOP Praises Cinco De Mayo”

  1. Sean Braisted writes
    May 5th, 2008 11:47 am

    I guess hatred of the French trumps hatred of the Mexicans.

  2. The Tension is Killing Me « Tiny Cat Pants writes
    May 5th, 2008 1:33 pm

    […] The Tension is Killing Me Posted on May 5, 2008 by Aunt B. The TNGOP hates Mexicans.  Then they love Mexicans.  Then they hate Mexicans again.  Now they love them again. […]

  3. TNGOP Celebrates Winning The Battle While Losing The War : Post Politics: Political News and Views in Tennessee writes
    May 5th, 2008 2:33 pm

    […] Colby Sledge reports that the Tennessee Republican Party’s Cinco De Mayo press release might not say what they think it says: […]

  4. Donna Locke writes
    May 5th, 2008 4:14 pm

    As best I can determine through a migraine, this press release seems to make no sense.

  5. Sean Braisted writes
    May 5th, 2008 6:29 pm

    Donna,

    It has nothing to do with your migraine.

  6. Sarcastro writes
    May 5th, 2008 7:35 pm

    Follow the money. Are the same liquor distributors who are so vested in pimping out Mexican St. Paddy’s also large donors to the TNGOP?

  7. bridgett writes
    May 6th, 2008 8:50 am

    Because nothing says “joining the American story” like continuing to celebrate a regional Mexican holiday.

  8. Bill Hobbs writes
    May 6th, 2008 9:10 am

    bridgett, Mardi Gras is a regional French holiday that is now part of American culture. Cinco de Mayo is fast becoming the same thing.

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