Two years ago, major Hispanic groups broke with other civil rights organizations and supported Alberto R. Gonzales's nomination for attorney general, primarily because he would become the highest-ranking Latino ever in a presidential Cabinet.
Now, these groups say they are suffering from buyer's remorse.
"I have to say we were in error when we supported him to begin with," said Brent Wilkes, executive director of the League of United Latin American Citizens. Gonzales, Wilkes said, has not aggressively pursued hate crimes and cases of police profiling of Hispanics. "We hoped for better. Instead it looks like he's done the bidding of the White House."
Janet Murguia, president and chief executive of the National Council of La Raza, the nation's largest Hispanic rights group, called Gonzales "a follower, not a leader." In the Hispanic community, she said, "people are conflicted. They are excited that a Latino had a chance to serve as the attorney general." But, she added, "I think we've been disappointed with his record so far."
You have to feel sorry for the Hispanic community. I mean they really thought they had arrived when one of their own was appointed to such a high office in this administration. I mean who else do they have to look up to in government, except for Bill Richardson who spends almost as much time patting himself on the back as Joe Biden.
So perhaps the Hispanic community thought that by having one of their own so close to the President they would get some reflected benefit, or at least a positive role model for the kids. But that was not the case.
Instead they saw Alberto Gonzales serving as some poor man's versions of Sancho Panza following his own Don Quixote as he chases imaginary dragons and struggles to create his own version of reality.
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