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Published Thursday, July 29, 2010 | 8:26 a.m.
Updated Thursday, July 29, 2010 | 8:26 a.m.
I have confirmed that Brian Sandoval, as reported by Univision’s news director in a column and revealed in an earlier blog post, did indeed say that his children don’t look Hispanic when asked by the Spanish-language station whether he was worried about his kids being profiled if they were in Arizona.
Sandoval denied (twice) making the comments during an interview with “Face to Face” this week. But the comments are on videotape, I have confirmed. Univision, however, is declining to release the tape, claiming (as most media organizations would) that it is work product.
My guess, too, is that Univision will not air the video now – why wouldn’t the reporter have used it originally???? – because the station higher-ups are mortified about the disclosure of Sandoval’s comments in a scathing column in El Tiempo by news director Adriana Arévalo. My guess is that station folks also are apoplectic that a news director would consider it appropriate to write a harsh column about a gubernatorial hopeful – they are saying she did it in her capacity as an El Tempo columnist but she can’t just wash away her TV title.
The political implications here are obvious. Rory Reid’s campaign already is out with a release this morning headlined, “Brian Sandoval Again Lies to Nevadans on Statewide TV,” referring to the column and his repeated denials on the program Wednesday evening. Is it possible Sandoval made an offhand comment without thinking? Maybe. But it still sounds pretty awful – and what about kids who do look Hispanic? – and his denials also will continue to be exploited by Reid.
Most interesting question: Does either campaign now push for the release of the video, knowing what it will show? Sandoval, who seemed sincerely shocked when I brought it up, might want the context to be revealed. And Reid, surely seeing a wedge issue and an integrity issue, might want to exploit it.
Jon, I watched your show last night very carefully and noted that Judge Sandoval said, "This is the first time I am seeing this quote,", NOT that he didn't say it. I thought the phrasing of that answer was quite disingenuous, as his stammering reply resonated with me. Once again, thank you for your hard-hitting, a-political confrontations with our State and Local leaders that often show their flaws and weaknesses, but sometimes shine a bright light on their successes, as well. I know you are truly a Non-Partisan, because I have seen you hit Harry Reid just as hard as you hit Sharron Angle, and vis-a-vis, the same with Rory Reid and Brian Sandoval. Your commentary is appreciated, at least by me.
Jon, the point your first post infered and what you and the author of that very fair and not at all polemical column would like to make is that Sandoval doesn't want to be percieved as a Hispanic. Obviously, you don't read your own newspaper and who can blame you with the slanted dribble that Greenspun tries to pass for news (not that Sherm is any better).
Several sources in an article which appeared in your paper identified Sandoval as a Hispanic and during a REPUBLICAN primary and in this environment. Not once in your story does he deny being Hispanic, on the contrary he seems to embrace it.
So you "out" him as a Hispanic in the Republican primary, and now in the general election you seek to deny him his heritage. I'm shocked!
What your fair paper published in February-
Climate could be right for GOP's Sandoval to capture Hispanic vote
By J. Patrick Coolican (contact)
Sunday, Feb. 7, 2010 | 2 a.m.
"Andres Ramirez, senior vice president of the Washington-based progressive group NDN who doubles as a Nevada Democratic operative, admitted as much: "He's an attractive candidate, and he has been supportive of Hispanics..."
...
In a phone interview, Sandoval, a former Nevada assemblyman and attorney general, said, "I've always reached out to the Hispanic community and am proud to have their support regardless of party."
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Every news organization has only its credibility and reputation to rely on. While the Sun has none, you allow them to borrow yours. You and they should consider what happens when you have none left.
Um Wolfie - You are actually making the claim that it is possible to "out" someone with the surname Sandoval as Hispanic? Like people wouldn't recognize a thoroughly and utterly Hispanic name as probably belonging to, gee I don't know, maybe a HISPANIC?
Seriously?
Ralston, if you would just take two seconds to do some real reporting instead of being the HEAD TOOL for Harry and Rory Reid and the Nevada Democrat Party, you just might get a gig like the one that Elizabeth Crum has with NRO...
http://www.nationalreview.com/battle10/s...
I still haven't seen Sandoval's Birth Cert, at least Obama put his up on the Net.
Franco, Stroessner, Peron, Pinochet, etc. right wing crypto-Fascist politicians are just as popular in Spanish speaking and Latin American countries as is Europe.
Sandoval has started a group: "Hispanics against Latinos."
I want Sandoval's birth certificate verified!
Why is he embarrassed to have his children "look" hispanic"? Shameful elitist behavior! Typical of the GOP today.
Or better yet, Sandoval has started a group: "Settled immigrants against recent immigrants" or just "Immigrants against immigrants" for short.
Typical nativist, elitist behavior to close the door after yourself and don't anyone in behind you, no matter what. It's easy to forget your own history and the country's history in order to keep your own privileged place in society.
dear renomuse,
He never said he is embarrassed to have his kids look hispanic. When asked if he was worried if his kids would be profiled if in AZ, he said his kids don't look hispanic - meaning since they don't, they would not be profiled. He never said their not looking hispanic was good or bad. He just answered a question - they wouldn't be profiled because there would be no cause to profile them. He said something much much much much less offensive than that broad from the Dept. of Agriculture - not helping a white farmer because he was white. But she ends up getting an apology!!!!!!!!! I am so so sick and tired of people like you reading so much into this.
"that broad from the Dept. of Agriculture - not helping a white farmer because he was white"
If you're going to refer to current events in your public comments, at least try to keep up with recent developments. This constitutes a major, world-class fail.
gypc_dave, nccvax would not know because Rush, Glen, and Sean did not tell him the tape was altered. Shirley Sherrod has filed suit against Breitbart, which she should win.
It's time to get the adults back in charge.
Folks, we have 14.5% unemployment and none of this discussion will get a single Nevadan back to work.
Thank you Jon Ralston for wasting all our time on this pointless enterprise.
Fresh, nice, tasty banana from the Banana_Joe.
Today 50% off on all my banana on my banana boat.
All the banana is non-partisan banana officially planted and grown at my little banana republic.
Hey, folks, let's forget about that Sandoval racist today, just, eat some fresh banana from the Banana_Joe's. 50% off on all banana sales.
Regards
Banana_Joe
To me, the point is not about him being ashamed or proud of how his kids look. His comfort with his own ethnicity is his business and his problem.
It's that his response makes the point that if his children did look Hispanic, he WOULD worry about them being harassed. In other words, he concedes that this law treats people who look Hispanic, regardless of immigration status, differently than people who don't look Hispanic. Given that, how can he support it?
i'll point out once again- if this guy is so proud to be Hispanic- then what kind of Hispanic is he (country of origin)he never says and no one asks. he does not say because he is hiding it? and no one asks because all Spanish speakers are lumped together. big difference between European Spanish culture and American Spanish culture. i think he is what is called a coconut.
I guess I am still trying to figure out what this whole "incident" means. This smacks of the type of journalism that people criticize the Fox folks for engaging in. Sandoval has repeatedly said that he is proud of his heritage. He has also stated that, while he supports Arizona's efforts to deal with its own problems when the feds will not, he does not believe that such a law is necessary in Nevada.
If the topic of the conversation was racial profiling than he was actually agreeing that racial profiling may go on. These types of questions put Sandoval in a difficult spot. As a Hispanic, he knows that many in the hardcore anti-illegal-immigration crowd might be skeptical of him. He is a moderate conservative, and he has to let that be known. Remember Obama never did win over the white working class vote in his own party during the primary. At the same time, I am sure that Sandoval would love to more fully embrace the Latino community in Nevada.
Perhaps it is unfortunate that Sandoval is running during a time when the immigration debate is on overdrive. Can you imagine if reparations for descendants of slaves had been a major national issue when Obama ran? To the extent that Democrats are using racial politics to attack Sandoval, shame on them. Presumably, they would not condone such tactics if used against their own candidate.
@lr7660
What a strange question. So I guess you would not consider Obama a real African American (as that term is generally understood), because his mom was white and his dad was Kenyan?
John,
Tempest in a teapot. Looks to me like you're just trying to stir up trouble again. Don't you have anything better to do?
Yes thanks, Ralston, it is just too bad you now have both the SUN and your obviously left-leaning program on your good buddys channel, channel 3.
Who really cares what he said?
Who really cares if his kids look hispanic?
Ralston, apparently.
Newsflash for PurplePower, Ralston just puts on a facade for you when he "grills" the Reids, he would probably sell his mother if it would guarantee that they both got elected.
Better look elsewhere for your non-partisan reporting.
Jobs! Jobs! Jobs!!!!
We wants jobs.
This entire issue has nothing to do with jobs!
Mr Ralston, please get back to the real issues.
her father was killed by a white farmer and the all white grand jury would not indict, so when it was her turn to help out a white farmer she did not do ALL she could, she did help him and later realized she was being unfair to someone because HER FATHER WAS KILLED.
Wow Ralston. You really do have your head up the Reid's backsides. You can't kiss up to them enough. Your headline is inflammatory and misleading, again. After all these comments about how you are such a left leaning hack, how are you still employed. And why would anyone in their right mind pay $350 per year for your newsletter that spews the same trash? When are you going to out Harry for not getting Nevada the education funding? When oh when are you going to do some real reporting. When, pray tell, are you going to work for TMZ, your real calling?
Go Jon! Congratulations on the national attention you've garnered. Well deserved. Good job!
Go Jon! Congratulations on the national attention you've garnered. Well deserved. Good job!
*http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/07/30/john-ralston-nevada-polit_n_665270.html
This is so stupid. How does this junk even make the news. Libs are so obsessed with race that they try to make something out of nothing.
White libs don't really care about people of color. They just use race to attempt to disarm the opposition.
Sandoval is an embarrassment. He was a lazy judge who politicized his position and often didn't do his work. He's still an embarrassment.
I don't know, if I would let that Sandoval guy join my martial arts training center. A Hispanic guy who is proud about his kids not looking too familiar to himself. To whom do they look familiar then, to the postman, the fed-ex delivery guy, the milkman? A trash-talking politician like Sandoval for sure cannot become a good fighter.
Why doesn't Sandoval join that dumb Banana_Joe to help him sell his banana. He then only had to repeat that silly "50% off on all banana"-phrase without overthinking his comments.
Thank you Chuck Norris, for calling me dumb.
Why don't you yourself try to sell banana from a banana boat day by day just to show you how hard that is, you could still be kicking a%% in the evening after that work is done.
(The Banana_Joe is heading back to his banana boat to get back to his little banana republic.)
Regards
Banana_Joe
My best friend's parents are from Mexico.
He might but his kids don't look Hispanic. John, what a waste ot time you are becoming.
@milf:
Why don't you come over after work to take a look around at my new martial arts training center here, milt, I think you could become a pretty good fighter, yes, you do. Because most terrific fighters, except for Mr. Jackie Chan and me, of course, can hardly write their own name without a mistake, hombre.
I mean, watching your comment containing one orthographic mistake in only three sentences really tells me some story about your personal strength and your weaknesses, so I came up with the idea to make you a great fighter. Looking forward to meet you at your first training unit at my new martial arts training center.
Democrats and their media pals playing gotcha race politics.
They cry and whine about Republicans.
They, including Ralston, are lower than pond scum.
No wonder everybody hates each other.
Advice to everybody.....if anybody ask you anything about race or wants to talk about race issues ...just clam up.....just say you want everybody to get along and quote MLK or something.....keep your mouth shut.
What about context? Did we not we learn a lesson from Obama Da Messiah about context?
Ried or Sandoval is bad news for your state. Wake up Nevadans and smell the rotten smell that has been engulfing your noses.
So, not looking Hispanic is a plus Judge? Please explain yourself!?
Who f---king cares. All the lawyers and politicians need to be flushed down the toilet. We are starting to wake up and realize we, the People, have no industry and no economy, as these f---king scum politicians have multi-million dollar weddings. I say that any politician that even remotely has a connection to big business and China or any outside foreign country be terminated. Oh, sorry, is that Protectionism. Yaah, it is, but from Hartford to Boston to Philadelphia to Tampa to Vegas, all I see is a dying country with no jobs and no industry. F--k the Chinese and any globalist pigs that sold our country on that b.s. Pelosi, Reid, Obama, Clintons, Bush, Reagan, all of them are guilty. Hey, why doesn't Pelosi cough up 46 of her 47 million and be a REAL Democrat. Ha! A multi-million dollar wedding for Chelsea... are you f---king kidding me???
Jon Rolston, it seems to me that you would pull a bugger out of a rat's nose, and blame a Republican. I do not look at Politician for what race they are, or what party they're in. I look at a politician and vote based on what I believe they can do for our Country, our state, or cities, and towns. The United States is falling apart from within... It would be good to have news reporters who are fair. You sir are a Democrat on steroids. What does Mr. Sandoval's Race have to do with his views on Politics, how can you expect that just because he is of Hispanic origin that he would have to cater to illegal aliens? Harry Reid voted against building the border fence, he voted to allow so- called immigrants welfare funds, including having their babies at UMC, getting free food stamps, and so on, and the list goes on and on. Voters ;look up Harry Reid's record on immigration, ask Jon why did he not ask Harry about his voting record, the next time he does an interview with Sharron Angle, I hope that he addresses that issue, or when he have an interview with Harry; ask Harry about his horrific voting record on Illegal immigration.