The Mole, Continued

I've been following the attempts in the blogosphere to raise awareness of the TX-28 primary (just three weeks away) between actual Democrat Ciro Rodriguez (contribute here) and Republican mole Henry Cuellar. Cuellar votes against his party more than virtually any Democrat in Congress in a lean-Democratic district. The Republican Party isn't running anybody in this district, so the winner of this primary really will win the race. This is a clean shot to take out a Democrat who is endorsed by the far-right Club for Growth.

And then there's this: (via MyDD)

U.S. Congressman Henry Cuellar -- a so-called Democrat from Laredo, Texas -- wants to give $100 million dollars to the Minutemen, the racist, gun-toting vigilante group.

Last October, Representative Cuellar sponsored a bill called the "Border Law Enforcement Act of 2005" that would essentially deputize members of the Minutemen militia by giving them new titles, badges and guns.

There is a saying in Spanish,"dime con quien andas y te dire quien eres," which basically means that you can tell a lot about a person by the company that they keep. Representative Cuellar sponsored the "Border Law Enforcement Act" with none other than the "Grand Dragon" of the anti-immigrant legislators - Rep. Tom Tancredo, Republican from Colorado. Cuellar's bill is also part of the draconian House-passed immigration reform bill HR 4437, which, among other wrong headed ideas, would further militarize the US/Mexico border, build a Berlin-style wall all along the border, and criminalize millions of immigrants and good Samaritans.

Cuellar is running in a heavily Latino district, and he's aligning himself with a vigilante group that gains support from neo-Nazi organizations. I'll bet the voters in this district had no idea what their representative was doing.

This is the ultimate in "send a message" races. Donate at the Act Blue link if you can. I plan to as well.