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May 9, 2015 By Fausta

Identity politics: Halperin interviews Ted Cruz, expects Ricky Ricardo

WARNING: The following is a rant.

I was born and raised in Puerto Rico, and, if I had $5 for every liberal idiot who looks at me and says “You don’t look Puerto Rican”, etc., because I don’t fit the Liberal template of what a Lateeeno/Lateeena should be like, this blog wouldn’t need to carry ads.

Frankly, by now I expect to consistently encounter discrimination and bigotry from Liberals. It’s in their mindset – identity politics is their lifeblood.

Ruben Navarrete describes one instance:
Ruben Navarrette: Halperin interview of Ted Cruz was painful

. . . Halperin made it personal, and the interview careened into a ditch. He told Cruz that people are curious about his “identity.” Then, the host asked a series of questions intended to establish his guest’s Hispanic bona fides. What kind of Cuban food did Cruz like to eat growing up? And what sort of Cuban music does Cruz listen to even now?

The interview starts at the 9:00 point in this video,

Update: Louder With Crowder has the clip of the interview by itself:

Halperin was likely expecting Desi Arnaz as Ricky Ricardo singing Texas Pete,

Or perhaps Halperin was disappointed Ted didn’t invite him over for cortadito and pastelitos de guayaba. Halperin capped it all off by asking Cruz to “say something in Spanish.”

Cruz is much too polite, but I’m not. Here’s something in Spanish, Halperin,

Bésame el culo.

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As Matt Drudge wrote in October of 2004, Halperin, who then held the title of Political Director with ABC, wrote an internal memo that “admonishes ABC staff: During coverage of Democrat Kerry and Republican Bush not to ‘reflexively and artificially hold both sides ‘equally’ accountable.’” As if there was any chance that the House of Stephanopoulos would ever treat both sides fairly:

The controversial internal memo obtained by DRUDGE, captures Halperin stating how “Kerry distorts, takes out of context, and mistakes all the time, but these are not central to his efforts to win.”

But Halperin claims that Bush is hoping to “win the election by destroying Senator Kerry at least partly through distortions.”

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A note on my choice of Bésame el culo over other similar phrases:
Bésame el culo is a grammatically correct, literal translation of an English-language sentiment that does not require cultural explanation to an English-language native speaker like Halperin. Indeed, it’s such a well known phrase, that, here in America, it’s usually the first complete Spanish-language sentence most middle-school students learn.

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Comments

  1. Frank G says

    May 9, 2015 at 8:57 pm

    Chupame was off the agenda?

  2. Anthony says

    May 10, 2015 at 2:03 pm

    I am an Italian American and I have had similar experiences.

  3. Donald Douglas (@AmPowerBlog) says

    May 10, 2015 at 2:07 pm

    Also linked at American Power! http://americanpowerblog.blogspot.com/2015/05/mark-halperins-painful-interview-with.html

  4. Michael Kitchen says

    May 10, 2015 at 2:45 pm

    You left off: “…culo, pendejo.”

  5. toma says

    May 10, 2015 at 2:52 pm

    Mark Halperin is an infamous insectoid brain-dead Clinton-hunting CONSERVATIVE. You weasel. But on behalf of liberal America and the reality-centered community, let me say welcome to political blogging, our fascinating blue planet and reality in general. You don’t remember Mark calling Obama “a dick” on TV? You don’t remember the month he spent banished at home? For offering his personal opinion? And your first video is of him mocking not Ted Cruz but Bernie Sanders. As the crazy kids say, Duh.

    And living here in Southern California, I never heard a liberal call anybody a “spic”. But every patriot that I came across certainly did, as quickly and as often as he could. Nice try, Sparky.

  6. CayleyGraph says

    May 10, 2015 at 2:53 pm

    One of the nice things about being a melanin-impaired American is that people don’t assume things about your background & experiences based on your appearance. They don’t assume you have “white privilege”, or look down on other races, or mock you for not speaking the way they expect.

    On an unrelated note, my doctor told me that they should be able to fix my memory & perception problems with medication and therapy.

  7. tmitsss says

    May 10, 2015 at 3:06 pm

    I don’t speak Spanish but I intuit it and google confirms

  8. Lloyd Martin Hendaye says

    May 10, 2015 at 3:06 pm

    To Halperin: Say something in English, you dumb sh*t.

  9. Victoria says

    May 10, 2015 at 3:36 pm

    Apparently, if an immigrant family assimilates into mainstream America then the next generation immediately lose “diversity” status and corresponding brownie points.

  10. AnneG says

    May 10, 2015 at 3:50 pm

    Nunca sabía que las puertoriqueñas son tan malhabladas, pero en esta circunstancia lo merece.

  11. Robbins Mitchell says

    May 10, 2015 at 4:11 pm

    Maybe Ted should have whipped out his maracas and done a quick “Cuba Pete” send up

  12. Lee says

    May 10, 2015 at 4:26 pm

    So called liberals are not liberals.

    Actual liberals do exist, but they are usually called conservatives and libertarians.

    The people who self-describe as liberals are anti-liberals. They do not believe in liberty. They do not believe in equality before the law. They are Marxist fascist who believe they are fit to rule over the lives of others.

    Calling them liberals only helps them hide behind that name.

    Here’s something in Irish for the Marxist fascists who call themselves “liberals,” in the spirit of your message in Spanish:

    Pog mo thoin

  13. toma says

    May 10, 2015 at 4:44 pm

    …and here I was, thinking that you genuinely loved our Constitution and its First Amendment.

  14. Paul A'Barge says

    May 10, 2015 at 5:03 pm

    I am a white, heterosexual male and I have had similar experiences.

  15. Wombat-socho says

    May 10, 2015 at 5:05 pm

    Instalanche! 🙂

  16. Eduardo Vidal says

    May 10, 2015 at 5:12 pm

    Progressives are unable to see beyond identity politics, which is why ethnics should shun them, along with their socialist policies that do not work.

  17. brendancalling says

    May 10, 2015 at 5:34 pm

    Speaking from the left, I can assure you, Halperin’s not one of ours. We thought he was one of yours,frankly. We despise him.

    Sounds like nobody likes that no-talent doofus.

  18. hemipristis says

    May 10, 2015 at 5:56 pm

    His classy response clearly set him above his tormentor.

    Your outrage is justified. The double-standard is alive and well. Hypocrisy is a defining trait of the common leftist.

  19. Lynn Dee says

    May 10, 2015 at 7:08 pm

    Why does Fausta assume media hack/purveyor of received wisdom/longtime moron Mark Halperin is a liberal? Could it be she’s inhaled a few too many conservocrud rants about the “liberal media”?

    In any case, I’m a lib and I disavow any connection whatsoever to that Beltway village idiot.

  20. Old fogey says

    May 10, 2015 at 7:31 pm

    Today’s liberals just get soooo nervous when a member of the “protected classes” gets a bad case of JamesMadisonitis and begins to act as if the Constitution and Declaration of Indepence apply to him or her, too. Unfortunately, both documents have been translated into Spanish.
    Ricky Ricardo just got tired on one episode of his friend Fred constantly shouting English at him so he said: “…..just because I speak with an accent doesn’t mean I listen with an accent.” Put Fred and the rest of us right in our place ( haha).

  21. Michael Morris says

    May 10, 2015 at 7:32 pm

    I am white male stockbroker. People are astounded when I have opinions other than those liberals ascribe to the Republican Party.

  22. another guy says

    May 10, 2015 at 7:50 pm

    that’s the first Spanish phrase I learned and I grew up in Ohio! Come on, help me increase my vocabulary – he deserves something mucho más fuerte.

  23. aimai says

    May 10, 2015 at 7:57 pm

    Halperin is not a liberal. Never has been. Other than that I’ve got no criticism of this piece.

  24. clifton Chadwick says

    May 10, 2015 at 9:47 pm

    Great, Fausta!

  25. Duane hershberger says

    May 10, 2015 at 10:46 pm

    I think some may be confusing Halperin with Helprin? Halperin may be an ass, but he is also a Liberal. Helprin is neither.

  26. JohnJay says

    May 10, 2015 at 10:58 pm

    You’ve never had a non-liberal say “you don’t look Puerto Rican?” I think badly informed stereotypes tend to cross political boundaries, sadly.

  27. Phineas says

    May 10, 2015 at 11:36 pm

    Wow. I think I’ve just been left speechless.

  28. Larry Sheldon says

    May 11, 2015 at 4:47 am

    Been a long time since I lived in Toonerville–is “usted debe comer mierda” what I am trying to remember? Doesn’t sound quite right.

  29. Fausta says

    May 11, 2015 at 9:04 am

    Solamente cuando hace falta para darse a entender sin dejar lugar a duda ninguna, Anne.

  30. Lynn Dee says

    May 11, 2015 at 10:34 am

    No, Duane, no one’s confusing Mark Halperin, the simpering conservative media clown and moron, with writer Mark Helprin. :rolleyes:

  31. brendancalling says

    May 11, 2015 at 12:43 pm

    Following up on yesterday: he’s not a liberal. We don’t like him either, please blame him on someone else.

    http://thinkprogress.org/justice/2015/05/11/3657223/prize-racist-interview-2016-candidate-goes-bloombergs-mark-halperin/

  32. theduchessofkitty says

    May 11, 2015 at 12:56 pm

    ¡PERFECTO!

  33. Lynn Dee says

    May 11, 2015 at 2:40 pm

    The left has known for some time that Mark Halperin is a ridiculous buffoon.

    http://crooksandliars.com/2015/05/dear-conservatives-it-was-only-today-you

    The right has just caught on.

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