La Jornada is running a story today on Rosario Marín, the first Latina Secretary of the Treasury in the United States, who was moreover born in Mexico City. Basically, the article repeats Marín's claims that Obama "duped" Latinos. Much to be said about this, indeed - Bush did far more in terms of legislative initiatives than Obama has ever done, and I'll be the first one to criticize his timidness on this subject.
Yet the article barely notes in passing that Marín served the Bush administration. Moreover, a minimum of research into her background would reveal a Republican perennially embroiled in ethics scandals, who staunchly defended Bush's 2000 candidacy. Of course she will call on Latinos not to vote for Obama - but in order to draw them to the Republican Party! I wish La Jornada could provide a bit more context to these kind of stories
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