Friday, October 23, 2009

State Senator cries racism over calls for Hiram's resignation

From WCBS880:

A Latino Democratic senator says white lawmakers are racist and unfairly targeting state Sen. Hiram Monserrate following his conviction on a misdemeanor assault charge.

Sen. Ruben Diaz, a minister, also notes that none of the Democrats urging Monserrate to quit are Latinos.


From the Daily News:

The first Latinas this morning joined the growing chorus of calls for Sen. Hiram Monserrate to resign.

City Council members Annabel Palma and Melissa Mark-Viverito said Monserrate remaining in office would be "a disservice to his district and his constituents."

Their coming out against Monserrate, their former City Council colleague, dampens some criticism that the effort to get rid of the embattled senator is divided along racial and ethnic lines.

16 comments:

Anonymous said...

Just resign you piece of crap. You are a criminal!

PizzaBagel said...

The first Latinas this morning joined the growing chorus of calls for Sen. Hiram Monserrate to resign.

City Council members Annabel Palma and Melissa Mark-Viverito said Monserrate remaining in office would be "a disservice to his district and his constituents."


Now, since these two are female, does that make their call for Monster Rat's resignation sexist?

Anonymous said...

Being charged with racism these days is like being charged with jaywalking.

Dems need to put this 'Turd to the Curb'!!!

Anonymous said...

I posted in the other thread that the race card would be pulled....................so predictable..........

Anonymous said...

GET RID OF THE BUM!!!

HE IS A WOMAN BEATER!!

Anonymous said...

If you or I sliced a woman's eye out, we would be serving big time in Rikers.

Do the people who cry racism know that this man is collecting a mental disability pension from the police while serving as a Senator?

If a Latino Teacher or Hospital worker tried to collect a city or state pension while working a city or state job, he or she would be arrested for Double-Dipping.

Why the different standards for the powerful and connected?

Anonymous said...

This jerk is just trying to pull a rabbit out of hat - How low can he go... first he clock's his girlfriend . Then when people get angry he calls in racism.
Does he not know what "Being in the public eye means"?
As a 3 year old would say "What a Doo-Doo head".
NEXT>>>>>

Anonymous said...

white lawmakers are racist and unfairly targeting state Sen. Hiram Monserrate following his conviction on a misdemeanor assault charge.

Is this a surprise? This weakling's supporters should stay mum as he got off realatively light. The louder his support the greater risk the judge will throw away the key for a full year - then he will be Ex-Senator which he deserve.

Gary the Agnostic said...

Oh, Bull.

Anonymous said...

Again, with the race card. Explain to me how a former cop who is released because of phsychological issues, ends up as a state senator deciding and voting for able minded citizens?

Anonymous said...

The all too familiar race card is being dealt from the bottom of the deck once again!

A piece of crap is a piece of crap regardless of race, color or creed!

Taxpayer said...

When people who happen to be white call for this criminal's ouster, that's racism.

When Latinos as a group defend him because he's one of them, that's absolutely not racism. Because, long ago, it was decided (by racists) that only white people can be racists.

Remember this "argument": It is impossible for victims of racism to be racist?

It was that imbecilic notion that has brought us to today.

The "victims" of racism have frittered away all meaning from the word "racist". Ho-hum.

Anonymous said...

none of the democrats calling for his ouster are latino? hmmm, maybe it's because the latinos are in hiram's corner and they are the ones who should be calling for his ouster and they won't?

Anonymous said...

If it walks like a duck than it's a duck.

If it walks like a dirtbag than it's a dirtbag.

RESIGN YOU DIRTBAG!!!!!!!YOU ARE A LOSER AND SO IS YOUR FRIEND WHO REPRESENTS THE BRONX BUT LIVES IN WESTCHESTER.

HOW DO PEOPLE GET AWAY WITH THIS???

Anonymous said...

They get away with it becuase politiccian are lying scumbags by nature - they might start off thinking they can do the right thing - then it becomes overwhelming - the pressure is on by other cheating scumbags to join their ilk.

Anonymous said...

He owes over $500,000 for his defense.How does he pay that bill?Use his office as barter perhaps?