John McCain today is poised to make the biggest mistake of his 2008 presidential run. The presumptive Republican nominee will address the annual convention of the National Council of La Raza in San Diego. La Raza is billed by too many as simply "the nation's largest Hispanic rights group." But this is perhaps the most radical apologist group for illegal immigration and the "rights" of illegal aliens -- and worse.
Columnist Michelle Malkin has been a consistent chronicler of La Raza's proclivities. It sponsors taxpayer-financed "militant ethnic nationalist charter schools." It "has perfected the art of the politically correct shakedown at taxpayer expense" and "partnering with banks that do business with illegals." And it "thrives on ethnic supremacy -- and the elite sheeple's unwillingness to call it what it is," Ms. Malkin says.
And John McCain yet again will stand before such a group today? John McCain yet again will legitimize behavior that, practiced by anyone else, quickly would be exposed and vilified as the racism that it is?
For shame, Senator. For shame.