Sometimes what passes for political reporting from Washington swamps the senses.  A report in one of the nation’s leading newspapers suggests that New Gingrich has built a network to make inroads into the HispanicLatino vote.  Goodness.  That is news.  Gingrich does not have an organization in Iowa and cannot pull together a full slate of delegates for the caucuses to vote on, but, by gosh, he has a network within the HispanicLatino population.  Yes, and peanuts turn into gold if you stare at them long enough. Where do people get these things?  I guess the person who wrote this nonsense thinks that HispanicLatino women will swoon over a candidate who has been married three times.  HispanicLatinas are a forgiving lot but it is highly implausible they are going to put their trust in someone who abandoned one of his wives.  Yessiree.

And what about working HispanicLatino fathers who work two and sometimes three jobs to support their families?  No prob.  They know they are not role models of hard work for their kids.  You tell ‘em, Newt.

It must be HispanicLatino youths who are ready to pull all-nighters for Newt.  That’s it!  The man who thinks they are lazy waifs – he’s their candidate.  Get me another shot of espresso I have 500 more calls to make!  No, make that two shots.  Por favor.

So back to this HispanicLatino network.  It must exist otherwise it would not have been written about.  Gingrich says one thing on immigration that passes for something positive and one newspaper starts writing about some sort of edge Gingrich is supposed to have with HispanicLatinos – never mind that his half-baked ideas would convert HispanicLatino foreign workers and those living here illegally into legal slaves.

It is true that if a Republican nominee for President gets 40 percent of the HispanicLatino vote he or she most likely would be elected.  But it is more likely that Newt Gingrich will make the national swimming team for next summer’s Olympics in London.

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