"We need more Hispanics on the federal bench, but we should choose people because they have the right record, not just the right last name." -- Presidential Candidate and Senator John Edwards, D-NC.

Ruben Navarrette at Indystar notes that Edwards is a fool and a tad racist "to imply that someone with Estrada's credentials -- Honduran immigrant, honors graduate from Harvard Law School, clerk for a Supreme Court justice -- received an appellate court nomination simply because he is Hispanic."

You can believe what you want. But from looking at his DOJ bio, I can conclude (1) that he must have graduated magna cum laude from Columbia College and Harvard Law School, just because he is Hispanic; (2) that he must have been the Assistant to the U.S. Solicitor General just because he is Hispanic; or (3) that John Edwards is a complete fool. I pick number 3.

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