With all that has been in the news lately about the Republican Party of Bernalillo County chairman one has to wonder exactly how elitist is the Republican Party in this state. It is a sad day when a party leader has to define himself by just how much lighter his skin is compared with that of other individuals in his state and somehow how that makes him better than other people. I know that the Republican Party looks down their collective noises at the rest of the world but I think everyone can agree that he took it way too far.It does make you stop to think just how diverse is the Democratic Party. I was at a party a few weeks ago at the home of Democratic Party State Chairman Brian Colon. It was a little event to support one of our state senators. We were all having a great time that afternoon. People were sitting and standing around in and out of the house just talking and eating. Everyone was equal and friends. The thing that no one stopped to think about was that you could not have planned a more diverse group of people if you had worked on it for weeks or months. Just by inviting friends the Colons has gathered someone from every cultural background and every social and economic level in this country. Chairman Colon and his wife have done without even trying what the Republican Party has completely failed to do by reaching out to New Mexicans and making our party the party of diversity in this state. The Colon’s home is truly the Casa at the end of the Cultural Rainbow for New Mexico.
