Pat Rogers, a Republican National Committee (RNC) leader, is facing calls for his dismissal after telling the staff of Gov. Susana Martinez, R-N.M., that because she agreed to meet with American Indians, she disrespected the memory of Col. George Armstrong Custer…
Rogers is a GOP lobbyist and partner with the Modrall law firm of Albuquerque, New Mexico. A recent member of the RNC Executive Committee, he is also an RNC National Committeeman for his state. He is currently in Tampa, Florida preparing for the upcoming Republican National Convention…
Rogers made the Custer-friendly statement in an e-mail obtained by Independent Source PAC and publicized by ProgressNow New Mexico, a liberal advocacy organization that is urging his exit from the RNC…
“The state is going to hell,” Rogers wrote in part of the e-mail. “Col. [Allen] Weh would not have dishonored Col. Custer in this manner.” Weh was a Republican candidate for governor of New Mexico in 2010 who ran against Martinez.
The e-mail was sent following a meeting in June between Martinez and the state’s tribes, according to ProgressNow. It was directed to senior members of the governor’s administration…
“George Armstrong Custer may be regarded as a kind of military hero by Pat Rogers, but to the Native peoples of America Custer represents the bellicose imperialism that was responsible for the systematic slaughter of American Indians throughout this continent,” according to an e-mail being circulated by ProgressNow.
“Such a blatantly racist statement against our Native people is offensive from anyone, but to come from a national GOP leader and lobbyist for some of our country’s largest corporations is indefensible,” said Pat Davis, executive director of ProgressNow New Mexico, in a statement.
Am I surprised to read such racist crap from a leading New Mexico Republican? Of course not.
Do I expect today’s Republican Party to disavow Roger’s arrogance and bigotry? Of course not.
UPDATE: The Modrall law firm “accepted” Rogers’ resignation yesterday. Nary a peep from the Republican Party.
Simply unbelievable.
Some historians believe that Custer had become sterile after contracting gonorrhea while at West Point.
I wonder how Custer contracted a sexually transmitted disease ….
Well, he was a mighty pretty boy.
What do you think… Was it from suckin’, dockin’ of bare backin’?
Why do people on Indian reservations get to vote? To quote John Major regarding the UN,
Representation without taxation is not acceptable.”
Because the Republicans and Democrats want it that way.
“George Armstrong Custer may be regarded as a kind of military hero by Pat Rogers”
Well, he WAS a military hero, in the Civil War. You can argue all you want about afterwards. Personally I don’t see how meeting with any Indians about any topic could “disrespect” his memory, but that’s just me.
Much ado about nothing, methinks.
Custer had many virtues. He was known to be tireless and he demonstrated that he was the kind of man that would charge H@ll with a bucket of water. During the civil war his superiors loved him and his men hated his guts because he was reckless with their lives. Don’t get confused here. Custer led from the front.
He was a glory hound and there is no doubt that he disobeyed orders when he launched his attack against the Indian encampment. His reason for doing so seems to have been the need to become a hero because his tendency to make bad choices and the lack of need for reckless individuals of advancing age who insulted their superiors was a putting an end to his career.
Custer’s courage is beyond reproach and his remarkable physical abilities are beyond question. The man had what can only be called super human endurance. The man didn’t sleep much and when he wasn’t asleep he could run full throttle long after a normal human would have fallen out. On the other hand nobody that examines his track record would have wanted a family member to serve under him.
His last battle is pretty much a by the numbers description of how to get yourself and your men terminated with extreme prejudice. Part of it has to be that he completely failed to allow for the number Indians he was attacking even though he had been told by scouts that a lot more Indians were present than he seems to have been allowing for.
I would say that in many ways it might be impossible to aquatically denigrate Custer’s reputation as an officer.
Feel free to disagree all you want. What I said is based on my reading about the man.
I am sure there are many Muslim suicide bombers with the endurance of Custer so whats the point. A lot of the farmlands in the US was originally Native peoples houses and settlements They were driven off, killed and tortured and made slaves for land they have been living on for over a thousand years. You call that man a hero. Then you should call Hitler a hero too.
I won’t disagree that Custer was a ruthless individual that would have massacred every Native American at the Battle of Bighorn if he had ended up with the advantage.
For some reason, I don’t view genocide as an admirable trait in humans.
I live in New Mexico, I respect our governor,
and a little info for Mr Rogers,
over 35% of New Mexico’s population is native american!!
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Ednerd
You should no more insult someone’s hero, ie Custer, than someone should insult ‘White Bull’, ‘Rain-in-the-Face’, ‘Flat Lip’ and ‘Brave Bear’. Your blog entry shows you to be intolerant prejudice bigot.
I followed the story through and can’t find where the supposed documents are, other than hear-say and what a bunch of Demoncrats say, which is the same as saying a liar is calling someone else a liar.
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Traaxx
The Indians were never innocent victims; the butchering they did of innocent civilians did not help their cause at all. They practice warfare in the same way that Muslims do today, except much more cruelly. They burned and cut to pieces women, children and anyone that suited their fancy to murder.
They didn’t believe in ownership and fought each other as much as they fought the US Government. The nomadic culture cannot tolerate the presence of a settled culture without conflict. Through out history nomadic cultures have practiced barbaric warfare, much like the Mongols, tactics always feeling they could simply ride away out of range of retaliation.
This should make you more watchful when dealing with the Hispanic culture flowing across the border and the Islamic culture we continue to import to the US, but as a Obama bot or Republicrat you probably can’t see yourself ending up in front of wall, much like the Jews in Germany couldn’t believe what the NAZIs were doing or the 100 million victims of Stalin’s Gulags couldn’t believe the leader they worshiped was sending them off to starve to death.
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Traaxx
What would YOU call someone fighting genocide and displacement?