A couple of weeks ago, the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel in its relentless attack against Governor Jim Doyle, featured an unfaltering article against him while above the piece was a huge picture of Doyle’s opponent, Mark Green.
 
Green smiling and appearing statesman-like in the picture was standing not too far away from Perfecto Rivera, Chairman of the Hispanic Chamber of Commerce and gadfly candidate for Congress.
 
Yes, Perfecto Rivera is promenading around political circles as a candidate for the 4th Congressional District seat now held by Gwen Moore.
 
I’m not sure what Rivera has against Gwen Moore. Running just because he feels she should be challenged seems like a childish reason to run, especially when the person he’s running against has been responsive to constituents.
 
At first, I thought that maybe Perfecto was running against Congresswoman Moore because she failed to give the HCCW money. But then I said to myself: “self, that can’t be the reason why he’s challenging Gwen Moore. Democrats have been responsive to the Hispanic Chamber of Commerce, in fact, Governor Doyle has given HCCW hundreds of thousands of public dollars, and still Perfecto supports Mark Green.”
 
So, why is Perfecto Rivera running against one Democrat and working to oust another who clearly has supported and has been responsive to the issues and concerns of the organization he is chairman of?
 
Could it be that Perfecto would like more goodies for the HCCW?  Is it that he truly feels that the two Democrats he is currently looking to overthrow have not been responsive to the community? Or, is it that he just feels that he needs to run against Gwen Moore and support Mark Green?
 
Whatever the reason, one thing is certain; Governor Jim Doyle has given Perfecto Rivera’s HCCW support and Gwen Moore has been responsive to the HCCW.  This makes Perfecto’s rationale for running against Moore goofy, and supporting Mark Green over Doyle an ungrateful act. This clearly illustrates Perfecto’s illogical and incomprehensible thought processes.
 
But then again, maybe the Democrats deserve the Perfecto Riveras of Wisconsin. In supporting people like Perfecto, the Democrats have obviously made a bad investment.  When it comes to people of color, some  liberals appear to really want to get along with Black and Hispanic Republicans - no matter what the cost.  They think they can buy a couple of Highspanics and Black GOP types and then believe they have these groups in their back pockets.
 
Forest Gump once said, “stupid is as stupid does.”
 
Democrats giving money to groups that have leaders on its board with a history of being pro-Republican is stupid.  If Doyle thought he would be able to buy loyalty with the money he gave Perfecto Rivera, well, just take a long look at that picture in the Journal Sentinel. That Puerto Rican standing near Mark Green isn’t wearing a Doyle for Governor button.