Discuss Gregory Rodriguez's Dec. 22 Op-Ed column.

When my father, a Dublin-born Irishman, was asked if he would vote for John Kennedy, dad followed with a question: "And why should I?" The reply was, "Well he's Irish." To that my father said, "If that's all he's got going for him, God help us." I never learned for whom my father voted because he considered voting to be the most private act a citizen could do. I remain so instructed.

Martin Young @ 6:45 AM PST, Dec 24, 2008

While eagerly pointing his finger at various ethnic and religious groups, and how these groups have practiced and been affected by affinity fraud, Rodriguez conspicuously avoids mentioning the Hispanic (specifically Mexican) community. Is it because Hispanics have not suffered from - and have not practiced - affinity fraud? Is it because Rodriguez searched diligently but failed to find anything on the topic? Despite Rodriguez’s professed objectivity, his omission sends a clear signal of there being an undercurrent of schadenfreude in his comments.

Frank @ 11:14 PM PST, Dec 23, 2008

Does part of the reason for the success of the fraud lie in the insular nature of the victims and their community? Any socialogists out there?

Freddy @ 8:49 PM PST, Dec 22, 2008

Unlike Bernard L. Madoffis who will be held accountable for betraying his own Jewish community... http://www.ireport.com/people/mll1127 http://www.ireport.com/docs/DOC-155551 elected Black leaders, clergypersons, lawyers, poverty pimps, etc., who betray the Black community are honored, may have a street or school named in their honor all at the expense of law abiding individuals in the Black community!

Michael Lofton @ 3:08 PM PST, Dec 22, 2008

Let's add to this depraved list of individuals the names of those latino mortgage brokers who targetted hispanics in their "Zero Down" frauds. It's reported that a majority of foreclosures occurred within the latino and black communities; shu=ould I surmise they were defrauded by an 'affinity' pitch?

Tara @ 12:05 PM PST, Dec 22, 2008