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Feb 28 '08
Viva Obama!: Hispanic Voters Wising Up?
If Hillary’s chances are riding on Hispanics and Femocons, she may find that her miserable campaign is only going to get worse.
The only significant support Hillary Clinton has left is the Feminists and certain Hispanic groups, but it seems she’s losing many of those voters to Barack Obama. Or more accurately, he’s taking them from her.
The Women:
Many women that consider themselves, “feminists” actually do think about issues that paint a bigger picture. These ladies seem to understand that ending the war in Iraq and other humanitarian issues are even more important than having a set of tits in the Oval Office. To these ladies it’s not about being selfish, single minded, or just plain nutty. It’s about the overall good. Which candidate will do the best overall.
This is the kind of selfless wisdom American women are famous for. This is the kind of strength it takes to reach the prize.
Naturally a woman President would appeal to a “Feminist", I’d like to have Tommy Chong in the White House too. But if he was pro war, anti-privacy, and a corporate whore, I would never vote for him either.
Barack Obama has always been a champion of women’s issues and his record is consistent in that regard. He is also NOT pro war and anti-privacy.
That’s the reason 1′500 Feminists for Peace, as well as many Feminist Leaders, have endorsed Barack Obama…
As explained by Professor Eileen Boris, Director of the Center for Research on Women and Social Justice at the University of California, Santa Barbara, “Voting for Bush’s war showed Senator Clinton more concerned with future political viability than with the impact of war on the world’s women, men, families and the environment. That’s not my idea of global feminism.”
Adele Welty, a social worker whose firefighter son died in the World Trade Center, deplored Clinton’s unfriendly attitude towards antiwar constituents. Noting the Senator’s unwillingness to meet with peace groups, Welty described her personal experience of Clinton’s “dismissive” staff when she and others traveled to Washington DC. to express their views. “I would love to be able to vote for a woman, but it would have to be a woman who is able to maintain her integrity.”
Some women, most I’m confident, actually do care more about their country and what’s right than about personal satisfaction and exhibiting misandry.
After all, it was largely females that helped Obama to victory in South Carolina. You can bet he will do far better amongst women in Texas than some want to believe.
The Hispanic Vote:
The Clinton’s have never done anything significant for the Hispanic population. Many Hispanic voters identify with Clinton in name recognition only and vote in Democratic blocks.
And recently, Barack Obama has been making strong waves among Hispanic voters as those voters are learning more about him.
Obama did win the Hispanic votes in Illinois and Colorado and did better than expected in New Mexico and Arizona.
His ability to court Hispanic votes continues to grow, and let’s face it, the status quo has been lying to Hispanics just as long as it’s been lying to the rest of us.
Young Latinos want change too.
CNN writer Ruben Navarrette Jr. points out a very important factor concerning one of Hillary’s abundant debate gaffs…
“During a debate in Los Angeles, she answered a question by pitting undocumented Latino immigrants against African-Americans.
She blamed jobs losses on “employers who exploit undocumented workers and drive down wages.” And she mentioned an African-American who told her that he used to have construction jobs but now “the only people who get them anymore are people who are here without documentation.”
Faced with the same question, Obama pointed out that African-Americans had high unemployment rates long “before the latest round of immigrants showed up” and cautioned against using the immigration issue to divide Americans.
Obama also insisted – to rousing applause – that blaming immigrants for unemployment among blacks amounts to “scapegoating” and said he wouldn’t tolerate it. Score one for Obama. You can almost hear the mariachis warming up.”
So can we. ![]()
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