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McCain Reaches Out to Hispanics (including racialists) on Cinco de Mayo

I am no fan of "Faux News" but if the following is true I must ask two questions:

1) Which country does McCain want to represent as president?

2) What is he doing meeting with an apparent racialist organisation like the "National Council of La Raza?"
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John McCain on Monday issued a new ad in Spanish, coinciding with Cinco de Mayo and the Republican presidential candidate’s effort to attract Hispanic voters.

Meanwhile, Barack Obama, who also has tried to pull Democratic Latino voters from Hillary Clinton this primary season, also sent his well-wishes.

McCain, who announced that he will attend the annual convention of the National Council of La Raza in San Diego on July 14, said Cinco de Mayo is a chance for Mexico to celebrate its path to freedom.

“On this day in 1862, a small group of Mexican troops overcame overwhelming force to win the Battle of Puebla. Today, we join together to remember the sacrifice that these Mexican patriots endured, as well as the struggles of all those around the world striving for freedom. We recognize as well the important friendship that exists between our country and Mexico, and celebrate the many contributions Mexican-Americans have made to our society, culture, security and economy,” he said.
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A large percentage of American citizens are Latino with a good many of them of Mexican background. It's only right and politically smart to recognise their cultural sides and court their votes.
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A large percentage of American citizens are Latino with a good many of them of Mexican background. It's only right and politically smart to recognise their cultural sides and court their votes.
True. But they should probably learn that most Latinos, and even most Mexicans, don't give two shits about sin-koh day ma-jo.
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True. But they should probably learn that most Latinos, and even most Mexicans, don't give two shits about sin-koh day ma-jo.
True, hehe. The celebration here is more in line with Taco Bell, etc. In America it's really more of a bar and nightclub marketing scheme, another excuse to have a drinking out night.
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Latinos are gong to make or break this election. McCain is going to have to betray his instincts on immigration to appeal to the conservative base in southwestern states. This will cause him to lose latino voters AND those who think he is a "maverick." As McCain is forced to campaign more and more like Bush to win his base it will be harder and harder for him to win the white house.
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Latinos are gong to make or break this election. McCain is going to have to betray his instincts on immigration to appeal to the conservative base in southwestern states. This will cause him to lose latino voters AND those who think he is a "maverick." As McCain is forced to campaign more and more like Bush to win his base it will be harder and harder for him to win the white house.
In all fairness, Bush has always been significantly more reasonable about immigration than most of the Republicans in office. He seems to get it, that either the Republicans or the Democrats are going to need the hell out of Latinos in the future, and that neither party can afford to get on their collective bad side.
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True. But they should probably learn that most Latinos, and even most Mexicans, don't give two shits about sin-koh day ma-jo.

Not here is Atl, they were all in the streets on and off Jimmy Carter Blvd drunk as hell. Police were stopping traffic just to keep them from getting ran over. Corona and Miller Lite bottles are still everywhere up and down the JC and the side streets.
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Re: McCain Reaches Out to Hispanics (including racialists) on Cinco de Mayo

hes pandering, as osb said hes gotta make a play for their votes. The rep.s are shut out when it comes to the black minority vote so, they're up.
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Re: McCain Reaches Out to Hispanics (including racialists) on Cinco de Mayo

Strange situation.

McCain is perhaps the only GOP candidate who has broad appeal to the Latino community, and that is probably the most under-rated story in this election season.

All of the media coverage so far seems to assume the US consists of caucasians and African Americans, and no one else. But both the Latino and Asian vote are highly significant.
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But how will McCain win southwestern states if he panders to Latinos? Latinos, by far, are registered as democrats in this election. Unlike white voters they aren't digging their heels in about Obama at the rate uneducated whites are. If McCain takes a hardline on immigration, they will flock to Obama. If he takes a soft line on immigration, he will have trouble with whites in southwestern states.
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But how will McCain win southwestern states if he panders to Latinos? Latinos, by far, are registered as democrats in this election. Unlike white voters they aren't digging their heels in about Obama at the rate uneducated whites are. If McCain takes a hardline on immigration, they will flock to Obama. If he takes a soft line on immigration, he will have trouble with whites in southwestern states.
Uneducated whites....

That's the way to appeal to voters!

I love it.
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Re: McCain Reaches Out to Hispanics (including racialists) on Cinco de Mayo

Now who's being politically correct. Obama has trounced Clinton in every state with college educated whites. She has trounced him with those with no college whatsoever. That is merely a fact. Did college education somehow not become a goal for millions of Americans? I certainly don't see Republicans "home schooling" their kids after the age of 18. You can be as obtuse about it as you wish, the exit polls say what you need to know. Whites with less education vote Clinton.
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Now who's being politically correct. Obama has trounced Clinton in every state with college educated whites. She has trounced him with those with no college whatsoever. That is merely a fact.


That's the way Obama will win - just keep referring to white people who have not completed college as those "uneducated whites".

Yeah!
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Uneducated whites....

That's the way to appeal to voters!

I love it.
It may not sound right or appropriate but "Uneducated Whites" is a demographic that gives Hillary a lot of support.

And a person who isn't educated is uneducated. You could of course play a game of semantics.

And why is this McCain thread turning into a Hillary/Obama thread? Is McCain really that boring? Personally I don't see a lot of reason for Hispanics to support McCain or the Democrats.
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It may not sound right or appropriate but "Uneducated Whites" is a demographic that gives Hillary a lot of support.

And a person who isn't educated is uneducated. You could of course play a game of semantics.

And why is this McCain thread turning into a Hillary/Obama thread? Is McCain really that boring? Personally I don't see a lot of reason for Hispanics to support McCain or the Democrats.
It's a bit difficult to leave the other candidates entirely out of any thread on the elections.

As for McCain, he does have a following among Latinos, and many of them are far more conservative than the Dems seem to assume.
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