Hillary Clinton is After Latino Voters, Off Course
There are many different positions among politicians, regarding immigration issues and the immigration bill. But there's one thing that they all seem to agree about: the importance of Latino voters. I can't avoid to feel they are saying "We don't want you here, but, while you are here, please vote for me."
This is so lame and obvious. They only care about the Latino voters because Latinos are a huge voting force. For instance, the California Progress Report website recently published a memo received "from the Clinton campaign following the endorsement of Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa showing the strategy, hope, and spin in winning the Democratic nomination for President on the strength of Latino voters, a large segment of the Democratic vote in California and the nation."
The memo is a Press Release about hillary clinton's campaign. It says things like "Hillary Clinton has a significant lead with Latino voters across the board and they will play a pivotal role in Nevada, and in many key Feb 5th states – they are critical in California, Texas, Florida, New York and New Jersey – and contribute to her lead in those states and other smaller states as well."
Pivotal role, hu? No wonder why the memo goes on and on about how Hillary is "the overwhelming favorite among Latino voters", and say she "understands the challenges Latino voters face and for thirty-five years she's worked to solve them." It's full of "Hillary support this" and "Hillary supports that", and blah, blah, blah.
At the end, you find this pearl:
"Hillary Clinton is showing her commitment to the Hispanic community and eagerness to hear from them. She has staffed the highest levels of her campaign with highly qualified Hispanics, starting with her campaign manager Patti Solis-Doyle – the first Latina ever to lead a presidential campaign."
How nice of her, staffing the highest levels of her campaign with highly qualified Hispanics – and hiring the first Latina ever to lead a presidential campaign! I'm sure that this has nothing to do with seducing Latino voters. Nothing at all.