U.S. Hispanic Chamber of Commerce Disavows McCain-Palin Press Release

[maddezmom]

.S. Hispanic Chamber of Commerce Disavows McCain-Palin Press Release



USHCC Does Not Endorse Candidates

WASHINGTON, Oct. 14 /PRNewswire/ -- The United States Hispanic Chamber
of Commerce (USHCC), the national representative for approximately 2.5
million Hispanic-owned businesses, today disavowed a press release issued
on October 8 by the McCain-Palin campaign claiming that a majority of the
Board of Directors of the USHCC endorsed Senator McCain as candidate for
President of the United States. The press release erroneously suggested
that the USHCC itself endorsed Senator McCain. The press release was not
authorized by the USHCC nor by all of the individuals cited in the release.

"Let it be clear that the USHCC has made no endorsements of political
candidates and our board has not taken a position to endorse any
candidate," stated David C. Lizarraga, Chairman of the USHCC Board of
Directors.

"As a matter of fairness, we wrote to the McCain-Palin campaign on
October 8 urging a retraction. In lieu of such a retraction, we felt the
need to publicly disavow their release to avoid any misunderstanding," said
Lizarraga.

"The USHCC is a non-partisan organization. The only things we endorse
are public policy issues affecting the Hispanic business community," stated
Augustine Martinez, President and CEO of the USHCC."

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ooopsie.

[alcibiades_mystery]

1. The McCain campaign is pitiful

yeesh.

[TomInTib]

2. I'm surprised they didn't use 'La Bamba' as a soundtrack for the press release.

Lying idiots.

They just don't stop, do they.