Latinos respect their mothers so they will vote for a mother, Hillary Clinton

[ursi]

From the NYT today:

snip...

Mr. Obama confronts a history of often uneasy and competitive relations between blacks and Hispanics, particularly as they have jockeyed for influence in cities like Chicago, Los Angeles and New York.

“Many Latinos are not ready for a person of color,” Natasha Carrillo, 20, of East Los Angeles, said. “I don’t think many Latinos will vote for Obama. There’s always been tension in the black and Latino communities. There’s still that strong ethnic division. I helped organize citizenship drives, and those who I’ve talked to support Clinton.”

snip...


“The Hispanic community is very family oriented, and we respect our mothers,” said Ruben Kihuen, an influential Democratic assemblyman from Las Vegas who supported Mrs. Clinton. “A lot of middle-aged women see her as a mother, a head of the household, and they can identify with this. Especially when they see her daughter, Chelsea, with her.”

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/01/15/us/politics/15hispanic.html?pagewanted=2&_r=1&ref=politics

If this is true, then why is the Hillary Clinton camp seeking to stop the low-income half Hispanic and black workers of the Las Vegas strip from caucusing on Saturday where they are working?

And now I know why I can't see the glory of Hillary Clinton. I don't need my mother to be President to feel good.

[Bicoastal]

1. Anyone else sick of the media telling minorities whom to vote for? nt

[pbca]

2. They tell everyone else who to vote for

they're just being fair.

[redqueen]

6. Spot on. (nt)

[Adelante]

3. I thought that was kind of a screwy statement

Head of household?

[JVS]

4. Does this mean that Italian-Americans are going to vote for Obama.

Remember when Fredo's drunken wife was being hauled off the dancefloor in Godfather II? She said "Never marry a they treat their wives like shit!"

Wow, throught the power of stereotypes we can know everything! :sarcasm:

[gmudem]

5. Will they vote for someone who doesn't want them to vote?

[RoadRage]

7. This may have been true until Clinton started a lawsuit against

the Cullinary Union... which has a LOT of Hispanics. Again.. i don't see the logic in that.. she probably already had several of them ready to vote for her despite the "official" endorsement, until this happend. :eyes:

[Cha]

11. Yeah, good ol hillary...stirrin' up shit she

step right into.

[CyberPieHole]

8. From your voca to las orejas de dios...

I hope the article is true and that Latinos vote for Senator Clinton.

[jasmine621]

9. They could do worse. nt

[Cha]

10. But will Latinos vote for a

mofo? hillary is trying her mofo damnest to suppress the votes for Culinary Workers IN Las Vegas so a mother like that ain't nothin' but disfunctional.