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Obama’s Latin American Problem

10:04 am By Jennifer Woodard Maderazo · Latin America| TV| US Presidential Race 2008

4 Aug 2008

Obama may not have a Latino problem but he does have a Latin American problem. I may not appreciate the cut and paste style of the ad and let’s be real, John McCain isn’t gonna take care of business when it comes to allowing Latin America to take care of it’s own business, but McCain does have a point when it come to Obama’s positions on Latin America. It’s one of the main concerns I have when it comes to Obama.

5 Responses to Obama’s Latin American Problem

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Jennifer Woodard Maderazo

August 4th, 2008 at 11:32 am

What a cheap shot by the McCain camp. Do people not remember the way Obama got crucified for even bringing up Cuba and Venezuela during the debates last year? Unfortunately, I can see this and McCain’s (former) stance on immigration as being attractive to some Latinos. Bleck.

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Jack

August 4th, 2008 at 12:36 pm

I can see the point, but I can’t stomach it when it’s coming from McCain, who would most likely be worse for Latin America than Obama. Seeing McCain’s smarmy face at the end (and hearing the awful “Latin” music they chose) just makes me mad.

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George

August 4th, 2008 at 2:07 pm

I wouldn’t call it a cheap shot by the McCain camp. It is stressing a point ( I am not a McCain or Republican apologist) that both candidates and their respective parties so far have failed to detail or highlight any comprehensive foreign policy with regards to Latin America…What bothers me about Obama was his sudden rush to smack down the topic of free trade with Latin America…all in an effort to win union/labor support during the primaries…hmmmm politics before substance??? Reality is that american jobs have not been lost to Mexico jeeeeez. More to China and India but the candidates won’t go there. As for McCain this security issue at the border is irksome (oh by the way, Obama voted for the wall). Really last I checked those responsibe for the biggest terrorist act in the US were here legally, well they had the appropriate government visas etc. And if I recall correctly I don’t remember any latinos flying the planes into the side of the WTC. Well enough said. Truth is that during this campaign latinos will be ignored and only spoken to when the vote is needed.

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Carlos in DC

August 5th, 2008 at 10:02 am

I don’t see anything wrong with Obama not mentioning a city of Latin America in his Berlin speech. Besides, the ad is wrong: Latin America is not populated by Latinos only, the majority of our people are either Native Americans or Afro descendants. Latinos are descendants of Europeans.

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Rose

August 16th, 2008 at 11:42 am

Will you stop with the semantics! Wake up people, Obama was raised in Hawaii by a white woman. He doesn’t know about the hood. He’s going to be worse than McCain in the end because he doesn’t have any scruples. Look at how he used lawyers to get the neighborhood activist off the ballot so that he could run unopposed and become a state senator. That is a sign of how cold blooded he is. He’s gotten a free ride from us because of White guilt. In the end he will turn on Latinos because he has to to, we are the great threat to America with our foreign culture. Blacks may be a different race but they speak English and are part of the American culture. Latinos are Latin culture and are not willing to let it go. That’s what is gong to make us a target when African Americans take over. We will be the new Negroes. Obama is preying upon a generation that is going to vote for the first time and has no political savvy or historical memory, they’re going to vote for him because he is half black or because he is young, just for flesh value. African Americans have a growing resentment and fear of the new minority that we Latinos makeup. we must be careful not to walk into the slaughterhouse like sheep. We must be demanding and forthcoming with our needs. Give me the devil I know Obama has shown s that he will throw anybody under the bus(including his Reverend and his white grandmother) when he has to.

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