The above ad, released late last week by the McCain camp, is supposed to appeal to Latinos.

The McCain campaign said Hispanic voters are particularly open to the message because many of them are immigrants who came to the U.S. seeking to escape the sort of political tactics Mr. Chavez employs.

“They come to American for freedom, and yet Senator Obama seems overly willing to deal with a tin-pot dictator,” McCain spokesman Brian Rogers said.

The ad is set to run in Florida, a state where many Cuban exiles harbor hate for the Castro rule in their home country, and link Chavez and Castro. So obviously this is meant to appeal to a specific type of Latino voter. The already Republican Latino voter perhaps?

It certainly doesn’t appeal to Latino voters like me who think, well that the yanquis should get the hell out of Latin America? It certainly doesn’t answer the questions that people have for McCain about where exactly he stands on an issue important to Latinos here (not in Venezuela), immigration.

Can we say diversion?

Via / Hispanic Tips y The Washington Times