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Latin America Makes an Appearance at Last Night’s Debate but Colombian Violence is not History

11:40 am By Maegan La Mala · Colombia|US Presidential Race 2008 · Comments Off

16 Oct 2008

Last night’s debate had more talk about Latin America than I can remember coming from the candidates in a long time, or ever really. It takes alot to impress me, pero I was extremely impressed when in response to John McCain’s praise of U.S. relations and free trade agreements with Colombia, Obama mentioned the execution of labor activists.

Last Presidential Debate Hangover : McCain’s Muecas

9:06 am By Maegan La Mala · Health|US Presidential Race 2008|Women · 2 Comments

16 Oct 2008

thumb160x_custom_1224129996632_X9ZMT4AQwf4aa9kdb2L6JZ5Ho1_500.gif Last night’s debate, that was liveblogged last night, was probably the most exciting of the debates so far, touching upon controversial issues like abortion and the all too important issues like Joe the Plumber, McCain’s hurt feelings, and who knows more terrorists.

Pero what really annoyed me, besides the fact that immigration was mentioned without actually being discussed, was all John McCain’s facial expressions or “muecas” as we call them in Spanish. And trust me, I am the queen of reactionary muecas! Pero John McCain’s bug eyed expressions, gaping open mouth, and nasty smirk made me want to get all violent. Look how he mocks the idea of women’s health including reproductive rights.

Ready for more faces of McCain?

Finally! The Last Presidential Debate and We’re Liveblogging It (With Some Help from My Friends)

7:00 pm By Maegan La Mala · Blogs|Politics|US Presidential Race 2008|VivirLatino · Comments Off

15 Oct 2008

I’d never thought I’d be excited about a presidential debate, pero tonite is the last one! Jack from Angry Brown Butch hooked me and some other blogamigos up and VL will be liveblogging the debate at 9 pm tonite along with Jack, Nezua, Jose Vilson, Holly from Feministe and internets willing, Sylvia.

Presidential Debate Hangover 3: That One

10:06 am By Maegan La Mala · US Presidential Race 2008 · Comments Off

8 Oct 2008

One the biggest wtf moments of the debate last night between John McCain and Barack Obama, when instead of referring to Obama by his name, McCain called him “that one”.

Presidential Debate Hangover 2: The Handshake that Was/Wasn’t

8:06 am By Maegan La Mala · US Presidential Race 2008 · 1 Comment

8 Oct 2008

Many are making a big deal about the scene played below, where John McCain rejected Obama’s hand and indicated he should shake Cindy McCain’s hand instead.

There was a point in the debate, I believe in the beginning, where the two candidates did shake hands. Pero you don’t expect McCain to touch “that one” twice do you?

Presidential Debate Hangover: I words and That One

10:55 pm By Maegan La Mala · US Presidential Race 2008 · Comments Off

7 Oct 2008

I’m suffering from debate fatigue. I never expected much but as these go on, I become more tired of the same lines: of McCain saying my friend and his inability to look at Obama, refer to people of color speakers by name, including calling Obama “that one”, McCain saying that Iran is looking for a second holocaust, McCain making “red” or communism exmplified by Putin’s eyes Obama’s war mongering when referring to Pakistan.

The only clear “win” moment between the two as around health care. Obama stated that health care was a right while McCain cited it as a responsibility, making it seem that uninsured people, like me, make a choice in not having health care. That we don’t care when really the only choice I have is health care or food.

And the dirty word of the evening again, was immigration.

John McCain Unsuspends Campaign : Will Debate Tonite

12:20 pm By Maegan La Mala · US Presidential Race 2008 · Comments Off

26 Sep 2008

John%20McCain.jpg Seems like Republican presidential candidate John McCain is unsuspending his campaign and will be participating in tonight’s debate.

Not that anyone really believed the campaign was “suspended”.

So guess what VivirLatino will be doing this Friday night? We’ll be liveblogging the debate here and live tweeting it (Just request to follow @vivirlatino or @mamitamala).

So join us at 9 pmish (EST). We’ll bring the vino.

Debate Hangover: MoveOn Endorses Obama, Coulter Endorses…Hillary?

12:53 pm By Maegan La Mala · Politics|US Presidential Race 2008 · Comments Off

1 Feb 2008

Grassroots political organization MoveOn, in a rather unsurprising move, has endorsed Senator Barack Obama as their candidate for president:

“We’ve learned that the key to achieving change in Washington without compromising core values is having a galvanized electorate to back you up,” said Executive Director Eli Pariser, “and Barack Obama has our members ‘fired up and ready to go’ on that front.”

Meanwhile, in what might be a kiss of death for Hillary Clinton, conservative loca Ann Coulter said on Fox News that she would not only vote for Hillary in a race McCain-Clinton face-off, but that she would even campaign for her. She says that Hillary is “more conservative” than John McCain and “lept up” in supporting troop surge in Iraq. Check out the video above.

I caught the debate last night and was pretty disappointed. Obama and Clinton, in an attempt to live down criticism about their brawling at the last debate, seemed like clones of each other. It was virtually impossible to distinguish between the stances of each on any topic with the exception of healthcare. It was all peace and love and no real answers. On immigration, Obama was strictly party line and Hillary sounded a lot more progressive.

Meanwhile, at least one Latino commentator suggests McCain might the right choice for Latinos.

Via / The Nation and YouTube

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