OT: Why do Hispanics and Asians trent heavily to Clinton

[Eugene]

Most of my friends (who have graduate degrees and make 6 figures) are willing to pay our tax burden and more to support the country. … Also, some of us are not bigoted or stupid enough to punish poor children who are unfortunate enough to have poor parents.

Amen.

My own political position is simple. Everyone deserves an equal shot at life regardless of how rich his/her parents are. It means free or heavily subsidized healthcare and education (up to the graduate level). You can’t do that without taxes. Imagine a country where a poor teenager could end up with a limp for life because he breaks his leg and he can’t afford to go to a real hospital, or where a parent must sell his kidney to send his gifted son to college. I’d rather pay 30% income tax than live there.

So, on one hand, I can see why many wealthy people choose to vote Republican (lower taxes and affordable kidneys? Cool!) I can’t blame anyone for looking after his/her own best interests. On the other hand, any Republican presidential candidate would have to be either short-sighted (if he does not see the problem with small government and reduced social programs) or immoral (if he sees the problem but chooses to ignore it). Or both.

[Pasadena Broker]

Jeezus, I don’t know why but I had this notion that I was the only asian guy on this board.

Personally, this election is a mess. None of candidates stick out. And whoever wins, well, like another poster added, it’ll be business as usual. Don’t we have Democratic majority in Congress? Didn’t they get shooed in because of their rhetoric against the war in Iraq? WTF happened?

Our one party system is made up of lying bastards in suits with different colored ties all receiving campaign contributions from the same corporate donors. And with Diebold counting our votes…I know some of you are familiar with this quote “Those who vote decide nothing. Those who count the vote decide everything”, but I’m an idiot enough to go and vote for the guy that’s as exciting as boiled broccoli.

On a lighter side note, I had dinner with the in-laws tonight and my mother-in-law who is Taiwanese noted that she won’t vote for Obama because “I don’t want Oprah for vice president”.

[Pasadena Broker]

Jeezus, I don’t know why but I had this notion that I was the only asian guy on this board.

Personally, this election is a mess. None of candidates stick out. And whoever wins, well, like another poster added, it’ll be business as usual. Don’t we have Democratic majority in Congress? Didn’t they get shooed in because of their rhetoric against the war in Iraq? WTF happened?

Our one party system is made up of lying bastards in suits with different colored ties all receiving campaign contributions from the same corporate donors. And with Diebold counting our votes…I know some of you are familiar with this quote “Those who vote decide nothing. Those who count the vote decide everything”, but I’m an idiot enough to go and vote for the guy that’s as exciting as boiled broccoli.

On a lighter side note, I had dinner with the in-laws tonight and my mother-in-law who is Taiwanese noted that she won’t vote for Obama because “I don’t want Oprah for vice president”.

[Pasadena Broker]

Jeezus, I don’t know why but I had this notion that I was the only asian guy on this board.

Personally, this election is a mess. None of candidates stick out. And whoever wins, well, like another poster added, it’ll be business as usual. Don’t we have Democratic majority in Congress? Didn’t they get shooed in because of their rhetoric against the war in Iraq? WTF happened?

Our one party system is made up of lying bastards in suits with different colored ties all receiving campaign contributions from the same corporate donors. And with Diebold counting our votes…I know some of you are familiar with this quote “Those who vote decide nothing. Those who count the vote decide everything”, but I’m an idiot enough to go and vote for the guy that’s as exciting as boiled broccoli.

On a lighter side note, I had dinner with the in-laws tonight and my mother-in-law who is Taiwanese noted that she won’t vote for Obama because “I don’t want Oprah for vice president”.

[Pasadena Broker]

Jeezus, I don’t know why but I had this notion that I was the only asian guy on this board.

Personally, this election is a mess. None of candidates stick out. And whoever wins, well, like another poster added, it’ll be business as usual. Don’t we have Democratic majority in Congress? Didn’t they get shooed in because of their rhetoric against the war in Iraq? WTF happened?

Our one party system is made up of lying bastards in suits with different colored ties all receiving campaign contributions from the same corporate donors. And with Diebold counting our votes…I know some of you are familiar with this quote “Those who vote decide nothing. Those who count the vote decide everything”, but I’m an idiot enough to go and vote for the guy that’s as exciting as boiled broccoli.

On a lighter side note, I had dinner with the in-laws tonight and my mother-in-law who is Taiwanese noted that she won’t vote for Obama because “I don’t want Oprah for vice president”.

[Pasadena Broker]

Jeezus, I don’t know why but I had this notion that I was the only asian guy on this board.

Personally, this election is a mess. None of candidates stick out. And whoever wins, well, like another poster added, it’ll be business as usual. Don’t we have Democratic majority in Congress? Didn’t they get shooed in because of their rhetoric against the war in Iraq? WTF happened?

Our one party system is made up of lying bastards in suits with different colored ties all receiving campaign contributions from the same corporate donors. And with Diebold counting our votes…I know some of you are familiar with this quote “Those who vote decide nothing. Those who count the vote decide everything”, but I’m an idiot enough to go and vote for the guy that’s as exciting as boiled broccoli.

On a lighter side note, I had dinner with the in-laws tonight and my mother-in-law who is Taiwanese noted that she won’t vote for Obama because “I don’t want Oprah for vice president”.

[Coronita]

 

On a lighter side note, I had dinner with the in-laws tonight and my mother-in-law who is Taiwanese noted that she won’t vote for Obama because “I don’t want Oprah for vice president”.

 

PB…Actually, you can't imagine how many people I ran into that are worried it would be a Obama / Jesse Jackson ticket or something as simply that JJ would play a bigger role if Obama wins. I'm not even kidding. It's this sort of irrational fear that is why some folks that I talked voted for Clinton, even though they acknowledged potentially she would be more financially damaging to them versus Obama. 

Imho, what would be extremely damaging for Obama is if Jesse Jackson comes out in public swinging with Obama endorsement in the context of furthering the specific cause  for African Americans. I think if it came down to Obama versus McCain, several older generation asians will cross party lines and vote for McCain. Yes, it's pretty screwed up thinking, but it is what it is. I guess one peculiar thing that happened in this primary is that it brought out a lot of older asian voters that I know haven't voted in the past couple of elections…though they felt they "had" to vote in this election against Obama. There is this fear of favortism and inequality if Obama were to be elected.

 

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—– Sour grapes for everyone!

[Coronita]

 

On a lighter side note, I had dinner with the in-laws tonight and my mother-in-law who is Taiwanese noted that she won’t vote for Obama because “I don’t want Oprah for vice president”.

 

PB…Actually, you can't imagine how many people I ran into that are worried it would be a Obama / Jesse Jackson ticket or something as simply that JJ would play a bigger role if Obama wins. I'm not even kidding. It's this sort of irrational fear that is why some folks that I talked voted for Clinton, even though they acknowledged potentially she would be more financially damaging to them versus Obama. 

Imho, what would be extremely damaging for Obama is if Jesse Jackson comes out in public swinging with Obama endorsement in the context of furthering the specific cause  for African Americans. I think if it came down to Obama versus McCain, several older generation asians will cross party lines and vote for McCain. Yes, it's pretty screwed up thinking, but it is what it is. I guess one peculiar thing that happened in this primary is that it brought out a lot of older asian voters that I know haven't voted in the past couple of elections…though they felt they "had" to vote in this election against Obama. There is this fear of favortism and inequality if Obama were to be elected.

 

[img_assist|nid=5962|title=selfportrait|desc=|link=node|align=left|width=100|height=80]

—– Sour grapes for everyone!

[Coronita]

 

On a lighter side note, I had dinner with the in-laws tonight and my mother-in-law who is Taiwanese noted that she won’t vote for Obama because “I don’t want Oprah for vice president”.

 

PB…Actually, you can't imagine how many people I ran into that are worried it would be a Obama / Jesse Jackson ticket or something as simply that JJ would play a bigger role if Obama wins. I'm not even kidding. It's this sort of irrational fear that is why some folks that I talked voted for Clinton, even though they acknowledged potentially she would be more financially damaging to them versus Obama. 

Imho, what would be extremely damaging for Obama is if Jesse Jackson comes out in public swinging with Obama endorsement in the context of furthering the specific cause  for African Americans. I think if it came down to Obama versus McCain, several older generation asians will cross party lines and vote for McCain. Yes, it's pretty screwed up thinking, but it is what it is. I guess one peculiar thing that happened in this primary is that it brought out a lot of older asian voters that I know haven't voted in the past couple of elections…though they felt they "had" to vote in this election against Obama. There is this fear of favortism and inequality if Obama were to be elected.

 

[img_assist|nid=5962|title=selfportrait|desc=|link=node|align=left|width=100|height=80]

—– Sour grapes for everyone!

[Coronita]

 

On a lighter side note, I had dinner with the in-laws tonight and my mother-in-law who is Taiwanese noted that she won’t vote for Obama because “I don’t want Oprah for vice president”.

 

PB…Actually, you can't imagine how many people I ran into that are worried it would be a Obama / Jesse Jackson ticket or something as simply that JJ would play a bigger role if Obama wins. I'm not even kidding. It's this sort of irrational fear that is why some folks that I talked voted for Clinton, even though they acknowledged potentially she would be more financially damaging to them versus Obama. 

Imho, what would be extremely damaging for Obama is if Jesse Jackson comes out in public swinging with Obama endorsement in the context of furthering the specific cause  for African Americans. I think if it came down to Obama versus McCain, several older generation asians will cross party lines and vote for McCain. Yes, it's pretty screwed up thinking, but it is what it is. I guess one peculiar thing that happened in this primary is that it brought out a lot of older asian voters that I know haven't voted in the past couple of elections…though they felt they "had" to vote in this election against Obama. There is this fear of favortism and inequality if Obama were to be elected.

 

[img_assist|nid=5962|title=selfportrait|desc=|link=node|align=left|width=100|height=80]

—– Sour grapes for everyone!

[Coronita]

 

On a lighter side note, I had dinner with the in-laws tonight and my mother-in-law who is Taiwanese noted that she won’t vote for Obama because “I don’t want Oprah for vice president”.

 

PB…Actually, you can't imagine how many people I ran into that are worried it would be a Obama / Jesse Jackson ticket or something as simply that JJ would play a bigger role if Obama wins. I'm not even kidding. It's this sort of irrational fear that is why some folks that I talked voted for Clinton, even though they acknowledged potentially she would be more financially damaging to them versus Obama. 

Imho, what would be extremely damaging for Obama is if Jesse Jackson comes out in public swinging with Obama endorsement in the context of furthering the specific cause  for African Americans. I think if it came down to Obama versus McCain, several older generation asians will cross party lines and vote for McCain. Yes, it's pretty screwed up thinking, but it is what it is. I guess one peculiar thing that happened in this primary is that it brought out a lot of older asian voters that I know haven't voted in the past couple of elections…though they felt they "had" to vote in this election against Obama. There is this fear of favortism and inequality if Obama were to be elected.

 

[img_assist|nid=5962|title=selfportrait|desc=|link=node|align=left|width=100|height=80]

—– Sour grapes for everyone!

[Anonymous]

I’m Cuban and I’m wondering about this facination latinos have with Hillary. Since latino’s seem to be scared to support Obama I have a message for you…… You know those crazed gringos (Minute men) watching the US?Mex border protecting us from allowing your cousins here????

I have yet to see one black face in the crowd claiming to be a minute man! Just a thought!

Qbano

[Anonymous]

I’m Cuban and I’m wondering about this facination latinos have with Hillary. Since latino’s seem to be scared to support Obama I have a message for you…… You know those crazed gringos (Minute men) watching the US?Mex border protecting us from allowing your cousins here????

I have yet to see one black face in the crowd claiming to be a minute man! Just a thought!

Qbano

[Anonymous]

I’m Cuban and I’m wondering about this facination latinos have with Hillary. Since latino’s seem to be scared to support Obama I have a message for you…… You know those crazed gringos (Minute men) watching the US?Mex border protecting us from allowing your cousins here????

I have yet to see one black face in the crowd claiming to be a minute man! Just a thought!

Qbano

[Anonymous]

I’m Cuban and I’m wondering about this facination latinos have with Hillary. Since latino’s seem to be scared to support Obama I have a message for you…… You know those crazed gringos (Minute men) watching the US?Mex border protecting us from allowing your cousins here????

I have yet to see one black face in the crowd claiming to be a minute man! Just a thought!

Qbano

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