OK. The ’super -Tuesday’ vote-a-thon is over. Obama was behind, but every media outlet said this was his big night. He’d take the democratic nomination right there. McCain would finally challenge Romney for the Republican lead and Huckabee would drop out. We watched and laughed, as every news channel failed miserably. We watched McCain spank Romney into submission, and Huckabee become a viable vice-presidential candidate. We watched as Hillary took Massachusetts and screwed poor Ted Kennedy with his pants on (oh, that was fun). God help the Kennedy clan if she defies BOTH parties and becomes president. God help Ted once he slogs back to Massachusetts to ask why his people didn’t do as he wanted. We watched as Hillary kept her delegate lead over Obama, even without the 50 (or so) she rightfully won in Florida. Obama has now won 16 out of 29 states, but they’re all less-populous ones. Clinton took all the big states. Individual states don’t count for the Democratic party anyway- only delegate math. It wasn’t a blow out, but it wasn’t bad. My wife stayed-up and watched every news channel shooting themselves in their collective feet until 6:00 in the morning. I guess some anchors were actually getting very terse by then. Obama-lovers are now forced to tone-down the rhetoric.
Why did Latinos vote in such overwhelming numbers for Clinton? How is her immigration policy so much different than anyone else’s? If that’s what you’re asking, you’ll never get it. The correct question is:
Why did Latinos and Asians vote in such overwhelming numbers for Clinton?
Who-wha?? What’s the connection between Asians and Latinos? Food?-no. Language?-no. To understand the connection, and it’s relationship to Clinton, you need 2 words: Western Union.
Unlike the average beer-soaked American, these two groups are very, VERY, interested on our gross national product. Our GNP helps traders determine the value of the US dollar on a daily basis. Stay with me… The higher the value of the dollar, the more it is worth when transferred to another country, right? I think you’re almost there. Unlike any other demographic group in the country, Asians and Latinos transfer more cash out of the country than any other group (excluding foreign business traders). They (and more directly, their families) are intimately affected by the strength of our economy and the value of the US dollar on any given day. When the western union transfer to your family is a few hundred pesos short this month because Bush just authorized a extra trillion dollars in deficit spending to attack Iran, you remember. You might also remember that when a ‘Clinton’ was in office, the deficit was gone and your dollar went further. Much further.
Hillary Clinton is not Mexican. I know that all during the Super-Tuesday election, the media (yes, CNN & MSNBC) was claiming that the Latinos were voting due to ethnic loyalties, but it was a lie. Hillary Clinton is not Mexican. Ask her. Hell, just ask a Mexican. They’ll tell you. Latinos and Asians were voting because they do remember a time in our not so distant past where their families weren’t being kicked in the wallet by Republicans. Yes, their families. That’s what makes it personal. And, they know how to fix it. Get a Clinton back into office. And, they might not be too picky on which one.
It’s getting closer to a Clinton/Obama vs. McCain/Huckabee ticket, which I was most worried about. I really hoped for a Clinton/McCain vs. Romney/Whoever ticket. Improbable? Yes, but totally easy. With a Clinton vs. McCain election, there’s 2 problems I see. The obvious one is racism and tradition. On one hand you have a veteran and a pastor. On the other, a strong woman and a charismatic black man.
I fear the race will be boiled down to “The Holy Warrior vs. a crazy woman and a nig…” well, you know the rest. Once you get outside America’s big cities, the view becomes narrower. My wife thinks I’m being too cynical, but I live here. I see it. I can’t change it. It simply is. I’d like a Clinton/Obama ticket, but I don’t see middle America standing for 2 revolutions at once. Interestingly, I don’t see Hillary standing for a Obama/Clinton ticket, either. I’m not sure why- I just get that impression.
The other problem is more subtle. The voter will be forced into selecting by simple party allegiance only. Not so good. Why? I see Clinton and McCain as actually being quite similar. Clinton’s have always been cozy with big-business; McCain has become dependant on it. I feel both will keep troops in Iraq for some time, because that’s really what the situation requires. (Sorry, but we stepped in it. Live with it.) The more they talk, the more their foreign and domestic poilcies seem very compatible. We’d be left without a clear choice, whether conservative or liberal. What’s worse, once the election was over, we still wouldn’t a clear picture of the morality and philosophy of the American people. There’s so little difference between them, how am I supposed to know whether to keep hating Americans or not?
June 11, 2008 at 9:44 pm
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