NPR: Clinton Eyes Hispanic Voters in Nevada

Clinton Eyes Hispanic Voters in Nevada

Sen. Hillary Clinton, fresh off her victory in the New Hampshire primary - and more or less ignoring the one in Michigan next week - has set her sights on Nevada. And now that New Mexico Governor Bill Richardson has dropped out of the Democratic race, Clinton thinks she can pick up a lot of support in the Hispanic community.

Nevada is the first state to hold a caucus or primary in the West. The Reno Gazette-Journal reports that many of the state's Democrats were disappointed that Richardson dropped out of the race, since he was seen as the closest thing the state had to a "favorite son."

"He was an inspiration to a lot of Latinos in getting in the political process, said Tony Sanchez, a Las Vegas Democrat."He has energized the Latino base to a great extent, and his impact will be felt for years to come."

NPR's Carrie Kahn reports that Clinton started her campaign swing in Nevada in a Latino community before she went to a Mexican restaurant. And she was asked, of course, about her position on illegal immigrants in the U.S. She said she would work hard to enact comprehensive immigration reform.

When a man shouted through an opening in the wall of the restaurant that his wife was illegal, Clinton replied, to cheers, that "No woman is illegal."

Clinton is going to Los Angeles today to make a major economic speech.

10:00 AM ET | 01-11-2008 | permalink

Comments

This woman is a danger to America. Look how she panders to the illegal aliens.

Democrats, do you really think this would play well in the general elections? At a time when America is already in recession (according to Wall Street)? At a time when Americans are losing their jobs? Hillary wants to legalize every illegal alien female... do you think America would vote for that????

And why the preference for females? Why is Hillary playing the sex card? Does she really hate men for the humiliation Bill caused her when he had multiple sexual escapades with Monica Lewinsky?

Once again, the Democrats shoot themselves in the foot, and choose an unelectable person. I suppose when a mental midget like Giuliani, Romney, or Huckabee win the presidency, the democrats can go sulk in the corner for another 4 years.

Pathetic!

Sent by John Roarke | 11:09 AM ET | 01-11-2008

I've got to say that the late night talk show hosts should use the guacamole and chip connection, that Hillary used in her mexican eatery speech today. It made George W. Bush sound like an oratory genius!

Sent by Richard Beattie | 11:28 AM ET | 01-11-2008

In response to John Roarke,
I feel your pain with the pathetic crew that the Dems put up. The interesting thing is that while the Dems have the three stooges left Hil, O, and little Johnny, the GOP seems to have an intellectual fighting force with strong moral backbones. I think Huck as the President, Mitt as the veep, and Rudy as the Secretary of State could be the Guacomole and chips that hold this country together!

Sent by Richard Beattie | 4:17 PM ET | 01-11-2008

Hillary: ???No Woman is Illegal???

With unsurpassed campaign brilliance, Sen. Hillary Clinton managed to confluence two of her most critical campaign themes -- Gender Politics and Immigration ??? into four words: ???No woman is illegal.??? She also threw in Health Care to make it a Trifecta. All this was reported in the Las Vegas Review-Journal on January 11, 2007 in an article titled ???Las Vegas Stop: Clinton pitch hits home ??? Democratic hopeful goes door to door??? (http://www.lvrj.com/news/13702902.html).

So, as a man, I am kind of wondering how this would work if Senator Clinton became President Clinton. Presumably, every mode of transportation would be full of women from every corner of the earth flocking to America because they would not have to worry about trifling matters such as immigration status, citizenship, and health care. Presumably also, any man swimming upstream against the inflowing tide of women would be declared ???illegal??? and sent back to wherever. Do I read it right: ???Men need not apply???? Men, you still are illegal?

Critically, how would the United States -- which most people believe is sliding into a recession ??? support this incoming tide of women? Easy, they would be supported by another of Hillary???s favorite programs ??? the Violence Against Women Act (VAWA). It works this way. All non-illegal women would immediately marry (or at least have a child with) any available legal United States Citizen ??? male, of course. At anytime of her choosing following the delivery of her baby, the newly minted non-illegal woman simply goes to any local Family Court Judge and declares that she is ???afraid??? of her formerly legal male citizen. The Family Court Judge, without hearing the man???s side of the story, immediately issues a restraining order making the formerly legal male citizen now a non-legal male citizen. What a VAWA restraining order means to the man is that he is thrown out of the house, required to stay away from his non-illegal wife and child, and immediately required to begin paying exorbitant child-support to this non-illegal woman for 18 years.

Problem solved! And, with this flood of non-illegal women entering the country, being supported by formerly legal male citizens, there also is a huge pool of Democratic voters just itching to develop more of these kinds of programs which have served them so well. Perhaps even more importantly, it provides a gigantic bastion of women inclined to vote more women into office who will give them even more of what women want.

So, if you think that this is a great idea, Vote Hillary. Otherwise, start looking around for candidates who believe in equality, equal opportunity, and support the old fashioned notion that boys and men deserve the same chance for a good life in America as do girls and women.

Gordon E. Finley, Ph.D. is Professor of Psychology at Florida International University in Miami. His faculty web site is: http://psych.fiu.edu/Faculty&StaffPages2/Finley/Finley.htm

Sent by Gordon E. Finley, Ph.D. | 8:33 PM ET | 01-14-2008

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