By the government? Or just people in general? You can't make people like other people they don't want to like.
And in general..people are going to be racists and have a preference for their own race....You will never beat that...you will damn sure never beat it by bonding together with racial bonds.
You know there is a restaurant here in Austin called Matt's El Rancho...
I was in a crew of the first white waiters to work for that restaurant in it's 25 years of existence....and belive me...I got a good healthy dose of what it feels like to be discriminated against.
But still not like the blacks...like when ole Matt Martinez made me write down on an aplication that a guy that came in and applied for a job was black.
Tell me it doesn't happy Manny...it's not a white or a mexican or a black thing...it's a people thing....it's a mankind thing...races discriminate against other races.
Don't even get me started on when I worked for some Koreans....
But the blacks were ing enslaved and not allowed equality...government sanctioned racism...it's not the same thing.
http://www.reviewjournal.com/lvrj_ho.../24517116.html
http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/05196/538309.stm
http://www.sptimes.com/2004/07/11/Wo...s_to_del.shtml
http://www.freenewmexican.com/news/2391.html
Took me about 1 minute. But you know, who really comes to mind when I think of a specific instance of a republican trying to pander to a minority?
George P. Bush.
Great point. I'm conservative on issues like national security, strengthening our borders and the war on terrorism. But liberal on social issues, civil liberties (yes, I truly am), the environment.
So basically I'm just myself but will still tend to vote democrat.
I got an idea... don't join the army if you don't want to fight...
There are plenty of jobs that will pay you the same money or more.. or go to school.
W is pro Mexican...it's not a pandering thing...that's the way he is. Doesn't he have brother in Law that's Mexican? Or maybe it's Cuban.
The mother er is in trouble with his own party, and Democrats for his stance on the border. What you think is pandering is actually a genuine voter base whose support he seeks...my guess is because Mexicans are mostly catholic and actually have very conservative religious beliefs...on top of that a lot of Mexican immigrants buy heavily into the patriotic aspect of this country.
After September 11th when I went to SA to take a physical to join the Army...100% of the guys trying out for the Marines in my recruit class were Mexicans.
No I think there is a legimate political base there among the Mexican American community, and to a lesser extent the hispanic community, that has a similar ideology to the conservative mindset...and that's why W seeks it...I don't see him changing anything on his conservative views to get that vote..His border stance is very liberal...but I think that's got more to do with business and cheap labor than it does with vote pandering. In short I don't think he's just trying to tell people what they want to hear to get votes...I don't see him promising preferential treatment....the true definition of pandering. And you can't even claim Reagan was a race panderer.
I highlighted the P on purpose.
I still don't get it. P for Pro?
Edit: The thing is...pandering works...if W were doing it, he'd be a of a lote more popular than he is....He's an asshole...not a panderer.
I saw a bumper sticker the other day that said...
"My son is serving in Iraq so yours can be in college."
3.Those who act like it's a virtue to render themselves irrelevant, and enjoy their view from the peanut gallery(IE the sidelines)
That is the name of his hispanic nephew that campaigns with him all the damn time. The Bush's love to recyle names. It's one big family of George and Barbaras.
And the main group behind Bush's border plans and forgien worker program is the lobby that stands to benefit from the continued use of cheap labor. He plays it up to be a liberal way to appease hispanic voters, but thats not the driving force behind it.
didn't bush get like almost 50 percent of hispanic vote this last election.. I think his numbers with hispanics was pretty high.... someone can look it up.. I would be interested in knowing... plus being a hispanic male... I voted for W....
He got a lot more of the Hispanic vote (nearly half) and saw an increase in black votes as well. So pandering does indeed work.
Yes, he got nearly half, 44%
This hispanic male voted for Kerry.
That doesn't mean he was pandering...Pandering is promising preferential treatment. I never saw him do it.
And I don't think he ever tried to pass off his border stance as liberal...he pretty much says it's for cheap labor. And that's probably a popular POV with big business here in Texas.
I just think the Democratic Party got too liberal for some minorities...
He damn sure wasn't pandering to the gay vote now was he?
Joe sometimes reminds me of those "bots" that you can talk to on the internet but inevitably end up repeating things over and over. In Joe's case, that he voted for Kerry and has conservative feelings as well as liberal feelings which is why he considers himself a Democrat with the ocassional Semper Fi! thrown in for good measure.
No, everyone hates the gays.
Day 6:
Bush gets first look at anti-war protest near ranch
By Patricia Wilson
Reuters
Friday, August 12, 2005; 1:16 PM
Well, it only took 6 days and a Republican fundraiser to get W to even drive by Cindy Sheehan, now if they can only get him to stop.CRAWFORD, Texas (Reuters) - President Bush got his first look at an anti-war vigil near his ranch on Friday as his motorcade took him by the protest site lined with small white crosses representing fallen American soldiers in Iraq.
When Bush's black sport utility vehicle carried him past the site to a Republican fund-raiser, the protest leader, Cindy Sheehan, whose son was one of the nearly 1,850 U.S. soldiers killed in Iraq, held up a sign that said: "Why do you make time for donors and not for me?"
Other signs said: "Iraq is Arabic for Vietnam" and "Bring Them Home Now." Some protesters held up white crosses as well.
The protest vigil began last Saturday and is being led by Sheehan, who has been demanding a meeting with Bush to discuss her opposition to the Iraq war.
Another "Semper Fi!"
And I'm not doing this to protest the war but as a reminder of the sacrifice of those who proudly serve.
Alexander Montgomery, 1-year-old son of Lance Cpl. Brian Montgomery, looks toward Marine pallbearers standing next to his father’s casket. Montgomery was killed in Iraq last week.
Be proud little man.
I'm sorry her son was killed, but I don't really care about what she has to say about the President or the war. She's become nothing but a politicol tool, standing in front of the cameras to bash Bush and the White House and to get herself some face time on national TV. I care more about the thousands of mothers who don't stage stunts to get themselves on CNN, but support their children and the war they're fighting.
She has every right to do so and as mother who lost a son I don't blame her.
What about the thousand's of other moms from all the previous wars, legitimate or not? Imagine the nonsense if every mother of a KIA did this.
I pity her.
Because she lost her son, or because she dares speak out against your beloved leader? I can probably already guess your answer though.
No more so than the political grandstanding the anti-Bush faction has stooped to by encouraging protests from the relatives of those killed serving our Country. The pinnacle of exploitation!
When Cindy speaks out it's great but when the troops that are putting their lives on the line for our Country wish to speak out it's Outrageous? That mentality is BIZARRE!! WARPED!!
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