Tale of two speeches: Latino crowd gives polite applause to McCain, standing ovation to Obama

[Liberal_in_LA]

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2008/07/08/MNQ311LPD5.DTL

Tale of two speeches: Latino crowd gives polite applause to McCain, standing ovation to Obama
Carolyn Lochhead, Chronicle Washington Bureau

Tuesday, July 8, 2008

(07-08) 18:39 PDT Washington - -- Republican presidential candidate Sen. John McCain has called on his Democratic rival Barack Obama to meet him face to face in town hall-style debates across the country. It was easy to see why today after the two gave competing speeches to crowd of prominent Latinos.

McCain, a four-term Arizona senator well known and respected by Hispanics, gave a stock economic speech repeated word for word from the day before. He won only polite applause.

Obama, largely an unknown among Latino votes only months ago, drew a standing ovation after delivering a rousing populist speech aimed directly at their core concerns - immigration, education and health care.

[ColbertWatcher]

1. The money quote at the bottom...

Delia Navarez, a retired school teacher from San Gabriel, Calif., said she was impressed with McCain and "the way he explained about the taxes," saying she feels McCain is compassionate toward immigrants.

But said she is supporting Obama. "I just think Obama is a candidate of the people," Navarez said. "I think he respects people at the bottom. He worked his way up and knows what it's like to face a lot of hardships and obstacles. He has a lot of capacity to help minorities who are struggling to improve their lives."

[EFerrari]

2. The Republicans will never get the Latino vote.

Never. They are delusional if they think that Latinos will bond to a party that spreads hatred of Latinos. :crazy:

[spag68]

3. Can you say Tancredo

Hispanics are as smart politically as the rest of us. If you slap someone in the face, they are unlikely to allow you to do it again.