Why did I think Nikki Haley was American Indian?

[malaise]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nikki_Haley
<snip>
Haley was born Nimrata Randhawa in Bamberg, South Carolina on January 20, 1972. Her parents, Dr. Ajit and Raj Randhawa, are Sikh immigrants from Amritsar, India. She has two brothers, Mitti and Charan, and a sister, Simran.<9>

[PBS Poll-435]

1. 1972? That is young, IMHO, to have a chance at governing a state.

Not too young, obviously, or even at odds with the SC Constitution, but wow.


And reminds me of an old joke...


Man : Do you have a little Irish in you?

Woman : No

Man : Would you like to?


:hide:

[SoCalDem]

2. Naughty naughty.. I had a friend who said she was Polish...by injection

:rofl:

[Nuclear Unicorn]

21. Gosh, which is unsexier?

The bluntness of the pick-up...

...or the fact he describes himself as little.

Double epic fail.

[CreekDog]

3. She is an American Indian

as opposed to a Native American...

as opposed to someone born in America...

:freak:

[Starbucks Anarchist]

24. No, she's Indian-American.

American Indian = Native American.

[Brooklyns_Finest]

4. Interesting

It would be very interesting to have two East Indian govenors in the US. Indians are the second largest immigrant group behind Mexicans in this country by the way. Also, do we have any Latin or Asian governors?

[SoCalDem]

5. Bill Richardson ... & Hawaii's governor Ling

:)

[foxfeet]

17. Also Gary Locke in Washington State.

The first Chinese-American governor, now Secretary of Commerce in the Obama administration.

[OHdem10]

6. First Generation American- Indian from India.

[Igel]

15. Let's go with "Indian-American."

Less confusing that way. Plus it follows the usual pattern:
Irish-American
Mexican-American
African-American
Chinese-American
Vietnamese-American
.
.
.

[Arkana]

7. Holy Jesus. She changed "Nimrata Randhawa" to "Nikki Haley"?

Kinda like Piyush Jindal changing his name to "Bobby" so the white folks would vote for him.

[malaise]

9. Not really

She married Michael Haley - not sure how she got Nikki from Nimrata though!! :D
I really thought she was indigenous Indian

[PBS Poll-435]

11. Same way she got chlamydia

From Clyde.

[nomorenomore08]

22. I admit it, I laughed.

:spank:

[Dr.Phool]

19. It sounded better than "Nimrod"?

[TreasonousBastard]

13. Part of that has to do with marrying Michael Haley. "Nikki" might have been...

a childhood nick, but I don't know for sure.

[spanone]

8. is she bobby jindal's sister?

:shrug: :rofl:

[malaise]

10. That's a reasonable question

but at least she still respects her parents' religion - he rejected everything about himself. :hi:

[spanone]

12. i didn't realize he did that....

i didn't think i could respect him less....fooled again

i just read his official bio on his governor's website and never once do they mention his real name.....i couldn't find it once on the entire website.....does he think it's too 'foreign'?

[KamaAina]

18. It's "Piyush"

but be careful about using it, 'cause if you do, those tolerant, big-tent Louisiana repukes :sarcasm: will accuse you of being a big, fat racist. Seriesly.

[iris27]

23. Well, to be fair, insisting on its use would seem a little like those RW assholes

who never refer to the president in any other way than "Barack Hussein Obama".

But the truly racist ones (or willing to capitulate to racism, at least) are the name-changers themselves.

[SCantiGOP]

14. her father

still wears the turban.

[joeybee12]

16. I bet she brings him to ALL her campaign appearances! n/t

[JI7]

20. anyone know what her Husband's ethnicity is ?

i remember seeing her kids and thought they looked 100 percent indian.

i have seen pics of her husband and he can actually pass for indian also. at least in the few pics of him i have seen.

she isn't as bad as Jindal but even in her case i think they change who they are to get white christians to like them.

[Starbucks Anarchist]

25. White.