The Progressive Latino

The winner AGAIN - President Obama!!

What the Arizona and Michigan results tell us is that Romney barely won in his own state and worst, the delegates were split 15 each between him and Santorum! That's no win! And while he won Arizona, he won only 47 % of the vote while Santorum got 27 %. What does this mean for Progressive Latinos? It's time to get involved. The Republican primaries will continue as no
clear nominee is in sight. But guess what? Once they pick a nominee for president the conservative base will line up like sheep and follow whomever for its "anyone but Obama" in their book. Progressive Latinos will make the difference in this election!!! The Republican candidates in their zeal to get the vote have been attacking each other and the results have been to show themselves for what they truly stand for and it is not for you! One makes up social issues to include outrageous charges of government involvement in religious freedom when the reverse is true i.e. that religious institutions have no more right to impose their beliefs on a citizen than the government. It is an INDIVIDUAL right to pursue religious beliefs as one chooses. The other makes a big game about fixing the economy because of his business background yet for all his experience he displayed his lack of judgment and lack of commitment to the American worker in his own state when suggesting that the auto industry just go bankrupt! That is not Presidential Leadership - is it? Well only one has moved to ensure an individual's right of pursuit of religion and saved the American auto industry and that is President Obama. With the help of the Progressive Latino vote the chances will be high that Latino interests will eventually be addressed to include the Dream Act and comprehensive immigration reform. What do you think? TPL

"He is a fake," NO They ALL are!

jvoetsch@clipartof.com  "He is a fake," Ron Paul said at the Michigan debate Tuesday night.  Only partially true, if you have been listening to their rhetoric - they are all fake!  They offer themselves to America as the option for a better America.  A better America?  Well let's see.  We have Santorum who seems to relish being so far to the right that if there were a cliff there, he would be have fallen off it by now.  He is anti-just about anything progressives and even many conservatives stand for.  Newt thinks that by saying it is so - it will be just like that.  No president has the power to fix anything fast much less before going off to celebrate at inaugural parties.  If you know anything about Washington it is the Congress, which has the power to legislate.  This is why Obama has not been able to achieve all his goals.  At every turn he is opposed by the do-nothing Republicans who have publicly stated that thier number 1 goal is to make Obama a one-term president.  Create jobs?  Hell no - guess that can wait; in fact let's just fight about contraception, abortion, gay marriage and immigration.  That should rile up the conservative base of haters out there who are more willing to vote their hatefulness than for their own economic and health needs.  Then there is Ron Paul.  He tells it like it is unless Romney says it and then it's OK - hum - maybe they have a deal?  Oh and last but not least if Romney.  He is against what he was unless there is reason to change his mind again.  He is a documented-by-the-right flip-flopper who even right-wingers don't like because they know that in reality he is a moderate sort of guy that would make for a decent democrat.  Matt Taibbi, Rolling Stones, wrote an excellent article characterizing the candidates as "clowns," (http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/blogs/taibblog/arizona-debate-conservative-chickens-come-home-to-roost-20120223#ixzz1nQTvWRie).  You really need to read it.  He does a great job of highlighting the right-wing hypocrisy.  TPL.  Tell us what you think.

No Positive Massage! Nada!

The latest Republican attack on Obama is to blame him for the current price of gas.   Note that many activities such as what is going on in Iran leads to gas prices going up.  Additionally, gas speculation is a recent phenomena, which we do not hear the Republicans fighting against.  They like to point out that gas was $1.80 when Obama took over but seem to forget that gas was at $4.00 in May 1984 when Bush was in charge.  Read Robert's Reich's piece today (http://www.huffingtonpost.com/robert-reich/price-of-oil_b_1290409.html?ref=homepage) where he points out that "Speculators have pushed crude oil to $105.28 per barrel, up 35 percent since September. Brent crude, Europe's benchmark, is now $120.37 a barrel -- also worrisome because many East Coast refineries use imported oil." This  vile onslaught by Republicans is damaging our democracy.  This is not exercising freedom of speech but rather abuse of freedom of speech through distortion of the truth and outright lies meant to shore up the Republican base. 

There is no positive message coming out of the Republican ranks - nothing but finger pointing, blame, name calling and vile lies about our President.  Even conservative commentators like David Frum are concerned over the negativity.  Frum wrote today an article titled, "Where is the GOP's Positive Program? You can read it here: http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2012/02/21/where-is-the-gop-s-positive-program.html 

BTY, you can't make this up.  Mitt just told a crowd today that cutting spending will slow the economy down!!!  This is not what Republicans want to hear but it is just what the Democrats have been saying.  Read about this at: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/02/21/romney-spending-cuts_n_1292261.html.  The reality and history points out that you need to increase spending in the short term in order to create conditions for growth.  This is what Obama has done with the stimulus and associated actions to get the economy back in order.  It will take time - he told us that.

And as for Santorum, well you need to read for yourself - even conservatives are now worried about his extreme right-wing views (see: http://2012.talkingpointsmemo.com/2012/02/aooogah-conservatives-start-to-sound-the-alarm-over-rick-santorums-extremism.php?ref=fpnewsfeed).

Is this what you want Progressive Latino?  How can Latinos think for a moment that Republicans truly care and will help low and middle income Latinos improve their lives?  Tell us what you think.  Tell a friend about our blog.

 

Romney betrays Michigan and Now wants its vote.

So you know Latino - if Romney had been President, he would have let GM auto go bankrupt.  That was his view in 2008 and is well documented.  Obama choose to save the American auto industry, and today GM is back.  These are facts.  Romney claims Michigan as his home state yet he turned his back on his own at a time of need.  Is this a future president?  You tell me Progressive Latino.  TPL

Nevada Latinos - Influential Voters

The Center for American Progress compiled a very insightful list of facts (http://www.americanprogress.org/issues/2012/02/NV_immigrants.html) about Nevada's Latinos.  The Nevada Republican caucus is on Saturday, February 4.  Latinos in Nevada, represent the state with the fifth-highest Latino population nationally.  They are 14% of the state electorate. Given Nevada has the highest (12.6 per USA Today, 3 Feb 12) unemployment rate in the nation, one can expect that many Latinos will make up a sizable percentage of the unemployed as was as the poor.  Just note that both Romney & and Gingrich oppose programs such as Welfare to assist the poor. Should a Latino vote for any of these two knowing what they themselves have stated in the pasts months regarding their anti-immigration / anti-poor agendas?  TPL

Republican Leader NOT CONCERNED about the Poor!!

Yes it is ture - we all know it but to actually hear it is amazing!  Mitt Romney is not worried about the poor because they have a safty net!!!  Think about this Progressive Latino especially if you are upset that Obama did not fix everything in four years.  Our president needs to be worried about all Americans and especially the poor.  Due to the economic mess Bush got us into, more Americans have fallen into poverty than ever.  The Republicans will say it is under Obama's watch and due to his poloicies but the facts are there to say otherwise.  So Romney is not worried about the poor.  He also is not worried about the housing market having stated to let it hit bottom and he supports the Ryan plan that would cut the safety net of Medicare!!!  See the video at Political's article found at:  http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0212/72297.html.  TPL