Telling the electorate that romney is only concerned about the rich...is voter suppression?

Thats just telling the truth mate. Realigning disctricts, setting up robo calls to blacks and latinos to say that you can vote by phone or on a diff day, or changing early voting times in majority democratic areas.....THAT is voter suppression....I think your dictionary needs some fixin.

Cynical NetRunner says it'll never happen because the Confederacy will stop at nothing to prevent any further dilution of the whiteness of the electorate, and voting en masse against reasonable things is pretty much what they're known for.

Optimistic NetRunner says it could be that the Confederacy will wisen up slightly and decide that this is a perfect opportunity for them to start down the path of courting latinos in earnest, since it's becoming obvious even to them that they're going to need to enlist the help of at least one of the non-white demographic groups if they're ever going to destroy the New Deal and return America to the rigid class system they enjoyed before Lincoln fucked it all up by freeing the slaves.

And yes, I realize there's not an awful lot of daylight between optimistic and cynical NetRunner these days...

This woman is a genius.....a gorgeous, young, latino, filthy lieing genius. Theres no way shes a virgin >.>

Like @NetRunner said, he's X minus 20.

In other words, he's the second closest person on the planet to the most powerful position on the planet. It's due in large part to his being the American-born privileged white male heterosexual Christian son of a wealthy businessman and governor who sent him through Harvard Law. And now he's standing in a room full of insanely rich (and I'm assuming) heterosexual-identified Christians complaining that he would be better off if he were Latino. Would he even be in that room if he were Latino? I doubt it.

He had all those advantages in life and has reached such heights from them, and that's fine. But then, when it would be convenient, he wishes he could briefly be Latino, so he can have that limited advantage too. This shows a complete lack of appreciation (both meanings) for the advantages he has and the benefits they have gained him. He wouldn't have even gotten into the primaries.

*controversy *Latino

The thinking behind the comment probably comes from political consultants telling him that he needs X amount of support from latios to carry places like Nevada and Colorado, and he's been at X minus 20 all year long. In true Republican style, the solution in his mind is not to tailor his policies or messaging to appear to latinos, it's to wish he just had darker skin and could ride on a wave of support based on identity alone.

The thinking behind the outrage is that this is a constant refrain from the conservative side in general -- that minorities are given huge advantages that whites aren't, and that ultimately the demographic group that receives the most adverse discrimination is actually rich white men.

In no case do I see this as some sort of unfair "overreaction" to what Romney said. Romney was pretty dismissive of the idea that being latino carries any sort of inborn disadvantages in a society dominated by whites, and I'll bet that sends latinos through the roof, because they know just how much discrimination faces latinos in their everyday lives, and they know Romney, who's lived a life of priviledge, hasn't a fucking clue what being on the receiving end of discrimination feels like.

>> ^renatojj:

Not a Romney supporter, but I think he meant people like underdogs, so being latino would give him the underdog advantage? It'd probably outweigh the political downsides of being latino, as she pointed out.

But yeah, deciding our votes by blowing words said jokingly way out of proportion and overreacting emotionally to completely non-political statements is the way to go.

Not a Romney supporter, but I think he meant people like underdogs, so being latino would give him the underdog advantage? It'd probably outweigh the political downsides of being latino, as she pointed out.

But yeah, deciding our votes by blowing words said jokingly way out of proportion and overreacting emotionally to completely non-political statements is the way to go.

*controversy *Latino

All this talk of Latinos have gotten me all hot and bothered, so I'll be in my bunk. Work tomorrow too.

Hope you are well. Shlick something fierce, it'll help what ails ya.
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I've got something to help you with that too : http://videosift.com/video/Brother-Mack-Explains-His-Person
al-Relationship-With-God
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I do like hot latinos.. that Enrique is just a dish.

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Well I just thought Brother Mack could cure you of your atheism by coaxing you with hot latinos!
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Ah you poor thing. Eat some chocolate.

I don't need no fap-line, I have an american brand dishwasher that takes care of that for me.
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Nuffin, I'm just lovesick...never mind. This is for you http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6xRhfGrxtz4&feature=relmfu :
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Hah, oh shit, what did I do now..? ;
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Thought you might get a kick out of that

Thanks darlin, that was great. This song pretty much fucks me over right now, so very timely of you, haha :

I've got something to help you with that too http://videosift.com/video/Brother-Mack-Explains-His-Personal-Relationship-With-God
In reply to this comment by gwiz665:
I do like hot latinos.. that Enrique is just a dish.

In reply to this comment by alien_concept:
Well I just thought Brother Mack could cure you of your atheism by coaxing you with hot latinos!
In reply to this comment by gwiz665:
Ah you poor thing. Eat some chocolate.

I don't need no fap-line, I have an american brand dishwasher that takes care of that for me.
In reply to this comment by alien_concept:
Nuffin, I'm just lovesick...never mind. This is for you http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6xRhfGrxtz4&feature=relmfu :
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Hah, oh shit, what did I do now..? ;
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Thought you might get a kick out of that

Thanks darlin, that was great. This song pretty much fucks me over right now, so very timely of you, haha :

*Latino

As bad as this is for republicans, what is worse is that their voting block continues to shrink. If they lose this one, four years from now the number of people willing to vote for them will be even less, unless they do a complete 180 and start supporting younger people, women, African Americans, gays and especially Latinos. Trying to prevent these people from voting isn't going to work (as shown by all the state courts who have shut such efforts down, or are in the process of doing so). And the amount of money they can throw around won't matter if they cant get more than 1/3 of the country to vote for them. As the years roll on even their solid red states will begin to switch. We've already started seeing this with states like Virginia, Illinois and others who were very red until the last election.

It seems like a sub-category for talks, but I could see it's possible benefit.

On another note, we need a Latino channel.

I was just thinking to myself the other day, why North American culture has never really allowed asian women to become superstar singers, like whites, blacks, latino... Hawaiian/Filipino (Nicole Scherzinger)etc...

Then I see this video, and I'm relieved...

We need a *latino channel.