How Not To Win Over The Latino Vote

Across the country and specifically in the Southwest, capturing the Latino vote is increasingly important for any politician. Listening to and offering solutions that meet their needs is essential to gaining the trust of the fastest growing ethnic groups in America. Over on the GOP side, that advice doesn't seem to be taken to heart. Of course, if you are working to elect Republicans, make sure to not expose your true feelings on the matter, or you could find yourself out of a job.

From USA Today:

LAS VEGAS (AP) — The spokeswoman for the Republican Party in Nevada's most populous county was removed from her post Saturday, after she said the Democratic Party made black people "dependent on the government."

Didi Lima, the Clark County GOP communications director, also was removed from her volunteer role as a Hispanic community liaison for Republican John McCain's presidential campaign over the remarks made earlier in the day while working at a McCain campaign booth.

"We don't want (Hispanics) to become the new African-American community," Lima told The Associated Press. "And that's what the Democratic Party is going to do to them, create more programs and give them handouts, food stamps and checks for this and checks for that. We don't want that."

"I'm very much afraid that the Democratic Party is going to do the same thing that they did with the African-American culture and make them all dependent on the government and we don't want that," she said.

First some advice for Didi Lima, if I were you I'd avoid black people at all costs. That has to be one of the dumbest things I've ever heard and if you said it in front of the group you are addressing, you should start running and move fast. Now that you are out of a job, perhaps you could help these guys out and start selling waffles.

As for Hispanics, I believe as a group people would rather vote for the party that wants to give them a hand up and a fair society to live in just like the rest of us. For some odd reason, people generally do not vote for the party that likes to take away their civil liberties, including the one that gives all Americans the right to vote.