> No. I asked who *you* thought was qualified.
> There are 7 Latinas serving in the current Congress:
> Ileana Ros-Lehtinen R-Fla
> Lucille Roybal-Allard D-Calif
> Nydia Velazquez D-NY
> Loretta Sanchez D- Calif (sister of Linda Sanchez, D-Calif)
> Grace Napolitano D-Calif
> Hilda Solis D-Calif
> Linda Sanchez D-Calif (sister of Loretta Sanchez, D-Calif)
> They all serve in the House of Representatives.
> Ros-Lehtinen is ineligible
> to serve as VP since she was born in Cuba. Nydia Velazquez
> was born in
> Puerto Rico, however since Puerto Ricans born on the island
> are US citizens
> by birth, she is eligible. All the rest were born on the
> mainland US.
> Kimberly Casiano runs the largest publisher of Hispanic
> periodicals and
> magazines in the US and serves as a director for Ford and
> Mutual of America.
> Ana Escobedo Cabral is the current Treasurer of the United
> States. Linda
> Chavez has held high positions in Republican
> administrations; she ran
> against Barbara Mikulski for the Senate and lost. Quite a
> few Latinas serve
> at the local and state levels. Of elected Latinas, Ileana
> Ros-Lehtinen
> probably has the greater national profile, but she is not
> eligible to serve
> as VP.
> As I have said before, my vote is given to the candidate
> who most closely
> matches my values. Ethnic pride aside, I would not vote for
> a candidate
> simply because she was a Latina, just as I would not vote
> for a candidate
> because he or she is a US Navy veteran, Roman Catholic,
> attended Jesuit high
> school, played stickball, grew up in Harlem or listens to
> Tito Puente.
> john
let me ask you the same question, john. who do YOU think is qualified? based
on what values? i don't pretend to claim to know enough about qualified
hispanic women to answer your question, but i would like to ask you why you
think there are, or are not, more hispanic women in government in proportion to
their population demographic? that is the real point i am making which you
still have not addressed.
jon
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