> "Qualified" is irrelevant. We hear a lot of talk
> on both sides of the
> campaign about qualifications for the Presidency. What
> would those be? Is
> there an apprenticeship for the job? Is it like moving from
> journeyman to master electrician?
> ALL Presidents have been unqualified on Inaugural Day,
> except for those who
> served more than one term. For me, the question is Who do I
> want to lead me and this country?
> Now, it appears that your question is why are Chicanos,
> Puerto Ricans,
> Cubans, San Salvadorans, Peruvians, Argentinians, Chileans,
> Hondurans,
> Dominicans, Costa Ricans, Bolivians, Venezuelans, and
> possibly some Latin
> countries that I have forgotten, not sitting in Congress in
> proportion to
> their demographic. Or why are Latin women underrepresented
> in government.
> Could be many reasons, among them racisim, xenophobia, the
> tradition that
> Latin women defer to Latin men, the fact that Latinos in
> the US who are
> citizens or 2nd or 3rd generation are dispersed, and
> don't live in ethnic
> communities, lower expectations for Latina women, the
> notion that politics
> is a dirty business not fit for a Latin woman, the list
> goes on and on. If
> any conspiracy exists, it is one to keep incumbents in
> office through district redrawing.
> But we don't see many women in Congress in proportion
> to their population,
> or the Senate would be half male and half female, let alone
> Anglo, Latin,
> Black, or Asian.
> Listen, I'm not trying to get into an argument. If
> Ileana Ros-Lehtinen had
> been born in Miami instead of Havana, McCain might have
> picked her instead
> of Palin. I don't agree with her entirely, but I do
> agree that she has a
> level of political experience that places her above Palin.
> john
i would not say that qualified is entirely irrelevant, but i would say that
experience is not always an advantage (for mccain/palin!~).
all i am saying is that bigotry exists...
jon
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