Jeb Bush no es hispano

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Michael Barbaro ?@mikiebarb
Jeb Bush identified himself as "Hispanic" in a 2009 voter registration form, NYT found. http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2015/04/06/us/politics/document-bush-registration-application.html?nlid=58906394 …

Mr. Bush, a former Florida governor and likely presidential candidate, was born in Texas and hails from one of America’s most prominent political dynasties. But on at least one occasion, it appears he got carried away with his appeal to Spanish-speaking voters and claimed he actually was Hispanic.

In a 2009 voter-registration application, obtained from the Miami-Dade County Elections Department, Mr. Bush marked Hispanic in the field labeled “race/ethnicity.”

A Bush spokeswoman could offer no explanation for the characterization.

Carolina Lopez, deputy supervisor of elections for Miami-Dade, said voters must submit hard copies of applications with a signature before receiving a voter information card confirming their address and polling location. According to the Florida Division of Elections, the application requires an original signature because the voter is swearing or affirming an oath.


read: http://www.nytimes.com/politics/first-draft/2015/04/06/jeb-bushs-deep-ties-to-hispanics-show-even-in-voter-form/

original document (pdf) : https://s3.amazonaws.com/s3.documentcloud.org/documents/1710373/bush-registration-application.pdf

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1. wtf? and lol

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2. Meh...So what?...Dude may be a wannabee.

Aren't we all?

[NightWatcher]

3. His brother George used to think he was a firetruck.

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4. Oh, that oughta sway the Hispanic vote... not

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5. According to a Hispanic friend of mine who has worked at various universities

Where his job was to recruit Hispanic students and help out with the Hispanic Student Associations, Hispanic is kind of a nebulous term that you can just decide to start using if you want. It opens you up to mockery, but if it helps you get grants, scholarships, political office, the person who does it probably doesn't care about being made fun of.

TlalocW

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