Hillary Clinton Reaches Out to Indian Americans

[ProudToBeLiberal]

Source: India-West

SAN FRANCISCO - While on a whirlwind fundraising visit to California that reportedly raised $10 million for her presidential campaign last weekend, New York Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton sat down with the Asian American media for a brief conversation that touched on relations between the United States and India.

"I am very encouraged by the closer ties between the United States and India," Clinton told India-West. "I had a wonderful trip there with my daughter in 1996, and I went to India to demonstrate the strong desire of the Clinton administration to increase ties between our countries. I am encouraged at how much progress has been made."

At an early morning media roundtable Mar. 25 at the Fairmont Hotel, Clinton defended her choice to support the recent nuclear deal between the world's two largest democracies, but suggested her choice was made partly with politics in mind.

"I supported the U.S.-India nuclear agreement in the Congress, after Congress got the chance to review it and make some changes," she said.


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[MannyGoldstein]

1. She's Telling The Truth!

Mrs. Clinton's love of American-job-obliterating 'free' trade agreements shows that she loves foreign workers more than our own! But hey - that's how she can, as the article states, get $10 million in big-money contributions on a whirwind visit - so it obviously works for her, and for Big Money.

[ixion]

2. yep. many a good American tech job has gone to India

and while I have a great respect for the culture, I really don't like the fact that they're under-selling the technology market. :grr:

[MannyGoldstein]

4. It's A Race to The Bottom

Who can pay workers the least?

An Mrs. Clinton's in! And she's in to win!

[Larkspur]

3. Hillary loves India so much she's willing to sell out America

by supporting free trade and the outsourcing of good paying American jobs -- http://www.atimes.com/atimes/South_Asia/GC01Df03.html.

[mitchleary]

5. How much

is TATA consulting giving to her campaign? Her pro-outsource/insource agenda is one of the big reason the @&@*&^& does not deserve to nominated.

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[HughBeaumont]

7. Reason ONE I will never vote for Hillary.

The other two, of course, being the IWR and the ridiculous amount of baggage and polarity that comes with her.

I'd like a logical explanation from Hillary how destroying one nation's working class to lift another helps working classes from both countries involved.

Does she take in account unemployment and closed plants and businesses means less tax money going into the local and state communities, less income going into the economy, more secondary businesses such as bars, local stores, etc, closing because of all the lost revenue they once had when people are gainfully employed?

Does she take into account the cost of retraining and the greater cost to the overall economy of likely underemployment (i.e. going from $25 to $13 dollars an hour), not to mention the substantial amount of TIME it takes?

Does she take into account the toll on the physical and mental health of the worker and the stress placed on families and relationships due to displacement?

These are only some of the many reasons why offshoring and layoffs are unnecessary and economically detrimental.

[cmkramer]

8. To really prove her support

she should tell them she has been speed-dialing for Sanjaya on AMERICAN IDOL!

[Cha]

16. You almost made

me choke on my :popcorn:!! :)

[DanWithAngel]

9. Like it or not Hillary WILL be the primary champion

the media has this mission and most like a majority of American voters will make it so.

but it's still fun to fuss and fidget.

[natrat]

10. i would be ok with shillary as president

but i just get this feeling it's all a scam to motivate the right base and provide artificially weak competition for the race. The whole thing is so appaling, i weap for america.

[ShortnFiery]

11. Bull! The M$M will not vote. The people will not be bullied into voting for someone they despise!

I can't stand her smarmy "buying off" of feminists and minorities. She sickens me more than the other because she taints the image of what a powerful woman should be ... because I am a woman.

She has no integrity or strength of character when she constantly triangulates, much less when every other sentence out of her mouth is seemingly "My husband." :grr: :thumbsdown:

[BigDDem]

14. Yet she's ahead in every single poll.......go figure.

[Acadia Blue]

12. Hillary should remain a Senator. She is going to blow this for all

of us if she wins. It will mean that we are on our way to a certified authoritarian right wing oligarchy.
Acually Bill Richardson is the most qualified but the conservative media wants Hillary and Obama because the rePIGs think they can beat either one. I personally like Hillary, but I think she can't win this for us. I know dems who will not vote for her. I will, but I don't think she will win.

[mitchum]

13. And it's reciprocal...telemarketer "Steve" told me just last night...

how much he loves the senator from NY. Or at least I think that's what he said.

[WorldResident]

15. Any Democrat who deningrates Indians (or any race) for any reason should get out of our party

The days where Democrats were openly racist ended with Strom Thurmond.

It is reasonable to discuss outsourcing and immigration, and various positions on these issues are acceptable in the national discourse, but the second one turns to racism, he or she should be exposed for it and repudiated for it.

[fujiyama]

17. Hmmm....My guess is Indian AMERICANS are also concerned about keeping a job HERE

After all, while I love me cousins in India, it'd be nice to have well paying jobs here as well...It doesn't help me if the economy is tanking, I have a shitty job, and all are going over there...But it's vital that folks here don't blame them for taking the jobs going their way. For their standards, they pay quite well.

While outreach is always good, it's hard to see her in an authentic light. Everything she does seems like pandering, whether she's trying to be sincere or not. And in this case, Indian Americans have some deep pockets...

Why not appeal to Indian-Americans just as you would to anyone else? I think strengthening relations between the two countries is important and she has done well in that regard, but Indian Americans are concerned about education, health care, the environment, the economy, and the war as well...like all others.