Mexicans are wary of both U.S. candidates

[AlphaCentauri]

GUADALAJARA, Mexico - Like many Mexicans, Jaime Reyes is a little apprehensive about the coming U.S. presidential election.

"Whoever wins, it could be bad for us," said Reyes, a salesman in the western city of Guadalajara. "The Republicans seem like they're anti-immigrant, and (Barack) Obama is against free trade. I don't think either is good."

It's a common sentiment in Mexico, as the slumping U.S. economy and the effects of the 2001 terrorist attacks make the relationship between the United States and its southern neighbor more complicated than ever.

Mexicans are still bitter about George W. Bush, a Texan who took office in 2000 promising a new kind of partnership with Mexico. Instead, Bush has overseen an unprecedented fortification of the border and a crackdown on illegal Mexican immigrants.

"It was thought that there was definitely going to be a (U.S.) foreign policy that was favorable to Mexico, and that relationship lasted about five days," said José Luis Orozco, an international-relations professor at the National Autonomous University of Mexico.

http://www.azcentral.com/arizonarepublic/news/articles/2008/08/20/20080820prez-mexico0820.html

[babylonsister]

1. Maybe this will help...

Obama forms advisory group focused on Latinos

Tyche Hendricks, Chronicle Staff Writer

Wednesday, August 20, 2008


(08-19) 17:20 PDT -- Sen. Barack Obama moved this week to bolster his edge over Sen. John McCain in courting Latino voters, announcing a national Latino advisory council with heavyweights including Henry Cisneros, housing secretary under President Bill Clinton, and Clinton transportation secretary Federico Peña.

The move follows Obama's announcement last month that he would spend an unprecedented $20 million to woo Latino votes - more than twice the $8 million spent by both parties in 2004. His efforts are mirrored by McCain's outreach, especially with Latino military families and Cuban American voters, though the Arizona senator's staff declined to say how much money his campaign would devote.

"It's funny, they announced they'll spend $20 million reaching out to Hispanic voters but when you go to Florida, the only Spanish ads are by John McCain," said McCain spokeswoman Hessy Fernandez. "At the end of the day, John McCain doesn't need an introduction with the Latino community. He has been working for more than two decades on the values, principles and issues Latino voters care about."

McCain's campaign has created Latino "leadership teams" in several states, including California. His Spanish-language Web site touts endorsements from several south Florida Hispanic Republicans, including Sen. Mel Martinez.

The Obama campaign plans to combine Latino-oriented advertising with outreach by high-profile Latino "surrogates" and aggressive field operations to mobilize Hispanic voters in closely contested states, especially Florida, Nevada, Colorado and New Mexico.

more...

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2008/08/19/MNKN12DESI.DTL

[Bucky]

3. Those Latinos are Americans. This article was about Mexicans being worried

[AlphaCentauri]

6. The latino McCain team has some of RW latino loonies

don't know if that would help latinos in anyway

[Bucky]

2. I'm concerned about many things. The critical Mexican citizens vote isn't one of them.

[AlphaCentauri]

4. Their relatives in the US may be able to vote

every vote in the US counts fro Obama, don't expect an easy win

[izquierdista]

5. They should clean up their own elections first

They still have a long way to go until they will be as good as even Florida or Ohio.

[blondeatlast]

8. Sad but true; and our interference in their elections isn't helping in that regard. nt

[AlphaCentauri]

9. guess who is helping the Mexican RW get in power: Rob Allyn and Dick Morris

Though US laws prevent US influence in other countries’ elections, anti-Obrador ads airing on Mexican TV were designed by US firms and illegally financed by business councils that included such transnationals as Wal-Mart and Halliburton. US election advisers Rob Allyn and Dick Morris were contracted to develop a media campaign that would foment fear that Obrador, with ties to Chavez and Castro, posed a dangerous Socialist threat to Mexico.
Outgoing president Vicente Fox violated campaign law by making dozens of anti-Obrador speeches during the campaign, as the PAN party illegally saturated airwaves with swift-boat style attack ads against Obrador. Under Mexican law, ruling party interference is a serious crime and grounds for annulling an election.


http://www.projectcensored.org/top-stories/articles/18-mexicos-stolen-election/

[Marrah_G]

7. Perhaps he should take a look at his own fucked up country before worrying about ours.

[AlphaCentauri]

10. There is not much that we can say when we try to impose our culture and views on them