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La
Prensa endorses Barack Obama for president
Feb. 27, 2008
Hillary
Clinton was elected to be a U.S. Senator for New York in November
of 2000; Barack Obama was elected to be a U.S. Senator for
Illinois in November of 2004. Prior to this, Obama served eight
years in the Illinois State Legislature - from 1996 through 2004.
Clinton
graduated from Yale Law School. Obama graduated from Harvard Law
School. Both have similar voting records in the Senate and both
are highly qualified to be president of the United States.
After
reviewing the issues, La Prensa endorses Barack Obama
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Of the two,
Obama is viewed as the less polarizing candidate, as illustrated
by his crossover appeal to both Independents and Republicans in
the primaries, especially in Wisconsin, where Obama received 58%
of the vote compared to 41% for Clinton—the Independents and
Republicans, who voted for Obama, contributed to his 17-point
margin of victory.
To date, Obama
has captured victories in 24 states, compared to 13 states
garnered by Clinton.
La Prensa
endorses Obama over Clinton because of Obama’s willingness to hold
diplomatic talks with Cuba with no preconditions,
unlike Clinton, who stated in their debate in Austin on
Feb. 21, 2008,
that she would not hold such discussions without preconditions.
The United States has boasted of almost 5 decades of embargo on
Cuba and the Cuban people, while the United States has relations
with the Communist dictatorships of Viet Nam and China. The
majority of the world, including U.S. allies, trades and
negotiates with Cuba.
La Prensa
endorses Obama for his sound judgment in decrying the unilateral,
preemptive military attack upon Iraq. Obama predicted the outcome
of this unwise venture. The United States has disrupted the
Middle East, is paying $400 million a day for a war that should
have never been initiated by the Bush administration and his
“experienced” administration. Clinton, as a member of the Senate,
voted for this war and has, to date, not apologized, unlike former
presidential contender John Edwards.
La Prensa
endorses Obama for his stance on NAFTA. NAFTA has siphoned many
jobs from U.S. workers, particularly in the Midwest, from the
United States to Asia, especially to Communist China and Viet Nam.
Clinton’s husband, Bill Clinton, was a key advocate for NAFTA;
history reveals that, initially, Hillary Clinton was a proponent
of NAFTA.
La Prensa has
questioned the circumstances around the termination by Clinton of
the first Latina Democratic campaign manager, Patti Solis Doyle.
La Prensa
urges its readers to vote for Barack Obama for president. La Prensa
urges voters in Ohio and Texas to vote for Barack Obama on March
4, 2008, even if the voter is Independent or Republican.
Finally, La
Prensa urges the “superdelegates” to follow the lead of their
respective constituents. La Prensa urges the Democratic National
Committee and the Democratic parties of Michigan and Florida to
reschedule primaries in these two states so that their respective
voices can be heard come August 25-28, at the Democratic National
Convention.
La Prensa’s
Selected Endorsements for the March 4, 2008 Primary in Ohio |
