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Originally Posted by t walgamuth
I know some Mexican Americans who would disagree strongly about the Mexican Americans liking handouts.
I think maybe you have hoisted yourself on your own petard!
And I would be very interested in seeing a poll where it shows that Hispanics as a group (monolythic though they may not be) like Obama equally to Caucasians.
After all European Americans are hardly a monolythic group either.
Tom W
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The fact that you may know a handful of Mexican-Americans who do not favor government handouts proves nothing, nada, zilch.
You have to look at the overall statistics. If you read the stats and look at the polling data you will find that Mexican-americans, all across the board (except perhaps for those who make large incomes) overwhelmingly favor big government spending and government handouts. Come to California and you will see
So Tom, I'll climb off the petard that you so gracioulsy offered...attach it to you...light the fuse and watch yourself blow up.
I don't get your second paragraph...not sure what you are asking for...so I can't reply to it.
I agree, there is no Euro-American block. But pollsters know enough to not group them all into one single group. Pollsters may talk about the Italian-American vote or the Irish-American vote. Pollster never talk about the White vote (except maybe in the South). So why are all Hispanics lumped into one single group.
We are not a single-minded, single-goal group. It is stupid for any candidate to claim the "Hispanic" vote while ignoring the differences among all Hispanics.
How is that ride on the petard feel tom?