Homeward Bound

Which candidate has the right cards to ease Las Vegas's economic jitters?

By Howard Fineman | NEWSWEEK

From the magazine issue dated Jan 28, 2008

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Posted By: eddiewhere @ 01/27/2008 11:14:10 PM

Comment: Barak Obama is both white and black. That is his X factor. Unfortunately, it looks as though Latino's will vote for Hillary three to one.

The only way OBAMA can gain ground in the Latino community is through advertising. He needs to participate in a commercial which emphasizes UNITY. This commercial will emphasize his MOM in the beginning. Then it will show five couples, one Asian, Indian, Black, Latino and White. These couples should be crowded around OBAMA thanking him for bringing them together and expressing their trust in his health care, education and justice system reform plans. These issue bring the LATINO and AFRICAN AMERICANS TOGETHER. AT the end a simple statement, TOGETHER WE CAN CONQUER ANY OBSTACLE AND ACHIVE ANY SOLUTION (eddiewhere2008) . This commercial should be blitzed across T.V. screens in America for the next couple of weeks. IN EVERY STATE OBAMA campaigns in, he should organize marches of unity which inlude all RACES and AGES. THE THEME should be UNITY -a solid solution to the DIVISIVE ISSUES WHICH CAUSE RACIAL TENSION. A COMMERCIAL should be made of these MARCHES. IT'S MAIN MESSAGE WILL BE THAT OBAMA CAN BRING ALL RACES ALL AGES TOGETHER to fix racial divisions. He has to show America how he can UNITE the NATION. I think every parent enjoys watching their child work with others to find solution to problems.
IF enough Latino's see this commercial and understand the message of unity they might give OBAMA a chance. Do not forget pictures are worth a thousand words and in this case, these commercials will be worth thousands of votes. Latino's feel they can economically improve their future with HILLARY's plan.

IT will be extremely diffiult for Obama to garner this vote unless he can show his economic plan will benefit the Latino community more than Hillary's. HILLARY IS being specific about the ramifications of her agenda on the Latino community. OBAMA has not been specific enough. The Latino's have no idea what OBAMA's economic plan is and how it affects them.
Posted By: klebrun @ 01/25/2008 2:09:08 PM

Comment: The death toll for the Iraq war, which we did not need to fight, is grossly understated. Besides massive Iraqi deaths, it does not take into account the additional deaths of Americans who are being denied health care coverage because of the cost of the war in Iraq - expected to cost well over a trillion dollars before we are finished.

For example, with an estimated 45 million uninsured Americans and an estimated one trillion dollars, the money spent on the Iraq war would average $22,222 per person, enough to pay almost ten years of health coverage for every uninsured person.

The average mortality rate in the U.S. by 2007 estimates is 8.26 per 1,000 population, or 371,700 deaths per year for a population of 45 million. The Kaiser Commission report, published in 2006, estimates the death rate for uninsured could be reduced by 10-15%. (1)

???Research has consistently shown that the lack of insurance ultimately compromises persons??? health because they are less likely to receive preventive care, are more likely to be hospitalized for avoidable health problems, and are more likely to be diagnosed in the late stages of disease. Having insurance
improves health overall and could reduce mortality rates for the uninsured by 10 to 15%.???

That amounts to a reduction in premature deaths ranging from approximately 37,000 to 55,000 per year for the uninsured population. So, each year we are condemning to death, for lack of insurance, a population that approaches the deaths caused by the nuclear attacks on Nagasaki and Hiroshima that ended the war with Japan.

(1) http://www.illinoiscovered.com/assets/cover_7451.pdf
Posted By: Potion78 @ 01/25/2008 11:48:02 AM

Comment: I'm voting for Obama! Bill Clinton served his 8 yrs we don't need 4 more yrs of him. I truly hope Jeb Bush isn't getting any ideas either ... It's time to end the Bush - Clinton dynasties.
Posted By: John Luma @ 01/25/2008 1:25:15 AM

Comment: I don't think bringing Bill back to center stage is in the future -- he's already there, by design, to distract Barack into food fights while Hilary keeps pounding her policy mantras.

It's deliberate and manipulative, but -- hey, these are the Clintons!
Posted By: roncraw @ 01/24/2008 3:51:17 PM

Comment: Howard your undisguised dislike of Hillary are putting you in a category with bill O'reilly and Cris Matthews who are becoming laughing stocks. You hav e in the passed done better. I wonder why it can't be posted now.
Posted By: JohnGaltlaketahoe @ 01/21/2008 4:27:48 PM

Comment:
January 21, 2008

Greetings Governor Gibbons:

An article will be posted in the Reno Gazette Journal addressing a recent issue regarding the subversion of the American election process in Nevada on January 15, 2008.

As Governor of the State of Nevada your office is petitioned to address the malfeasance and interference of MSNBC and its list of controlling corporations coupled with the Nevada Supreme Court in the decision to limit discussions in a debate of national issues in a national election process.

The American electorate and citizen voters of Nevada were robbed of a fair and non-partisan debate of the issues and will not stand for the voter fraud that took place January 15, 2008 in Las Vegas, Nevada.

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