Posted by: dryounghova September 17, 2008
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Hello Everyone.my name is Bishal Thapa, same first name as that of bishal123, even though I believe we don't agree on most of the stuff :).One of my friends directed me to this thread..as I mentioned "I doubt any of my Nepalese fam will root for McCan't". It seems like he brought me to the right place to discuss, learn something from you guys, who obviously hold different views than mine, and may be I get to express few viewsofmyown.
First of all, is this thread on what Republican Party/Democratic Party does/did for Immigrants or is it what John McCan't/Obama will do for immigrants? Because reading the last 9 comments..I get a feeling we are choosing partisanship rather than the candidate. If so, I have a contrary belief that even John McCain and his campaign are not committing to being republicans. They are running the character campaign not a partisan campaign. On yesterday's segment on Hardball (Chris Matthew's on MSNBC), McCain senior adviser, Nancy Pfotenhauer, didn't want to admit that she voted for Bush in 2004, in front of Obama adviser, Lawrence H.Summers (also the former Harvard University PRESIDENT) when asked one simple question- Are you a republican? Is your campaign running on a republican ticket? So, there is a big disconnect already between the voters and the campaign that McCain is running in this election. So, I am not sure if lining up what republicans did or didn't do (thank god) for US immigrants, has any indication of what McCain will do for US. Secondly and sadly enough, the SURGE in polls that somebody mentioned above for McCan't is all for wrong reasons..unless you believe Sarah Palin is who you believe the best choice for leading this country and to lead the world..if, god forbid, John McCain is to die before the first term is over ("Actuarially" possible). But that discussion won't fit into this thread. So, let me know what you guys think?
I have to admit..that my past 8 years in America has been spent with minorities and only minorities..so I really am hoping that I will hear/learn from you guys here who have had a lot of experience with the majority (Whites) of the United States. Looking forward to it :)
First of all, is this thread on what Republican Party/Democratic Party does/did for Immigrants or is it what John McCan't/Obama will do for immigrants? Because reading the last 9 comments..I get a feeling we are choosing partisanship rather than the candidate. If so, I have a contrary belief that even John McCain and his campaign are not committing to being republicans. They are running the character campaign not a partisan campaign. On yesterday's segment on Hardball (Chris Matthew's on MSNBC), McCain senior adviser, Nancy Pfotenhauer, didn't want to admit that she voted for Bush in 2004, in front of Obama adviser, Lawrence H.Summers (also the former Harvard University PRESIDENT) when asked one simple question- Are you a republican? Is your campaign running on a republican ticket? So, there is a big disconnect already between the voters and the campaign that McCain is running in this election. So, I am not sure if lining up what republicans did or didn't do (thank god) for US immigrants, has any indication of what McCain will do for US. Secondly and sadly enough, the SURGE in polls that somebody mentioned above for McCan't is all for wrong reasons..unless you believe Sarah Palin is who you believe the best choice for leading this country and to lead the world..if, god forbid, John McCain is to die before the first term is over ("Actuarially" possible). But that discussion won't fit into this thread. So, let me know what you guys think?
I have to admit..that my past 8 years in America has been spent with minorities and only minorities..so I really am hoping that I will hear/learn from you guys here who have had a lot of experience with the majority (Whites) of the United States. Looking forward to it :)
Last edited: 17-Sep-08 03:58 PM