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Univision Won't Air Controversial 'Don't Vote' Ad Geared Toward Latinos
By David Knowles - AOL News
(Oct. 19) -- Do two "no's" amount to a yes? Univision, the most popular Spanish language television station in America, announced that it would not run ads sponsored by a Republican-funded 527 that urged Hispanics not to vote in the upcoming midterm elections because Democrats had failed to follow through on their promise of enacting comprehensive immigration reform. "Don't vote this November," a narrator tells viewers in Spanish. "This is the only way to send them a clear message, you can no longer take us for granted. Don't vote." Here's an English language version of the ad: The ...
Loretta Sanchez and Van Tran: Ethnic Flare-up Roils California House Race
By Jill Lawrence - Politics DailyORANGE, Calif. -- Rep. Loretta Sanchez was a powerful symbol of Latino pride and empowerment when she ousted conservative veteran Bob Dornan in 1996. Now this Southern California House district is back in play, fueled by an anti-Democratic national tide and an impolitic remark Sanchez made in a Spanish-language television interview last month. Sanchez gave Republican rival Van Tran a political gift when she warned on Univision that Vietnamese and Republicans were trying to seize power from "us" -- the implication being Hispanics and her. Tran, a state assemblyman, is using the interview to ...
Rep. Sanchez Apologizes for 'Vietnamese' Remark
By Luisita Lopez Torregrosa - Politics DailyFor 13 years, Democratic Rep. Loretta Sanchez has commanded a good chunk of her southern California district with a reliable and strong bloc of votes from a large Hispanic population. She has ridden her Mexican ancestry and pro-immigrant policies to repeated electoral victories -- until now. Now things are getting tough. Locked in a tight re-election campaign against a Vietnamese-American Republican, Sanchez, who was born in California to Mexican parents, said in an interview with Univision TV earlier this month that the "Vietnamese and the Republicans" in her district were "trying to take ...
TV Skit Draws Protest, Apology From Network
By Scott Martelle - AOL NewsLOS ANGELES (May 30) -- A television skit about the upcoming World Cup soccer tournament that drew on African stereotypes has sparked outrage among black activists and earned an apology from the Spanish-language network Univision. The skit aired Friday on the morning show "Despierta America," or "Wake Up America," and included hosts wearing Afro wigs, hoisting small spears and dancing to what Los Angeles civil rights activist Earl Ofari Hutchinson described as a "faux jungle music beat. They seem to be thoroughly enjoying their romp through every vile, vicious and offensive stereotype that's ...
You're Watching: Barack Obama. Up Next: Barack Obama
By Willy Hameline - Politics DailyIt's no secret that many of those displeased with the direction our country has taken since Barack Obama's swearing in eight months ago feel the federal government has gotten too big. As if the series of bailouts to banks and automakers weren't enough, the health care overhaul was yet another unacceptable encroachment of the government's long fingers into the pies many would rather keep private.It's also no secret, but apparently hard to swallow, that America is not the privatized bastion of small government that tea party protesters say they are trying to defend. The government is widely ...
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Debate Live Wire - Dems Face Off in Texas
By Liza Porteus Viana - Politics DailyHillary Clinton and Barack Obama faced off in Texas tonight for the first of two debates between the Democratic presidential hopefuls before the March 4 primaries in two battleground states. The debate, sponsored by CNN, Univision and the Texas Democratic Party, served as a good chance for Clinton - who has lost the last 11 primaries and caucuses in a row to Obama - to try to get back some of her mojo. Obama sputtered a little bit at first but gained momentum the second round, exhibiting that eloquent confidence his supporters know and love. Clinton stayed strong and got in the last word, ...
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