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| _sage | Posted
on 28-Feb-04 07:36 AM
I personally am not involved in any specific campaign for the U.S. presidential election, although I think we definitely need to get Bush out. But if Kerry does become president, which looks likely to me, then influencing his before his election can very effective. This is why I am posting this website: http://www.saki2004.com/ - South Asians for Kerry 2004 I looked at the website and I didn't see anything there about Nepal. It is mostly about India and Indian-American issues. If they are truly a South Asian group, they should also represent Nepal-U.S. and Nepali-American issues (as well as Pakistan, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Bhutan...) Actually Sunday Feb 29 (tomorrow) there is a fundraising luncheon in Boston: When: Sunday, Feb 29th Noon Where: Rm 6-120 on the MIT campus Contact: Maya Nambisan mnambisan@partners.org or Mekhail Anwar mekhail@mit.edu |
| nepali_angel | Posted
on 28-Feb-04 08:07 AM
I really doubt most South Asian Americans would be against George W. Bush. The president doesn't see outsourcing as a threat as do some of the democratic presidential candidates like John Kerry or John Edwards. In fact one of the White House folks only recently made the protestation that outsourcing is indeed good for the economy. But one has to keep in mind that the president did try to distance himself from that line of reasoning. Still, I am thinking that the Repubs think of outsourcing as a good thing to America. Outsourcing is definitely benifiting India, generally speaking, so why speak out against George W. Bush? That doesn't make sense to me. Mr. Bush is definitely a higly moral individual...he cares a lot about American values, not to mention family values, and does see secularism as having a negative effect on America. I personally don't see anything wrong with that thinking. He is also against affirmative action, something that has been a big pain for White and Asian Americans. Mr. Bush, however polarizing he may be, is not a flip flopper like horse-faced Kerry. Horse Faced Kerry voted for war on Iraq, but didn't vote for $87 million dollars necessary for rebuilding Iraq. If he so cares about security of the American military, then does it make sense that he doesn't want to give basic necessities to the military? Kerry will have a hard time selling himself to the American people. He has voted in the senate 600 times a year. He has been a senator for 20 years for four terms. In other words, he has voted 12000 times. It will be very easy for Bush to nitpick Kerry's voting record and show his true flip-flopping nature. If one looks at electability, John Edwards has a much better chance of beating Bush. Kerry can be dismissed as a Massachussetts liberal. Edwards, on the other hand is a Southerner, and a moderate democrat at that. He has a much better chance of beating Bush in his turf, that is in the South, in places like South Carolina, North Carolina, Georgia, maybe even Texas. Wart-faced Edwards, however wart-faced he may be, is quite a looker. Many women vote not for the issues but for physical appeal, which surely Edwards seems to have. Not to mention that Kerry's grandfather is Jewish. He,however, is a Catholic. In Judaism, you're automatically a Jew if your mother is a Jew no matter what your father may be. This might play some role in the future. |
| Dogz 4 Life | Posted
on 28-Feb-04 10:07 AM
Tim Russert once nicely put in his NBC's "Meet The Press" program that "we have a president who speaks english like a second language." Bush has no personality. Deal with it folks. Whatever that ape -faced texan -thick accent dude says, any third-grader could relate much better. Dragged America into the war but do not know the way out. His do- it -alone policy already costing billions of budget defecit in economy. Didn't he get MBA from Yale? I guess he got barely "C" on his International Finance. Indeed, Bush sounds like a individual with a high moral value. But where was he in back in '72? while the news networks have sat on this explosive story for months, it is well documented that George W. Bush never showed up for National Guard duty for a period of approximately one year, possibly more, in 1972-1973. Despite all the talk about" "honor and dignity," Bush seems to have a problem meeting his commitments. John Kerry did vote for war in Iraq and so did most of the Democrats. But they did it in anticipation that the Ape at the Helm would eventually will share the risk with the rest of the world. Like "stupid is as stupid does" , because of this ape like charactered President, it is only the US who is having to suffer the huge loss of human lives and astronimcal tax-payers' dollars. Bush was never popular when he became the president. He might have better electoral vote but far less popular vote than Al Gore had. Then came 9/11 and Democrats basically rallied him in the time of need against war on terrorism. But that over Patriotic-sentiment is long faded off. Now the most of the americans want anyone but Bush at the Ova Office. I personally think job-outsourcing is inevitable. As long as American domination economic- wise to the rest of the world, globalization of corporate america is impossible to stop. Whether it is Bush, Kerry, Edwards or Tom, Dick and Harry wins as a President, need of American Corporate world is not possible only from American population. Granted, there are many Americans who are unemployed but it costs morethan 10 times to pay them than to pay Indians and Chinese counter-part. I do not think any President, whether Reps or Dems can do really anything about curbing corporate world from outsouricing. John Kerry is going to win with a flying color and yes, John Edwards would make a good Vice-President. Edwards is not mature enough to be a president this time. So far the polls are indicating that both Kerry and Edwards would beat Bush fairly easily if the election is held at this moment. But unless Bush comes up with strong agenda rather than like stupid State of the Union Address speech, Chaninging Constitution about marriage and Gay Bahsing, same old hollow American patriotic rhetoric, it is going to be "like father like son, just one time and both are gone" kind of deal. |
| Dogz 4 Life | Posted
on 28-Feb-04 10:12 AM
Astronimical* Oval* Office |
| Dogz 4 Life | Posted
on 28-Feb-04 10:19 AM
Astronomical*...jeez |
| Biswo | Posted
on 28-Feb-04 10:28 AM
Dogz4life, It is one thing to disagree with president Bush. It is completely different thing to denounce him by saying he is thick accented, ape faced Texans. I mean come on, how many Nepali here speak with 'native' accent? I live in Texas, and quite a few Hispanics here too don't speak English at all. Accent is not the benchyard to measure a candidate. Nepali people in USA should look at the records and positions of the prospective candidates. If Bush is good for us, and if Americans elect him, I don't think we should hate him. At the end of the day, whoever Americans elect, we should deal with him. Frankly, I don't like a lot of extreme liberals either.However, if the choice is between Kerry and Bush, I prefer Kerry. |