Thanks for the comment.

It’s clear that affirmative action is a dangerous program that makes integration of new immigrant groups harder. It doesn’t prevented latinos from integration so far, however, so I don’t think it is show-stopper.

Latino immigration into the United States appears to be on the same scale as German immigration a century ago. Like the Germans, the Latinos have a high rate of out-marriage, so the concern of the United States become a multiethnic country is minimal, especially compared to what we have done in the past.

Purpleslog,

LOL! I had misread your comment — I didn’t see the “not” in “There are 3 good reasons not vote for him: his proposed foreign policy, his proposed economic policies, his proposed domestic policies.”

Still, I’m curious because his positions are slippery enough I have no idea of his “true’ positions.

If we look at the history of multi ethnic states, we see lots of death. Of course, I think it was Hagel would said something like “history shows us that people don’t learn from history.” We see this with socialist states as well. Leftists support socialism or quasi-socialism regardless of the history of failure that these states bring.

In the former USSR, no one could say that socialism didn’t work—while standing in the breadline. The same will be true in the US. This is why in the near future we’ll see the implementation of “hate-speech” laws. This way, no one will be able to say that multi-ethnic states don’t work.

There are 3 good reasons not vote for him: his proposed foreign policy, his proposed economic policies, his proposed domestic policies.

Could you say what these are?

I have heard so many contradictory things on these from his supporters (He will meet with Iranian leaders. Except not personally, only through backdoor intermediaries. He will negotiate NAFTA. Except he’s obviously just duping gullible unionists. &c) I do not know where he stands or what his expected pattern of action would be.

Shane,

Obama’s statement was an error in word production, something most people do regularly and not a big deal.

Jumping to ascribe it to Obama’s African ancestry would clearly be a bigoted slur.

Similarly, jumping to ascribe word production errors on McCain’s part to age would clearly be a bigoted slur.

The hypocrisy among many of Obama’s prominent supporters is surprising.

If AK and HI are out (either because five hours on a one-way flight is too much time away from arduous campaign, or because there’s no doubt which way they’ll vote), then he’s realistically campaigning in the 48 CONUS states.

So, with “one to go”, 48 – 1 = 47. Not a gaffe, just a misspoken comment.

BTW, I am not voting for him – so I am not trying to cover up for him. There are 3 good reasons not vote for him: his proposed foreign policy, his proposed economic policies, his proposed domestic policies.

We should annex the Mexican States [1], Cuba [2,3], and so on, in a steady process that would mirror the European Union’s absorption of central and eastern Europe. The first link should link to one of my posts that begin to argue why.

fl,

Are any Obama supporters “insulted” [4] by your concerns?

[1] http://www.tdaxp.com/archive/2006/04/12/the-manifest-destiny-of-the-american-nation.html
[2] http://www.thomaspmbarnett.com/weblog/2004/03/who_wants_to_be_the_51st_state.html
[3] http://query.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=9B07EFDD153DE433A25756C1A9609C946397D6CF
[4] http://www.tdaxp.com/archive/2008/05/08/insulted-by-reality.html