gov. bill richardson
Roy Delgado
Posted: 03.28.2008 / 12:39 AM EDT
after talking to a few friends gov. richardson support of sen. obama doesn’t seem to have gotten a lot of people excited, except the gov. himself as the consensus seems to be he is lining himself up for a federal job in case sen. obama gets the nod for dem. candidate winner and becomes president. my friends are worried about the exessive, greedy high cost of gas, food, utilities, loss of jobs, lack of insurance, this insane war, and fat cat politicians who have lost touch with the common people. these are the things that seem to come up in conversation with friends and constituents here in the city of el mirage, az. otherwise it is very busy here with road construction, bringing in assorted new businesses and manufacturing so that our residents can not only work in el mirage but spend their money here.
March 28th, 2008 at 10:07 am
Roy, so many people I know are excited about Richardson’s support of Obama! I have lived in Arizona, and it is insular and conservative (no offense). I suspect your friends are too old and cynical to be open to Obama, and even Richardson, who has the experience and political savvy to know who is going places- President Obama! Wake up Roy! Perhaps you should watch Hardball with Chris Matthews, and read The Nation magazine for a fresh perspective.
Peace, Ken
p.s. reading actual books might help the syndrome you’re in.
March 28th, 2008 at 10:13 am
Roy- start reading books, and get out of that insular, conservative town!
Richardson excited people w/ his historic backing of Obama.
Try watching Hardball w/ Chris Matthews, and reading The Nation magazine.
Peace.
March 28th, 2008 at 4:00 pm
Roy, I apologize to you for the flip and useless comments above. I’m sure when you signed up to blog for us, you were assured you’d be treated with respect. Sometimes people get so wound up they don’t realize they’re being less than helpful or respectful. I am interested to know your thoughts and that of your fellow citizens.
March 28th, 2008 at 7:17 pm
Down here in the blue part of the state (Tucson area), people are excited about Gov. Richardson’s endorsement. It is hoped that he can help overcome some of the antipathy Latinos have against people of darker skin color and help Sen. Obama win the election.
You’d think that with the discrimination Latinos get from whites they would be less racist but sadly, that is not true.
May 9th, 2008 at 9:26 pm
Roy, are there specific reasons why people around you are so cynical about Richardson or do they tend to be cynical about all politicians?
What information sources do the people there have access to (in what languages) to provide factual information about the performance of politicians and to find balanced analyses of the issues of most concern to them?
Are you familiar with these online resources?
http://www.votesmart.org/
http://www.factcheck.org/
The communities and blogs on this website are very interesting tools for finding other voices. It seems, however, that few people are finding them and few voices are represented. The technology we are using is unfamiliar and unaffordable for far too many people. Those who have the equipment, good Internet connections and the time to talk online are very lucky.
Even fewer people understand how to evaluate information resources online, no less how to find factual information to counter the hot and fast opinions that come out easily online (as opposed to face-to-face situations).
The following two online resources complement the very interesting set up provided here. Hope you all find them useful.
Thank you, CS Monitor, for this extrordinaryly interesting way of looking at the United States and for facilitating contact with such a diversity of communities at this critical time. Hopefully a greater number of voices can be brought into the conversations.
I have to admit that for some time I had “forgotton” how special you are and have been clinging to the BBC as my main news source. It is truly refreshing to return to CS Monitor and particular because of these blogs, I will keep your site in my daily routine.
Getting back to Roy’s community . …
What are the main news sources for your community? Which newspapers? Which radio stations? Other?
Thank you for hosting a blog!