Its wonderful to have representatives from the same ethnicity as our own.

Rodriguez spoke to the media and I hate to say that he sounded unfit to represent us, he has no eloquence.

The way the US voters are feeling about Obama and his out of control spending are not favorable for democrats this coming election.

Hopefully, the American people(voters) won't be so myopic to deny an opportunity to candidates due to their party affliation. Judge them as individuals who will fight to bring about meaningful changes to their communities, be they Republicans, Independents or Democrats.

Good to see Dominicans participating in the electortal process, win or lose!

It was sad to see miguel go down. A person I know and helped along with my fellow Dominicans from John Jay College to become president of JJC student council mid-late 90's.

Gregorioeltoro, if that would be so, then we will not vote for them. they all have skeletons in their closets.

Ydanis has been a perennial candidate of the council for numerous years. As far back as I can remember, Ydanis has been in the polls and its his first victory. Congratulations to him. Although I do agree with the post on his eloquence but maybe he can pick this up from the others hopefully. As for Miguel, the one thing that he did that was in concert with what some speculate as a normal phenomenon in the DR is that he was caught committing fraud (and admitted to it). So as with the sentiment on this site, any corruption should be dealt with accordingly. Congrats to the new legislators and hope that you do not follow the footsteps of some of your compatriots.

I thought to run for office in another country, you must be a citizen of that country. Thus Dominicans running for office in the United Staes must be Americans....am I correct????

puntacanamike,
yes you are correct. However, in the city council you are allowed to be a citizen by naturalization. By naturalization, I mean one that has been made a citizen but not born in that country. Also, remember that America is inherently a country made up of people from all over the world. Naturally, this will be reflected in their politics. I have a few friends that are currently politicians in the US and are not born there.

what about the guy from califorina arnold.?

i can always count on danny00 for answers like that. on the ball, dannyboy!

Either way the Dominican's who are Demo's and Socialistic like Blaa Blaa Oh'Blama.....end result we all lose.

Can I say is....or shall I repeat....."Give a Man fish, he'll eat, then He'll want more free fish" = DEPENDENCY on the Gov. =Control, restriction and Gov. Regulation = Socialism.

"Teach a man to fish, He becomes self reliant" and Independent from Gov.= FREE ENTERPRISE = Real FREEDOM TO CHOOSE= American.

An American is.....not a Demo or Rep. or Color, Ethnicity, Gender, Religion.
To be an American symbolizes a way of life FREEDOM !

Let's HOPE these Dominican Demo's stand on there own Beliefs and 912, not follow the blind Leader.

well, mrios, you left out one variable in your maritime bromide: the guys who neither give a man a fish, nor teach him the craft. the ones who believe that God made the world for some people, and only some people , to enjoy, while others become their slaves minions, while working themselves to death for less than a living wage. the ones who believe that only certain pigments are acceptable, especially for positions of leadership, only for singing and dancing for massa. those guys are called Republicans. they all pray for Obama to fail, so they can say "well, we gave the darkie a chance, and he proved that they are not up to the task"

Using the second worst President in the history of the US for your argument is confused, disturbed, delusional or a joke.

Dominica, nice words. I wonder if you have any political or family affiliations or links with the candidates that so strongly support? It sounds PR work.

I'm very happy for Ydanis Rodriguez. We are good friends and went to college together at the City Collge of NY. He was always very much involved in politics even then, so good for him that he has achieved his dream of representing Dominicans in american government. Congrats!!!

NYCDR,
thanks for the thoughtful implications but unfortunately I am not part of, or involved in, any of the campaigns for public office in NYC. In addition to that, I never will be since there is no interest on my part withinNYC politics. Based on many of your comments it does look like you would have a splendid career in NYC politics, at least one more productive than myself. Regards.

Dreadlocks,
My friend Color is not the issue.....It's not the Messenger but the message that matters.
That's MAN's interpretation not God's.
Who's Bible was used for the OH'Blama's swearing in ? or do you care to know.
Had it not been for the interpretation of the U.S Constitution OH'Blama would never be Prez in the first place.
It would be wise to leave the Past / History in the past and Slavery where it belongs, to assume the guilt trip [ race card ] on Modern times is way off.
Take a trip back to Modern times, one can not live in the past and expect things to change, it's like a taking 2 steps back and 1 forward.
The MTV awards is a classic example, what if the Colors were reversed ?
One can not take responsibility for the past abuses nor use the past as an excuse.

Wake up...If Oh'Blama fails it's all on Him not the Republicans, OH'Blama needs to take Responsibility..... 14.5 Trillion Debt as of 9-30-09.

"Lead them in, or lead them out"

mrios, i am a little weary of hearing the old saw that if there was racism in America, Obama would not have been elected. i am not worried about the decent white folks who voted for him. i refer to what scholars characterise as the "last stand of the angry white man".people like CabareteWilliam, who is not American, and does not live there, but spends every waking hour of his life starting a new thread of negativity. and what is this about whose bible he was sworn in on? is there such a thing in the USA as a state religion?

Dreadlocks,
I'm also equally weary of those who label those who don't agree with OH'Blama Racist.

"last stand, angry White Men" who do you mean ?

X-Prez Carter and Bill Cosby are two of the latest examples.
Election Break down...
98% Afro-American voted for OH'Blama "First Black Prez."
78% White voted for OH'Blama, Bush Haters, Liberal Demo's.
68% American-Latino's voted for OH'Blama due to Immigration change. SWING-VOTE.
Come 2012 the American-Latinos will swing in the RIGHT direction.
Being American-Latino and not agreeing with OH'Blama's Foreign & Domestic Policies. am I a Racist ?
If so, OH'Blama being half White & Black, am I a racist against His White or Black side ?
The Bible I'm referring too was Lincolns, SYMBOLIC GESTURE only.
More then Half of the original signers of the U.S Constitution were JUDEA-CHRISTIANS "One nation under God" not equal nor over GOD. The entrance of the U.S Supreme Court has a Statute of Moses with the Ten Commandments in hand.

part 2
THE ALIENABLE RIGHT THAT ALL MEN ARE CREATED EQUAL, AND ARE A IMAGE OF GOD. Color is never mentioned, IS IT.
Yes People are angry including Myself. This CHANGE THING is not what many in America envisioned.
I and many in America were never Slave owners. It was the U.S Constitution that paved the way for American's of color to rise above.
Last night I saw a Commercial on Fox News with OH'Blama calling for Men to take responsibility and become Father's to their Children.....To bad OH'Blama's Father wasn't alive to hear and see it.
The last time OH'Blama was in Africa OH'Blama refused to visit His Father's Birth Place...
Yeah ! people are angry....
Example:
Think for a minute....Iran is close to producing a NUCLEAR BOMB, WITH MISSILE CAPABILITIES, and the ever threat of North Korea's Nuclear capabilities [TARGET U.S], guess what OH'Blama did..."JUNKS BUSH'S MISSILE DEFENSE PLAN"...I'm sure many will sleep good tonight knowing that. Yeah were angry all right.

mrios, if you read other people, other than the blatherings of Hannity and Limbaugh, it will become apparent to you that none of these so called "missile shields" have any use whatsoever. they are a colossal waste of time and money. all those patriot missiles in the first Iraq war did was to fall harmlessly all over the place. North Korea's missile capabilities? i love Republicans . they claim that the Soviet Union crumbled because of Reagan's buildup, which assured the "commies" of their destruction, should they dare attack the USA. do you really believe that North Korea wants to get obliterated any more than the Soviet Union did? Kim is no fool. only the western media like to think so. he knows that if he fires a missile in the direction of the Usa, Korea will be a footnote in history. and, since you do not know who angry white men are, let me list a few
limbaugh
hannity
bill o'reilly
and a few on this forum.

Dreadlocks,
The main Media CNN,NBC,ABC etc..etc.. are all bias.
If the People you just named were proved wrong why would they be rated # 1and viewed by so many.
Hannity, Rush, Pat are not angry White Men, but I know of a lot of still Angry Black Men in this current Administration.
Anti-missile Technology does exist.
Reagan forced The Soviets to OVER SPENT that helped with the fall of the Berlin Wall, the rest is History.
North Korea is playing the INTERNATIONAL CHESS GAME, China is there Friendly Neighbor and owns the U.S Economy. your talking World War.
Do you know what a Nuclear bomb the size of a briefcase, or a dirty bomb can do ?
If drugs, weapons and Illegal Aliens can enter the U.S daily, are you kidding me.
I think your 6 years are showing.
North Korea, Iran, Nuclear Weapons......OH'Blama's timing was perfect and well planned.
Don't let the smoke fog your vision and don't stare at the RIGHT Hand or you'll miss what the LEFT HAND is really doing.

Rush and Hannity are not angry white men? then, pray tell, what are they?

I am very happy to see more Dominicans getting involved in the political process in the U.S. that way they can taste the inclusive system that the U.S. offers to everyone regardless of their background, color, religion or whether they are offsprings of illegal immigrants or groups that are marginalized, minoritized and mistreated just because they are taught not to be co-contributor to enrichment of the country. You see in the U.S. you can even arrive illegally as a child and get eventually get your documents and become a naturalized citizen and you have the ability to run for public office and hold high level jobs. At the same time, the authorities in the U.S. are not questioning your background or your parents' background to determine if you can get documents. This is exactly what is going on in the DR right with the Hiatian migrants, dominican born haitians and mixed dominican-haitians children. This is sickening and barbaric that a country will behave this when it sends, cont

the largest number of migrants from the caribbean to the U.S. every year. These Dominicans including myself that have been successful here in the U.S. to need to start voicing our concerns about this issue just like it was during the Trujillo regime. It is our job, the Dominicans from the out side to judge the opportunities that we get here and other countries with the ones that are being offered to Haitians in the DR. They are immigrants just like us and should be afforded the rights as we are any where we are around the world. Finally, dread it is nice to see that you are still on here, you are a true old guard my friend. I have been extremely busy working on another project which took me back to the DR for 20 days this past summer.

Dreadlocks,
There Humans just like YOU and I and are fare and balanced, they are the voice of a large percentage of Americans who view OH'Blama's change as a radical take over. In short one can call them the "Voice of Change".
Just think Bush was hammered by CNN,NBC,ABC etc..etc..[and in some cases rightly so] when he was in Office. Now it seems we have a Pompous Prez. who full of Self Pride and can not stand criticism, those news stations mentioned are playing in OH'Blama's hands. I'll tell you what....will you watch the Glenn Beck show this coming Monday, you don't have to agree just watch, that's all and if you disagree go one step beyond PROVE HIM WRONG.
EXERCISE YOUR FREEDOM OF CHOICE.
In parting.....
One takes a sworn Oath to uphold the U.S Constitution when one becomes a Naturalized U.S Citizen, Joins the U.S Military and holds any PUBLIC ELECTED OFFICE....They need to be held accountable.

Dagtan, welcome back, my old buddy. nice to hear from you. thanks for your kind words. stay with us awhile this time. and mrios, Obama is NOT my boy. i called him a bum before he was elected, and was lashed by the then Gouletcolonial, or FredCDobbs, or whatever handle he was using at the time. as far as i am concerned, he is what i said he was; an opportunist with no principles. the way he threw Rev Wright under the bus in order to further his ambitions showed me that he is a man of questionable character. Rev Wright was right, and he sold him out. i wish him no ill, but men without core values are not real men. hey, if you really believe something, stand up for what you believe. better to be a free man on your back than a slave on your feet.

mrios, the fact that Beck and company are behaving the way they are is simply eroding their message. I happen to watch O'Riley and often buy his books, but he is so one sided that at times it simply old and very radical making the independent voters like me very nervous and afraid of the Republicans. I have indicated to my republican friends when they ask me that how come we Hispanics do not vote for republicans when our values are closer with republicans than democrats. my answer to this is Beck, Limbaugh, O'riley, Hannity and more. The republican base is very anti-immigrant and very anti anything that does not look anglo saxon, that is the reason why they do not get our votes. Their message is too divisive and too white (american) for my taste, so I will lean democrat next time and for many years to come until I do not see a shift in politics of hate and fear by the republicans. BTW i voted to Bush last time around, so I am not new to this. I happen to love Christ Matthews.

Dagtag,
Beck and the others aren't against Emigrants but against Illegal Emigrants. In America all Parents, Grandparents and Great Grandparents come from some where. American is a Country based on Laws.
All have the right to Migrate to American legally and later after proving good Citizenship have the right to petition to become a Naturalized U.S Citizens, many choose to ignore that fact.
Many choose to Break the Law by over staying there Visas thus Violating Federal Laws. Many Latino's enter the U.S illegally.
OH'Blama's Aunt was ordered twice by a Federal Judge to leave the Country but refused, meanwhile She lived in a Federally funded housing project.
Many Latino-American's saw OH'Blama's plight as an opportunity for Emigration re-form plain and simple.
Let's look at some of the issues...
Many Latino-American's are hard workers.
Many Latino's in America are very family oriented.
Many Latino's threw their Religions are against Abortion.
More.....

MORE
Many Latino's who become Naturalized U.S Citizens are more proud to be Americans then Natural born Americans.
Many not all Latino's especially from Mexico believe that New Mexico, Arizona, California, Texas, Nevada and parts of Utah and Oklahoma are in a sense part of their Historic Homeland. The land grab of the 1840's MANIFEST DESTINY Sea to shining Sea by then Prez. Polk. Check out a Documentary Film called "Los Mineros" by PBS a real eye opener.
Many Latinos by simply Moral Values are Republican minded People. The trick is to open there eyes to those fact. AMERICA land of Opportunity.
That swing vote I talked about....wait until 2012 The Latino vote will "SWING".
Former Prez. Bush was the only Prez. who realized this fact and pulled a Large % of the Latino Vote and won.
Most Latino's in America today are not Liberal minded People to begin with any way.
In California with the current water / farming situation are ready for a real Change in 2012.
Take care

mrios, in other words you agree with my statement about the fact that we Hispanics, BTW, I think that we are hispanics and not latino, but we take on that later. The fact that people like you are not even capable of calling our president by his righful name is disrepectful and unamerican. You must first learn how to disagree with someone and not resort to offesinve comments which is something the republicans are lacking these days. The fact that mexican consider the guadalupe hidalgo treaty territories as theirs has been discussed here ectensively by me in the past. That is the reason why when I reffer to illegal immigrants Mexican can be simply icluded in there, because as you might know the guadalupe hidalgo guarantee mexican movement back for those territories, it was only after a bucnh crooks and coversatives and during the great depression that such provisions were largely ignored by the U.S. government. Finally, many legal law abiding residents have been deported due to,

histeria that republicans have instituded in the southwestern states. It is not only a disagreemtn with illegal migration. it is the fact that republicans do not like the new migration to the U.S. they see these brown people as less intelligent and capable as those of europeen decent. I do not see the republicans talking about deporting the increasing number of illegal eastern europan immigrants and of iberian decent moving to many cities in the south. The only concentration here is the brown people, do not be blinded by the curtain that it is about illegal migration and not race. I belive that it is a combicantion of both, more the race factor plays a greater roloe than the act itself. The republicans are fully aware that our country is able to absorb the 12 million illegals that are in the country right now with no effect whatsover, but their issue is the kind of imigrant,that we are talking about. The hispanic vote is not stupid and as long as this persist, they wont get,

my vote or the majority of the millions up for grabs out there. The fact that Bush got the Hispanic vote is becuase Bush was in fact the most comprehensive reform republican president to come by in terms of immigration. During the Bush years the number of new visas granted increased by 200% and he often showed a sensitive side to immigrantion, unlike his congress of conservative texan districts. That is the reason why he got the vote, at this point no one in the republican party is going to get the hispanic or african amarican vote, so the democrats just need a small 35% of the white vote to win any national election.

Dagtan,
I'm cut to the chase....
The word Illegal Emigrant in the U.S is synonymous with Illegal Mexicans only, never mind the Thousands of Federal Law breakers from Europe, Africa, Asia, Canadian and a host of other Central & Latin American Country's.
In my opinion I believe the word Hispanic's means one's Loyalty to Espana thus the word Hispaniola meaning from Spain, also the word Latino refers to our Italian Heritage threw most Latino's Religion...Catholicism.
OH'Blama: means... the "OH" part shock, Radical Drastic change. Blama means Blaa Blaa TelePrompter Prez. sounds good, reads great and always makes His speeches sound like a Campaign add. I respect the Office of the Prez. make no mistake about it, excuse ME ! the same respect they showed Bush while Prez.
The GH treaty: The U.S signers were not representing the U.S Gov. [Library of Congress] Mexico was in dire straights with money owed to the U.S [war w/France]. The California Gold Rush was the icing.
more...

on the cake. During that era Texas and California wanted to become there own separate Country's. that would stopped Manifest Destiny.
Treaty broken....Mass illegal deportations of Mexicans [Border Towns] with out due process was also due to WW1 Germany's guarantying the return of 3/4 of the U.S if Mexico joined the fight, only to be repeated during WW2 with the Americans with Japanese ancestry.
During both WW1 & WW2 Mexicans were allowed to return to WORK the Cooper mines around Munci, Arizona under slave like conditions.

Who was the Prez. during WW1 & WW2 ?

THE U.S IS IN NO WAY ABLE TO ABSORB 12 MILLION ILLEGAL ALIENS.

I'll cut this short with the full name......Barrack HUSEIN "OH'Blama.

Regarding as you put it...
"The Republican party is not gonna get the hispanic and african amarican vote"

Oh yeah ! just give it I say...... 3 1/2 more years of OH'BLAMANOMICS the tide is turning.

Your Prez. own words "JUDGE ME BY WHO I ASSOCIATE WITH" 36 Czars -1

Dagtan, am i glad you are back, and on top of your game. yes, america is filled with illegal serbs, armenians, albanians, russians, irish, etc, etc. but the angry white man crowd is only disturbed by the illegals whose pigment is dark. that is a reality that cannot be swept under the rug, or sophisticated by any moral argument. i will withdraw this remark when Rush and Hannity, and Beck, call for mass deportation of Europeans.

mrios we are not in high school so there is no need to remind or try to impress people on here by mentioning the zimmermann telegraph that prompted the U.S. to develop a convenient system of distrust against mexico and its people. the fact is that you do not address the point that I am making when it comes to the kind of illegal immigrants that we are talking about. To use your analogy, anyone who enters another country without legal documentation is illegal, therefore, those (at least 2 million) easter europeans living in the U.S. with overstay visas, boggus refugees documents and many other should also go with the brown immigrants. Moreover, I do not consider the mexian illegal immirants in the same light as the rest of the continent's illegals, since mexican still consider thos south western territories theirs and consider that should have rights to move back and forth as they did in the 18th,19th and the early part of the 20th century. I assume that you are fully aware, cont..

that before the great depression and fallowing the booming years after the great depression, mexicans could come and go as they wish in those territories. The minoritization of mexicans was initiated under the Mcarthy's everyone who is not anglo is bad for america. This is the time when the senophobia begins and souther bigots rode the vanwagon with it because it was helpful to their cause of keeping the south and american as whole pure from pigmentation, since they already considered the blacks non-human. The fact that resort to call President Obama by his full name is not offensive to me since that is his name, but to quote his middle name as if it was bad is a disgrace on you part. That only shows your fears of diversity and differnce, I now it is hard to love one self mrios, maybe you have issues with that, get some help. Finally, you talk about the 36 czars, you need to read a little more. President Bush has a total of 46 czars with the highest number in American history,

it gets better mrios, those 46 czars assigned by President Bush were to fill a total of 36 positions, now I wonder what were the other ten doing for the paycheck they got. However, Mr. Obama has 35 czars for a total of 36 positions that were left by President Bush, so he got one to go. Finally, get the right math and research a little. You can find most information by simply scratching the surface and no look uninformed in the process.

as i said, Dagtan, you are on top of your game when it comes to information. WELCOME BACK!!