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Monday, October 27, 2008
Obama releases more Spanish-language ads
The Obama campaign released three new Spanish-language ads on Monday which it said would be “the closing argument” to the Latino community during the final week of the campaign.
It also announced that Sen. Barack Obama would speak to voters directly through a 30-minute prime time ad on Univision, a Spanish-language television network.
The three ads will run in Colorado, Nevada, Florida, New Mexico and Virginia, said New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson, part of Obama’s Hispanic outreach team.
“The Latino community clearly understands what’s at stake,” said Richardson, during a conference call with reporters.
Richardson said that the unemployment rate among Hispanics is about 8 percent and that Latinos are disproportionately affected by the mortgage foreclosure crises.
One of the ads features Obama speaking in Spanish talking about the American Dream. That ad was leaked last week on YouTube. See it here.
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Palin: Treat illegal immigrants “humanely”
Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin said Sunday that she does not support deporting all illegal immigrants and that they should be treated humanely.
Ramos asked whether undocumented immigrants should be deported.
This was Palin’s answer: “There is no way that in the U.S., we would roundup every illegal immigrant — there are about 12 million of the illegal immigrants…John McCain has been so clear with his policy and it makes a lot of sense too. We secure our borders first. But then with a comprehensive approach we must deal humanely with those who are here, and we must allow the steps to be taken to protect the families of those who are here, maybe as illegal immigrants today.”
On whether she supports amnesty: “No, I do not. I do not. Not total amnesty. You know, people have got to follow the ruler. They’ve got to follow the law, and we have got to make sure that there is equal opportunity and those who are here legally should be first in line for services being provided and those opportunities that this great country provides.”