Obama
won the popular vote by 3.5 million and Electoral college by a wide margin, 332-206 votes. Romney called the loss to Obama unexpected. He said Obama’s offer of free health care for the people with $25,000 to $35,000 income a year,
forgiveness of partial college loan interest, free contraceptive coverage for
women under Obama care was the gifts that motivated voters to vote for
him. He termed Dream Act supporters as “so-called DREAM Act kids” and
said this gift helped send Hispanic voters to the poll for Obama.
Romney
is being criticized by many, even in his own party, for his use
of words. While many Republicans are starting to rethink their stance on
social issues, Romney’s conservative attitude has not changed a bit. He
needs to understand that he can not ignore those issues which are so close to
people's heart. It was not Obama’s gift, it was his understanding of general
people and their needs.
I actually heard about this before reading about it and honestly I was incredibly offended. Not only because Romney made it seem as though Obama didn’t deserve to win but also because Romney made it seem as though Obama only got the Hispanic vote because of promises he has made on making “giving gifts” to us. I am Hispanic and Romney’s views on all Hispanics are not true. In my opinion, and I have read it through other sources as well, Hispanics are not lazy workers. In fact they are some of the hardest workers in this country and they do not “take away” jobs from Americans, they do the jobs Americans choose not to do. Things like the “Dream Act” are not ways of making things, as perhaps Romney would say, “easy” it just opens more doors of opportunities that not only Hispanics but immigrants from all over the country deserve. Students that work just as hard or even harder than American citizens should be allowed to go to college and further their education because they’ve earned.
ReplyDeleteGreat post, Shanjida! I don't think Obama's reelection can be called "unexpected". If you address needs of certain groups of people - they will most likely vote for you. There is nothing unexpected in that. Wasn't Romney "giving away" promises for "free stuff" as well? And, yes of course, it's all hurricane's fault. That's for sure..
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