Whitman courts Latinos in bid to defuse controversy over maid

[TomCADem]

Source: LA Times

Meg Whitman's campaign for governor has doubled its advertising on Spanish-language radio and increased the number of its Latino television spots by roughly 50% as the former EBay chief executive seeks to blunt the impact of news that she employed, then fired, an illegal immigrant as a housekeeper.

Publicly, Whitman's campaign aides say the controversy over her former housekeeper, Nicandra Diaz Santillan, will not harm Whitman's prospects among Latino voters, especially after the multimillion-dollar investment she has already made to reach them.

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The candidate was forced to the right on immigration during the Republican primary, promising to be "tough as nails" on illegal immigrants.

But within days of winning the June primary, Whitman's rhetoric swung to the center, and she began an aggressive pursuit of Latino voters. Whitman already has done more to court California's Latino electorate than any Republican in modern memory, opening neighborhood offices; flooding Spanish-language airwaves, including ads during the World Cup; erecting billboards in Latino communities and signs at bus stops; and quashing a divisive debate at the state GOP convention about Arizona's controversial immigration crackdown.


Read more: http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-governor-campaign-20101002,0,4952085.story

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It seems like only yesterday during the Republican primary when Meg Whitman was promising, "I will build an economic fence to keep employers from hiring illegal aliens, and I will make sure that we eliminate sanctuary cities."

[CountAllVotes]

1. Whitless is doing Toyota TUNDRA ads now too

She brags in the ad with her husband at her side that they've put over 90,000 miles on their Toyota TUNDRA in a rural setting.

She must be getting tight for the bucks.

Now she lies again and again and tries to convince people that she isn't a liar re: her maid that she treated so poorly.

Pinocchio she is! :puke:

:dem:

[TomCADem]

3. So, The Silicon Valley CEO Is Now Stealing Scott Brown's Pick-Up Line?

What is next? Is she going to start waxing poetic about how she likes to hunt and field dress a moose?

[Akoto]

2. As usual, she aims to spend her way out. n/t

[K8-EEE]

4. Wow EXACTLY the wrong thing to do

It looks like pandering and this will look bad to the latino community - AND the freepers!

Honestly I didn't think this was a big deal at first but she is in serious meltdown over it and MAKING it a big deal.

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5. Meg is like a bankster in a cheap suit trying to get a good table at a restaurant

but even a maitre'd isn't going to touch a $50 with dogsh*t all over it

[Blacksheep214]

6. Newsflash! Hispanics are not stupid!

But keep spending your money. I hope you go broke!

[JCMach1]

7. She will be under 40% in the next poll.

[Le Taz Hot]

8. She's in Fresno today with Brown

for the debates at CSUF and, just for the record, Latinos are the numerical majority in the Valley. Let's see:

1) She recently compared the Valley to Detroit.
2) She swung WAY to the right on immigration in order to the get Rep. nomination.
3) She just threw her Latina housekeeper under the bus.

:popcorn:

[Xipe Totec]

9. ¡Hipócrita! nt

[TomCADem]

11. After Saying Employers Are Responsible, In Today's Debate, It Jerry's Fault...

...and her housekeeper's fault.

[COLGATE4]

10. Whitman to Latinos: 'Let me help you out' (which way did you come in?)