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so, like, it went over, like, woosh!. ...
i actually understood most of what was going on during "the presidential debate: duke it round 2"! yay!
but it remains that the best way for me to make head and somewhat tails of the debates is to react to other people's comments on it. soon, soon, my friends, i shall learn to be independent and crank my own brain to understand -
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"I read somewhere that a majority of Filipinos prefer Bush as American president. And I remember thinking, what the fuck?" [ more ]
umm... you mean filipinos in america, right? if so, ya, that's true.
the thing with some filipinos in america is that most issues never reach their doorstep anymore. that, or they don't see just how issues like the federal legalization of prescription drugs affect them, coz they've prolly already been buying rx drugs over the border anyways through friends and relatives who already live there.
my (nonfilipino) colleagues and i have just been talking about how president bush might still achieve reelection solely because of the war on terror; a lot of nonfilipinos have friends or relatives in iraq or afghanistan. they want to make sure that their friends and family come back safe. (i've also some filipino friends who've actually been shuffled around the country for training; it's a hairy wait until we find out whether they've been sent away, returned, reshuffled, responded to emails, stuff like that.) it's different with filipinos in my circle, though.
my mother's generation will most likely vote republican this election. some singularly believe that reelecting the president will keep america safe... from outside invasion.
my peers, on the other hand, most likely will vote democrat because of their distrust of president bush. historically, democrats have been more sympathetic to domestic minority concerns. most students consider the democrats' approach to foreign policy more logical.
sorry for the gross watering down of issues... they're definitely bigger and more complex than my ability to capture them.
in any case, wasn't kerry just nasty toward bush this time around? and bush just defensive, especially in the area of health care? sheesh!
my name is yvonne. i live in chicago. :-) ¶ 10/08/2004 11:24:00 PM
but it remains that the best way for me to make head and somewhat tails of the debates is to react to other people's comments on it. soon, soon, my friends, i shall learn to be independent and crank my own brain to understand -
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"I read somewhere that a majority of Filipinos prefer Bush as American president. And I remember thinking, what the fuck?" [ more ]
umm... you mean filipinos in america, right? if so, ya, that's true.
the thing with some filipinos in america is that most issues never reach their doorstep anymore. that, or they don't see just how issues like the federal legalization of prescription drugs affect them, coz they've prolly already been buying rx drugs over the border anyways through friends and relatives who already live there.
my (nonfilipino) colleagues and i have just been talking about how president bush might still achieve reelection solely because of the war on terror; a lot of nonfilipinos have friends or relatives in iraq or afghanistan. they want to make sure that their friends and family come back safe. (i've also some filipino friends who've actually been shuffled around the country for training; it's a hairy wait until we find out whether they've been sent away, returned, reshuffled, responded to emails, stuff like that.) it's different with filipinos in my circle, though.
my mother's generation will most likely vote republican this election. some singularly believe that reelecting the president will keep america safe... from outside invasion.
my peers, on the other hand, most likely will vote democrat because of their distrust of president bush. historically, democrats have been more sympathetic to domestic minority concerns. most students consider the democrats' approach to foreign policy more logical.
sorry for the gross watering down of issues... they're definitely bigger and more complex than my ability to capture them.
in any case, wasn't kerry just nasty toward bush this time around? and bush just defensive, especially in the area of health care? sheesh!
my name is yvonne. i live in chicago. :-) ¶ 10/08/2004 11:24:00 PM
