Tuesday, October 01, 2024
October surprise is a ‘sorpresa’
October surprise is a ‘sorpresa’ - American Thinker https://t.co/HghLSaoAFh
— Silvio Canto. Jr. (@silvio_canto) October 1, 2024
Well, it’s the start of October and a little surprise shows up. It turns out that Latinos care about the economy, inflation, chaotic immigration, crime, and world order. Who knew that such a thing would happen? I did ,but maybe that’s because I talk to a lot of Hispanos or Latinos whatever they call us these days.
This is from a new NBC poll:
Vice President Kamala Harris is leading former President Donald Trump among Latino voters. But that advantage has declined to Democrats’ lowest level in the past four presidential cycles, according to a new national NBC News/Telemundo/CNBC poll.
Overall, the poll shows that Democratic presidential candidate Harris has lost some ground with Latinos at a time when these consequential voters are more likely than the general electorate to cite the economy and the rising cost of living as top priorities. On both of these issues, Latino voters give Trump the advantage, but a majority of them prefer Harris on temperament, competency and having the necessary mental and physical health to be president.
Support for Harris is at 54% among registered Latino voters, according to the poll, while Trump gets 40% and another 6% say they’re unsure or wouldn’t vote. The margin of error in the poll is plus or minus 3.1 percentage points.
While Harris’ 14-point advantage is an improvement from President Joe Biden’s standing when he was at the top of the ticket, it is still lower than the past leads Democratic presidential candidates enjoyed in 2012 (by 39 points), 2016 (50 points) and 2020 (36 points), according to NBC’s merged polling data from those past cycles.
We’ve come a long way, amigo. Monolithic no more.
So Hispanos (or Latinos) think that Trump can handle the economy better. Wonder why? Maybe it’s because they lived under his presidency and recall a strong economy rather than some dictatorship.
Maybe it’s because they don’t approve of men identifying as women stealing their daughters’ trophies. Don’t mess with my “princesa” because Hispanic men will fight for their daughters.
Maybe it’s because they don’t want to send their sons to war or a conflict brought about because of Biden weakness.
So here we are. Your October surprise speaks Spanish.
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A few things about October 1st
We remember Richard Harris (1930-2002)
Richard Harris was born in 1930 and died in 2002.
He was a great actor. We saw him in movies and on the stage. In the summer of 1968, he got together with Jim Webb and released one of the best pop songs ever written: “MacArthur Park”.
And there is always "Camelot".
We remember Bonnie Parker (1910-1934)
Bonnie and Clyde were killed in 1934. Today, we remember that Bonnie was born on this day in 1910. I saw this new book and plan to check it out.....
1962: Johnny Carson and "The tonight show"
----------Johnny Carson made his debut on The Tonight Show this week in 1962. It went on until May ’92 when Carson retired.
Along the way, Carson had a way of addressing our political issues with humor and incredible timing. He made politics fun, specially when he would poke fun at both sides with great lines.
Do we have someone like that today? Not really! I know that Saturday Night Live will do a good intro from time to time.
There are other comedians but I just don’t stay up to watch any of them anymore. Dennis Miller on The O’Reilly Factor was great but that's over.
I plan to check out this book about Carson's amazing career.
Roger Maris hit # 61 in 1961
Roger Maris hit # 61 on the last day of the 1961 season and set a new season record. MLB put an asterisk next to Maris' 61 home runs. It was a way of saying that Ruth hit 60 in a 154-game season and Maris under 162 games.
Maris's home run landed in the right field seats. Sal Durante, a young man from Brooklyn, caught the ball.
Maris lived with an asterisk next to his record until his death in 1985. It was removed by Commissioner Fay Vincent in 1991.
This is a nice book about Maris.