^^^ Questions: 1) Did Obama make the speech in 2008 as Ryan claimed? 2) Did govt. try to intervene? 3) Does Obama claim to have saved the auto industry? 4) Is the plant closed?
follow up more conflicting sources [video=youtube;dAwKrKbjxhU]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dAwKrKbjxhU&feature=player_embedded[/video]
So with the "we built it" theme going on are they blasting "We Built this City" by Starship and dancing in the aisles as confetti drops down? I haven't seen any of the convention, but I like that image.
What's noticeable is the number of latino speakers the republicans have had. One of the MSNBC commentators noted it. In typical cynical fashion, her (Maddow) statement was "that's all the republicans that are latino" but to her credit she did point out the only elected latino the democrats could seem to find is the mayor of LA.
Although he's not a current elected Bill Richardson says hello. Also (and granted, it's via wiki. I removed "former" examples, at least the ones that were obvious. I did this not to prove that one party is better than others, but that it's not as uncommon as one might think.) Democratic Party Joe Baca (U.S. Representative from California) Xavier Becerra (U.S. Representative from California, former chairman of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus) Gery Chico (chairman of the Illinois State Board of Education) Charlie Gonzalez (U.S. Representative from Texas, chairman of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus) Raúl Grijalva (U.S. Representative from Arizona) Luis Gutiérrez (U.S. Representative from Illinois) Rubén Hinojosa (U.S. Representative from Texas) Bob Menendez (U.S. Senator and former U.S. Representative from New Jersey, former chairman of the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee and House Democratic Caucus) Gloria Molina (chairwoman of the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority) Grace Napolitano (U.S. Representative from California, former chairwoman of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus) Ed Pastor (U.S. Representative from Arizona, former chairman of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus) Silvestre Reyes (U.S. Representative from Texas, former chairman of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus) Lucille Roybal-Allard (U.S. Representative from California, former chairwoman of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus) Ken Salazar (U.S. Secretary of the Interior, former U.S. Senator from Colorado, former Attorney General of Colorado) Linda Sánchez (U.S. Representative from California) Loretta Sánchez (U.S. Representative from California) José Enrique Serrano (U.S. Representative from New York, former chairman of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus) Hilda Solis (U.S. Secretary of Labor, former U.S. Representative from California) Nydia Velázquez (U.S. Representative from New York, former chairwoman of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus, first Puerto Rican woman to be elected to Congress) Antonio Villaraigosa (Mayor of Los Angeles, former Speaker of the California State Assembly) Republican Party (these lists were "notable" examples, so it's not an exhaustive list): Henry Bonilla (former U.S. Congressman from Texas) Francisco Canseco (U.S. Congressman from Texas) Mario Diaz-Balart (U.S. Congressman from Florida) Bill Flores (U.S. Congressman from Texas) Jaime Herrera (U.S. Congresswoman from Washington State) Raúl Labrador (U.S. Congressman from Idaho) Susana Martinez (Governor of New Mexico) David Rivera (U.S. Congressman from Florida) Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (U.S. Congresswoman from Florida, first Latina in Congress) Marco Rubio (U.S. Senator from Florida) Brian Sandoval (Governor of Nevada) Steve Montenegro (Member of the Arizona House of Representatives since January 2003.)
I didn't exactly edit what they said or their jobs. And I did clarify (or I meant to if i didn't) it WAS on Wiki.
