Latinos are wasting their political potentials

“I don’t mean to come down hard on that particular young man — especially since he mentioned he did vote in 2006 — but Latinos don’t have the luxury of taking a “manana, manana” approach when it comes to increasing their impact in the voting booth. Pivotal issues are being decided right now. If Latinos want their voice to be considered by lawmakers, they have to register and then vote.

During the immigration marches, many Latinos carried signs that said, “Today we march, tomorrow we vote.” That’s a wonderful sentiment, but it looks like you missed your “tomorrow,” folks. You can’t make a promise that youre going to show up at the polls and then not do it.”

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