And who's coming for the luchadores?
Posted on 10/17/2008 12:24:12 AM PDT by nickcarraway
A word of advice: if a Luchador asks you to register to vote, register to vote.
Experts predict a 23 percent surge in Latino voters this Presidential election compared to 2004.
And that surge is attributed to grassroots groups who are pounding the pavement and the Internet.
A San Jose grassroots advocacy group called Somo Mayfair is using the Luchador, an icon of Latino culture, in YouTube clips to get people out to vote.
"We wanna keep on pushing forward the power of the Latino vote," said Jaime Alvarado, of Somo Mayfair. "So the number of people who register turn out to vote."
The Luchadores are also hitting up shopping centers and Latino hot spots.
Evangelina Nevarez dropped the wrestling mask and used a more traditional approach to register five people in two hours.
"We're just making sure in our neighborhood people do have a voice," she said.
A USC research center predicts grassroots groups, such as Somos Mayfair, will register one million new Latino voters during the summer and fall.
And the candidates seem to be taking notice.
Recently Sen. John McCain spoke for a second time to Latino voters on the Telemundo network.
Jesus Cobarruvias teaches Mexican American history at San Jose State University.
He said McCain or Sen. Barack Obama could themselves be history, if they ignore the growing clout of Latinos.
The southwest voter registration project estimates there are some seven to eight million Latino adults, who are still, not registered.
And groups, such as Somos Mayfair, are trying to get to all of them.
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Acorn II.
We are already a mexican colony.
but conservatives have to reach out to them even after this election is over.
And who's coming for the luchadores?
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My favorite lines?
Sister Encarnación: Well, my favorite color is light tan. My favourite animal is puppies. I like serving the lord. Hiking, play volleyball...
Nacho: You gotta be kidding me. Everything you just said, is MY favourite thing to do, every day!
Nacho: Chancho, when you are a man, sometimes you wear stretchy pants in your room. It's for fun.
Nacho: No, people might get the wrong idea about you... Like maybe you're a floozy. ...
I think the organization’s official name is “bellota” (/sarc)
Lucha libre ( [Spanish] for “free wrestling”) is a term used in [Mexico] and other Spanish-speaking areas to refer to a certain form of [professional wrestling] involving varied techniques and moves. Outside of these areas, the term is synonymous with the professional wrestling performed in Mexico and other [Latin America] n countries.
So wrestlers come to your door IN MASKS and demand that you vote. [Wearing masks is a luchador trademark.]
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Wow, that’s one cool pic.
Si, and Jorge Bush doesn't give a damn. The war on terriorism didn't include the rampage of Mexicans coming over the southern border.
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