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Barack Obama calls for Cesar Chavez holiday
Los Angeles Times ^ | March 31, 2008 | Mark Silva and Don Frederick

Posted on 03/31/2008 6:53:25 PM PDT by george76

Obama, who has struggled to overcome Clinton's significant advantage among Latino voters in state after state, sought to one-up his rival for the Democratic presidential nod by joining the call for creating a national holiday to commemorate the father of the United Farm Workers.

"That's why I support the call to make Cesar Chavez's birthday a national holiday. It's time to recognize the contributions of this American icon to the ongoing efforts to perfect our union."

Eight states commemorate Chavez' birthday in some fashion. In California, all state offices are closed, but local government facilities and public schools are open.

The other states that officially honor Chavez are Arizona, Colorado, Michigan, New Mexico, Texas, Utah and Wisconsin.

(Excerpt) Read more at latimesblogs.latimes.com ...


TOPICS: Culture/Society; Front Page News; Government; Politics/Elections; US: Arizona; US: California; US: Illinois; US: Michigan; US: New Mexico; US: Utah
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To: trumandogz
Cesar Chavez does not deserve a national holiday in his honor.

This is simply the most pathetic sort of pandering to Hispanics.

121 posted on 04/01/2008 1:34:08 PM PDT by Cyropaedia ("Virtue cannot separate itself from reality without becoming a principal of evil...".)
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To: Cyropaedia

Name streets and schools after him but we do not need another federal holiday.


122 posted on 04/01/2008 2:46:46 PM PDT by trumandogz ("He is erratic. He is hotheaded. He loses his temper and it worries me." Sen Cochran on McCain)
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To: george76

Chavez’s daughter was on CNN last week pushing this idea, there is already a website up in support of it.

http://www.cesarchavezholiday.org/aboutcesarechavez.html


123 posted on 04/01/2008 3:26:02 PM PDT by Mila
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To: F15Eagle; Fred Nerks; Beckwith; USF; forkinsocket; Candor7; SunkenCiv; Cicero; smoothsailing; ...
Barack Obama - To Hell and Back - Political Ad/Commercial

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124 posted on 04/01/2008 4:10:06 PM PDT by george76 (Ward Churchill : Fake Indian, Fake Scholarship, and Fake Art)
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To: george76

No.


125 posted on 04/01/2008 4:20:10 PM PDT by LucyT
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To: george76
Wonderful idea! Long over due!

In fact, we should make it a twofer, like Lincoln & Washington being combined into President's Day.

Cesar Chavez and Eugene V. Debs could both be honored!

If we held it on May 11, the anniversary of the Pullman Strike, it would be pretty close to Chavez's birthday of March 31, and even closer to his death date of April 23.

That should be close enough for government (non)work!

126 posted on 04/01/2008 5:14:22 PM PDT by ApplegateRanch (God wants a Liberal or RINO hanging from every tree. Tar & feathers optional extras.)
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To: xc1427

As do I.


127 posted on 04/01/2008 6:14:46 PM PDT by Kickass Conservative (Guns don't kill people, gun free zones kill people)
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To: george76
So what do we do?

Make Obama a Martyr and have a holiday?

128 posted on 04/01/2008 6:15:10 PM PDT by Candor7 (Fascism? All it takes is for good men to say nothing.)
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To: george76; Fred Nerks; Beckwith; forkinsocket
So what do we do?

Make Obama a Martyr and have a holiday?

Maybe we can get Obama a position with the UFW, and he can go about hauling cases of California Grapes up on to trucks. Workers of the World Untie? Obama is about as proletarian as his outed white grand mother.

How can Obama talk commie worker talk , when he can't bowl, and is a flaming Dem Aristocrat of John Kerry's ilk?

Obama is so far ahead in the Dem race, he can now afford to be ludicrous.

I hope John McPain is taking notes.

McPain gonna give dat boy one hell of an ass kickin'.

129 posted on 04/01/2008 6:26:27 PM PDT by Candor7 (Fascism? All it takes is for good men to say nothing.)
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To: george76; Fred Nerks; Beckwith; forkinsocket
So what do we do?

Make Obama a Martyr and have a holiday?

Maybe we can get Obama a position with the UFW, and he can go about hauling cases of California Grapes up on to trucks. Workers of the World Untie? Obama is about as proletarian as his outed white grand mother.

How can Obama talk commie worker talk , when he can't bowl, and is a flaming Dem Aristocrat of John Kerry's ilk?

Obama is so far ahead in the Dem race, he can now afford to be ludicrous.

I hope John McPain is taking notes.

McPain gonna give dat boy one hell of an ass kickin'.

130 posted on 04/01/2008 7:00:03 PM PDT by Candor7 (Fascism? All it takes is for good men to say nothing.)
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To: Charles Martel
You can say that again.
131 posted on 04/01/2008 9:35:59 PM PDT by Emperor Palpatine ("There is no civility, only politics.")
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To: george76

Hmm...A Ceaser Chavez holiday? Ok... why not have Lenin’s birthday, Karl Marx’ birthday, Fidel Castro’s birthday, Mao’s birthday and Kim jung Il’s birthday as American holidays, too.

I guess we should stop celebrating PRESIDENTS Day - since it is Ameri-centric.


132 posted on 04/02/2008 8:18:31 AM PDT by EagleandLiberty (El Rushbo Tribal name -- RinoHunter)
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To: Kickass Conservative

Amen, brother...Amen.


133 posted on 04/02/2008 10:56:58 PM PDT by xc1427 (It's better to die on your feet than to live on your knees...Midnight Oil (Power and the Passion))
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To: Right Wing Assault

If you don’t mind, I’d like to plagiarize your “Pander day” at some time in the future...I’m sure I’ll have plenty of chances to use it. It made my day when I read your comment. Thanks for the smiles.


134 posted on 04/05/2008 3:35:29 PM PDT by Imnidiot (THIS SPACE FOR RENT)
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To: Imnidiot

With my compliments, use Pander Day!


135 posted on 04/05/2008 6:32:59 PM PDT by Right Wing Assault ("..this administration is planning a 'Right Wing Assault' on values and ideals.." - John Kerry)
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To: Right Wing Assault

In some locales, that would be Election Day..


136 posted on 04/14/2008 12:43:13 AM PDT by sheik yerbouty ( Make America and the world a jihad free zone!)
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