BREAKING: Univision Will Not Air GOP Group’s Ad Telling Latinos Not To Vote

[kpete]

Source: Think Progress

BREAKING: Univision Will Not Air GOP Group’s Ad Telling Latinos Not To Vote

Earlier today, ThinkProgress reported that Latinos for Reform — a Republican 527 group — purchased an $80,000 buy on Univision to air ads urging Nevada Latino voters not to vote. We urged Univision not to air the ads. The network, which heads the non-partisan Latino civic participation campaign, Ya Es Hora, has decided to do the right thing and not broadcast the ads. A Univision spokesperson told ThinkProgress:

***** Univision will not be running any spots from Latinos for Reform related to voting. It is also important to clarify that while Mr. Robert de Posada has on occasion provided political commentary on Univision, representing one of various points of views, he is not in any way affiliated with Univision. Univision prides itself on promoting civic engagement and our extensive national campaigns encourage Hispanics to vote.



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[babylonsister]

1. Cooler heads prevailed; guess it's not always about the $. nt

[breadandwine]

57. Latinos must not vote. The Republican overlords have told them so.

Latinos, African Americans, young people, elderly Social Security freeloaders and other commie Democrats, you have all been given your marching orders:

Stay home on Election Day.

And remember, Election Day is Dec. 13.

So you don't need to be voting in no STINKIN election on Nov. 2nd ANYWAY.......


"DEMOCRATS, DO NOT VOTE"
"DEMOCRATS, DO NOT VOTE"
"DEMOCRATS, DO NOT VOTE"
"DEMOCRATS, DO NOT VOTE"
"DEMOCRATS, DO NOT VOTE"
"DEMOCRATS, DO NOT VOTE"
"DEMOCRATS, DO NOT VOTE"
"DEMOCRATS, DO NOT VOTE"
"DEMOCRATS, DO NOT VOTE"
"DEMOCRATS, DO NOT VOTE"
"DEMOCRATS, DO NOT VOTE"
"DEMOCRATS, DO NOT VOTE"
"DEMOCRATS, DO NOT VOTE"


The intergalactic force has instructed you.

Besides, if you show up to vote we'll be checking your driver's license to see if you're an illegal alien.
So stay OUT of the Election, ya hear me? Stay OUT.

[louis-t]

61. Next trick from repug assholes: "OK, go ahead and vote

on Nov. 3rd, if you must." Republicans are disgusting creatures.

[joeybee12]

2. Let's kick this sucker to the Greatest Page!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[nyc 4 Biden]

3. ThinkProgress...

Kickin ass and taking names!

[kpete]

4. ThinkProgress

puts MSM to shame!
peace, kp

[flamingdem]

12. They are amazing nt

[tomm2thumbs]

5. no brainer finally sinks in - good for them

talk about shooting yourself in the foot for a buck

[ProSense]

6. Robert de Posada is a typical Republican asshole. Update:

From Think Progress:

Update De Posada shot back by simply accusing Univision of succumbing to Democratic pressure. "They got a little bit of pressure from the Democratic Party and they pulled it off," he said.

So is he saying that encouraging people not to exercise their democratic right to vote is the Republicans' idea of democracy?

[NewJeffCT]

13. What a stupid frakking ad

blatantly urging people not to vote is almost an unwritten no-no, isn't it?

(quiet voter suppression is another story)

[Hawkeye-X]

24. Univision needs to do the Latino world a favor and fire Posada for good

and remove "consultant" from the titles he carries around as a GOP dick.

Hawkeye-X

[Beer Snob-50]

51. Did you see De Posada on Laurence O'donnell last night?

He basically tore this guy a new asshole. Love that show.

[avaistheone1]

7. Glad to hear the almighty dollar did not rule the day.

[young but wise]

8. Yes!!!!!

:bounce:

[kysrsoze]

9. Anybody want to guess exactly how many Latinos make up "Latinos for Reform?"

[NewJeffCT]

15. Alberto Gonzales...and

i'm drawing a blank on others.

[Hawkeye-X]

25. 2

Karl Rove and Alberto Gonzales.

That's all.

Hawkeye-X

[KamaAina]

59. 3

Tack on Arnie's hand-picked Lieutenant Governor, Abel Maldonado. :puke:

[lib_wit_it]

63. Well, I don't know. They both look asian to Sharon Angle. /m

[gateley]

10. K&R - from what I heard, those were waaaaaaaay beyond the pale. nt

[Raksha]

11. K&R - What were they thinking anyway? IF they were thinking...

I mean these "Latinos For Reform" whackjobs. I can see them urging Latinos to vote for Republicans (good luck with that), but urging them NOT to vote? Where did they think that was going to get them?

[Bette Noir]

18. A smaller pool of Democratic voters.

Talk about cutting their noses off-- a lot of Latinos are conservative, but the consistent race-baiting the Republicans have done over the last couple of decades has guaranteed that no self-respecting Latino will vote for Republicans. That's the case in the Southwest, anyway. Cubans in Florida mostly seem to consider themselves exempt. Won't they be surprised, when the Republicans throw them under the bus, too?

[awoke_in_2003]

40. "a lot of Latinos are conservative"...

only on one issue- abortion. And if you asked most latinas, they would want a voice in their reproductive rights.

[felix_numinous]

14. Great news!!

GOP is so busted.

[madrchsod]

16. the gop has lost the latino vote....

the right wing of the republican party has alienated the latino voters from the rest of the party.

[Bette Noir]

17. Good.

[southern_belle]

19. k & r n/t

[Kolesar]

20. the same P.O. Box number as an organization founded by the chairman of Swift Boat Veterans for Truth

the same P.O. Box number as the one belonging to the Admiral Roy F. Hoffmann Foundation, an organization founded by the chairman of Swift Boat Veterans for Truth (SBVT), Roy F. Hoffmann

[Hawkeye-X]

26. Please let Bill White win the governorship

so he can order his AG to begin investigations on Bob Perry and throw his useless ass in prison for good.

Swift Liars funder.
Latino funder.
Asshole funder.

[66 dmhlt]

53. Source Watch connects the dots to the Swift Boaters

Yet again, Source Watch did their typical stellar job of connecting the dots of the right-wing Latinos for Reform to the Swift Boaters:

Latinos for Reform serves as a front group for conservative Republican interests in the mid-term elections in October, 2010, by running a 60 second ad on television urging Latinos not (repeat NOT) to vote in the coming elections, as a way to “pay back” the Democratic Party for failing to enact immigration reform during the first two years of the Obama administration.

Latinos for Reform is conservative political action committee that shares the same Alexandria, Virginia post office box as several other registered PACs…. The treasurer of all groups is Republican political operative Susan Arceneaux, and the assistant treasurer of all groups … is a well-connected member of the Republican Party…. Latinos for Reform’s P.O. Box number (P.O. Box 26366, Alexandria, Virginia, 22313), is also the address of the Admiral Roy F. Hoffman Foundation … the same consulting firm used by Swift Boat Veterans for Truth.
(Emphasis added)

Source:
http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Latinos_for_Reform

If you’re interested, the IRS page to find all their PAC tax filings includes their last Post General Election Form 8872 (PDF):
http://forms.irs.gov/politicalOrgsSearch/search/Print.action?formId=33911&formType=E72

[BootinUp]

21. Excellent! Eat shit and die, you vote suppressing loser. nt

[stormpilot]

22. Excellent

I talked to my mom (a Univision fan) about this earlier today, and she thought how could they possibly air such an ad? She wouldn't believe they would do such a thing. She was right!! My mom is a Latina democrat, same as me, and we get a little tired of people generalizing that "most" Latinos are conservative. That is just not true!!

[Hawkeye-X]

27. I came across a well-known former Latina state senator yesterday at her building

She is a strong Democrat. Her name is Polly Baca, and she is one of the sweetest people I know. She is easily Googlable and happens to be one of my clients.

Hawkeye-X

[No Elephants]

23. Yet another example of Republicans hating America.

And of Republican contempt for people of color.

And of Republican xenophobia.

And of Republican vote suppression.

[AC_Mem]

28. K & R!

[AC_Mem]

29. It would be great

If the democratic party would run some ads to replace that lost revenue.....

[getthefacts]

30. K&R

[lunasun]

31. lie cheat steal lie cheat steal that is all repugs do 'CUZ they cant win fair and square nt

[JPZenger]

32. Lawrence O'Donnell just ripped a new ahole in that guy in an interview

On MSNBC's Last Word, Lawrence O'Donnell interviewed that guy, and then ripped him to shreds as a GOP operative who is just trying to suppress the Latino vote.

[Raster]

35. And that is EXACTLY what they are trying to do.

Good on Lawrence O'Donnell. The Latino vote is THE up-and-coming voting bloc, which does not lean rethuglican. They will do anything to counter that.

[laughingliberal]

33. K & R nt

[Rozlee]

34. I listened to a link with that commercial on facebook.

I'm Spanish-speaking but I swear I heard a hint of a German accent in that Spanish. Brr! What are these Rethugs going to want us to do next? Wear triangles on our coats the same colors as the flag of Mexico?
:scared:

[David Zephyr]

36. Pushing Back!

Wonderful news, kpete. :) K&R.

[iamthebandfanman]

37. thank god

its some weird version of voter supression... total garbage

[Blacksheep214]

38. This needs to be above the fold

and on top of every news site!

The GOP does NOT believe in our democratic right to vote!

Now let's talk Patriotism you scumbags!

[defendandprotect]

39. There's a positive move--!!

[nofurylike]

41. K&R! excellent!! thank you for posting this, kpete! nt

[SalmonChantedEvening]

42. K&R!

Thank you kpete!!

:yourock:

[LatteLibertine]

43. Like I've been saying

influencing the other side to not vote is a tried and true method.

Politics is a very dirty business. I'm sure a party as cynical and jaded as the GOP have people out all over doing just this to Democrats. They seek to sow discord and negative emotion among us to lower morale in order to depress voter turn out.

In addition, you can be darn sure those who are corrupt who happen to be on Wall Street don't want us to vote. We have the raw numbers and they have the money. An active engaged voting population = a pain in their ass. They may corrupt politicians and we may remove them from office.

[Shining Jack]

44. K&R

[secondwind]

45. A proud K&R from a wise Latina in Boston!!!

[indimuse]

46. KNR! n/t

[groundloop]

47. Good for Univision

I think back over the past 20 or so years that I've paid attention to elections and politics and it strikes me that EVERY voter suppression scheme I've heard about has been by the Greedy Obstructionist Party, every single one.

[myrna minx]

48. K&R What an evil and cynical plot to suppress the vote. n/t

[drm604]

49. Lawrence O'Donnell interviewed Posada last night.

He's a typical Republican BS'er and he's not even good at it. His arguments and excuses fall apart at the slightest questioning.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oQ5vyEg6Ybs
O'Donnell: "You're treasurer is a Republican lobbyist". :rofl:

[eringer]

50. What is Happening to Our Country?

Here is the jump to this slimy ad:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FT13_K_Fs4w

[pinto]

52. K & R.

:kick:

[subterranean]

54. Hopefully this scheme will backfire on them and have the opposite effect.

I don't know how widely publicized it will be, but maybe it will get even more Latinos out to vote!

[LoZoccolo]

55. Funny that they use the same tactics and language as some Internet "progressives"

telling people not to vote in order to hold the Democrats accountable. (I SAID "SOME" NOT "ALL". I AM ONLY TALKING ABOUT THE ONES WHO DO THIS.)

It's also interesting that in real life, liberals generally support Obama while on the Internet (where you can't really find out a lot of peoples' political views) there's an impression created that they don't.

[Ticonderoga]

56. Are there not laws on the books in regard to

ELECTION TAMPERING?

[niceypoo]

58. The GOP will drive latino's to the polls

How stupid do they think latin's are?

[nxylas]

60. I wonder if the ad might have done more good if it *had* aired?

It might have made Latino and Hispanic voters so angry that they voted Democrat in droves.

[GreenTea]

62. A fucking republican ad! GOP = Grand Old Party, sounds so sweet doesn't it?

What it is..............

IN REALITY IT'S THE FUCKING REPUBLICANS WHO ARE BEHIND THE AD AND EVERY SINGLE ONE OF THEM ("GOP") VOTES REPUBLICAN - THEY DON'T VOTE "GOP" - I WOULD THINK THAT MOST KNOW THE GOP ARE THE REPUBLICAN PARTY. HOWEVER, THE REPUBLICANS HAVE ALWAYS USED & HID BEHIND THE NAME "GOP"!

[bobburgster]

64. I was aghast when I saw that ad!

Just amazing what those sleazeballs will do.

K&R