A few thoughts on the Republican convention and presidential election (Sam Oommen)
The race to become President of the United Statesis gathering momentum. The role Pravasees is important in the election. The politically conscience Keralite community is well aware of the parties and the candidates and they have already determined among them who deserved their votes. Our votes must be on our freewill, conscience and for the party and candidate who stand for the immigrant community.
Traditionally the decisions of the Democratic Party have favored the immigrants and the Party continues to safeguard it. Indo US relationship has improved considerably benefiting both the countries under the Obama Administration for the last eight years.
After the recession of 2008, America has made much headway in many areas under President Obama. The unemployment rate now stands below 5%. Gas price has reached below $2.20 a gallon. Domestic Oil production has surged to all-time high due to fracking technology. The economy is strong and the stock market has risen from 13,000 to over 18,500. The American auto industry has been forging ahead with new innovations. The crash in the real estate during 2008 is now stabilized and people could modify and refinance their homes at a much lower rate. This saved many middle class home owners to keep their dream homes.
The Republicans hesitate to acknowledge and recognize the progress and achievements of Obama administration. But the people are well aware of this.
The Republicans were non-cooperative to the Obama administration and in fact some of them turned out to be proponents of racism and hate crimes. The gun lobby has grown monstrous and became a stumbling block to create common sense Gun Control Law. The lawmakers have failed Americans about gun violence, which took the life of many innocents. Americans deserve and expect better from the lawmakers about dealing this menace.
Some Indians support the Republicans ignoring the reality. They issue statements to press claiming that the community is siding with the party. It is a baseless claim and the community has never authorized any one or any group to be their conscience keepers and speak for them. The community does not go with those opinions and members have their own freewill and conscience whom they vote and which party they support.
The Republican Convention has just concluded and we have seen how divisive and devastated the Republican Party left. The Party is no more a party of conservative and right thinking Americans. Much have been spoken during the convention and we have seen the talk for talk. Bigotry, hatred, blasphemy, threat, scare, negativism are the outcome of the convention.
The following observations and questions are lingering in my mind and I share them with the community.
Ted Cruz: A winner on his own way. Stood firm on his conservative tea party principles. After all he has a point and he was firm on it and not supporting Trump.
Gov. John Kasich, a stalwart of Republican Party and the Governor of Ohio. His kept away from Trump to uphold his Republican values. Gov. Kasich has a bright future in the Republican Party.
Dr. Ben Karson, a crying baby. He claims himself a close
friend of Lucifer as he knows all about the business of Lucifer. He depicts
himself a follower of Christ which he proved often otherwise. The very fact
that he equated someone and called the name Lucifer is not Christ-like. A
person with Christian values always look at others with respect, love,
compassion and care and not calling them names like Lucifer. He has many
intentions and he unveiled it at the Republican convention. It doesn't go well
with Americans.
Ivanka: She tried to present a glossy picture of Trump and his family. How
much she is terrified and affected by the three divorces of her father in her
life time. All was well with her close knit family when Trump shunted his wives
and mothers of his children. Looking at the goal of American presidency and
hoping for the subsequent business developments; she tried to paint a glossy
picture of her father and family. Just a trajectory.
Trump: What you heard from him is clear and recorded. At the end America and the delegates got bored of his lengthy speech. Somehow everyone wanted it to end. At the outset let me remind you, America is not built on a single day. It took almost 374 years to build America by the great forefathers and 44 Presidents. As written in the Bible it took seven days for God Almighty to create this Universe from the "word of HIS mouth".
Is Trump trying
to act like god, repeatedly affirming "I can do everything" "a
savior, protector, destroyer;" promising that he will do everything in
January 2017. Is he acting like god or is he an agent supported by anti-christ.
Anti-Christ want to establish his regime and install his agents in all
important positions in the world around. The people who do not have firm faith
falls easy victims of such blast of words and rhetoric. Beware Trump has
already influenced even the Evangelicals with his false promises. That is the
sign of end times when the so-called believers will fall prey to his blasphemy.
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I am glad to see this article here. Malayaalees are very reserved about American politics though most of them are US citizens. Most of them are like Trump who cares about himself. Malayalees won’t waste their time if they don’t get personal recognition out of it. Though most of them lived in this country, they haven’t integrated well with the American society. Most of them are comfortable in churches, temples , Mlayalee asociations, FOKANA, FOAMA and other organizations. You can still see people talk about Kerala politics and politicians. The reason we see an absence of our next generation from the American politics is because there are no strong leaders in our community to guide them. The greatest ambition of any Malayalees is to become the President of FOKANA OR FOAMA and visit Kerala and hang around in Trivandrum with some visionless and useless politician. It is very important to get involved in American politics to stop Trump or otherwise your next generation here is going to be the slaves for some supremacist racist whites.
Trump is going to the be the ‘Armageddon’ for America if he is elected. He is fraud to the core. There 3500 law suits against him from the Fraud Trump University. He never disclosed his tax returns where you and I paid the tax. He is married three times and prove time and again that he is not a good example for the next generation. He has people working in China and Mexico to produce Trump brand ties and other cheap products and then claim that Obam’s trade deal is sending thousands of Job abroad. He is born liar and a thug. I agree 100% with this article. You get out there in this upcoming election and vote for Hillary Clinton who will stand for the emigrant community. America is doing great and moving forward. We need a leader who can take our next generation to prosperity and wealth and Hillary Clinton is that leader.
Vote For Hillary Clinton and she is going to be our next President.
Many Malayalees live in this country thinking that they are still in Kerala. Many don’t even speak English properly. They claim that the original English is spoken in England and they learned British English in Kerala. The problem with them is that they speak neither British English nor American English. Many are comfortable in speaking Malayalam and spend their life time in churches, Malayalee Associations, FOKANS, FOAMA, WORLD MALAYALEE association, District, Thalook, Village, Panchayatt, Nair Samajam, Ezhava association, Rejected Malayalee Association ( Some Malayalees are rejected and they join together and formed the RMA). Their political Gurus are Achuthamenon, Pinarayi, and bha bha bha Oommen Chandy. It looks like Johnson used to be an MGR and now Rajanikant fan. He thinks Trump is going to money order lots of money to him on the first day he becomes president. He also probably think that he can make use of Trumps power to take revenge on his church enemies. He dreams about living thousand years with Trump in a place where there is no other Malayalees. He may be dreaming that one Ivanka Trump becomes President and he can flirt around her. Stop hallucinating about all this impossible things an wake up into reality. Mama Hillary is going to be your next President she is going to straighten many lazy Malayaless and make them move their ass to learn to speak Proper English. Please don’t speak ‘long time no see’.
“Hillary Clinton "felt sad" watching a Republican National Convention that was mostly about "criticizing me," she said an interview aired Sunday night on CBS' "60 Minutes."
"I seem to be the only unifying theme that they had," the presumptive Democratic nominee said. "There was no positive agenda. It was a very dark, divisive campaign. And the people who were speaking were painting a picture of our country that I did not recognize -- you know, negative, scapegoating, fear, bigotry, smears. I just was so -- I was saddened by it."
It was the first joint interview that Clinton and her new choice for the vice presidential nomination, Sen. Tim Kaine of Virginia, have conducted since Clinton introduced Kaine on Saturday in Miami.
Clinton complained of a "Hillary standard" -- suggesting that she faces more scrutiny than other top-level politicians.
"I often feel like there's the Hillary standard and then there's the standard for everybody else," she said.
Asked to explain that, Clinton cited "unfounded, inaccurate, mean-spirited attacks with no basis in truth" which "take on a life of their own," pointing to Republicans' criticism at the party's convention in Cleveland last week.
"And for whatever reasons -- and I don't want to try to analyze the reasons. I see it. I understand it," she said. "People are very willing to say things about me, to make accusations about me that are -- I don't get upset about them anymore, but they are very regrettable."
In the interview, Clinton was asked what she calls Trump, in response to his moniker for her: "Crooked Hillary."
"I don't call him anything. And I'm not going to engage in that kind of insult fest that he seems to thrive on," Clinton said.
"So whatever he says about me, he's perfectly free to use up his own air time and his own space to do. I'm going to talk about what he's done, how he has hurt people in business time after time after time," she said.
Kaine, the Virginia senator and former governor who held his first joint rally with Clinton on Saturday in Miami, credited Clinton with letting "water go off her back on this."
"That's not the way I feel. When I see this, you know, 'Crooked Hillary,' or I see the, 'Lock her up,' it's just ridiculous. It is ridiculous," he said, referring to chants that broke out repeatedly at last week's Republican National Convention in Cleveland.
Kaine added: "It is beneath the character of the kind of dialogue we should have, because we've got real serious problems to solve. And look, most of us stopped the name-calling thing about fifth grade."
In the interview, Clinton also offered more details on her pledge to make sure the "middle class will not get a tax increase," defining the "middle class" as those who earn less than $250,000 per year.
She said she'd never use a private email server in the White House, and admitted she'd erred by using one as secretary of state.
"Absolutely. I made a mistake. I should've had two accounts; one for personal and one for office. And I didn't, and I take responsibility for that," she said.
Kaine, for his part, described himself as a "utility player." Clinton joked that he "plays a mean harmonica."
Asked if he is ready to be president, Kaine said: "I'm ready first to be a supportive vice president so that the presidency of Hillary Clinton is is a fantastic one. But if something were to put that in my path, as much as any human being would be ready, I'd be ready."