Navajos to invite Obama, Giuliani

[draft_mario_cuomo]

Will the HRC campaign call him Obama (D-Navajos)? Somehow I think the Clintons don't need to resort to race-baiting to win. ;)

==By Natasha Kaye Johnson
Diné Bureau

SHIPROCK — Shiprock chapter officials are making plans to invite U.S. presidential candidates Barack Obama and Rudy Giuliani to Shiprock to present their campaign platforms.

Officials have been discussing the idea for a little over a week, and are making concrete plans to contact the campaign coordinators by next week. The idea of inviting the candidates became a topic of discussion after it became clear to officials that the popularity of both candidates was becoming increasingly high among the community.

With a majority of the Navajo Nation being Democrats, Obama's popularity, officials said, is becoming higher among Shiprock residents. Of all the presidential candidates, it seems as though the community is beginning to lean towards his favor, they said, although New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson is among the presidential candidates. "He's quite an orator," Donald Benally said of Obama, which is why they believe he is more favorable among local residents. Many of the issues Obama has presented, Benally said, are also issues that are of common interest to the Navajo people, like creating a stronger health care system that works. It's these reasons, officials believe, he may be gaining popularity as well.

Benally said there are also quite a few Republicans in the area, and that inviting a Republican candidate would only be fair and appropriate. Chapter officials agreed that Giuliani would be the most ideal candidate to invite, but had no particular reason for selecting him as the Republican candidate. ==

http://www.gallupindependent.com/2007/june/061407nkj_nvjoinvtobmaglni.html

[Ethelk2044]

1. Obama did not resor t to Race Baiting

She was the one who called them that. His campaign just brought it to the fore front.

[draft_mario_cuomo]

2. Obama implied she is in the pocket of EVUL BROWN PEOPLE nt

[snowbear]

3. Here's another Native American event coming up..

I saw it on one of the other Democratic boards.. "Prez on the Rez"

Cabazon, California - August 23, 2007 - Prez On The Rez, a historic forum that will assemble Democratic presidential candidates together on Indian land for the first time in American Indian history, is gaining momentum.

http://www.prezontherez.org/

Hopefully they'll be able to get all the candidates there. Richardson and Gravel are the only two that have confirmed so far. HRC refused to attend. (Not sure why) But the more forums and debates, the better!!!