Another supporter and organizer Luchy Secaira on a conference call explaining why he endorses John McCain and how he feels about Obama. A partial transcript of a conference call held this afternoon with Miguel D. Lausell, Senior Political Advisor to Hillary Clinton, and Clinton Delegate-at- Large Luchy Secaira (Florida). Both Lausell and Secaira endorsed John McCain for president.
“I am supporting John McCain and Governor Palin because John McCain has spent his whole life standing up for his country. He has a record of fairness, compassion, responsibility, and giving back.
“Governor Palin is a woman of compassion and accomplishment in the mold of Senator Clinton. So I have chosen to put my country before my party and this is the ticket to support.
“They both care deeply about working families. They are reformers. They will go to Washington and they will remember who sent them there. So country before party, and that is why I’m supporting John McCain and Governor Sarah Palin. …
“And you know the Hispanic community knows John McCain. They know him. They know that he has a record. They know that has gone up against his own party on behalf of the Hispanic community.”
Miguel D. Lausell: “I decided, after searching my conscience, to back Senator McCain for many reasons. He is a man of great experience. He’s a sound man. He’s a man that you know what you’re getting when you vote for him.
“And the country is in very difficult situation and needs a man that can decide on difficult matters and has the experience and the soundness to help the struggle to get through these bad times.
“I cannot say the same about Senator Obama. We don’t know what we’re getting when we vote for him. He doesn’t really have the experience.”
Both Secaira and Lausell were asked about Obama’s recent ad linking McCain to Limbaugh. Here is that ad:
En mi opinion, mienta Obama. Las cosas que dijo Limbaugh las hicieron en pedasos para hacer un video de puras mentiras. No me cay bien el Sr. Limbaugh pero ya basta con Obama y sus mentiras. El hombre no sabe decir la verdad. Es un mentiroso y es un racista Obama. Ya te conosco mosca muerta.
In my opinion, Obama lies. The statements that Limbaugh says are pieced together to make an incindiary video filled with lies. I don’t care for Mr. Limbaugh but enough is enough, Obama LIES. He does not know how to state the truth. He is a liar and a racist, that Obama. Please stop pandering to the Latin community, we see through you.
Secaira and Lausell responded to the ad, this is what they had to say:
Secaira: “There goes the new politics. I don’t see anything new about put-down politics. And once again, I want to reiterate that the Hispanic community has nothing to fear because they know John McCain.
“Again, he has fought against his own party on behalf of the Hispanic community and was an integral part in trying to bring forth comprehensive immigration reform. The Hispanic community knows John McCain in his home state, in New Mexico. They know what John McCain plans for. And I don’t believe that they will be easily fooled by this misleading and disgraceful ad.”
Lausell: “It’s a very low blow on the part of the Obama campaign because it’s completely untrue and completely relates Senator McCain to something he’s not related to.
“It denies, basically, the basic premise of all of his actions. And, frankly, if you have a candidate that is willing to go so low, what can you expect if you elect him to office?”
Towards the end of the call both had this to offer, Obama is the great divider, not the great uniter.
