HispanicPundit has been nice enough to let me post on his blog while he is away. I used to have a blog in which I posted my political rants, but had to take it down. Showing your political hand as a grad student proved too risky. However, I am a tenure-track professor now and feel I have more freedom to record my political tendencies. While it may still be unwise, I must say I have been pleasantly surprised by the support my colleagues have given me in being a contrarian in the field. I posted in the comments in the post below a link to my personal blog explaining why I am voting for John McCain. The intended audience for that post is largely Mexican-Americans or Latinos. There are other reasons to vote for McCain that are non-specific to Latinos, but I’ll leave that for others to do. I also see that HispanicPundit is voting for Barr. I don’t necessarily disagree with that choice, coming from California, but I’d still cast my vote for McCain if I were still in Cali. As for Prop. 8, I agree with HP’s reasoning for voting for Prop. 8. Its unfortunate that the courts won’t leave this issue to the people, as many of these cultural issues should be. I don’t know if I’d necessarily vote for Prop. 8, but I think reasonable people can be for or against gay marriage without being a bigot. Personally, I don’t see any downside to expanding the institution of marriage to gay folks. Indeed, it may even strengthen the institution. Again, as with almost anything I say, I am willing to be wrong.

Thanks for reading and I hope to post musings that will catch your attention as a Latino (or Hispanic or Chicano or hyphenated American) who is interested in the politics of the dark side.

Stephen Nuno