Japi's Blogtag:typepad.com,2003:weblog-3710782008-11-05T21:52:16-06:00U.S. and Venezuelan Politics... and other things that interest me.TypePadBarack Obama Wins - thoughts on the campaign and electiontag:typepad.com,2003:post-580576702008-11-05T21:52:16-06:002008-12-01T17:59:19-06:00Senator Barack Obama is now President-Elect Barack Obama... first in many ways! First son of a Kenyan to be President of the United States First President to be born in Hawaii First African-American President and I'm sure many others... Most importantly is that he accomplished it using an absolutely brilliant...Javier Avellan Velozhttp://www.japiblog.com/japiblog/2008/11/barack-obama-wins---thoughts-on-the-campaign-and-election.htmlBarack Obama 30 minute adtag:typepad.com,2003:post-577560272008-10-29T21:07:54-05:002008-10-29T21:07:55-05:00I know a lot of people criticized the 30 minute commercial that Barack Obama chose to run tonight in all the major television networks... but I just watched it and I was happy how it was presented. Barack showed several families telling their own stories. These are regular people who...Javier Avellan Velozhttp://www.japiblog.com/japiblog/2008/10/barack-obama-30-minute-ad.htmlRon Howard Supports A Candidatetag:typepad.com,2003:post-574761972008-10-23T19:04:38-05:002008-10-24T16:49:19-05:00I used to love watching Opie (in the Andy Griffith Show) and Richie Cunnngham in Happy Days... and Ron Howard has become a great film maker since... He is supporting Obama so I really like this video from Funny or Die.... but even if you don't support Obama, you may...Javier Avellan Velozhttp://www.japiblog.com/japiblog/2008/10/ron-howard-supports-a-candidate.htmlJoe The Plumber - Watch & Listen To The Whole Conversationtag:typepad.com,2003:post-574414812008-10-23T07:23:46-05:002008-10-23T07:25:49-05:00When John McCain began mentioning Joe the plumber at the last debate (21 times!), he has been discussed ad nauseum at every stump speech, news show, etc... McCain and Palin have said that the exchange between Barack Obama and Joe Wurzelbacher as angry and rude... So let's watch the full...Javier Avellan Velozhttp://www.japiblog.com/japiblog/2008/10/joe-the-plumber---watch-listen-to-the-whole-conversation.htmlMcCain is a hot head?tag:typepad.com,2003:post-560580782008-09-23T22:27:23-05:002008-10-07T12:00:48-05:00Two articles written by typically conservative newspapers called out John McCain for his "hot-headedness" reaction to the current government bailout. The Wall Street Journal article titled McCain's Scapegoat discusses how McCain unfairly called for Christopher Cox's head. The article closes with: "In a crisis, voters want steady, calm leadership, not...Javier Avellan Velozhttp://www.japiblog.com/japiblog/2008/09/mccain-is-a-hot.htmlThe Republican Convention so fartag:typepad.com,2003:post-551591942008-09-04T20:37:32-05:002008-09-04T20:48:23-05:00I've watched the Republican National Convention on and off the last few days... one of the things that so far has stood out is that most of the speeches are either saying wonderful things about McCain or criticizing Obama.... but there is little to no substance when it comes to...Javier Avellan Velozhttp://www.japiblog.com/japiblog/2008/09/the-republican.htmlWhat was McCain thinking??tag:typepad.com,2003:post-549043922008-08-29T23:27:20-05:002008-08-31T14:27:11-05:00Seriously??? John McCain chose Sarah Palin as his running mate?? What is going through his mind? Or was this the recommendation of his vetting team? Paul Begala described it in the following manner: "For a man who is 72 years old and has had four bouts with cancer to have...Javier Avellan Velozhttp://www.japiblog.com/japiblog/2008/08/what-was-mccain.htmlHistoric Night - Obama is the official nomineetag:typepad.com,2003:post-548785862008-08-29T10:14:24-05:002008-08-29T10:14:41-05:00Barack Obama officially became the Democratic Party's Presidential nominee last night. On the 45th anniversary of Reverend Martin Luther King Jr's "I Have a Dream" speech - coincidence? I doubt it. Rev. King's dream of equality is closer to a reality with Senator Obama's nomination... so it's absolutely fitting! Barack...Javier Avellan Velozhttp://www.japiblog.com/japiblog/2008/08/historic-night.htmlBill Clinton Quiets The Media - Now THAT'S NEWS!tag:typepad.com,2003:post-548769362008-08-29T09:42:19-05:002008-08-29T09:42:35-05:00After Hillary Clinton's speech on Tuesday night at the Democratic National Convention, all the major news shows started slicing up every word she said and ESPECIALLY what she didn't say. Well, it looks like Bill Clinton was watching some of those shows.... he made it very clear that "Obama is...Javier Avellan Velozhttp://www.japiblog.com/japiblog/2008/08/bill-clinton-qu.htmlHillary Clinton was dead-on Tuesday night!tag:typepad.com,2003:post-548092642008-08-29T09:17:15-05:002008-08-30T20:04:35-05:00Hillary hit it out of the ballpark Tuesday... when she said... "I want you to ask yourselves, were you in this campaign just for me, or were you in it for that young Marine and others like him? (Cheers, applause.) Were you in it for that mom struggling with cancer...Javier Avellan Velozhttp://www.japiblog.com/japiblog/2008/08/two-more-days-.html