Blogmeister’s Note: This is a piece written by a friend of The Border Blog. He is a Mexican National, a university student who attends the university in El Paso and a good guy. Especially, if one is looking for an insight, note the second to last paragraph and multiple it by the millions.

The BB welcomes all viewpoints, especially this one . Thank you, Javier :

Why I Voted For Felipe Calderon

I was listening to my aunt Lupe while we were driving down Periferico
Sur highway about a month ago in Mexico City. She told me about Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador (editor:AMLO), the presidential candidate (at the time), and how he managed to obtain the votes of lots of people in Mexico City by offering social assistance to senior (over 65) people and single moms while he was the city’s mayor.

From Cheech Marin’s Chicano Visions: American Painters On The Verge touring exhibit.

Next Stop: de Young Museum

San Francisco

July 22-October 22

(From the staff, management and hangers on of the Border-Blog: Gracias Cheech for just being cool)