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Hmmm… what is voting block? Why did Dem. congressman Joe Baca requested newly elect Pres.Obama to appoint more hispanics to the cabinet……. in order to satisfy hispanic voting block? and what did Obama do?

Don’t give me “I have a dream…rather, give me a voting block” said Obama.

Actually, recently, Assemblyman Van Tran was speaking at a meeting with others of various races mixed in the audience. He stated with purpose that the Viets had formed an excellent voting block (using the word block is significant here) and that they needed to form even larger circles in the coming two years in order to place more Viets in prominent elected positions. Also two years ago he and his coherts ran an ad in the Viet Bao in Vietnamese which has been translated twice with extremely close exact translation; stating that the Viets should vote as a “block” for Viets in order to win elected seats.

You may not have run those ads Mr. Dovinh, however, if you are “hanging out” with Dina Nguyen, who is an elected official, promoted by Assemblyman Van Tran and his “block” then this alone lends the thought that you are of the same persuasion as the “block”.

To Junk Kim: “viets only vote for the viet candidates” – in local races, which was the topic, not national elections.

If American woman is correct(viets only vote for the viet candidates)…. then you write off viet voters in the presidential race? I don’t think so.

Give me evidence to support your claim that “Mr. Dovinh and many of the Viets are the first to claim “racist” “, be specific to me, if you could please. For the record, I have never made any “racist” claims (against anyone) as you insinuate here. Don’t confuse what you hear from others and what you hear directly from me. “Racist” is a serious charge, I have never said anyone was “racist” and I have never made race an issue in my election campaign. I am proud to be a Vietnamese American, and I cite my vote count as a matter of fact, without any commentary as to who cast those votes or why people voted for me. Also, please try to keep separate what Mr. Nguyen Phuong Hung say and what I say, we do not necessarily share the same views on things, but I respect his opinions just as I do yours, which is well thought out and actually a very good point to make. However, I do not agree with your comment that “yet the Viets prefer and support and promote ONLY their own race.” I believe this is inaccurate. Vietnamese American voters have voted for candidates of all creed and color. Here, you have made conclusions that are unsupported by facts. Please try to be more objective and fair, thanks, have a Happy New Year.

Joseph Dovinh.