McCain Campaign Reaches Out to Polish Americans

McCain Campaign Reaches Out to Polish Americans

This is actually a pretty smart move on the part of the McCain campaign. Poles tend to reside in a number of specific states and cities but not all Poles really care about their heritage or even keep up with what is going on with Polish-American relations.

One huge issue is the fact that Bush has granted "visa free" entry status to many Eastern European countries but NOT to Poland. Poland has had troops in Iraq from the very beginning and has suffered quite a few casualties but NO visa free entry into the U.S.

You may think this is so ungrateful on the part of the U.S. especially when Poland has been such a close friend and supporter of all things American for quite some time. I guess they don't hold a grudge against Franklin Roosevelt for selling Poland to Stalin after WWII and subjecting countless Polish generations to suffering under 50 years of Communist rule; but they still love us.

The visa issue is getting Poles pretty pissed but there are valid reasons for not granting visa free entry to Poles and the biggest one is the fact that many Poles came here on a visit and stayed for years and many are still here - illegally? I guess Poles were compared somewhat to Mexican immigrants who came here and took up jobs no one else wanted.

Anyway, I have to give McCain a star for reaching out to European immigrants - every vote counts.