Were you even there?  What gives you the ability to say that Hawaiians felt he was pandering?  I read a lot of these comments of yours and seems you just take every opportunity you can to take shots at Caldwell - almost always completely illegitimate.

As someone who was there, I can say that Caldwell came off completely sincere.  I have physically worked in the lo'i with him and can say that is genuine.  More importantly, he has in fact worked with Hawaiians and Hawaiian organizations to accomplish many of the things he talked about - so when you try to discredit that work, you aren't just talking stink about him but about all of us who work hard to get Hawaiians off the street and into homes every day.

Djou on the other hand summed up the Hawaiian culture as Kona Coffee, Macadamia Nuts, and the Aloha spirit - came off to most of us in the room as a pretty shallow understanding of our real issues.

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