Rudy ‘Speak English’ Giuliani Releases Campaign Ad In Spanish
Rudy ‘Speak English’ Giuliani Releases Campaign Ad In Spanish
Like many of the other GOP presidential candidates, former New York City mayor Rudy Giuliani had tried to portray himself as tough on undocumented immigration. One of his favorite applause lines has been to stress English-only policies:
The final end result about becoming a citizen — you should be able to have to read English, write English, and speak English if you want to become a citizen.
Nevertheless, Giuliani wants the votes of Floridians who speak Spanish. Today, he has released a new campaign ad en español to air on at least three Spanish-language television stations in Miami. At the end of the ad — called Liderazgo (Leadership) — Giuliani says, “Soy Rudy Giuliani y apruebo este mensaje (I’m Rudy Giuliani and I approved this message).” Watch it:
Last fall, the owner of Philadelphia cheesesteak restaurant Geno’s Steaks endorsed Giuliani. Vento became notorious for posting a sign in his restaurant that read: “This is America. When Ordering Please Speak English.” He also once told a reporter that Mexicans carry disease into the United States because they “play and drink out of the same water.”
Giuliani wholeheartedly embraced Vento’s endorsement, posting it on the campaign’s official YouTube site. Giuliani also personally went to Philadelphia and embraced Vento. “Whenever I’m at Geno’s, I order in English,” he told a reporter. From his visit:
Will Vento post a similar sign for Giuliani? “This is America. When Campaigning, Please Speak English.”
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Rudy should stop speaking in numbers and use regular English words for a change.
January 8th, 2008 at 2:24 pmHe didn’t say nuevo uno uno did he>?
January 8th, 2008 at 2:25 pmNueve/once.
January 8th, 2008 at 2:25 pmoops, bmm, my espanol is pathetic…
January 8th, 2008 at 2:27 pmJulieAnnie should have put it:
When I order at Geno’s, I order in hypocritese!
January 8th, 2008 at 2:28 pmJudy-Sprechen sie Deutsch?
January 8th, 2008 at 2:30 pmHey, I order in English, too: Rudy, go away. I’m PLC and I approve this message.
January 8th, 2008 at 2:32 pmNueve/once.
Comment by Badmoodman
Brilliant!
January 8th, 2008 at 2:32 pmOnly Spanish germane to Rudy these days?
Desperado.
January 8th, 2008 at 2:33 pmHe didn’t say nuevo uno uno did he>?
Comment by RUCerious
Brilliant as well. (sorry, I glanced Badmoodman’s post first)
January 8th, 2008 at 2:33 pmI have seen the enemy, and it’s name is hypocriticus.
January 8th, 2008 at 2:36 pmGiuliani ordering in English at Geno’s restaurant:
“Hey 911, 911 me a 911.”
“How would you like that Mr. Giuliani?”
“Medium 911″.
“Anything to drink?”
“Yeah, a bottle of 911.”
“Any dessert with that?”
“Well, 911 because I 911 and I don’t want to 911. On the other hand, 911 sounds 911″
“Enjoy your meal Mr. Giuliani.”
“911″
January 8th, 2008 at 2:43 pmRudy knows 9-11 Spanish phrases.
January 8th, 2008 at 2:43 pmany bets that mr. vento still speaks HIS native language while at home… or when he doesn’t want the help to understand?
just a hunch…
January 8th, 2008 at 2:46 pmOh, man Rudy is getting desperate. Snubbed the latino community and now panhandling them for a vote.
Memo to Rudy: A visit to Taco Bell and putting out a Spanish ad are not going to win you a vote from them.
January 8th, 2008 at 2:47 pmRudy spricht Deutsch nicht. Er kann English und Spanisch auch nicht. Nur spricht er neun elf. ;)
January 8th, 2008 at 2:49 pmJust wait until y’all see the campaign ad he’s working on for the San Francisco area. He’s pandering to the transvestite vote wearing a stunning little number by Gaultier. Made of delicate muslin with spaghetti straps and tie-dyed with a large red 9/11 across the bussom.
January 8th, 2008 at 2:51 pmErr, I should have said ‘Nur spricht er Neun Elf.’ After all, the way he uses those numbers, they _are_ proper nouns.
January 8th, 2008 at 2:52 pmMeanwhile, on Sunday in Windham, New Hampshire, the former Baptist Minister and Arkansas Governor Mike Huckabee returned to his roots and delivered a sermon on being “soldiers for Christ” in “God’s Army.”
For the details, see:
January 8th, 2008 at 2:55 pm“Huckabee Delivers Sermon on ‘God’s Army’ in NH.”
Tell me that joke again about the Republicans not wanting illegals providing cheap labor for American businesses. Laborers that can’t unionize, will work for any wage and can be fired with no claim to their last paycheck. If they try, that’s when the employer calls the INS.
It’s the Democrats, not in the Administrative Branch, who don’t enforce the immigration laws because they are looking for votes even though the last thing someone in the country illegally, looking for a job, wants to do is show up at a polling place and prove who they are.
January 8th, 2008 at 2:58 pmIs Rudy even in the running now? He didn’t show up in either Iowa or New Hampshire. How is he going to win in the South, considering that he’s held less than conservative views on many issues in the past and that he’s now become a one-issue candidate?
January 8th, 2008 at 3:05 pmOh, I’m sure in Rudyworld, whoring for votes is exempt from the “English Only” rule.
January 8th, 2008 at 3:05 pmKinda OT, this is from Drudge:
EPIC TURNOUT FOR DEMS — We Are Out of Ballots!
Out of ballots?!?!? Does this mean the Dems are suppressing their own voters?!?!?!
You can bet that is exactly what the accustation would be if this happened in a general election in a democratic majority precinct…
January 8th, 2008 at 3:05 pmHehehehe - #3 - you bet me to it. ;o)
¡Muy bueno, amigo! ¡Nuevo once para todos!
January 8th, 2008 at 3:07 pmEl Hipócrita… here, have your nickname like El Rushbo, no less.
January 8th, 2008 at 3:08 pmErr, Keltoi? Let’s not use Drudge for a source for news. Gotta better source?
January 8th, 2008 at 3:08 pmHow is he going to win in the South, considering that he’s held less than conservative views on many issues in the past and that he’s now become a one-issue candidate?
Comment by Starve-A-Bush_Feed-A-Beaver — January 8, 2008 @ 3:05 pm
Not only that, but southern bible-belters prefer their candidates to have always been conservative on social issues, instead of being recent converts. Except them to vote for Huckabee in greater numbers than Rudy or Mitt for this reason.
Not that it matters much to the Democrats — any of these three will get their clock cleaned by the Dem nominee no matter who it is.
January 8th, 2008 at 3:08 pmAnd, thinking of it, Bush would starve at Geno’s…
January 8th, 2008 at 3:10 pmRudy, ocho ochenta!
January 8th, 2008 at 3:15 pm“Soy Rudy Giuliani y tengo la inteligencia de una pulga”
January 8th, 2008 at 3:15 pmComment by Keltoi — January 8, 2008 @ 3:05 pm
Drudge is hardly a credible news source, he is wrong more than he is right.
January 8th, 2008 at 3:17 pmkeltoi - do you know about news.google.com?
you can search for anything there:
NH polling places running out of ballots?
NetworkWorld.com, MA - 1 hour ago
The Secretary of State’s office was working on figuring out what locations were running low, while also getting busy creating more ballots. …
Candidates Blanket New Hampshire as Record Turnout Forecast
Bloomberg - 55 minutes ago
With independents free to vote in either party’s primary, Democrats may be running out of ballots, CNN reported.
Overwhelming voter turnout in the Granite State
CNN Political Ticker - 6 minutes ago
No polling station has yet run out of ballots, says Scanlan, and his office is comfortable that they are going to be able to get through the day with the …
http://news.google.com/ news?hl=en&ned=&q=out+of+ballots&btnG=Search+News
January 8th, 2008 at 3:18 pmRudy commercial : “If Huckabee can show a cross, I can ’speak in tongues’.
January 8th, 2008 at 3:19 pmRudy commercial : “If Huckabee can show a cross, I can ’speak in tongues’.
Comment by tarazan — January 8, 2008 @ 3:19 pm
Next Republican candidate will puke and turn his head 180º
January 8th, 2008 at 3:24 pmNext Republican candidate will puke and turn his head 180º
Comment by Evil Spaniard — January 8, 2008 @ 3:24 pm
Hey, wait, that’s McCain, spewing idiocies and flip-flopping every minute.
January 8th, 2008 at 3:27 pmOff topic but the Dow Jones is tanking badly again, down about 180 points. It seems that every time the Chimp speaks in public, the stock market responds. This is not good.
January 8th, 2008 at 3:29 pmEl Hipócrita… here, have your nickname like El Rushbo, no less.
Comment by Evil Spaniard — January 8, 2008 @ 3:08 pm
I think Soltura is a better nickname for him =)
January 8th, 2008 at 3:31 pmComment by Jeremy in Denver — January 8, 2008 @ 2:52 pm
Rudy may need a “Neun Elf” interpreter just to get through cabinet meetings.
January 8th, 2008 at 3:33 pmYou tell all the racists you don’t like immigration to get their votes. Then you tell the immigrants, in their own language, that you want their votes.
Sounds like politics to me.
January 8th, 2008 at 3:37 pmI am mad!!! Let these people speak English. If they don’t speak English they should not be able to vote. Rudy go to hell.
January 8th, 2008 at 3:38 pmComment by katy — January 8, 2008 @ 3:18 pm
I stand corrected, though when Drudge posted it this - “With independents free to vote in either party’s primary, Democrats may be running out of ballots, CNN reported” - was coming across the line.
January 8th, 2008 at 3:40 pmEl Hipócrita… here, have your nickname like El Rushbo, no less.
Comment by Evil Spaniard — January 8, 2008 @ 3:08 pm
I think Soltura is a better nickname for him =)
I don’t get it, sorry. “Soltura” means “Nimbleness”, be it physical or mental. But if you type here your original tought, I can translate it for free. I know a fair deal of Spanish expletives and cuss words }:D
January 8th, 2008 at 3:40 pmNext Republican candidate will puke and turn his head 180º
Comment by Evil Spaniard — January 8, 2008 @ 3:24 pm
Could you make that a Linda Blair 360 for me?
January 8th, 2008 at 3:40 pmmary poplins, sometimes you are good for a chuckle…
January 8th, 2008 at 3:42 pmoy… … but keep tryin’…
“may be” - keltoi… MAY be…
combined with drudge… just, don’t go there…
January 8th, 2008 at 3:43 pmCould you make that a Linda Blair 360 for me?
Comment by RUCerious — January 8, 2008 @ 3:40 pm
At least Linda was far more photogenic than Giuliani. Or Thompson. Or Ron Paul… Well you catch my drift…
January 8th, 2008 at 3:45 pmComment by Evil Spaniard — January 8, 2008 @ 3:45 pm
Even with a green face, sitting on a bed seven feet up in the air.
January 8th, 2008 at 3:48 pmCuando voy a Geno’s yo ordeno en… ah, perdon, yo no voy a esas chingaderas de lugares.
Whenever I’m at Geno’s i order in… oh, wait, i don’t go to Geno’s so you can keep your ordering style and sandwich, tanx.
January 8th, 2008 at 3:49 pmYes, Keltoi, that’s better. Cite a reputable source so we can look it up and verify it.
In this case, Drudge lied. They had _not_ run out of ballots yet, but are running low. If we get news about Democratic voters being locked out of the caucus because of insufficient resources, then we can start talking about whether or not there is hypocrisy in the air.
At the moment, I take this to mean that even with the blowout of Dem to Republican voters in Iowa, this will be bigger…
January 8th, 2008 at 4:09 pmI don’t get it, sorry. “Soltura†means “Nimblenessâ€, be it physical or mental. But if you type here your original tought, I can translate it for free. I know a fair deal of Spanish expletives and cuss words }:D
Comment by Evil Spaniard — January 8, 2008 @ 3:40 pm
Mexican slang, it means diarrhea
January 8th, 2008 at 4:18 pmMexican slang, it means diarrhea
Comment by Wayne
Soltura is a pretty formal, elegant way of saying that.
Caca floja, suits him better.
January 8th, 2008 at 4:28 pmSoltura is a pretty formal, elegant way of saying that.
Caca floja, suits him better.
Comment by Juan C. — January 8, 2008 @ 4:28 pm
lmao
January 8th, 2008 at 4:32 pmBut in Spanish, we use, first the day: Once, and then the month: Septiembre. We say: 11 de septiembre.
We never talk, that I know of, about a month as a number.
January 8th, 2008 at 4:33 pmYou know, I would support the democrats if it wasn’t for their soft touch on illegal immigration.
Too bad.
January 8th, 2008 at 4:34 pm55 - how about all them illegals comin’ in from CANADA, wingnut??
January 8th, 2008 at 4:37 pmOooops. They’re WHITE people.
My bad.
January 8th, 2008 at 4:38 pmYou know, I would support the democrats if it wasn’t for their soft touch on illegal immigration.
Too bad.
Comment by gitrdone — January 8, 2008 @ 4:34 pm
You have had a Republican Administration for the last 8 years. 6 of those years, a Republican majority in both houses.
Please explain exactly how the Republicans have fixed Immigration, or have gone after the businesses that give illegal immigrants jobs……..
January 8th, 2008 at 4:38 pmOooops. They’re WHITE people.
My bad.
Comment by Leftside Annie — January 8, 2008 @ 4:38 pm
Exactly.
January 8th, 2008 at 4:41 pmQuick! How do you say 9/11 in Spanish?
January 8th, 2008 at 4:50 pmQuick! How do you say 9/11 in Spanish?
Comment by DRxJ — January 8, 2008 @ 4:50 pm
Nueve/once.
January 8th, 2008 at 4:52 pmComment by Badmoodman — January 8, 2008 @ 2:25 pm
ok TP… just as well… it WAS pretty ugly, i know…
January 8th, 2008 at 5:03 pmThis is why it’s always a bad idea to go into a battle of wits unarmed
So the Dems are appealing for votes from people afraid to show up at the voting precincts?
Okay, if YOU say so
But before blathering such nonsense again, here’s a helpful hint, “En boca cerrado, no entran moscas”. Staying away from the “Post-I agree” button at the bottom of the page will achieve the same results for you as well
You’ll be the first to whine if the undocumenteds are deported-or stop doing those dirty, low-wage jobs too many in this country think they’re too immaculate to perform-because the price you’ll pay at the check-out register will rise dramatically
And with regards to Rudy911, hypocrisy isn’t usually as glaring as the subject of this post, but leave it to Giuliani to once again establish a newer, lower yardstick, one matching his complete lack of ethics in all other respects
But maybe he’ll reconcile with his kids as his campaign crashes and burns further into irrelevant whining, kids smart enough to desert their worthless father politically
January 8th, 2008 at 6:13 pmMexican slang, it means diarrhea
Comment by Wayne — January 8, 2008 @ 4:18 pm
Well, I figured it, but wasn’t sure if it was some slang for the dirty term my mind has front-up ;)
Well, really “Soltura” makes a lot of sense… and if they search for the “official” translation, they’ll think it’s a favorable adjective :D
January 8th, 2008 at 7:15 pmComment by RUCerious — January 8, 2008 @ 3:48 pm
Exactly. Devil’ s possesed people has a charisma that most R presidential candidates lack. I mean, The Devil has self respect and wouldn’t enter the body of these guys even in exchange for his eternal salvation.
January 8th, 2008 at 7:18 pmWhy is it that whenever the topic of illegal immigration comes up, people ASSUME that those that are against it are only against the illegals that are hispanic. The issue is NOT ABOUT RACE. It is about people that blatently break the law, then demand rights that are not theirs. It just so happens that a MAJORITY of the lawless aliens are hispanic. But I don’t care what color you are or where you came from, if you are here ILLEGALLY, then get the hell out and take your welfare leeching children with you.
January 9th, 2008 at 11:52 am