Romney Airs Spanish-Language Ad, Despite Insistence That ‘English Must Be Spoken In America’
Romney Airs Spanish-Language Ad, Despite Insistence That ‘English Must Be Spoken In America’
Former Massachusetts governor Mitt Romney has released a new Spanish-language campaign ad in Florida entitled Mi Padre (My Father), featuring Romney’s son, Craig. Craig encourages voters to “get to know my father, Mitt Romney.” Romney himself then chimes in with: Soy Mitt Romney y apruebo este mensaje (I’m Mitt Romney and I approved this message). Watch it:
It’s interesting that Romney is so interested in reaching out to Latino voters in Spanish. In the past, he has been stridently English-only:
“English needs to be the language that is spoken in America. We cannot be a bilingual nation like Canada.” [3/07]
“You strengthen the American people by securing our borders and by insisting that the children who come legally to this land are taught in English.” [3/2/07]
In September, the Spanish-language television network Univision had to cancel a GOP presidential debate when only Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) agreed to attend.
But with the important Florida presidential primary — and its large number of Latino voters — approaching, the candidates are going all-out to pander for votes. Earlier this month, Giuliani also released a campaign ad en español on at least three Spanish-language television stations in Miami, despite his vocal support for English-only policies.
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I would like to commend Mittens for his ability to speak both English and Spanish out of both corners of his mouth, simultaneously telling his Hispanic audience one thing, and his Anglo audience exactly the opposite.
January 21st, 2008 at 3:58 pmLOL HUgh Hewitt was just on NPR????????????????????NPR???????????????
He exclaimed it was possible for both Mittt and 911Guiliani to be publically anti-abortion and privately anti-abortion. Or dod I have that backwards?????
Do I have it backwards????????????
NPR????????
January 21st, 2008 at 3:59 pmMitt ‘the Morph’ Romney…
If you don’t like what I am this week, be patient…I’ll be what you like by next week’.
Rudy,
‘Well, if we get rid of Hispanics, who will clean my house?’
Huckabible,
‘I’ll preach in Spanish if it gets me votes.’
Thompson,
January 21st, 2008 at 3:59 pm‘We don’t have Mexicans in Tennessee’.
He was against “english-only” before he was for it…
He was for “english-only” before he was against it…
…wait a minute…now I’m confused…
January 21st, 2008 at 4:01 pmRomney:….Only when Spanish helps me advance in my campaign should be allowed…
mmm
January 21st, 2008 at 4:02 pmWhat is the Spanish word for ‘flip-flop’?
-GSD
January 21st, 2008 at 4:06 pmI don’t know why they don’t embrace multiple languages. It’s really an opportunity for Mitt to have a different position in different languages. Imagine that…now he can not only change his position daily but he can have two different positions in two different languages daily.
January 21st, 2008 at 4:07 pmFrom Bob Edwards’s XM satellite radio show:
Presidential candidate Edwards “was talking to someone named Tom Miller, who has been to Cuba as a journalist. Miller was describing a visit where he was just sitting on a park bench talking to someone when a policeman came by and asked for their papers. After going to his police car and checking something, Miller was arrested and taken to some government building where he was questioned for a couple of hours. They asked if he had been handing out copies of a 1948 declaration on human rights. Apparently someone matching Miller’s description had been handing them out.
Miller said “I wasn’t mistreated per se, but it wasn’t a happy experience.” And Edwards says (may not be exact quote) “At least you were treated better than people over in Guantanamo.”
Does Edwards really mean to suggest that one ought to treat terrorists captured on the battlefield the same way as people sitting on a park bench, minding their own business–or for that matter than people who actually were doing what Miller was “suspected” of, namely handing out copies of human-rights literature.
In an age of heightened sensitivity over slurs involving race, religion, sexual orientation and so forth, why is anti-American bigotry considered socially acceptable?
January 21st, 2008 at 4:08 pmLOL at #7
You could be on to a whole new campaign strategy there, elliot.
January 21st, 2008 at 4:09 pmJT:
Did a google search and could find no mention of what you describe. Perhaps you could find a link before throwing around unsubstantiated accusations.
January 21st, 2008 at 4:13 pm#8 What evidence do you have that everyone in Gitmo is a “terrorist” captured “on a battlefield”? Sources? Links?
Also, your interpretation of Edwards remark is downright bizarre.
January 21st, 2008 at 4:14 pmLooks like a troll infestation is brewing on this thread.
January 21st, 2008 at 4:14 pmMitt Romney a Mexican-American?
188pxromney1 Marisa Treviño on the Huffington Post has an interesting piece about Mitt Romney’s criticism of so-called sanctuary cities. She sees it as inconsistent with his family history:
“It seems that Governor Bill Richardson isn’t the only presidential candidate with a Mexican-born parent. Republican candidate, Mitt Romney, can technically claim Latino heritage as well. His father, George Romney, was born in Colonia Dublán, Galeana, in the Mexican state of Chihuahua. . . . The elder Romney was born in a Mormon colony on Mexican soil that his parents had fled to, for lack of a better word — sanctuary. That’s why, it’s rather ironic that Mitt, being the son of a man whose family fled to Mexico for sanctuary reasons, would authorize a plan to slash funding for American cities that declare themselves to be immigration sanctuary cities.”
LOL
Romney’s grandfather (perhaps great grandfather) fled to Mexico to escape persecution in Utah for being a polygamist.
LOL
January 21st, 2008 at 4:14 pmGood point, Frosty Cupcake: since JT’s comment as a whole is a pile of stinking manure, we have every reason to doubt its attribution of this quote to Edwards, and every reason to demand proof.
So let’s see the proof, JT, then we will discuss your inane interpretation of alleged remark.
January 21st, 2008 at 4:16 pmComment by JT — January 21, 2008 @ 4:08 pm
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One thing you have to keep in mind, JT, 86% of the detainees at Gitmo weren’t captured by US troops, and the majority of them don’t come from Iraq or Afghanistan.
On a side note, that story reminds me of a personal experience of my own. In 2004, when I first came home from Iraq, I had tremendous trouble sleeping. I would go out for long walks at night, just to clear my head. Just walking down the street in my own neighborhood, minding my own business. I was stopped three different times by local police, and threatened with being arrested once.
January 21st, 2008 at 4:17 pmI haven’t been following the republican campign that much, just due to lack of time. Who is currently in the lead?
January 21st, 2008 at 4:23 pmAfter watching Rudy Giuliani’s Spanish language campaign ads, the most common comment by Latino voters was, “Estoy harto de enterándose de nueve once!”
January 21st, 2008 at 4:25 pmI haven’t been following the republican campign that much, just due to lack of time. Who is currently in the lead?
Comment by Chris L — January 21, 2008 @ 4:23 p
McCain seems to have the edge for now, but it is still wide open.
January 21st, 2008 at 4:25 pmAfter this Mitt Romney needs to stop bashing the Spanish language and the future bilingual society. We are becoming like Canada and that is a wonderful thing.
January 21st, 2008 at 4:28 pmI think your scared of Romney. Why all the pickiness?
Comment by Southern Man — January 21, 2008 @ 4:21 pm
I think you have no morals. Why all the hyocrisy? Why all the flip-flopping? What is Romney so afraid of that he won’t stick to his own stated positions? Why are you so afraid of the truth about your lame-ass, plastic, cult-following candidate coming out? Why is anyone afraid of Romney? Because, he, like Bush, will lie through his teeth to get elected, and if he’s close, your Republiscum election-stealers will install another moron to continue your destruction of my country.
Man, are you stupid.
January 21st, 2008 at 4:29 pmHey Romney,
Jodete, pendejo!!!
January 21st, 2008 at 4:29 pmI haven’t been following the republican campign that much, just due to lack of time. Who is currently in the lead?
Comment by Chris L — January 21, 2008 @ 4:23 pm
Bart Simpson.
January 21st, 2008 at 4:29 pmWhy all the pickiness?
Comment by Southern Man — January 21, 2008 @ 4:21 pm
Because “English only” are code words from the mouths of Republicans pandering to their xenophobic base. Also, the attempt to make English the official language is a closet attempt to outlaw ballots printed in other languages, i.e. it is yet another Republican voter suppression tactic.
The economic incentive for immigrants to learn English is tremendous, and nothing else is needed, particularly not a declaration of English as our official language (we have no such declaration now).
January 21st, 2008 at 4:30 pmMust a troll meeting here today.
January 21st, 2008 at 4:31 pm6. answer: El Flipo/El Flopo…
17. Yes Mitt scares all normal people. Mitt is bush#41s pick, THAT scares me a lot.
They count on the ill informed Republican voters not noticing that Spanish emanates from Mitt’s mouth and English emanates from his behind.
January 21st, 2008 at 4:33 pmMust a troll meeting here today.
Comment by wisedup — January 21, 2008 @ 4:31 pm
I think they are too chicken to venture onto the thread about Dick Cheney’s team destroying email to cover up evidence of their treasonous crimes.
January 21st, 2008 at 4:34 pmWhat an ignorant SOB. My country has 4 national languages, many immigrants, and is still ranked among the wealthiest nations and best places to live in the world.
January 21st, 2008 at 4:36 pm#29 Switzerland I take it?
January 21st, 2008 at 4:37 pmWhat is the Spanish word for ‘flip-flop’?
-GSD
Comment by GSD — January 21, 2008 @ 4:06 pm
Flip flop, no hyphen, per dictionary.com’s translator:
fracaso de tirón
But when I check this with the Spanish-to-English operation, it translates to:
“pull failure.”
Yes indeedy.
January 21st, 2008 at 4:38 pmI see nothing wrong with Mitt or Rudy sucking in the Spanish speaking people as they doing nothing different then Senator Obama who thinks because of the color of his skin he has the black vote. As Karl Rove passed Religion and God who wanted George to be President and it worked. The people of Michigan believed Romney’s lie that would bring back the car industry he now knows you can tell Americans anything and they’ll believe it. At lease the World is seeing just how Americans just follow without thinking it just makes it easier for another country to take over as the Saudis are doing. It is good to see the Spanish immigrants are buying up homes as millions of Americans go in to foreclosure now who’s smart and who’s dumb. Senator Obama who only knows what he has read and he did benefit from the Civil Rights movement is talking the Clinton’s who lived and worked during that struggle he knows more. Yes his life was in Hawaii and overseas only to come back to the US and benefit from what Civil Rights Bill. Hillary got to met Dr. King but of course because she’s white that means nothing to the uneducated Americans as the Media does it spin. So Mitt, Rudy and Rev. Huck will do what ever it takes to get a vote and as Karl Rove proved Americans don’t think they follow it just might work. I look forward to the Republicans selling the lies to African Americans with enough money they would follow the lies to. Remember the GOP is funding the terrorist so anything can happen. Now the Saudis are smart to as they are buying up shares of the US banks. When they own the banks your car payment and mortgage payments will soon be going to the US/Saudi banks of America.
January 21st, 2008 at 4:40 pm#30
Switzerland, indeed.
January 21st, 2008 at 4:44 pmBart Simpson.
Comment by Lefty Patriot — January 21, 2008 @ 4:29 pm
Followed closely by Dagwood Bumstead in second place, with Locutus of Borg nipping at their heels. Locutus, by the way, is threatening to assimilate all Democrats in Congress if he loses.
January 21st, 2008 at 4:44 pmdidn’t Rudy do a Spanish-language ad for Florida as well?
January 21st, 2008 at 4:47 pmCan you discuss anything without insult. Thats why nobody takes you seriously. I’m done with you. If you don’t want to DISCUSS the issue, go away.
Comment by Southern Man — January 21, 2008 @ 4:41 pm
Can’t you discuss anything instead of throwing out “Oh, you insulted me, my feelings are hurt”?
Lefty made some valid points. What’s the matter…can’t you discuss them?
January 21st, 2008 at 4:48 pmdidn’t Rudy do a Spanish-language ad for Florida as well?
Comment by Pete Bogs — January 21, 2008 @ 4:47 pm
Indeed he did.
January 21st, 2008 at 4:48 pmWhy not have an official langauge? It makes perfect sense to do so, yet common sense gets thrown out the window in todays political climate.
Comment by Southern Man — January 21, 2008 @ 4:48 pm
Ah, the DO AS I SAY, NOT AS I DO, Republican Hypocrisy!!! You TARDS are SO PREDICTABLE!! ROTFL!!
January 21st, 2008 at 4:50 pmHe would have to have a Spanish-language ad in order to tell the people this:
Escuche todo usted mexicanos ilegales. Ustedes deben aprender a hablar inglés.
January 21st, 2008 at 4:50 pmCan you discuss anything without insult. Thats why nobody takes you seriously. I’m done with you. If you don’t want to DISCUSS the issue, go away. Comment by Southern Man — January 21, 2008 @ 4:41 pm
We COULD, but your IGNORANCE, HATRED, BIGOTRY and ARROGANCE are BY NATURE INSULTING, thereby making it IMPOSSIBLE for you to be ANYTHING BUT an INSULT to those AROUND YOU! :)
January 21st, 2008 at 4:50 pmRe: Craig encourages voters to “get to know my father, Mitt Romney.â€
Is this the Craig Romney who valiantly fights for America’s freedom and prevents terrorists from attacking us by following his father around the country and campaigning on his behalf?
January 21st, 2008 at 4:51 pmI think your scared of Romney. Why all the pickiness?
Comment by Southern Man — January 21, 2008 @ 4:21 pm
You think GROSS HYPOCRISY is PICKY? ROTFL!! Of COURSE YOU DO, you’re a HYPOCRITICAL REPUBLICAN!!! Well to be FAIR anyone that ISN’T A LITTLE SCARED for HOW BADLY you Conservatives F**KS THINGS UP, isn’t very SANE!! ;)
January 21st, 2008 at 4:52 pmI’m all for an official language, as long as it’s Vietnamese.
January 21st, 2008 at 4:53 pmWell to be fair, Mitt’s dad WAS an ILLEGAL IMMIGRANT FROM MEXICO (TRUE STORY!), so you can understand why he’d be JUST A LITTLE BIT OF A HYPOCRITE! Being that he’s a SON of an ILLEGAL MEXICAN IMMIGRANT! ;)
January 21st, 2008 at 4:53 pmWhy not have an official langauge? It makes perfect sense to do so, yet common sense gets thrown out the window in todays political climate.
Comment by Southern Man — January 21, 2008 @ 4:48 pm
Probably for the same reason that Ex Lax doesn’t have an official toilet paper.
If Mitt is so damned gung ho about an official language, then he needs to encourage immigrants to learn English by addressing them in English. Instead, the message is, “Vote for me, and I’ll force you to speak English if you are going to live in this country.”
January 21st, 2008 at 4:54 pmWhy not have an official langauge? It makes perfect sense to do so, yet common sense gets thrown out the window in todays political climate.
Comment by Southern Man — January 21, 2008 @ 4:48 pm
I few years back I was contacted by a Dutch teen who was looking for kids in the States to be a penpal with. He spoke 5 languages fluently and was an accomplished musician and student. It was embarassing to admit that as a teacher in the US I had no students who could stand in the same room as him without looking stupid. Speaking louder in English isn’t the answer!
January 21st, 2008 at 4:55 pmIt makes perfect sense to do so
Comment by Southern Man — January 21, 2008 @ 4:48 pm
And why? This country is doing just fine without an official language. Can you tell me a specific problem caused by not having one?
January 21st, 2008 at 4:57 pmSpeaking louder in English isn’t the answer!
Comment by dbadass — January 21, 2008 @ 4:55 pm
Yeah, but it’s the ONLY SKILL - that TARDED RUBES like SOUTHERN MORON HAVE!! ;)
January 21st, 2008 at 4:57 pmAnd why? This country is doing just fine without an official language. Can you tell me a specific problem caused by not having one?
Comment by VerbalKint — January 21, 2008 @ 4:57 pm
These TARDS HATE AMERICA, that’s why they’re SO DESPERATE TO CHANGE IT ;)
January 21st, 2008 at 4:58 pmBad Eye,
Yes, that would be him.
Tough work, enlisting & fighting hard for your Country, er, Father.
January 21st, 2008 at 4:58 pmI’m done with you.
Comment by Southern Man — January 21, 2008 @ 4:41 pm
Lefty says one thing to you, and you are DONE with him? I didn’t even know you got started.
Sheesh. If you can’t take on Lefty, how are we to expect you to deal with the terrorists if they tell you to your face that your mother wears combat boots?
January 21st, 2008 at 4:59 pmComment by Southern Man — January 21, 2008 @ 4:48 pm
While I am not sure an official language “makes perfect sense”, I am not necessarily opposed to the idea.
What I most definitely repulsed by, is the constant xenophobic, racist hatemongering from the right-wing when it comes to this issue. Their goal isn’t to help newcomers assimilate, but to segregate through language. That, I have a problem with.
January 21st, 2008 at 5:00 pmCan you tell me a specific problem caused by not having one?
Comment by VerbalKint — January 21, 2008 @ 4:57 pm
Ooooo…I can! The likes of Romney wouldn’t have to look like an ass by demanding Mexicans speak English only to campaign to them in their native language.
January 21st, 2008 at 5:02 pmBy the way, I travel a lot to Europe and am embarrassed that I do not speak any language except for English and a little bit of Spanish. I attribute this to a terrible gap in our educational system (and some laziness on my part). My European colleagues are all fluent in English, and many are fluent in three languages. Americans should consider themselves damn lucky that other nations teach English so well in their schools. Because of this, it is very easy to travel and conduct business throughout much of the world knowing only English. I think we are better off as a multilingual society than a monolingual one. But a key element of the conservative/right wing authoritarian mentality is fear of anything unfamiliar.
January 21st, 2008 at 5:02 pmIs Romney the mormon word for flip flop?
January 21st, 2008 at 5:02 pmBy the way, the option of having multiple official languages is never on the table for the racist right-wing haters.
As long as Spanish is spoken by a wide sector of the population in the US, it should be considered as a potential co-official language with English. There is nothing wrong with that.
January 21st, 2008 at 5:03 pmWaitaminnit — didn’t Rudy do the same thing? That is, proclaim “English only” long and loud to appeal to the xenophobes and then produce Spanish language advertisements to shill himself to the Hispanic vote?
I suspect that both Rudy and Mitt are counting on votes from people who don’t think very hard.
January 21st, 2008 at 5:07 pmWhat my dog hears- “Bogey, blah blah blah blah bed, blah blah blah blah treat.â€
Comment by Southern Man — January 21, 2008 @ 5:04 pm
Try Spanish on him.
January 21st, 2008 at 5:08 pmYour dog knows three English language words. Obviously Bogey isn’t a German Shepard. I’ll quess English sheepdog
January 21st, 2008 at 5:09 pmOh, and boohoo, SM. You’re a crybaby with excuses instead of answers. English as the official language would leave Bush out in the cold.
January 21st, 2008 at 5:10 pmComment by Southern Man — January 21, 2008 @ 5:04 pm
The point, Einstein, is that Romney is a f-cking hypocrite. Something that you apparently can’t fathom.
You still haven’t addressed Lefty’s points about Romney.
January 21st, 2008 at 5:10 pmCan you discuss anything without insult. Thats why nobody takes you seriously. I’m done with you. If you don’t want to DISCUSS the issue, go away.
Comment by Southern Man — January 21, 2008 @ 4:41 pm
I take LP seriously.
January 21st, 2008 at 5:14 pmYou still haven’t addressed Lefty’s points about Romney.
Comment by Bad Eye — January 21, 2008 @ 5:10 pm
First off, he’s done with me. Secondly, how can he argue? He’s just admitting that he is, in fact, stupid. I was just stating a fact; he insists it’s an insult. If he wanted to prove me wrong, he would argue the facts.
But I will apologize.
SM, I’m sorry you’re stupid.
January 21st, 2008 at 5:17 pm#65 Oh my goodness, schoolchildren who need to be taught English. What a tragedy. We wouldn’t want to teach any languages in our schools, now would we?
As for the road sign thing, it is pure crap. Safety-related road signs are all iconic in design, and by and large are similar or the same as used in most of the world.
You haven’t ever been to foreign country, have you?
January 21st, 2008 at 5:18 pmHe spoke 5 languages fluently and was an accomplished musician and student.
Comment by dbadass — January 21, 2008 @ 4:55 pm
In the Netherlands, they understand that they aren’t the center of the entire universe. When I was in Amsterdam, it was rare to find somebody who couldn’t speak English with me. Only in the United States do we believe that if the rest of the world wants to talk to us, they should do it in our language — making us even more arrogant than the French.
Foreign language study is mandatory in many European countries, starting at an early age. Here, it’s rarely mandatory, and even as elective courses generally aren’t available until advanced grades. I studied both German and Swedish, but not long enough to become anything close to fluent, and in this country, I didn’t have enough opportunity to practice either of them sufficiently to become proficient (looking back, I realize I should have studied Spanish!).
Several countries have more than one official language (Canada, Switzerland, and Belgium come to mind). In these countries, signage and other written materials are usually in more than one language, and many citizens learn to speak at least some of a second language more easily as a result.
January 21st, 2008 at 5:19 pm#65 Also, SM, your comment is truly bizarre and illogical. How would declaring English the official language help with the road signs? How would it help with ESL students? It’s just a declaration. It doesn’t do anything to address either of the issues you raise.
January 21st, 2008 at 5:21 pmMost of my Spanish speaking students have had little difficulty being successful in class. They usually are bilingual or become so very quickly. Like my Asian students they also come from families which respect the educational process far more than their waspy classmates and their families. In fact it was my brother who as a soley English speaker who needed to learn Spanish to continue to be successful in his field as a large city high end chef.
January 21st, 2008 at 5:21 pmAll of our signs on interstates , state highways, and city roadways are in English. This causes dangerous driving conditions on our roadways when licensed and unlicensed use them. A huge safety hazard. Should we now spend billions of dollars to add signs in Spanish as well. Theres two, and there are many more.
Comment by Southern Man — January 21, 2008 @ 5:15 pm
I knew it would come down to money; there’s enough money to slaughter Iraqi children in their beds, but not enough for English-Spanish textbooks and signs.
See why I question your thought processes, SM? Because they don’t have any moral center. This argument exposes you as valuing money more than people. it is a bad way to live on a planet full of people. People were here long before money, and if money disappeared tomorrow, people would figure out how to do without it. the right wing is obsessed with money and stuff. Why?
January 21st, 2008 at 5:21 pmHey Southern Man, if Romney/Ghouliani is prepared to speak Spanish to Spanish speaking folks to get their vote, ignoring their English only stand, imagine what they’re willing to do to get homosexual votes. Ha ha ha. They just turn the other cheek I guess.
January 21st, 2008 at 5:23 pmComment by missmolly — January 21, 2008 @ 5:19 pm
The high school I teach in does not require any world language study for graduation. It is so freakin’ pitiful, short sighted, and outright in direct opposition to all that is understood about language and communication skills. Sad….
January 21st, 2008 at 5:23 pmThey just turn the other cheek I guess.
Comment by Dave C — January 21, 2008 @ 5:23 pm
Look out, Dave C., they are, after all, Republicans. You may be very close to home.
January 21st, 2008 at 5:24 pmSM, if you are so worried about road safety, you should support issuing driver’s licenses to illegal immigrants. Many police departments support such a policy.
January 21st, 2008 at 5:27 pmComment by Southern Man — January 21, 2008 @ 5:15 pm
1) I’ve seen Spanish textbooks before. Actually, I had one in my Spanish class.
2) People are more than capable of driving on the road without having the fundemental knowledge of any language. Hence the reason a stop sign is always octagonal and red and a yeild sign is always an upside down triangle
January 21st, 2008 at 5:27 pmWell, the comparison is valid IMO. If you believe English only for U.S. citizens then you shouldn’t be speaking Spanish to get votes. If you believe in hetero only sex then you shouldn’t be giving blowjobs to get votes. If you believe in Christianity driving the govt then you shouldn’t blaspheme to get atheist votes. With all of the flip flopping going on these days it’s hard to know what Republicans do stand for. Remember when they used to have phrases like “compassionate conservative” and “fiscal conservative”? What a crock of shite that turned out to be. Now they spend like there’s no end to the money & torture to get information. And their domestic policies are compassionate to the wealthy only.
January 21st, 2008 at 5:29 pmThe “A Little Dab Will Do Ya” man, the Mittster, is a equal opportunity man when it comes to pandering for votes?
January 21st, 2008 at 5:31 pmwell, let’s face facts; the GOP is far more dangerous to America than Al Qaeda, and has done far more damage than 9/11. These are simple, obvious facts, easy to prove, even by the GOP’s measure. Bush has killed more Americans than 9/11 did, and no amount of Arab attacks could roll back our civil rights as quickly and completely as the Repuke congress did. And money? Billions stolen, billions, by Republican operatives and Republican-connected companies like Halliburton. Not to mention the page-raping Republican congressmen, the closetted homosexual senator arrested for lewd homosexual behavior; it goes on for many pages.
Want another 9/11 and its results? Vote Republican.
January 21st, 2008 at 5:34 pmHow about emergency rooms? We can’t hire enough good doctors and nurses as it is, now we have to find ones that speak spanish on top of it? Why should we change our langauge, which has been used for two hundred plus years, to suit them. It should be the other way around. They should learn our langauge and adapt to our society, not the other way around. Langauge, borders, culture. Without all three, we are a doomed society.
Comment by Southern Man — January 21, 2008 @ 5:35 pm
ROTFL!! You do realize this is a MYTH of spanish speaking people clogging up the emergency rooms - RIGHT? Wow, you’re DUMB! Southern MORON!
January 21st, 2008 at 5:38 pmMutt Rommel would best be described as “loco en la cabeza”
or my Columbian friend says “idiota que se tira del tirón”
January 21st, 2008 at 5:39 pmWhat are his points BE? That Romney is trying to get votes? No sh*it Bad Eye. A politician trying to get as many votes as he can, no way. You think that will get him elected BE?
Comment by Southern Man — January 21, 2008 @ 5:20 pm
His POINT is that he’s a HYPOCRITICAL WH**RE that is HAPPY to USE and ABUSE people while PRETENDING to WANT TO HELP THEM (as REPUBLICAN TARDS LIKE YOU - ALWAYS DO!)… STFU JUNIOR!
January 21st, 2008 at 5:39 pmCan anyone imagine if Hillary’s father/mother had been an ILLEGAL IMMIGRANT like Mitt’s was, how a SPANISH LANGUAGE AD would be RECEIVED BY THE MEDIA? ROTFL, Republicans and their MSM BLOWHARDS are a BUNCH OF HYPOCRITICAL FOOLS!
January 21st, 2008 at 5:41 pmWhy should we change our langauge, which has been used for two hundred plus years, to suit them.
Comment by Southern Man — January 21, 2008 @ 5:35 pm
My god, are you ever ignorant about the history of your own country. We are a country of immigrants. People have been coming here, speaking their native language, and learning English, for the entire history of our nation.
You also sound pretty darn xenophobic to me.
And who the hell says we have to change our language?!?!?
January 21st, 2008 at 5:42 pmPoor Southern TARD is SO DAM STUPID he thinks NO LATINOS BECOME DOCTORS!!! What a FAT LITTLE RACIST PIG!! ;)
January 21st, 2008 at 5:43 pmLangauge, borders, culture. Without all three, we are a doomed society.
Comment by Southern Man — January 21, 2008 @ 5:35 pm
Wrong, wrong, and wrong. proven by many other more advanced countries. Look at the way you spelled language, by the way. And what culture does a 225-year-old melting-pot have, anyway? This country was for 200 years the culture of immigrants. You have it entirely backwards. Who are the “we” you refer to? The Italians and Spanish and Vikings that “discovered” this land? The Native Americans who were slaughtered by the millions? The English settlers who had been tossed out on their asses and wound up here because they were losers? Who do you refer to? The African slaves? The Chinese railroad gangs? The Irish? the Pennsylvania Dutch? The only Americans there ever were are nearly gone, decimated in a genocide without equal in world history. And you think English should be the official language.
Wow.
January 21st, 2008 at 5:44 pmComment by Southern Man — January 21, 2008 @ 5:35 pm
Most hospitals already have spanish translators on staff.
I live here in Chicago and many of the local hospitals not only have Spanish translators, but Russian, Polish, and some form of Chinese.
Hell, even the Cook County Court (thats Chicago) has its website in multiple languages. Here’s simplified Chinese:
http://w4.systranlinks.com/ trans?lp=en_zh&url=http%3A%2F%2F198.173.15.31%2Fnewsite%2F%3F
January 21st, 2008 at 5:45 pmHow about emergency rooms? We can’t hire enough good doctors and nurses as it is,
Comment by Southern Man — January 21, 2008 @ 5:35 pm
More ignorance. Doctor shortages are only local, typically in remote rural areas. The total number of doctors is determined by the AMA, which functions like a guild in that it deliberately limits its numbers to keep salaries high. The AMA controls the number of medical schools and limits how many students they can graduate each year. This practice should be outlawed.
January 21st, 2008 at 5:46 pmWhat is the Spanish word for ‘flip-flop’?
-GSD
Comment by GSD — January 21, 2008 @ 4:06 pm
kerrygore
Comment by Southern Man — January 21, 2008 @ 4:13 pm
Gee that’s witty… how about, GiuliRomney?
January 21st, 2008 at 5:47 pmAsk a terrorist who they want in The White House. They will say 100%, a democrat. I wonder why that is Lefty. When Al Qaida was asked before the 06 elections who they would vote for, “democrats across the boardâ€. Democrats are soft, why else would they not impeach Cheeney when there is plenty of evidence to do so? If they won’t even take on Cheeney, what makes you believe they won’t take on real terrorist?
Comment by Southern Man — January 21, 2008 @ 5:44 pm
Which terrorist did you ask Southern Man? Osama bin Laden and his family are big fans of Bushco and I’m sure wanted them in office so his family could get flown out at taxpayer expense after the twin towers fell.
January 21st, 2008 at 5:47 pmAsk a terrorist who they want in The White House. They will say 100%, a democrat. I wonder why that is Lefty. When Al Qaida was asked before the 06 elections who they would vote for, “democrats across the boardâ€. Democrats are soft, why else would they not impeach Cheeney when there is plenty of evidence to do so? If they won’t even take on Cheeney, what makes you believe they won’t take on real terrorist?
Comment by Southern Man — January 21, 2008 @ 5:44 pm
You SAY THAT like you KNOW THE MIND OF TERRORISTS!!! ;) HYSTERICAL slip of the TONGUE THERE!! Actually they found an OPERATION DOCUMENT in IRAQ a couple of years ago on a laptop taken when they killed on of the top Al Qaeda leaders which specifically stated they wanted the US to CONTINUE the policies of Bush in Iraq, because it helped them BLEED US DRY! Getting us to invade another country was ALWAYS their plan according to what the TERRORISTS SAID, and NOT WHAT YOU FALSELY BELIEVE- MORON!
Who’s the REAL TERRORIST? Religious Conservatives - OF WHICH YOU ARE ONE! ;)
January 21st, 2008 at 5:48 pmAsk a terrorist who they want in The White House. They will say 100%, a democrat.
Comment by Southern Man — January 21, 2008 @ 5:44 pm
ha ha ha. Republicans don’t have the ability to catch terrorists, but they can poll them?
Why don’t you try eliminating the terrorist threat instead of asking them who they would vote for?
January 21st, 2008 at 5:48 pmComment by Southern Man — January 21, 2008 @ 5:44 pm
Methinks Al-Queda’s Reverse Psychology department has gotten to this one.
January 21st, 2008 at 5:48 pmAsk a terrorist who they want in The White House. They will say 100%, a democrat. I wonder why that is Lefty. When Al Qaida was asked before the 06 elections who they would vote for, “democrats across the boardâ€. Democrats are soft, why else would they not impeach Cheeney when there is plenty of evidence to do so? If they won’t even take on Cheeney, what makes you believe they won’t take on real terrorist?
Comment by Southern Man — January 21, 2008 @ 5:44 pm
yeah, that’s why they waited for George Bush before they pulled out all the stops. the dems took on the terrorists, and won, more than once. The republicans failed us, co pletely. The problem with Cheney is most certainly that he is the biggest terrorist of all, with full dossiers on every person in government, and the lack of soul and patriotism to use and abuse any private information he has.
and what terrorists have you been talking to? The ones that ran all of the Bin Laden re-election videos for GWB and crew?
Now, what explanation do we have for this amount and level of wrong-headedness on your part? You got all huffy when I called you stupid, and yet you post this kind of stupidity. So, please explain what you mean, and what terrorists you talked to.
January 21st, 2008 at 5:48 pmAsk a terrorist who they want in The White House. They will say 100%, a democrat. I wonder why that is Lefty. When Al Qaida was asked before the 06 elections who they would vote for, “democrats across the boardâ€.
Comment by Southern Man — January 21, 2008 @ 5:44 pm
Let’s have some proof. Please provide links to the polls conducted of Al Qaeda members.
January 21st, 2008 at 5:48 pmWhere did I say that? ROTFL? You spend a lot of time on the ground, might be time to get off your ass and get a real job.
Comment by Southern Man — January 21, 2008 @ 5:45 pm
Because you said they couldn’t find QUALIFIED SPANISH SPEAKERS - RACIST MORON!
January 21st, 2008 at 5:49 pmWhere did I say that? ROTFL? You spend a lot of time on the ground, might be time to get off your ass and get a real job.
Comment by Southern Man — January 21, 2008 @ 5:45 pm
Hey, every time I come here, YOU’RE SPOUTING YOUR INBRED IGNORANT FAT MOUTH OFF, with some LAME **S CRAP, that a SECOND GRADER should be SMART ENOUGH TO KNOW BETTER! So why don’t you take your OWN ADVICE, you LAZY FAT TARDED REDNECK LOSER!
January 21st, 2008 at 5:50 pmOkay, I am personally declaring Southern Man too stupid to help. Lord knows I have tried. It’s almost as bad as Frank.
January 21st, 2008 at 5:50 pmAsk a terrorist who they want in The White House. They will say 100%, a democrat.
Comment by Southern Man — January 21, 2008 @ 5:44 pm
And you’d know that because… Point me to the nearest poll of terrorists dude. Just talking out of your a$$ again I guess. If anything the terrorists would be loving a Rep in office. It’s not too difficult to find new members with all of the shite that GWB is causing. Hating is easy with him in office.
January 21st, 2008 at 5:50 pmWho Funded Trained and Supported Radical Islam Terrorists:
Republicans
Who allowed the FIRST CIA WTC mastermind, and the man behind the African Embassy bombings, and much of the subsequent Al Qaeda planning to GO FREE after the first WTC event?
Republicans
Who’s policies EMBOLDEN the TERRORISTS?
Republicans
If you want MORE 9-11s, and to DESTROY our MILITARY AND ECONOMY - VOTE REPUBLICAN! Because BREAKING THINGS is ALL THEY CAN DO!
January 21st, 2008 at 5:52 pmOkay, I am personally declaring Southern Man too stupid to help. Lord knows I have tried. It’s almost as bad as Frank.
Comment by VerbalKint — January 21, 2008 @ 5:50 pm
When your family tree only has ONE BRANCH, there’s not much that can be done ;)
January 21st, 2008 at 5:52 pmI think that any objective observer would agree that Southern Man’s lame arguments and phony facts have been pulverized by others on this thread. Yet he just keeps on putting them out there to get blasted to smithereens.
January 21st, 2008 at 5:54 pmYou have a great view of the country you proclaim to love. Funny how you omit the fact that when our ancestors came from all of those other countries, the accimilated into our society very quickly. They knew they had to learn our ways or they would not have a chance. Today, it’s about learning their ways? I say bullsh*t.
Comment by Southern Man — January 21, 2008 @ 5:52 pm
ROTFL!!! Do you mean ‘acclimated’? Don’t use words you can’t spell, SouthernMoron. You do realize that Spanish Speaking people assimilate just as quickly as other groups - right? Obviously NOT! So WTF are you WHINING ABOUT, SOUTHERN BIGOT? By the way, what you say is ALWAYS B*LLSH*T! ;)
January 21st, 2008 at 5:54 pmdidn’t Rudy do a Spanish-language ad for Florida as well?
Comment by Pete Bogs — January 21, 2008 @ 4:47 pm
Yes he did and while I don’t speak much spanish I’d be willing to bet that he mentions 9/11 in it at least twice…;)
January 21st, 2008 at 5:55 pmFunny how you omit the fact that when our ancestors came from all of those other countries, the accimilated into our society very quickly. They knew they had to learn our ways or they would not have a chance. Today, it’s about learning their ways? I say bullsh*t.
Comment by Southern Man — January 21, 2008 @ 5:52 pm
Making it up again, I see. What is your evidence that immigrants were assimilated any quicker then than now? And what is your problem with learning their ways, anyways? Are you scared of learning new things? Do unfamiliar foods frighten you? Is it their brown skin?
Your words ooze xenophobia.
January 21st, 2008 at 5:57 pmHere you to SouthernMoron, an article from a SOUTHERN PAPER…
http://www.dallasnews.com/ sharedcontent/ dws/ dn/ opinion/ points/ stories/ DN-anonymous_30edi.ART1.State.Edition1.3696258.html
SouthernMoron, stick to licking your own **S, while you keep your head shoved up there, and leave the politickering to people that aren’t BRAIN DEAD UNINFORMED RUBES!
January 21st, 2008 at 5:57 pmI find it HYSTERICAL that a SOUTHERNRUBE that CAN’T SPELL ENGLISH is LECTURING that people should LUHRN AENGLUSH! ;)
January 21st, 2008 at 5:58 pmConsidering Hill’reh’s new interest in the economy, someone should ask her if, as president, she would:
1) grant CA’s waiver to speed up / increase the emissions regs on automobiles
2) deny CA’s waiver
3) postpone implementation of the 2007 CAFE standards
January 21st, 2008 at 5:59 pmMaking it up again, I see. What is your evidence that immigrants were assimilated any quicker then than now? And what is your problem with learning their ways, anyways? Are you scared of learning new things? Do unfamiliar foods frighten you? Is it their brown skin?
Your words ooze xenophobia.
Comment by VerbalKint — January 21, 2008 @ 5:57 pm
Yeah, because those French Fries and German Streusal are FROM THE DEVIL and their WAYS should NEVER BE LEARNED ;)
January 21st, 2008 at 6:00 pmHard working, a strong focus on family, a strong desire to improve their lives. Which of these immigrant qualities frighten you, Southern Man?
Back in the late seventies and early eighties I worked as a line cook in various restaurants. Approximately half the kitchen staff were Latino immigrants. I would much rather work with those guys than many Americans, because they worked hard, and they learned. I wonder if Southern Man is a lazy crybaby like some of the Americans I worked with.
January 21st, 2008 at 6:03 pmYeah, because those French Fries and German Streusal are FROM THE DEVIL and their WAYS should NEVER BE LEARNED ;)
Comment by republicans hate facts — January 21, 2008 @ 6:00 pm
And those French people are dirty, too. At least Germans are white, like us. But they drink coffee out of little cups, and that scares me.
January 21st, 2008 at 6:05 pmFunny how you omit the fact that when our ancestors came from all of those other countries, the accimilated into our society very quickly. They knew they had to learn our ways or they would not have a chance. Today, it’s about learning their ways? I say bullsh*t.
Comment by Southern Man — January 21, 2008 @ 5:52 pm
Like the Mafiosos? Most of whom never bothered with English? And what, exactly, are “our ways”? The way of the Catholic? Protestant? Jew? Muslim? Mormon? Scientologist? 7th Day Adventist? Atheist? Anglo? African? Irishman? Trinidadian? Vietnamese?
See, SM, we are a result of all the ways that are here or have ever been here. There is no settled “way”, which seems to scare you. And the assimilation you hope for is actually very bad for our international business relations, as we lose our place at the head of the table because of GOP incompetence and greed. China and russia are coming up fast, as are India and the European Union. our exceptionalism, always exaggerated, is now coming into sharp focus as being mostly hot air and big talk. You really should get out more.
January 21st, 2008 at 6:12 pmBut they drink coffee out of little cups, and that scares me.
Comment by VerbalKint — January 21, 2008 @ 6:05 pm
LOL
Thanks for the chuckle!
January 21st, 2008 at 6:15 pmI think we need a fence around Utah. They talk funny there.
January 21st, 2008 at 6:16 pmSpeaking of Germans and language, why do they make so many food items sound unappetizing? Take krapfen, for example. Who would guess that it means donut (or to be more precise, Bismarck donut)? Does Schweinefleisch sound appetizing to anyone? And somehow “fruits of the sea” as a description of shellfish just doesn’t do it for me.
And then there is the ubiquitous use of the term fahrt everywhere. Einfahrt? Ausfahrt? In fart? Out fart?
Scary stuff.
January 21st, 2008 at 6:18 pmI think we need a fence around Utah. They talk funny there.
Comment by jb — January 21, 2008 @ 6:16 pm
They talk funny up in Minnesota, too.
January 21st, 2008 at 6:18 pmThey talk funny up in Minnesota, too.
Comment by gummitch — January 21, 2008 @ 6:18 pm
Yeah, don’tcha know. I’m sure they harbor terrists.
January 21st, 2008 at 6:20 pmToday, it’s about learning their ways? I say bullsh*t.
Comment by Southern Man — January 21, 2008 @ 5:52 pm
I disagree. I don’t know any spanish nor am I familiar with any Hispanic cultural traditions.
I don’t see how you should have to learn anymore of their culture than you would want.
January 21st, 2008 at 6:23 pmThey talk funny up in Minnesota, too.
Comment by gummitch — January 21, 2008 @ 6:18 pm
They also have the bizarre custom of giving the children’s game “duck, duck, goose” the name “duck, duck, gray duck”.
January 21st, 2008 at 6:23 pm.
Mittens seeks to be the next Great Panderer in Chief.
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January 21st, 2008 at 6:24 pmWho cares. If you need to know spanish to understand, go learn it.
January 21st, 2008 at 6:26 pmOne of best culinary developments to ever hit Minneapolis is the introduction a few years ago of bona fide tortillarias. When I bought my first 36 pack of corn tortillas warm off the machine I wanted to cry. Nowadays taco night at my house is an event to remember every time it happens.
January 21st, 2008 at 6:27 pmSpeaking of Germans and language, why do they make so many food items sound unappetizing? Take krapfen, for example. Who would guess that it means donut (or to be more precise, Bismarck donut)? Does Schweinefleisch sound appetizing to anyone? And somehow “fruits of the sea†as a description of shellfish just doesn’t do it for me.
Comment by VerbalKint — January 21, 2008 @ 6:18 pm
sounds better than chitterlings
January 21st, 2008 at 6:27 pmAll who wish to be citizens of the United States must learn english.
Comment by O. Bigfoot — January 21, 2008 @ 6:32 pm
Zieg Heil!
What a sick little ignorant fascist you are.
January 21st, 2008 at 6:34 pmThere is nothing disingenuous about running ads in Spanish. One must go where the voters are.
The voters can learn to use english as their primary language after Romney is elected President.
English must be the official language of the United States. We cannot be a bi-lingual nation and remain a strong, cohesive country.
Language cannot be allowed to remain a barrier to success in this country.
All who wish to be citizens of the United States must learn english.
Comment by O. Bigfoot — January 21, 2008 @ 6:32 pm
I’m guessing you don’t see a lot of Cubans in New Mexico, bigfoot, otherwise you’d know how stupid those comments are.
If learning English is what it takes to be successful in this country, people will learn English without you having to cram it down their throats. If the English-speaking portion of the population continues to offer the best options for immigrants, they will learn English; if not, then perhaps the English-speaking portion of the population needs to hand over the reins.
Incidentally, there is nothing in the Constitution to support your demands and yet we’ve managed to survive all these years as a nation. Why do you suppose that is?
January 21st, 2008 at 6:39 pmAll who wish to be citizens of the United States must learn english.
Comment by O. Bigfoot — January 21, 2008 @ 6:32 pm
Well, to nobody’s surprise, you’re wrong on everything here. Romney isn’t ever going to be president, he’s a crazy cultist without a clue. And many, many countries have been around much longer than the USA with several languages being the accepted norm. English will never be the official language, especially with a nitwit like George Bush slaughtering the language with the same gusto that he slaughters Iraqi children with. language is obviously no barrier to success in this country. And, nobody who wishes to become a citizen has to learn English in any more than a remedial, limited way, after which they can forget it, and go about the business of running for office in the GOP, where money does all the talking. Complete strikeout, bigfoot. you’re still the leading moron on this blog.
January 21st, 2008 at 6:43 pmThe vast majority of U.S. citizens support the learning of english to be a requirement of citizenship.
Not true.
Apparently, you prefer immigrants to be left out of the American dream. That makes you racist.
also not true.
you are a liar of the first magnitude.
January 21st, 2008 at 6:46 pmThat makes you racist.
Comment by O. Bigfoot — January 21, 2008 @ 6:44 pm
It is hilarious that a racist twit accuses others of being racist.
Thats some projector you got there Bigfoot-in-mouth.
January 21st, 2008 at 6:48 pmBigfoot is a shallow reader, which shouldn’t be surprising. His report on Romney is true as far as it goes, but the report offers more insight than “Romney leading”.
If Romney carries Florida, he undoubtedly knocks out Guiliani but that’s hardly going to make him the nominee.
January 21st, 2008 at 6:50 pmAs if on que, Lefty Patriot comes along with his usual hatred, venom, religious bigotry, racism, and anti-American drivel. We can always count on you to represent best the “progressive†cause, LP!
Comment by O. Bigfoot — January 21, 2008 @ 6:47 pm
That’s how you characerise the unvarnished truth, bigfoot, because you’ve always been afraid that if the truth were exposed to Aemricans, they would see what a disaster the GOPs bloodlust and savagery is. Everything I’ve written is the honest truth, and you have no rejoinder except to call names. Too bad your lies are so transparent, and your antiAmericanism so obvious. You lose.
January 21st, 2008 at 6:51 pmI think all who aspire to be POTUS should be required to know how to speak english. We might have avoided the catastrophe of the last 7 years.
January 21st, 2008 at 6:51 pmAs if on que, Lefty Patriot comes along with his usual hatred, venom, religious bigotry, racism, and anti-American drivel. We can always count on you to represent best the “progressive†cause, LP!
Comment by O. Bigfoot — January 21, 2008 @ 6:47 pm
Says a member of a church that for years ( starting from its roots ) discriminated against blacks because they were supposedly the descendants of Cain.
You are hilarious.
January 21st, 2008 at 6:53 pmThe vast majority of U.S. citizens support the learning of english to be a requirement of citizenship.
You are simply out of step with the mainstream.
Apparently, you prefer immigrants to be left out of the American dream. That makes you racist.
Comment by O. Bigfoot — January 21, 2008 @ 6:44 pm
Bigfoot’s super power again. Why is it that bigfoot can’t have an opinion without claiming that “the vast majority of Americans” agree with him, and yet never does he provide any evidence.
And, sure, bigfoot, those of us who don’t see a need for an “official language” just want immigrants left out — as they have been for the last 200 years without an official language. Do you ever think any of this stuff through before you bloviate?
January 21st, 2008 at 6:53 pmSad for you, but predictable considering most of you are racists who promote class warfare.
Comment by O. Bigfoot — January 21, 2008 @ 6:53 pm
And there you go again, bigfoot, lying about liberals. Pathetic, especially here where everyone knows they’re lies.
January 21st, 2008 at 6:55 pmThe vast majority of U.S. citizens support the learning of english to be a requirement of U.S. citizenship.
Comment by O. Bigfoot — January 21, 2008 @ 6:53 pm
You truly do not know what the requirements for naturalization are, do you?
See? Been that way for years and years and no need to impose an “official” language or prevent information from appearing in other languages when helpful.
January 21st, 2008 at 6:58 pmIt is the GOP pigs that are waging class war. Tax breaks for the ones who benefit the most from all our work. Sit by the pool and count your dividends and your tax cuts, I’m too busy trying to EARN a living.
January 21st, 2008 at 6:58 pmUnless you support it also, you are a racist who prefers immigrants to be left out of the American dream.
U.Yeti. Oh plucking fease.
Yet another false conclusion borne of your hysteria driven talking points.
I still say Vietnamese should be our national language. Biet, phai khong? Biet?
January 21st, 2008 at 6:59 pmI don’t really get the whole “official language” thing. What does it do for us? Is it mandatory to learn? If so, how do we go about providing for that? If it is worth all the hassle, then fine do it. But we have been a country for 232 years without a “official/national language” and we’ve done some pretty aazing thins in that time. So, if we didn’t need it then, why do we need it now?
January 21st, 2008 at 6:59 pmBigfoot would have us all goosestepping to whatever his idea of “mainstream” is.
January 21st, 2008 at 7:01 pmI don’t really get the whole “official language†thing. What does it do for us? Is it mandatory to learn? If so, how do we go about providing for that? If it is worth all the hassle, then fine do it. But we have been a country for 232 years without a “official/national language†and we’ve done some pretty aazing thins in that time. So, if we didn’t need it then, why do we need it now?
Comment by Chris L — January 21, 2008 @ 6:59 pm
It’s because people like bigfoot are terrified of the dark people. The Southwest, Florida and California have an increasingly-large proportion of Latinos (and SE Asians) and a increasingly-smaller proportion of Whites. The bigfoots of the country are terrified they’ll lose their position of power as white males.
January 21st, 2008 at 7:02 pm#150 That should read “pretty amazing things”. Kinda obvious how I’m celebrating MLK day. Oops.
January 21st, 2008 at 7:02 pmWill it be against the law to utter words not in the official dictionary?
January 21st, 2008 at 7:03 pmComment by gummitch — January 21, 2008 @ 7:02 pm
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Right, But I still don’t see what it means. In other words, if we declared tomorrow that our official/national language is Hmong Laosian, what effect would it have on my next door neighbor Bob?
January 21st, 2008 at 7:05 pmHow much English do we need to know? Who decides?
January 21st, 2008 at 7:05 pmYes, I do. That’s why I stated my beliefs. English must be learned by those who wish to become citizens.
Those who do not, cannot become citizens.
Comment by O. Bigfoot — January 21, 2008 @ 7:04 pm
And no one has suggested anything different — except you, who claimed we needed an official language. If English proficiency is already required for citizenship, where is there a problem?
January 21st, 2008 at 7:06 pmDoes W know English well enough to be a citizen?
January 21st, 2008 at 7:06 pmI think it should be a requirement that any persons wanting to become US Citizens should be able to juggle three tennis balls in the air blindfolded.
January 21st, 2008 at 7:07 pmThat’s my opinion, and it’s so stupid, I’m sticking to it.
Yes, I do. That’s why I stated my beliefs. English must be learned by those who wish to become citizens.
Those who do not, cannot become citizens.
Comment by O. Bigfoot — January 21, 2008 @ 7:04 pm
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So, with that being the law already, there is no need to make another law. No need for the whole official language thing. If you do not learn Enlish, you cannot become a citizen. So, the law is just fine as it is now.
January 21st, 2008 at 7:08 pmRight, But I still don’t see what it means. In other words, if we declared tomorrow that our official/national language is Hmong Laosian, what effect would it have on my next door neighbor Bob?
Comment by Chris L — January 21, 2008 @ 7:05 pm
The nativists who claim we need an official language would immediately halt the production of any multilingual information at the state and federal level.
Yet bigfoot claims no hypocrisy on the part of politicians who speak “English only” out of one side of their mouths and pander to voters in Spanish out of the other. This is pretty much the definition of hypocrisy and dishonesty, on the part of the politicians and bigfoot.
January 21st, 2008 at 7:08 pmAnybody not juggling blindfolded is just “out of step with the mainstream”.
January 21st, 2008 at 7:09 pmI still say Vietnamese should be our national language. Biet, phai khong? Biet?
Comment by RUCerious — January 21, 2008 @ 6:59 pm
I prefer Cherokee or Lakota myself=)
January 21st, 2008 at 7:09 pmI think it should be a requirement that any persons wanting to become US Citizens should be able to juggle three tennis balls in the air blindfolded.
That’s my opinion, and it’s so stupid, I’m sticking to it.
Comment by RUCerious — January 21, 2008 @ 7:07 pm
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But that just gets them citizenship, nothing else. I they want to run for office they must be able to juggle knives while standing on the back of a white tiger. If they want to be president, someone gives meth to the tiger.
January 21st, 2008 at 7:10 pmWe may want to consider mandating Crow lineage systems as well. No more of this “dad” nonsense.
January 21st, 2008 at 7:10 pmThat’s what freedom is all about: You have the freedom to remain a failure if you choose to do so. Just realize you can choose a different path, it’s all up to you.
Comment by O. Bigfoot — January 21, 2008 @ 6:58 pm
bigfoot, you’re such an abject failure as an American and as a human being that you will never be free of the hate, racism and bigotry that mark your every post. You will never know the freedom of the truth, as “the truth shall set y8ou free”, words that will never apply to you as a coward and loser.
January 21st, 2008 at 7:10 pmYes, I do. That’s why I stated my beliefs. English must be learned by those who wish to become citizens.
Those who do not, cannot become citizens.
Comment by O. Bigfoot — January 21, 2008 @ 7:04 pm
Will you permit them to speak their native tongue in their own homes or do you have a Franco sort of thing going ala Basques deal going?
January 21st, 2008 at 7:11 pmYes, I do. That’s why I stated my beliefs. English must be learned by those who wish to become citizens.
Those who do not, cannot become citizens.
Comment by O. Bigfoot — January 21, 2008 @ 7:04 pm
ROTFL! Kevin! No wonder you’re a BUTCHER! You’re too DUMB to DO ANYTHING ELSE!!! Are you really SO TARDED you don’t KNOW how STUPID THIS STATEMENT IS? ROTFL!!
January 21st, 2008 at 7:13 pmI prefer Cherokee or Lakota myself=)
Comment by Wayne — January 21, 2008 @ 7:09 pm
Imagine the beautiful patchwork of language and culture that covered this continent before the invading sea of illegal white immigrants invaded.
January 21st, 2008 at 7:13 pmEnglish must be learned by those who wish to become citizens.
Those who do not, cannot become citizens.
Comment by O. Bigfoot — January 21, 2008 @ 7:04 pm
and they never have to speak it again. that’s clled freedom, bigfoot, a concept that scares you silly. but it’s OK, white men have already lost their faux superiority, and will continue to be diminished, as they deserve, after all their mass-murdering ways.
January 21st, 2008 at 7:13 pmWill you permit them to speak their native tongue in their own homes or do you have a Franco sort of thing going ala Basques deal going?
Comment by dbadass — January 21, 2008 @ 7:11 pm
Or Turks and Kurds. We’d better set up dress standards as well. No more hairnets and none of those plaid shirts buttoned at the throat. And no more of those low riders cruising around. SUVs are good enough for white people, so they’re good enough for Chicanos. No more taquerias! Wonder Bread or nothing!
January 21st, 2008 at 7:13 pmBigfoot’s super power again. Why is it that bigfoot can’t have an opinion without claiming that “the vast majority of Americans†agree with him, and yet never does he provide any evidence.
Comment by gummitch — January 21, 2008 @ 6:53 pm
I am not defending Big O here, but I do think it fair to point out that MANY posters here use their superpower of imagining how the “vast majority of Americans” would think if they only knew “the truth”. Bilbo is the classic example: He just KNOWS Kucinich would win the Presidency in a walk if only the meanie MSM would not put him in a corner. There is no evidence of this either, but it is often offered as proof by lots of Progs here.
January 21st, 2008 at 7:14 pmRHF, don’t attribute bigfoot wth skills he doesn’t possess. he’s no butcher, he’s merely a salesman, pawning off his rotten meat to the poor dumb shits that believe his lies. he’s never done an honest day’s work in his miserable, cowardly, bigotted life.
January 21st, 2008 at 7:15 pm </