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UM may host presidential debate in Spanish
Miami Herald ^
| June 6,2007
| BETH REINHARD
Posted on 06/06/2007 6:03:14 AM PDT by Sherri
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To: Sherri
In 1917, former U.S. President Theodore Roosevelt said: We must have but one flag. We must also have but one language. That must be the language of the Declaration of Independence, of Washington's Farewell address, of Lincoln's Gettysburg speech and second inaugural. By contrast, in June 2000, U.S. president Bill Clinton said, I hope very much that I'm the last president in American history who can't speak Spanish. And in May 2001, President Bush celebrated Mexico's Cinco de Mayo national holiday by inaugurating the practice of broadcasting the weekly presidential radio address to the American people in both English and Spanish. In September 2003, one of the first debates among the Democratic Party's presidential candidates also took place in both English and Spanish. Despite the opposition of large majorities of Americans, Spanish is joining the language of Washington, Jefferson, Lincoln, the Roosevelts, and the Kennedys as the language of the United States. If this trend continues, the cultural division between Hispanics and Anglos could replace the racial division between blacks and whites as the most serious cleavage in U.S. society.
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06/06/2007 1:02:21 PM PDT
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kabar
To: BfloGuy
Any immigrant who cares enough about presidential politics to pay attention to a debate at this stage of the campaign certainly knows English well enough to understand it. In short, it's a stunt.So why must we print ballots in languages other than Engllish?
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06/06/2007 1:06:47 PM PDT
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kabar
To: BfloGuy
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posted on
06/06/2007 1:07:23 PM PDT
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kabar
To: Mugwump
>>Okay, Im stupid.<<
Nope... I was just being a stickler. It is quite obvious that Spanish is the DOMINANT language south of the Rio Grande.
To: alexander_busek
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posted on
06/06/2007 2:29:38 PM PDT
by
Mugwump
(Better Living Through Sarcasm)
To: kanawa
Yo voy a mirar. Los Cubanos votan.
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posted on
06/06/2007 2:38:27 PM PDT
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onedoug
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