[ARE SOLE]

Pandering bastages. English ain’t good enough? SAP aint good enough? Traitors ...

Regards.

[Snoopers-868th]

Are they running for some office in Mexico?

[kabar]

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.

Samuel P. Huntington

[Nam Vet]

Oh goody!! I can hardly wait to see the debate between Barry and Shrillary IN EBONICS.

Nam Vet

[Kakaze]

Dodd, also is fluent in Spanish. He lived in the Dominican Republic while serving in the Peace Corps

While he was avoiding service in vietnam.

[Travis McGee]

They are running for El Presidente of what country? I'm confused.

[TheErnFormerlyKnownAsBig]

Democratic presidential hopefuls New Mexico Governor Bill Richardson and Dodd have agreed to participate in a candidate debate in September....

Note, they aren't doing this next week, giving themselves a chance to brush up. More likely that they will be out of the race long before this edebate takes place.

[Brizick]

Is anyone familiar with Vince Flynn's Term Limits?

God forgive me, but I've been thinking of that book WAY TOO OFTEN lately.

[Rudder]

Ich will eine Debatte in der Deutschen Sprache.

[InABunkerUnderSF]

So... Two guys who aren’t going to win are going to debate in a language that our laws and constitution aren’t written in.

Ok.

[dr_who_2]

Maybe if they were read questions by a dozen or so excitable hot Latino women from various gameshows on Telemundo, I’d bother watching, although it might be entertaining to watch Dodd speak in Spanish (assuming his opponent is any better at that).

[ZULU]

Maybe the should run for President of Mexico.

What a pair of male strumpets.

[dighton]

¿Quién es más macho?

[Rembrandt]

Fluency means different things to different people. Many people told me that I was fluent in Vietnamese. I knew I wasn’t fluent because I couldn’t talk about construction, minerals, clothing materials, etc. BUT, I could order a bottle of red or white wine, a can or a bottle of beer, request a window or an aisle seat on a plane and carry on a conversation with a VN person.

Fluency is an elusive concept.

[Clemenza]

At least it is a European language! Imagine the two fat boys coughing up phlegm as they discussed the merits of Sharia in Arabic.

[Recovering_Democrat]

Can you say "publicity stunt"?

In a way, this is good: it gives other candidates reason to pound these jerks for not speaking Inglis in all their debates. :) Won't go over well with the NASCAR crowd.

[N. Theknow]

Richardson and Dodd - Spanish translation = Toro Caca

[Gatún(CraigIsaMangoTreeLawyer)]

“Richardson, who is fluent in Spanish…” because he spent his early childhood in Mexico City.

I heard him speak a few words in supposedly Spanish the other day. His Spanish stinks.

“Dodd, also is fluent in Spanish. He lived in the Dominican Republic while serving in the Peace Corps.”

Oh lord! He was in the Peace Corp in the Dominican Republic and this makes him fluent?

I hope they go through with this debate in Spanish because they are going to become the laughing stock of the Latin community.