Posted on 09/09/2007 9:55:00 AM PDT by Sub-Driver
Democrats to meet for Spanish debate
By NEDRA PICKLER, Associated Press Writer 17 minutes ago
Democratic presidential candidates were meeting Sunday night for the first debate broadcast entirely in Spanish, the clearest sign yet of the growing influence of Hispanic voters.
The debate at the University of Miami will be broadcast by Univision, the nation's fifth-most watched network.
Anchors Jorge Ramos and Maria Elena Salinas will pose questions in Spanish and the candidates will wear earpieces to hear simultaneous translations into English. Similarly, their English answers will be translated into Spanish for the live, 90-minute broadcast.
English-speaking viewers can watch using the closed caption service on their televisions.
Two participants — New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson and Connecticut Sen. Chris Dodd — have objected to the format because they speak Spanish and want to address the viewing audience directly. Debate rules say all answers must be in English to level the contest, but it was unclear whether Richardson or Dodd would comply.
Other participants include Sens. Hillary Rodham Clinton of New York and Barack Obama of Illinois, former Sen. John Edwards of North Carolina, Ohio Rep. Dennis Kucinich and former Alaska Sen. Mike Gravel.
Delaware Sen. Joe Biden, recently returned from a trip to Iraq, is skipping the debate to prepare for Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearings he will chair Tuesday with Gen. David Petraeus, the top U.S. commander in Iraq, and Ryan Crocker, U.S. ambassador to Iraq.
Candidates in both parties are reaching out to Hispanic voters with an intensity that speaks to the importance of the nation's largest and fastest-growing minority group in the campaign.
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I might check that out my spanish is okay but I check it out I want see Hill Beast Espaniol skills
"Show me just what Mohammed brought that was new, and there you will find things only evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached." - Manuel II Palelologus
How does one say “Bush’s fault” in Spanish?
Interesting. One of "them."
I am sure he means "American." He does mean "American" right?
This is disgusting
News like this makes me so mad...if you’re gonna live in America, LEARN ENGLISH! Why should we have to change our ways to pander to everyone else? They came here, so THEY should be the ones to learn the customs...and the language.
"Show me just what Mohammed brought that was new, and there you will find things only evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached." - Manuel II Palelologus
Avería de Bush
...according to BabelFish translation. I never took Spanish.
This is another case in point of the Democrats working for their own political success without working for the success of the nation. They should be encouraging all immigrants--and all Americans--to be fluent in English and to use English as their primary language, at least outside of the house. Instead, they pander to those who are unwilling or haven't yet become fluent in English, and further weaken those people's prospects for being assimilated into American society.
He seems to be an uninformed follower (being a follower isn't a bad thing, but a President should be a leader). It's surprising that he was able to get New Mexicans to vote him in as governor.
HMMM I got think of that LOL!
The cold hard political facts: in the 2006 elections, 21% of the electorate was non-white. Ignore them at your peril. George W. Bush was the first President to give an address in Spanish. The President’s nephew, Jeb’s son George Prescott Bush campaigned for the President in Mexico with American expatriates living down there.
Welcome to the 21st century.
Well G-8 diplomat kinda cheated he took Babelfish LOL!
The Democrat Party cares nothing about customs and language, if they get in the way of their quest for power.
El Republicáno Chairman Martinez, who gave the first ever speech "en espanol" on the floor of the U.S. Senate reacts to this development and the prospects of hosting a GOP event using an all-spanish format: 
I totally agree. See citizenship requirements below.
Language
Applicants for naturalization must be able to read, write, speak, and understand words in ordinary usage in the English language. Applicants exempt from this requirement are those who on the date of filing:
have been residing in the United States subsequent to a lawful admission for permanent residence for at least 15 years and are over 55 years of age;
have been residing in the United States subsequent to a lawful admission for permanent residence for at least 20 years and are over 50 years of age; or
have a medically determinable physical or mental impairment, where the impairment affects the applicant’s ability to learn English.
Why not have the debate in Farsi?
http://www.us-immigration-attorney.com/citizenship.htm
The only thing your post tells me is that Bush and his family could care less about this country.
But I already knew that.
Yes, welcome to the 21st century indeed. I think we need to go back a few centuries to look for some inspirational leaders because there are none now.
The cold hard political facts: MOST of the non-whites in this country speak ENGLISH. Black Americans overwhelmingly speak English as their first language and oppose pandering to voters "en espanol". American Indians speak English fluently. Most legal immigrants who have assimilated to become citizens speak English fluently.
The small minority of "non-whites" who won't get off their butts and learn English after years of being here, like Elvira Arellano the criminal fugitive, can take a long walk off a short pier. If I was moving to THEIR country I'd sure as hell learn THEIR language. To live somewhere where you can't communicate with the locals is the height of ignorance.
Of course if Congress were smart, they'd just bar people who lack a basic understanding of English from being able to vote, and then we'd have no excuse to host debates "en espanol"
Try going to Mexico and hosting an political forum entirely in English. Let me know how it went.
The Republicans should have their next debate in Ebonics to pander for the black vote, which stupidly doesn’t realize that the Democrats have sold them and their jobs out to the ILLEGAL hispanic waves.
how come Mccain and Huckabee havent had a spanish debate?
“Interesting. One of “them.”
I am sure he means “American.” He does mean “American” right?”
Does being an American somehow negate his being Hispanic? I don’t care much about my whiteness, but I doubt I’d want to give it up for a generic all-encompassing label.
So, we’ll be voting for best interpreter?
Next the dims will have an all GAY debate... and I’ll let your imagination deal with that!
LLS
What can possibly transcend that level of pandering I wonder?
Next debate: Arabic!
What’s the spanish term for “Pandering to the Mexicans”?
Though would agree that conservatives should work more to bring those of non-European descent into the fold if they want to survive as a dominant or major political entity in this nation.
That isn’t Jorge Ramos. (Jorge Ramos looks sort of as if he’s a Latino version of Anderson Cooper).
I would venture to guess that there are plenty of “non- criminal”, illegal alien supporting Republicans, including Freepers, who think we must take a “reasonable” and “workable” approach to illegal immigration, who wouldn’t mind a bit if our candidates pandered similarily.
We are a nation of laws.
Illegal is illegal is illegal.
Period.
This was never necessary before and it should not be necessary now.
If they do not speak English, they should not vote.
Democrats are priming the 12+ million illegals to vote for them.
The 2008 elections will end up a fraud. Don’t doubt it. We will never have a true fairly clean election again in this country.
The only question that should be asked is, “Should illegal immigrants be deported?”
Let them spend the next 90 minutes answering that question.
The Republicans then have the same debate.
BTW, what time is the debate?
"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 Huntington--2004
You will be disappointed because all the candidates, even the two who can speak Spanish, have to answer in English and have their answers translated into that gutter language of Chavez and MS13. The language of thugs, no wonder the Democratics are doing this.
I will beg to differ on one point. When asked how it is homosexuals are made, he responded it was by choice not the result of x/y chromosome mixing....
“Dinero libre para todos!”
(Free money for all!)
The only line a democrat needs to know in any language.
Averia de el Presidente Bush.
If the RATZ get in the 2012 debates will be in Arabic.
I see nothing on the horizon that will protect our individual Constitutional rights as American citizens. Based upon what is now considered acceptable, illegals right to vote Hillry is a shoooo-in. Oh and I am not specifically referencing those illegals from our immediate southern border.
That kinda p***y way out I wonder if they do same for Republicans WHAT Republicans are not good for Telumundo or Univisiion whatever network calling this
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