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Video - Obama Says Your Kids Need to Learn Spanish
http://186kpersecond.com/blog/2008/07/09/video-obama-says-your-kids-need-to-learn-spanish/ ^ | July 9, '08

Posted on 07/09/2008 7:03:45 PM PDT by T.L.Sink

Barack Obama says "instead of worrying about immigrants having to learn English," we Americans "need to make sure our children can learn Spanish." Obama has consistently opposed making English the official language. In 2007, he was one of 34 senators who voted against the measure.

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KEYWORDS: 2008; effyou; effyouhussein; hispandering; hispanicvote; obama
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Lou Dobbs this evening pointed out in his commentary that Obama's remarks were "breathtaking," "pandering of the lowest sort," and socially divisive. He also pointed out the ironies that nearly 30 FOREIGN nations have English as their official language and that Obama himself knows no Spanish!
1 posted on 07/09/2008 7:03:45 PM PDT by T.L.Sink
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To: T.L.Sink

No bama, immigrants learn English.


2 posted on 07/09/2008 7:04:56 PM PDT by monkeycard (There's no such thing as too much ammo.)
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To: T.L.Sink
It is estimated that there are over 100 languages and dialects spoken in my city, so why learn Spanish?

My neighborhood's got a lot of Italian/Sicilian, although that's being pushed out in favor of Russian and Chinese. (And, Hebrew will always come in handy...)

3 posted on 07/09/2008 7:06:27 PM PDT by Tanniker Smith (Teachers open the door. It's up to you to enter.)
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To: monkeycard
No, Immigrants take over and you speak their language.

Press 2 for English.

4 posted on 07/09/2008 7:07:08 PM PDT by Tanniker Smith (Teachers open the door. It's up to you to enter.)
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To: Tanniker Smith

Sounds like my old stomping grounds: Brooklyn, New York!


5 posted on 07/09/2008 7:08:13 PM PDT by JoeA (JoeA / Diesel is the future)
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To: T.L.Sink
Obama doesn't know Spanish. Wow!!!
Because Bush speaks Spanish.
6 posted on 07/09/2008 7:09:17 PM PDT by cruise_missile ('')
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To: T.L.Sink

If I were Prez...And had the power...I’d sign an executive order making English the National Language. Add: All election ballots shall be in English only. If you don’t understand the ballot...you’re not qualified to vote!!


7 posted on 07/09/2008 7:09:53 PM PDT by Sacajaweau (I'm planting corn...Have to feed my car...)
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To: T.L.Sink
Obama and Michelle need to learn how to love the Lord Jesus Christ and USA. Then, they can consider telling me what I need to know.

God, Guns and Guts built this country.....not lairs, haters and negativity.

8 posted on 07/09/2008 7:10:15 PM PDT by aclusux.com (visit my site at http://www.aclusux.com)
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To: Sacajaweau
This is only the beginning for commisar Chief OBama...
9 posted on 07/09/2008 7:11:30 PM PDT by Lonely Are The Brave
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To: JoeA

That it is!


10 posted on 07/09/2008 7:11:38 PM PDT by Tanniker Smith (Teachers open the door. It's up to you to enter.)
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To: aclusux.com

“Obama and Michelle need to learn how to love the Lord Jesus Christ and USA.”

If they have not learned it by now it is too late for them. Better yet, those folks who support Obama need to learn to love Christianity and the USA.


11 posted on 07/09/2008 7:14:03 PM PDT by 353FMG (What marxism and fascism could not destroy, liberalism did.)
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To: T.L.Sink
Obama doesn't know how to speak Spanish, bet he could not order tacos at Taco Bell.
12 posted on 07/09/2008 7:14:16 PM PDT by AmericanMade1776
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To: T.L.Sink


Video - Obama Says Your Kids Need to Learn Spanish

There’s Obama’s “Change You Can Believe In”...
only they don’t append the operative phrase:
“Change You Will Submit To, You Racist Americans”


13 posted on 07/09/2008 7:16:22 PM PDT by VOA
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To: T.L.Sink

14 posted on 07/09/2008 7:17:41 PM PDT by Diogenesis (Igitur qui desiderat pacem, praeparet bellum)
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To: Tanniker Smith

I want to produce some Obama bumper stickers; one that says ‘’Obama... Kiss My Butt!’’ (in spanish)

Can anyone translate that for me? Como se dice ‘’kiss my butt’’?


15 posted on 07/09/2008 7:19:00 PM PDT by LittleBillyInfidel (''Undocumented nukes want to do the job that American nukes won't do.'')
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To: T.L.Sink

Obama doesn’t know Spanish or his kids... or .. his wife..Michelle... Obama you first...buddy!


16 posted on 07/09/2008 7:21:31 PM PDT by AmericanMade1776
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To: Diogenesis

That “aye carumba” guy is hilarious. What a great job touching up the one we usually see. Funny stuff.


17 posted on 07/09/2008 7:22:26 PM PDT by FlingWingFlyer (Hey Nancy and Harry! Are we going in the "right direction" yet? I'm getting dizzy!)
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To: T.L.Sink
Who's the puppeteer pulling Obama’s strings?
18 posted on 07/09/2008 7:23:16 PM PDT by Man50D (Fair Tax, you earn it, you keep it!)
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To: T.L.Sink

Obama is an idiot. The 2 official language mistake Canada made costs the taxpayer, small business and industry billions each and every year.
Unless we designate the USA as an English only official language nation, sooner or later there will be a demand that every can of soup, box of cheerios, speeding tickets and all government offices provide Spanish and English documents and services.

The cost to convert every written document and government forms into bi- lingual forms will be enormous.

But I guess for Obama, making taxpayers pay more and more for all these stupid and unessessary things isn’t a problem.


19 posted on 07/09/2008 7:23:16 PM PDT by Nathan Zachary
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To: T.L.Sink

Obama needs to learn Kenyan and move where he could do less damage.


20 posted on 07/09/2008 7:23:22 PM PDT by F15Eagle (1 John 5:4-5, 4:15, John 11:25, 14:6, 1 Tim 2:5, John 3:17-18, John 20:31, 1 John 5:13, John 6:69)
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To: LittleBillyInfidel
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Piss-on-Obama-Sticker-Decal_W0QQcmdZViewItemQQcategoryZ50449QQihZ024QQitemZ370065992006QQrdZ1QQsspagenameZWDVW


21 posted on 07/09/2008 7:26:40 PM PDT by diverteach (http://foolishpleasurestudio.com/eyewool/slap_hillary.html)
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To: All

bese mi asno, Obama.


22 posted on 07/09/2008 7:28:48 PM PDT by patriot08
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To: T.L.Sink

just wow


23 posted on 07/09/2008 7:31:34 PM PDT by ocr1
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To: T.L.Sink

I’v said it a hundred times and i’ll say it again. If my kids have to learn a second language just to go to college in their own country, then fine.(although it ticks me off to no end!) But the school better offer a language other than spanish! and it better be german or french or any other language that has something to do with MY families origin. Otherwise, we’re not interested and there will be one ticked off mama throwing a fit in the school this year.


24 posted on 07/09/2008 7:33:05 PM PDT by annelizly
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To: T.L.Sink; pissant

The Idiot Osama Obama HUSSEIN has NEVER been to Europe, Never, but he was spouting off about US citizens not speaking any French or any other language as if WE are Neanderthals. Alot of Us are International Businessmen/women and travelers who know alot nore about the World than this two bit community organizer wantabee fron the wastelands of Chicago. His racist/elitist comment was in the same vein as his bigotted references to middleclass Americans clinging to their religions and guns,pickups and what ever. Now he is mocking Teddy Roosevelt and Us telling Us to teach our kids spanish! This Idiot is not a politician nor a Leader, he appears to be protituting Our America for votes and his own warped objectives.


25 posted on 07/09/2008 7:33:26 PM PDT by True Republican Patriot
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To: T.L.Sink

Did anyone see that the Drudge Report is trying to rewrite what Obama said in a false headline. Matt is a true Obama media whore.


26 posted on 07/09/2008 7:35:43 PM PDT by ncalburt
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To: T.L.Sink
Note to Osama...I may wish my kids to learn Japanese,Chinese,French or Hindi but trust me when I tell ya that they will *not* be learning Spanish.
27 posted on 07/09/2008 7:36:42 PM PDT by Gay State Conservative (The problem with the rat race is,even if you win you're still a rat.)
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To: True Republican Patriot

How exactly did he make it through an elite prep school without taking years of a foreign language himself?


28 posted on 07/09/2008 7:36:56 PM PDT by 9YearLurker
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To: T.L.Sink
RUSH: Now, wait a minute, Obama -- I'm sorry -- Lord Obama, if we're supposed to learn Spanish, how come you're speaking French here? Now, you heard the audience laughing and somewhat applauding, but I have a different take on this, ladies and gentlemen, and it troubles me. This troubles me greatly. As Tom Daschle used to say, I'm concerned. This is not an isolated incident. You know, Obama wants to go over and make a speech at the Brandenburg Gate where elected presidents have made speeches, JFK and Ronaldus Magnus, and the Germans don't want him over there. They don't want that site used for electioneering. One of the German officials says, "What if Angela Merkel, what if she decided to go to the Mall in Washington while running for the prime minister presidency of Germany?" Now, I get the sense that it's not just related to Obama. I think a lot of Democrats are embarrassed of their country. Obama clearly is. He would prefer to be running for president of a Western European country. He prefers socialism over capitalism; he prefers big government over individuality and self-reliance; he prefers secularism over religion, if truth be told. He prefers pacifism and appeasement over a robust national security and military, and now, he prefers European culture to ours, and rather than urging people in our country to speak English, he urges Americans to speak foreign languages, which is perfectly fine, but when put in the context of all his other views, this is just one more indication of where his head is.

Obama and a lot of Democrats think Americans and America are backwards. You know that they're embarrassed of this country. They think we deserve to be in a constant state of decline because of our excesses and our bullying and our imperialism. They enjoy the suffering of Americans at the gas pump because they think it's Americans' fault. They want suffering and pain going into the election. It is clear to me that The Messiah, Lord Barack Obama, is embarrassed by his own country. That's why he wouldn't initially wear an American flag pin, that's why he constantly complains about America going it alone when in fact we are leading a recalcitrant world against terrorism. We are the solution to the world's problems. We are not the world's problem. Obama and many of his cohorts believe just the opposite. This is why Obama demeans tens of millions of hard-working Americans who have faith, who own guns, and who oppose illegal immigration. This little statement that he made in Powder Springs, Georgia, is not isolated. At a fundraiser in San Francisco, the bitter clinger comment, you remember that. He looks over people in the heartland, flyover country, he looks at the people who make this country work, and he is embarrassed, and he demeans them. (cont.)



Lord Obama: Ashamed of the US, Thinks Americans are Backwards

Languages Kids Should Learn First
Our children should be fluent in terrorism, markets, socialists, Marxists, Obama.

29 posted on 07/09/2008 7:38:54 PM PDT by Miss Didi ("Good heavens, woman, this is a war not a garden party!" Dr. Meade, Gone with the Wind)
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To: T.L.Sink

does al obama

know spanish?


30 posted on 07/09/2008 7:41:41 PM PDT by ken21 ( people die + you never hear from them again.)
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To: F15Eagle

Yep, instead of visiting Europe or Iraq as a U.S. Senator, Obama HUSSEIN went to Kenya and openly campaigned for his murdering/racist cousin Ordingo(sp), a Muslim Extremist who burned hundreds of Christian churchs and burned their congregations alive! It is alleged Obama established a fund in the U.S/ that raised $1 Million which he gave to Odingo as an election contribution. This is horrific and a travesty being wrought against the Honor of Our Great United States. GEEEEEEZZ! Kenya is not far enough away, but it is a start!


31 posted on 07/09/2008 7:46:36 PM PDT by True Republican Patriot
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To: True Republican Patriot

I’m already sick of the Obama ads -— one JUST finished not 30 sec ago -— about how he “worked”.

This clown never held a real job in his entire life. *Never* a real job.


32 posted on 07/09/2008 7:48:23 PM PDT by F15Eagle (1 John 5:4-5, 4:15, John 11:25, 14:6, 1 Tim 2:5, John 3:17-18, John 20:31, 1 John 5:13, John 6:69)
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To: Nathan Zachary

‘...I guess for Obama, making taxpayers pay more and more for all these stupid and unessessary things isn’t a problem.’

hey, as long as Mr. & Mrs Obama can live in their million dollar mansion......no problemo (is that Spanish?)for him if taxpayers pay more....watch for GLOBAL TAX deux (wow, I can speak French!).


33 posted on 07/09/2008 7:55:54 PM PDT by 4integrity
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To: F15Eagle

His ads cause mega barf attacks... I wonder how he paid for his Harvard Law Education. My bet is he was sponsored, funded and supported by Rev. Wright and the T.U.C.C. congregation, probably the same for Michelle. They paint him as brilliant,but he tells us he was stoned and drunk the last two years of HS. Then he went to Occidental College before transferring to Columbia after two years. Occidental isn’t a learning mecca known for scholars, nor Columbia. Is there a Putz of the Year Award available??? which awards free one way tickets to Kenya???


34 posted on 07/09/2008 8:00:38 PM PDT by True Republican Patriot
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To: Sacajaweau

I’d like to live there


35 posted on 07/09/2008 8:09:28 PM PDT by WhyisaTexasgirlinPA (It's the Vast Wright Wing Conspiracy - labeling all whites as racist.)
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To: True Republican Patriot

This guy is a real nit. People in Europe if they speak two languages the second is almost always is English.
Most people that I have met from England (Scotland) typically only speak English.

Just like a liberal do as I say and not what I do. Shouldn’t be surprising that he can’t speak Spanish.


36 posted on 07/09/2008 8:11:56 PM PDT by cruise_missile ('')
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To: AmericanMade1776
Obama you first...buddy!

YOU FIRST!

That is going to be my stock reply to any liberal-greenie-weenie-etc. that starts going on about riding bicycles everywhere, using solar and wind power, reclaiming all your water, and especially population reduction. If they think that we need to reduce the human population, they need to put their money where their mouth is. You first!

37 posted on 07/09/2008 8:12:14 PM PDT by Disambiguator
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To: T.L.Sink
"instead of worrying about immigrants having to learn English," we Americans "need to make sure our children can learn Spanish."

needs to be added to this recent gem:

"this whole notion that I am shifting to the center, the people who say this apparently haven’t been listening to me. I am someone who is no doubt progressive”

If the RNC doesn't run these in an ad there is no hope for them.

38 posted on 07/09/2008 8:13:55 PM PDT by icwhatudo
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To: T.L.Sink
The reason the European countries speak so many other languages is because their countries are the size of our States and they live RIGHT NEXT DOOR to each other! English tends to be the language that allows them to communicate when say.. The Italian doesn't know French and the Frenchie doesn't know Italian.. what do they do? They speak ENGLISH to each other! Obama is a numbnut!
39 posted on 07/09/2008 8:27:01 PM PDT by divine_moment_of_facts (If there were no Cowards there could be no Bullies.)
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To: cruise_missile

I only know about three Spanish words and I’d like to direct one of them to Obama and all politicians running for office who support amnesty: ADIOS!


40 posted on 07/09/2008 8:29:39 PM PDT by T.L.Sink
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To: T.L.Sink
I won't let my kids learn Spanish.

Name a Spanish country that is a super power.

Will that change? NO!

I also don't want them mingling with those “doing the jobs American's won't do.” I have higher aspirations for them.

41 posted on 07/09/2008 8:35:00 PM PDT by nmh (Intelligent people recognize Intelligent Design (God).)
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To: Sacajaweau

Good idea. And it isn’t just ballots. We’re getting our brains beat out with bilingualism - in radio, TV, newspaper ads, and our public schools.


42 posted on 07/09/2008 8:35:44 PM PDT by T.L.Sink
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To: cruise_missile

Does Ebonics count as a foreign language?


43 posted on 07/09/2008 8:38:30 PM PDT by JoanOfArk
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To: LittleBillyInfidel

Obama, Kiss my Butt

In Spanish that would be : OBAMA, BESO MI CULO.


44 posted on 07/09/2008 8:44:23 PM PDT by stbdside
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To: VOA

Right - we pathetic, dumb and uncultured slobs who cling to religious faith, the Second Amendment and don’t trust illegal aliens. We, of course, should submit to the agenda of those who know what’s best for us!


45 posted on 07/09/2008 8:46:40 PM PDT by T.L.Sink
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To: Diogenesis

Great post! Many a truth is said in jest!


46 posted on 07/09/2008 8:51:02 PM PDT by T.L.Sink
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To: 353FMG

I’m shocked! Are you suggesting that they didn’t learn such things from their mentor, Pastor Wright, after 20 years? What’s the world coming to!


47 posted on 07/09/2008 8:56:49 PM PDT by T.L.Sink
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To: Nathan Zachary

I think so, too. I’ve been to Canada and have some friends there and the Quebec mess is a good example. They like to tell me that the tremendous battles and struggles between England and France - often called ‘the second Hundred Years War’ - which resulted in French defeat, have never been accepted by French Canadians. By the way, George Washington and the colonies in the so-called French and Indian War (which was a small part of that tremendous conflict) sided with Britain! I see a few parallels here with the Mexican War.


48 posted on 07/09/2008 9:14:48 PM PDT by T.L.Sink
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To: True Republican Patriot

I’ve only been to Europe once but I found that nearly all Europeans speak some English because it’s the universal language of science, commerce and industry. And historically it was said that “the sun never sets on the British empire.” Thus, English is the language of all the educated leaders of the former colonies, many of whom have been educated in Britain or the United States. Obama’s remark shows that he’s been in Chicago’s South Side too long.


49 posted on 07/09/2008 9:32:35 PM PDT by T.L.Sink
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To: T.L.Sink

Bafangu, Obama!


50 posted on 07/09/2008 9:35:37 PM PDT by TigersEye (Berlin '36 Olympics for murdering regimes Beijing '08)
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