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Which Potential Candidates Speak Spanish—and Will It Matter? (Bush speaks only Spanish at home)
The Daily Beast ^ | December 14, 2014 | Eleanor Clift

Posted on 12/14/2014 5:20:18 PM PST by 2ndDivisionVet

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Yes, she's still alive. No, I don't know how that's possible. I love how she say's "the democrats" as if she's not one.
1 posted on 12/14/2014 5:20:18 PM PST by 2ndDivisionVet
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FUJB!! Amnesty pimps need not apply!!


2 posted on 12/14/2014 5:21:43 PM PST by Jim Robinson (Resistance to tyrants is obedience to God!!)
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3 posted on 12/14/2014 5:22:37 PM PST by nascarnation (Impeach, Convict, Deport)
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"Bush speaks only Spanish at home"

That'll be handy if he ever runs for president of mexico.

4 posted on 12/14/2014 5:22:54 PM PST by Flag_This (You can't spell "treason" without the "O".)
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And not all Spanish Speakers are the same nor do they all like each other, Cubans and Mexicans don’t get along, so Mexicans will really not like Cruz. So there’s no point in Cruz trying to pander to them.


5 posted on 12/14/2014 5:22:57 PM PST by dfwgator
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She’s younger than I am——and I’m still here. :-)

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6 posted on 12/14/2014 5:24:45 PM PST by Mears
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To: Mears

Do you go gallivanting on a broom when you’re not in the studio?


7 posted on 12/14/2014 5:28:06 PM PST by 2ndDivisionVet (The question isn't who is going to let me; it's who is going to stop me.)
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Well, he’s white enough for that.


8 posted on 12/14/2014 5:28:49 PM PST by 2ndDivisionVet (The question isn't who is going to let me; it's who is going to stop me.)
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Snake woman, Fauxchahantas, speaks Forked Tongue with a little Hammer and Sickle thrown in.


9 posted on 12/14/2014 5:32:12 PM PST by FlingWingFlyer (The trouble with America is that it's full of Americans. - The commie DemocRATS.)
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Oh Yes. The sneering, condescending, arrogant Clift.

Note the lecturing about how all the Troglodytes just won’t get with the program and accept living in Mexico Norte.


10 posted on 12/14/2014 5:34:46 PM PST by Regulator
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Many first-generation children of immigrants don’t speak their parents’ language. The urge to assimilate is strong, and it’s a way for kids to rebel and build their own lives in America.

That's precisely wrong. No rebellion involved. Languages are hard. If you learn two languages, you'll be half as fluent in either language.

11 posted on 12/14/2014 5:36:53 PM PST by Zhang Fei (Let us pray that peace be now restored to the world and that God will preserve it always.)
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“Stay outta da bushes” is still good advice.


12 posted on 12/14/2014 5:37:09 PM PST by Paladin2
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I know Spanish.

Fay Lee’s Navy Dad. (Merry Christmas)

Pro-Spiro Agnew. (Happy New Year)


13 posted on 12/14/2014 5:45:41 PM PST by MUDDOG
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Raised in NM I spoke spanglish as a kid....I had to relearn(wanted) many yrs later in order to communicate in S America. My wife and I speak 75% English at home with a mix of spanglish/Spanish.

I guess it’s how you live your life and environment. Most mexicans speak a very different Spanish than most of S America. Of course countries in SA have different dialects/accents.

I dont care what anyone speaks at home...Bush include...Im not voting for the scumbag anyway!


14 posted on 12/14/2014 5:46:39 PM PST by rrrod (at home in Medellin Colombia)
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That's precisely wrong. No rebellion involved. Languages are hard. If you learn two languages, you'll be half as fluent in either language.

LOL! My 23 year old daughter, speaks English, Spanish and French and is fluent in all. She has lived for a time, in both France and Spain. My French ancestor who came to America in the 1700s, refused to teach his children French and insisted that they speak English, although he helped his fellow militiamen during the Revolutionary War by speaking to French troops and getting supplies for their fight against the British in 1781.

15 posted on 12/14/2014 5:46:54 PM PST by Inyo-Mono (Just say NO to Bush in 2016.)
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JEB-ocrats GO HOME!!!


16 posted on 12/14/2014 5:53:16 PM PST by Caipirabob (Communists... Socialists... Democrats...Traitors... Who can tell the difference?)
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The whole article is pointless. I don’t care if a politician in the United States doesn’t speak Spanish well or at all. They shouldn’t have to speak any other language other than English. Idiot Clift. Must be off her meds again.


17 posted on 12/14/2014 5:57:36 PM PST by dowcaet
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“I guess it’s how you live your life and environment. Most mexicans speak a very different Spanish than most of S. America. Of course countries in SA have different dialects/accents.”

I used to work in a clinic with a Mormon guy who did his mission in Argentina and spoke fluent Castilian Spanish. When Mexican farm workers came in he tried to translate but was not very good at it. The receptionist who was 3rd generation Tex-Mex could speak their lingo much better.

If a politician wants to speak Spanish he should run for office in a country where it is the dominant language - and that isn’t the USA. KMA Eleanor!


18 posted on 12/14/2014 5:59:24 PM PST by 43north (BHO: 50% black, 50% white, 100% RED.)
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I watched the McLaughlin Group for years. And for years I prayed that Pat would get out of his chair and slap the smirk off of that skinny old hags prune face.

But Pat’s too nice of a guy. Darn it.


19 posted on 12/14/2014 6:06:37 PM PST by bimboeruption (REMEMBER MISSISSIPPI!)
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SHe you answered the important question first.

I figured that Elanor Clift and Al hunt were in the same dead boat ;)


20 posted on 12/14/2014 6:15:44 PM PST by Nifster
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