Anyone have a link other than AP...please post.
“Let me close by talking briefly about my respect and gratitude for the contributions of Hispanic-Americans to the culture, economy and security of the country I have served all my adult life. I represent Arizona where Spanish was spoken before English was, and where the character and prosperity of our state owes a great deal to the many Arizonans of Hispanic descent who live there,” McCain said.
http://www.boston.com/news/politics/politicalintelligence/2008/07/mccain_obama_co.html
Way to go juan!
Vive La Raza, Mi Amigo Juanito De La Amnestia!!!!!!!
Wow... this is who the Republican Party nominated for the presidency? This is not Mexico, no matter how badly the Mexicans want it to be. Arizona is part of the United States, which speaks English! By his logic, we should all be speaking Iriquois or Cherokee (or any number of native American religions)
How’s his Aztec?
I represent Arizona where Spanish was spoken before English was,
Way to go Juan! Make sure that you lose BIG time, okay?
Aye carumba.
Please McCain, I beg to stop trying to lose the election.
The message he sends is atrocious, but the statement is factually correct.
He gave the same speech today at LULAC that he did before NALEO including the line about Spanish being spoken in AZ before English. I wonder what kind of message he is trying to send with this line.
it’s a fact!
The sad part is that McCain feels more comfortable in old Mexico where he spent the Fourth of July than the middle of Indiana. Criticize Hillary all you want, but she looked comfortable in the middle of Indiana downing a Crown Royal with a beer chaser, something Snobama or the RINO relic could never manage on their best days.
McCain has to realize that America is an English speaking nation, that the roots of our society and government are Anglo-Saxon, not Spanish-Mexican. If he keeps this up, he will lose.
He might not be aware that other languages were spoken in what is now Arizona before the first Spaniard went looking for the Seven Cities of gold. Spanish is one of the last languages to be spoken in that region.
McLame Ping (should we make a McLameTruthSquad Pinglist?)
...to think that Wesley Clark almost had me convinced to vote for this guy...
Spanish - language of the Conquistadores.
Here’s how I choose to hear it:
...where spanish was spoknen [BEFORE WE KICKED YOUR FAT A**ES OUT].
Someone should give John pandering lessions.