Posted on 01/25/2006 5:33:48 PM PST by RWR8189
WASHINGTON -- Congressional Democrats announced today that Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa will deliver the party's Spanish-language response to next week's State of the Union address
Virginia Gov. Tim Kaine will deliver the Democratic response in English from the governor's mansion in Richmond, Va., while Villaraigosa will do so in Spanish from his office in Los Angeles City Hall, said Sen. Minority Leader Harry Reid of Nevada and House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi of California.
The annual presidential address, before a joint session of Congress and a national audience, gives the chief executive the opportunity to lay out his agenda for the coming year.
Bush's speech will begin at 6 p.m. PST; the Democratic response generally begins about an hour later. The mayor's comments will be carried on Spanish-language networks.
This will be the third consecutive year that Democrats have offered a Spanish language response to Bush's speech.
Two years ago, Gov. Bill Richardson of New Mexico delivered the first such response. Last year, it was jointly given by then Rep. Robert Menendez, now a senator from New Jersey, and Sen. Jeff Bingaman of New Mexico.
Bush began editing drafts of his speech yesterday. He is expected to propose an array of new initiatives, including allowing Americans to take tax deductions on more of their out-of-pocket medical expenses.
"We are proud to have Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa delivering the Spanish language response this year," Reid and Pelosi said in a joint statement issued in both languages.
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HAAAA! This is so pathetic. Yeah, it is going to go over real well haveing a comittee respond to the President. I can hear the TV's clicking off all ready.
Yeah. A commie Mayor rebutting our president. What is going on in our country. It's in a sad state.
Looks like the rats are really going to get tough on illegal immigration... /s
you know what I would love to see?
The president's staff release a fake SOTU address to the press and have the Dims write their prebuttal and rebuttals based on the released doc and screw up their talking points.
And Maxine Waters will give the response in Ebonics, and Barney Frank will give the response in gaydar.
Ohhhh, I can hardly wait to hear their rebuttleprebuttle
in Latvian.
I thought they would be asking Hugo Chavez.
And Calyso Louie Farrakhan will deliver the Democrat response in Ebonics....
HEHE, The Union Democrats are really going to appreciate this!!
This is America and English is spoken here.
Let me be the first to demand a voice-over English translation, or sign language interpretation, or both.
Well, even speaking in Spanish, he'll make more sense to me than Reed or Pelosi ever do. *Rolleyes*
BTW, it's no surprise tat Villagarosa has presidential ambitions. Before you laugh, consider how many Latinos have entered your electorate.
I wonder how much of Bush's State of the Union Address will focus of his Guest Worker Program?
I wonder what the border folks are going to say about this???
How do you think Kaine will do in his rebuttal?
Wow! Watch the Nielsen rating shoot up. (Sarc.)
Spanish, Russian, or whatever...nobody listens to their pissy-assed whining after OUR President speaks.
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