And here are some more of Villaraigosa's "nonpartisan" associates!
Posted on 01/31/2006 8:28:29 PM PST by NormsRevenge
LOS ANGELES (AP) - Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa, in a nationally televised Spanish-language speech, faulted the White House Tuesday for policies he said pushed more Americans into poverty and failed to address a crisis in education.
"America can do better," the mayor said in response to President Bush's State of the Union address.
"Under this administration, 4 million people have fallen from the working class into the ranks of the poor," the mayor said. "Six million children are on the verge of failing out of school and 11 million Americans can't read a bus schedule or fill out a job application.
"I'm worried that too many hardworking Americans are earning less and losing faith. And I'm concerned that we're not investing enough in our children," he said in the address carried on the Univivision network. Excerpts of his remarks were also released before the speech.
Villaraigosa, the first Hispanic to lead Los Angeles in more than a century, was selected by Democratic leaders in Congress to deliver remarks aimed at the nation's Spanish speakers. Hispanics are the nation's largest minority group.
Although mayor of Los Angeles is a nonpartisan office, Villaraigosa is a longtime Democrat and former speaker of the California Assembly.
His speech was broadly critical of the White House on issues from the national debt to job training, but at the same time he appealed for unity to address those problems.
"Above all, Democrats want to unite this country again," he said. "We are all in this together."
Villaraigosa was one of two Democrats selected to provide the party's official response to Bush's speech. Virginia Gov. Timothy M. Kaine was chosen to deliver a Democratic response in English.
Villaraigosa, a national co-chair of Sen. John Kerry's 2004 Democratic presidential campaign, is no friend of the White House. In a speech in Washington last week, he criticized the level of federal aid for the poor and tax cuts for the wealthy.
In his remarks Tuesday, Villaraigosa, the son of a Mexican immigrant, referred to his hardscrabble youth and his single mother's efforts to hold her family together. There is an obligation to help those less fortunate, he said.
He also noted that 39 percent of the nation's Latinos don't have access to health insurance.
"We can't be a healthy nation if we don't face this challenge once and for all," he said.
With his election last year, Villaraigosa became one of the nation's most prominent Hispanic politicians. Spanish, however, is his second language; he spoke English growing up.
I am sure I heard that phrase....we can do better....in a slick willie speech a while back.
I like this translation for "crazy moonbat" because it kind of rolls off the tongue.
el murciélago loco de la luna
I think our children have been invested in way more than enough. I am so sick of hearing this mantra. Obviously, spending isn't the answer, or more of them would be able to read a bus schedule.
I stand firm: Unite Mexico and the U.S. It's a win-win !
And here are some more of Villaraigosa's "nonpartisan" associates!
Brit Hume said it was from a movie character - the actor used the statement "a better way" - and his name in the movie was McKay. Brit and his panel were laughing about it.
Read about how a pro-communist, ultra radical "MEChista" named Tony Villar cut his hair, changed his name, put on a tie, and became the mayor of America's second largest city.
Is he running for vice-president of the USA, or Presidente de Aztlan?
Whenever I hear this type of line from democrats, I imagine the next line is "...whether you like it or not."
Thank you. Great choice for the dems, isn't it.
And could they read before Bush became president ?
What would these "numeros" look like if all the illegals scatted back to Mexico.
Yeah, I was going to ask what % of LEGAL "Latinos" (idiotic term, anyway) lack health insurance?? And how many, both legal and illegal, get far better health care here (by dropping in on their local hospital Emergency Room, etc.) than they could ever hope to get in their home countries???
And that's just in LA!
He forgot to mention that (in border states) his fellow Hispanics are bankrupting hospitals. I'd guess that at least 39% of Hispanics essentially get "free" health care. What an assclown.............
Don't forget "mojon".
"We can do better"
They did in Palistian right?
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