Posted on 05/03/2006 4:58:30 PM PDT by gwb43_2004
WASHINGTON (AFP) - First Lady Laura Bush broke with husband President George W. Bush, saying she found nothing wrong with a new Spanish-language version of the US national anthem, "The Star-Spangled Banner."
"I don't think there's anything wrong with singing it in Spanish," Bush told CNN television in an interview.
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No....but I've got an idea....let's get the Anthem and out there in all those languages.....sheesh....my great grandparents came here from Germany (but, of course, they learned English, and rarely spoke German - except to swear in front of the grandkids.)
By pandering to these people, perhaps she's getting ready to deal with the realities of living in Dallas in '08, which will shortly be overrun with illegal Mexican aliens. Parts (the criminals are now surrounding and invading the formerly nice Northern areas of the city) are starting to look like the third world, with English store names or signs being very rare.
The Bushes (Arbustos) think this is good politics.
Uh, fyi ping.
Sounds like she is getting to be as incompetent as he already is.
Once again the MSM will manage to make a mountain out of a molehill. Sadder still is the fact that so many people will actually rise to the bait.
You got it!
I don't see anything wrong with the anthem in Spanish. There is a Christian Mission Group, Wycliff, whose whole method of work is to find a group that does not have the Bible translated into their language, translate it, and then present the published work.
Usually it takes years to do the job. Their thinking is...People, even people who know other languages, always respond best in their own language.
I was just now thinking it. Does that count? :p
My husband and I pretty much agree totally on everything, always have. We celebrate our 25th anniversary this month.
Neither are they. They are illegal aliens.
Mine go back to the 1700's on one side and Mayflower on the other and I have some Cherokee Indian thrown in for good measure... I am a red-blooded American! and I'm really teed off about them rewriting OUR anthem to suit their anti-war people... it seems the First Lady and Condi are in step with each other more than she and the President these days.
Yes thats the main difference.
I agree. I see nothing wrong with the President's opinion about wanting immigrants who choose to live in our country learn english and learn to sing our anthem in english. I also see nothing wrong with Mrs. Bush feeling that there's nothing wrong with people singing our anthem in a foreign language.
I want foreigners who become Americans to learn our language and respect our culture, including our national anthem, and yes, sing it in english when they can learn to do that. But for those who haven't learned english yet, I wouldn't be offended if they sang our anthem in their native tongue.
I think there's a big difference between that, and immigrants CHANGING THE WORDS to our anthem. Two totally different branches on the same tree, so to speak.
Related thought -- some people didn't like Jimi hendrix version of the Anthem either -- others loved it.
evenin'
One other related thought. At President Bush's 1st inauguaration, back when it still seemed possible to form some kind of workable bond with Mexican immigrants, the President had a Mexican pop singer do "America The Beautiful" in Spanish.
It was a great idea, and long, long ago. Better days for the conservative movement.
I have never been able to figure out what in Laura Bush's childhood gave her those mexican traditions and her affinity to mexico. Did she have a mexican nanny? I don't know.
However, it seems to me that Laura is almost more pro-mexican than George.
Well, well ... the women are for it and the men are agin' it. I'm beginning to sense that polling number show a slight rift along gender lines.
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