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To: samantha; hispanarepublicana; StJacques

Anyone know the extent of Richardson's knowledge of Spanish and how well he speaks it?


18 posted on 07/07/2006 2:50:12 PM PDT by CedarDave (When a soldier dies, a family cries, a protester gloats, an Iraqi votes)
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To: La Enchiladita

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19 posted on 07/07/2006 2:52:48 PM PDT by CedarDave (When a soldier dies, a family cries, a protester gloats, an Iraqi votes)
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To: CedarDave
Anyone know the extent of Richardson's knowledge of Spanish and how well he speaks it?

Probably well enough to know what I'd mean if I ran into him and said, "Horalé, cabron! Pinché ojeté! Veté a la chingada!"

21 posted on 07/07/2006 3:15:44 PM PDT by hispanarepublicana (Don't fall for the soft bigotry of assuming all Hispanics are pro-amnesty. www.dontspeakforme.org)
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To: CedarDave
I don't personally know but I consulted the wikipedia oracle, which says....

Richardson was born in Pasadena, California. His mother, Maria Luisa Lopez-Collada, was Mexican. His father was born in Nicaragua, grew up in Boston, and worked for Citibank as an executive in Mexico. He was raised in Mexico City, but moved to Massachusetts at age 13 to attend a Boston-area high school.

How many know he was born right here in SoCal? I didn't. Since he lived approx. 12 of his early years in La Capital, he knew Spanish. It's a question of how much he retained, but I think the use of it would come in handy as Governor of New Mexico.

23 posted on 07/07/2006 5:01:56 PM PDT by La Enchiladita (God Bless Our Troops...including U.S. Border Patrol, America's First Line of Defense)
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