Posted on 12/09/2007 9:27:33 AM PST by Reaganesque
Here's a link to Univision's coverage.
If you want to watch the video on the website, the first box, under "video" on the upper left hand corner of the page is where to click. If you want a translation of the page go to Google Language Tools, enter the link where it says "Translate a web page" and the entire site will be translated for you. It's not a great translation but, it'll give you a good idea.
I don't know how many of the candidates will actually speak in Spanish. I imagine most of them speak very little if any so, you may not understand the questions but you will likely understand the answers.
FYI.
Not at all. It’s a brilliant illustration of the moral bankruptcy of the Romney Sleaze Machine. Please don’t ever change.
LOL. So true. I don’t like anything about Romney.
They’re booing Paul again for his anti-war stand.
The saying “takes one to know one” leaps to mind every time you say that for some reason.
It’s probably a mental defect you didn’t yet know you have. I recommend you seek help.
Romney doing well?
The first question asked of Ron Paul of which I do not know what was asked got applause, since then it’s been boos.
This is too difficult to watch and I’m wondering why I’m wasting my time.
I will say this, at least Univision had the vision to hold this in Florida rather than the southern border states and no YouTube questions. LOL.
“I’m sure it won’t be long before a translated transcript shows up here at FR.”
That is what I am hoping for! There is no way to understand anything the candidates say because the Spanish volume is so high and the English so low. My opinion is that all the debates should be held for the majority and should be in English! Spanish speaking folks can get things translated instead of the other way around. This IS America after all.
from foxnews.com
CORAL GABLES, Fla. — Republican presidential hopeful John McCain told a Spanish language television audience that harsh immigration rhetoric voiced by some Republicans have driven Hispanics away from the party at a primary debate Sunday.
McCain has stood apart from most of his Republican rivals because he supported changing immigration laws and creating a path for citizenship for illegal immigrants.
“I think some of the rhetoric that many Hispanics hear about illegal immigration makes some of them believe that we are not in favor of or seek the support of Hispanic citizens in this country,” he said after the moderator noted that the percentage of the Hispanic vote for the GOP has dropped from President Bush’s win in 2004 to last year’s congressional elections.
McCain’s remark occurred in an unusual Spanish language debate aimed at an increasingly significant Hispanic voting bloc. But with less than four weeks before the Iowa caucuses, the candidates also knew they were speaking to a broader audience whose views may not always overlap with those of their immediate television audience.
Even McCain, however, joined his rivals in calling for strong border security before attempting to overhaul immigration laws.
Former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani said he would impose a real and a virtual, technical fence at the U.S.-Mexican border using a “tamper proof” identity card.
That prompted a retort from Ron Paul, who said that would lead to a national identification card for all Americans “which I absolutely oppose.”
Former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee said some anger aimed at immigrants is fueled by the influx of illegal immigrants.
“When we make the border secure, a lot of the sentiment goes away. It’s a terrible thing when a person who is here legally, but speaks with an accent, is racially profiled by the public,” he said.
The debate unfolded with immigration high on the minds of Republican voters and with the race in a topsy-turvy state. Polls show Huckabee bolting from the back of the pack into a lead in Iowa.
Univision, the Spanish language television network, and the University of Miami hosted the debate. The questions were posed in Spanish by Univision anchors Jorge Ramos and Maria Elena Salinas and simultaneously translated into English for the candidates. Their responses were then simultaneously translated into Spanish for broadcast.
Initially scheduled for September, the debate had to be rescheduled because only Sen. John McCain had agreed to appear. This time, the only candidate who refused to attend was Tom Tancredo, a long-shot candidate who has made a tough immigration stance the centerpiece of his campaign.
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,316268,00.html?sPage=fnc.politics/youdecide2008
Romney did fine. It was only 90 minutes and again, with so many on stage, it’s hard to stand out. He did as well as always and so did the rest with the exception of Ron Paul. This audience really didn’t like him. Not one bit.
I would have to agree. One thing that this debate did prove beyond any doubt: Univision has a higher standard for journalistic ethics than does CNN.
How my man Duncan do?
Republicans talk tough against illegal immigration
Sun Dec 9, 2007 8:14pm EST
By Steve Holland
MIAMI (Reuters) - Republican presidential candidates stuck to their tough line against illegal immigration at a Spanish-language debate on Sunday, a stance that could spell trouble for them with Hispanic voters in the election.
Hispanic-Americans backed President George W. Bush’s plan to grant illegal immigrants a pathway to citizenship and watched in horror as conservatives torpedoed the plan last summer.
Given the outrage over Bush’s proposal to give illegal immigrants a temporary worker status, Republicans are now strongly in favor of improving control over the U.S. border with Mexico.
Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney defended his firing last week of a landscaping company that cared for the lawn at his home, saying he had to terminate the contract with the company because it had employed illegal immigrants even after he had told the company to stop the practice.
“We’re going to end illegal immigration to protect legal immigration,” said Romney.
Even Arizona Sen. John McCain, whose campaign almost collapsed because he took a more compassionate approach toward illegal immigration, spoke of the need for better border enforcement.
“We cannot reward illegal behavior. We have to fix the border,” McCain said, while adding: “We cannot allow this nation to be inhumane or without love and compassion.”
The debate, sponsored by Univision, dealt largely with issues important to Hispanic voters, and was a far more gentlemanly affair than some of the recent Republican encounters.
Former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani, who had a bitter exchange with Romney at the last debate in November over whether either of them had turned a blind eye to illegal immigration, seemed to try to avoid a repeat of that fracas.
He said of illegal immigration: “This is a situation where none of us have been perfect. All of us have been struggling with this for a long time.”
The debate came at a tense time in the race for the Republican presidential race.
Mike Huckabee, a former governor of Arkansas, has vaulted past Romney to take the lead in many opinion polls in critical Iowa and taken over second place in other national polls behind Giuliani in the quest to be the party’s candidate in the November presidential vote.
Romney has spent millions of dollars in Iowa, which on January 3 begins the state-by-state battle to choose the Republican and Democratic candidates who will contest the November 2008 election for president.
The candidates were largely in agreement on most issues, although a long-shot contender, Texas Rep. Ron Paul, drew some boos from the audience when he said he would be willing to talk to Venezuela’s fiery anti-American president, Hugo Chavez.
Both McCain and former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani said they preferred to deal with Chavez as Spain’s King Juan Carlos did recently, telling him “Why don’t you shut up?”
“Chavez is acting like a dictator and he should be treated that way,” Giuliani said.
The Republicans also talked tough against Cuba, saying they would maintain the U.S. trade embargo against the communist island.
http://www.reuters.com/article/domesticNews/idUSN0933993820071210
Duncan did fine. Again, there’s too many people onstage for anyone to really standout unless your Ron Paul who told the Cubans to their face that we need to negotiate with Castro and Chavez. That had McCain snickering to himself (Univision cut to him several times during Paul’s rant) and the rest of the candidates shaking their heads in disbelief. Of course, online polls will show Paul won the debate with 50 million votes cast...
It’s not surprising but that article completely overlooks the fact that the Hispanic audience were very supportive of the Republican’s answers on illegal immigration. Republicans are for the rights of legal immigrants. Democrats are for the rights of illegal immigrants and Hispanics who are here legally are fully aware of this. If we stay consistent on this, we can take this demographic away from the Democrats in a fairly short period of time.
Fred08.com has a live blog of the debate. I realize the debate is over but the blog is in English. So until something else is available it might help.
Chances are it was a primarily Cuban audience and they lean heavily republican anyway.
It was very heavily Cuban.
Yes they were. It's completely the opposite of what we have been lead to believe.
Why am I not surprised. The stupid Dems are the worlds biggest liars and the "conservative" media tries their darnedest to not be far behind.
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