Posted on 07/09/2008 8:31:30 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
English First Executive Director Jim Boulet, Jr., today called upon Senator Barack Obama to reconsider his anti-English statements.
Senator Obama has voted against official English four times in 2006 and 2007 and earned an "F" rating for English First in 2006.
"Senator Obama, there are plenty of languages spoken in America. What makes Spanish so special, instead of, say, Chinese or Arabic," said Jim Boulet, Jr., Executive Director of English First.
"What next, Senator? Will you be saying that too many Americans are bitterly clinging to our English language? Why does it seem you are always looking down your nose at the rest of us?"
"It is one thing to dislike America. It is another thing altogether to dislike America while seeking America's highest office," Boulet said.
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Because that major political party has an anti-American agenda.
What is Obama’s 2nd language?
I was going to post a vanity re: just that.
uh uh,, duh ,, uh well,, uh uh..
Listen, we have so much crap on B. Hussein Obama now. If the GOP can’t build a campaign file that would enable Daffy Duck to defeat this guy we need to just just friggin’ quit.
lol
Better question: Why isn’t America ashamed to have such an Anti-America, Anti-Military, Anti-Semetic, Racist, Elitist, Presumptuous bastard as a candidate for POTUS?
As a child I spoke two languages and now that I live in the States I have lost some of my ability to speak spanish. Every time I am overseas I regret not knowing more languages.
My kids, however, have two languages down pat and that skill has helped them is school a great deal.
We in America shy away from learning other languages and that is a huge mistake.
No, we will have to win without any help from the GOP or the candidate. Lets just keep exposing BHO and get people to vote against him instead of for McCain.
It will be fun and exciting. I am getting really excited about the Get Drunk and Vote for McCain movement.
I do subscribe to your point of view. I speak 6 languages, and I wish my daughter will catch some of them!
al obama’s making a lot of new enemies!
The ability to speak multiple languages provides one with more avenues of thinking through processes and solving problems.
Students that primarily english speakers and at a very early age begin to learn a second language score higher on achievement tests than students that only speak one language.
Because the Obamas are ashamed of America. White Liberal Guilt isn’t just for “white American liberals” anymore.
If it is any help, Barack can recite the Islamic call to prayer in arabic. Just check with the NY Times for that factoid...
The question is whether his daughters have been learning their Spanish.
Why doesn’t anyone see Hindi as the language of the 21st century?
While we trade with China, we are sending office jobs doing R&D and phone support to India. If you live or work in America, you will be on the phone with someone in India. Knowing the local language could help.
I believe Obama is toast in Nov. Its going to be a slaughter, no matter who he gets as VP. Just wish we had a better candidate who will end up sitting in the oval office than McCain. But I believe McCain is going to win by a huge margin.
Have you heard the man speak off the cuff? How’d he ever earn the title “articulate”?
And I assume with his international upbringing that he is mutlingual.
Go to Rolling Stone’s website. They have the audio excerpts from Jann’s interview with him. All of the pauses and uhms are cut from the published transcript. Makes him seem much more fluid.
Is the problem that he’s thinking out his answer in 2-5 languages?
Obama’s messages that “you can’t go on living as you choose” and “you will be required to give service to government sanctioned programs” etc are not going to sit well with the masses.
Usually when smoking bans go into effect, it is by mayor edict or city council vote, not a ballot referendum.
Consider Obama’s campaign the referendum on the nannystate.
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