First bilingual presidential debate as three candidates and a moderator speak in Spanish

https://www.washingtonexaminer.com ^ | June 26, 2019 | Zachary Halaschak

[PUGACHEV]

I don’t think Irish Bob’s Spanish is going to impress many Hispanics either. His Spanish accent is amazingly dorkish.

[Mouton]

This is an F word outrage.

[okie 54]

Why stop at bilingual that is disenfranchising all of their Somali constituents by not using their language as well

[NFHale]

“...Where is the media to point this out??? ...”

You already know... the media is suction lip-locked on the dems’ collective posterior.

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O'Rourke, 46, was responding to a question about whether he would support a marginal individual 70% tax rate on highest earners. He responded in Spanish translated to: “We need to include everyone in the success of this economy. But, if we want to do this, we have to include everyone in our democracy. Every voter needs representation, and every voice must be listened to.”

Did he really need to switch to Spanish to not answer the question?

[cll]

I must say, Castillian Spanish is my first language and not even “Beto’s” is passable. Laughable is more like it.

[thoughtomator]

These people have no idea how offensive it is to have candidates for President appeal to foreigners for votes in a language most Americans don’t understand.

I hope they never figure it out.

[1Old Pro]

I’m surprised they all didn’t break out speaking in Russian, anything to make a mockery of our great land, where English is the spoken language.

[FlingWingFlyer]

Want to get that 53 million Spanish speakers to start speaking English? Start paying them in pesos.

[FlingWingFlyer]

Fauxcahontas missed one heck of an opportunity by not speaking in her Native American tongue.

[ding_dong_daddy_from_dumas]

Why can't the English

[DoodleBob]

Frasier was perhaps the best written comedy ever, better than Cheers. This whole episode, Freddie's Bar Mitzvah (cleverly called Star Mitzvah) is a riot. The actual speech remains a highlight in the history of comedy...and perhaps if some Dem candidate spoke in Klingon they'd get a few more FB likes.

For those who care, this is a transcript:

Frasier: Pookh lod wih le koo. Hach jahj cho-koov-moakh leng-lidge loo-Teb-jahj leng widge-vahd bel rahp shoave dah-nobe-poo- boagh. [in Hebrew] Shabbat shalom.

[Altura Ct.]

So as the invasion continues and the racial/ethnic balance gets turned on its head this will get worse. This is not an anomaly. Just like all the signs in Spanish that started showing up some 10-20 years ago. At first the Spanish was not prominent at all but now in many/most place it is on equal footing. This will get worse to the point someday when English will be secondary as it already is in certain places. Demographics is destiny!

[LoveMyFreedom]

You got that right!

[Eleutheria5]

Not if you want the newly arrived invaders to vote, too. They have to choose between 25 abject pandering suck-ups. How can they do that if nobody explains it in their language.

[ek_hornbeck]

Is this a good thing for our country, that an increase in difference in language is occurring? Does this make us more united?

The Democrats have no interest in making us more united. It's in their interest to encourage various "minority" factions to act as though they are semi-independent nations living within US borders, so that they can serve as clients of an international liberal elite in opposition to what remains of traditional American institutions. This debate succeeded in doing just that with flying colors.

[Maris Crane]

DoodleBob, you are a stitch!

All Frasier episodes are good, some are better and some are GREAT.

That Star Mitzvah was one of the greatest. Noel was particularly good in that one, too.

Doodle, Frasier has no comparisons. Cheers was moderately funny, but I’m forever grateful for their and Burrough’s giving us Fras.

[Lisbon1940]

It also broadcasts telenovelas to a lot of Spanish speakers in the USA.

[Biggirl]

That is true.

[Scrambler Bob]

So a ‘trans’ person is not a specialized auto mechanic?