Posted on 05/19/2006 7:26:42 AM PDT by teddyballgame
Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid called a proposal to make English the official language "racist" on the Senate floor yesterday. "This amendment is racist. I think it's directed basically to people who speak Spanish," the Democrat said during the already tense debate over immigration reform. Moments later, the Senate approved the measure on a 63-34 vote. Virtually all Republicans were joined by 11 Democrats to approve the largely symbolic amendment. Immediately following that vote, the Senate approved a second amendment, declaring on a 58-39 vote that English is the "common and unifying language." Such proposals enjoy overwhelming support among American voters. A poll by Zogby International earlier this year found that 84 percent of Americans say English should be the official language of government operations. The same poll found that 77 percent of Hispanics agree. And it's a bipartisan issue, according to the poll, which found that 92 percent of Republicans and 82 percent of Democrats approve making English the country's official language. Mr. Reid's charge of racism caused a stir of whispers in the Senate chamber and gallery, and Sen. James M. Inhofe, the Oklahoma Republican who offered the amendment, was clearly offended.
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When did Spanish become a "race?"
When did it become illegal to discriminate against someone because of their language?
OK fine, call us what you want. Sticks and stone will break my bones but names will never hurt me.
Now, lets get to the issues and solutions.
Too bad this fool has more than 4 years before he's gotta face the voters again.
Don't they have recall in NV?
The same poll found that 77 percent of Hispanics agree.
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lol, this reminds me of when all those people got 'offended' for the indian tribes who had their names as sports teams. But it turned out that polls showed that a vast majority of tribal members were not offended and even liked having the exposure for their tribal name and probably the royalties etc.. from it.
If you speak English, you're a racist.
Better make English offical, or soon it will be: press 2 for english....
Especially, if they are written officially in English:-)
I'd call Dingy a racists, but most racists I know are much smarter than he is...people like Rev Al and Jessah Jack-sonnnnnn
ot oh. "racist" has been called.
Please correct me if I am wrong.
What happened...I don't understand...I only speak English
It's the language our Constitution was written in. Oh and it's the language the Atomic Bomb was invented in too.
Take that Tojo! Where's Red Foreman when we need him?
That's right. I know a lady at Church, a legal immigrant, who came from Nicaragua as a child...she said she considers most of Latin America to be a hell hole and she doesn't want to see the USA become a third world hell hole too.
Why is Senator Reid such a, well, weasel? Why does he insist on whining and complaining instead of acting like a man with some guts?
When my family came here from Italy in 1906 they were all anxious to learn English and they gave their kids English names. And there were no ESL courses at the local community college then 'cause there weren't any community colleges. They wanted to become AMERICANS not ITALIANS.
Senator Reid, it would be wise for you, sir, to gain some perspective about our nation and its history.
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