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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Having a single language in a nation is an asset.
Someone go to Germany and try to get something other than German approved as the official language.
They'd think you were nuts.
Prometo lealtad a la bandera,
de los Estados Unidos de América.
Y a la república para la cual está soportes,
a una nación, debajo del dios,
con libertad y justicia para todos.
See BONEHEAD, it kind of loses its meaning in SPANISH doesn't it!
As I've stated before, expecting something intelligent to come out of the mouth of a Dem pol is like expecting your dog to recite Shakespeare. It ain't gonna happen.
(Denny Crane: "Every one should carry a gun strapped to their waist. We need more - not less guns.")
Reid appears to be coming down with a nervous breakdown. He certainly does not sound normal.
English, or any other language, is not a race. Reid is an idiot.
Where do the Dems come up with these imbecils?
(Rhetorical question of course).
"Reid calls language proposal racist"
Translation: The US needs to be like the Tower of Babel because I am insane.
LOL! Hate to laugh because it`s true isn`t it? You should see my ATM here in Queens New York city...You put in your card and they are practically out of room now on the screen...Hit 1 for English, 2 for Spanish, 3 for Korean, 4 for Turkish, 5 for Polish, 6 for Russian...It`s the freggin` Tower of Babel. Liberals don`t understand the reason we need an official language is for emergency situations. You tell every immigrant they don`t need to learn English, then you have to waste 20 hours until you can find a interpreter. By that time Hillary, if she is President, will have incinerated half the planet.
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