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83 % Say Getting Immigrants To Speak English Is Higher Priority Than Creating Bilingual America
National Review Online ^ | 7/10/2008 | Staff

Posted on 07/10/2008 6:58:39 PM PDT by Laissez-faire capitalist

Scott Rasmussen points to these striking results:

Barack Obama said yesterday that "instead of worrying whether immigrants can learn English," Americans "need to make sure your child can speak Spanish." A national telephone survey conducted last month by Rasmussen Reports found that U.S. voters overwhelmingly disagree with the presumptive Democratic presidential nominee.

Eighty-three percent (83%) place a higher priority on encouraging immigrants to speak English...

... A reader noted this is among the pieces of information that voters in Ohio, Pennsylvania and MIchigan need to hear before they make their decision in November.

(Excerpt) Read more at campaignspot.nationalreview.com ...


TOPICS: Culture/Society; Front Page News; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: Michigan; US: Ohio; US: Pennsylvania
KEYWORDS: 2008polls; aliens; barackobama; election; electionpresident; elections; englishfirst; mccain; nohispandering; obama; obamatruthfile
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It is time that Barack Obama line up with American values.

We are tired of hearing him berating those who place a high value on gun ownership, religion and speaking English.

We are tired of him berating those who adhere to values like this as - as Obama puts it - clinging to God, guns and now English.

1 posted on 07/10/2008 6:58:39 PM PDT by Laissez-faire capitalist
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What say you?


2 posted on 07/10/2008 6:59:37 PM PDT by Laissez-faire capitalist (Keep working! Welfare cases and their liberal enablers are counting on you!)
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To: Laissez-faire capitalist

17% of the responders are illegal immigrants who can’t speak English or are too stupid to understand the question. I guess that sounds about right.


3 posted on 07/10/2008 7:00:59 PM PDT by highimpact (Abortion - [n]: human sacrifice at the altar of convenience.)
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Obama clings to berating America on God, guns and putting English first.


4 posted on 07/10/2008 7:01:34 PM PDT by Laissez-faire capitalist (Keep working! Welfare cases and their liberal enablers are counting on you!)
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To: Laissez-faire capitalist

I say it applies to both chumps. Quit attempting to turn the U.S. into a 3rd world s^*thole for a stake in the voting block pander lottery.


5 posted on 07/10/2008 7:02:00 PM PDT by TADSLOS (The GOP death march to the gravesite is underway.)
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To: Laissez-faire capitalist
Barack Obama said yesterday that "instead of worrying whether immigrants can learn English," Americans "need to make sure your child can speak Spanish."

I should remember to send him a thank you note.

With comments this dumb already he may not even make it to the convention. Whoever thought a conservative couldn't win against a moron like this should be taken out and horsewhipped.

6 posted on 07/10/2008 7:02:55 PM PDT by Carry_Okie (We have people in power with desire for evil.)
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To: TADSLOS
*golf clap*

Spot on!

7 posted on 07/10/2008 7:03:27 PM PDT by Michael Barnes
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To: Laissez-faire capitalist

Obama needs to run for office in Europe. That’s where his heart is. That’s where his socialist ideas fit best.


8 posted on 07/10/2008 7:03:37 PM PDT by Faith
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Obama is actually worse than McCain on the issue of illegal immigration.

While both supported the Amnesty Bill, Obama is for 1.) this crap and 2.) supports drivers licensees for illegals.

McCain is not for 1 or 2.


9 posted on 07/10/2008 7:04:04 PM PDT by Laissez-faire capitalist (Keep working! Welfare cases and their liberal enablers are counting on you!)
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To: Laissez-faire capitalist

my apartment manager’s husband is the maintenance man.

he cannot understand or speak enough english to do his job efficiently.


10 posted on 07/10/2008 7:04:38 PM PDT by ken21 ( people die + you never hear from them again.)
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To: Laissez-faire capitalist

I am sick and tired of having to state my language when I call any 800 number.


11 posted on 07/10/2008 7:05:15 PM PDT by LukeL (Yasser Arafat: "I'd kill for a Nobel Peace Prize")
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thats the wrong question, the real question is how many want them to GO HOME???
12 posted on 07/10/2008 7:06:24 PM PDT by Chode (American Hedonist ©® - CTHULHU/SHOGGOTH '08 = Nothing LESS!!!)
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Too bad that no conservative is running this year...


13 posted on 07/10/2008 7:06:50 PM PDT by Farmer Dean (168 grains of instant conflict resolution)
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What’s McCain’s position on English first? Other than praising hispanics the other day for speaking Spanish in Arizona first.

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Today, Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) launched a Spanish-language campaign website, greeting voters with, “Bienvenido! Estamos Unidos con McCain” (Welcome! We are united with McCain):

This new website comes despite the fact that McCain voted in 2006 for Sen. James Inhofe’s (R-OK) amendment to “declare English as the national language of the United States and to promote the patriotic integration of prospective US citizens.” In March, McCain skipped a vote on an amendment by Sen. Lamar Alexander (R-TN), aimed at “blocking lawsuits by employees challenging English-only workplace rules.” Both Sen. Hillary Clinton (D-NY) and Barack Obama (D-IL) voted against the measure, but McCain left Washington to attend a fundraiser.

http://thinkprogress.org/2008/05/05/giuliani-spanish-2/


14 posted on 07/10/2008 7:11:13 PM PDT by AuntB (Vote Obama! ..........Because ya can't blame 'the man' when you are the 'man'.... Wanda Sikes)
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To: Laissez-faire capitalist
Eighty-three percent (83%) place a higher priority on encouraging immigrants to speak English... yet the politicians can't seem t grasp this simple point.
15 posted on 07/10/2008 7:11:30 PM PDT by SandRat (Duty, Honor, Country! What else needs said?)
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To: Laissez-faire capitalist

He’s NOT presidential material.


16 posted on 07/10/2008 7:11:46 PM PDT by TribalPrincess2U
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To: AuntB
You made my day!

/s

17 posted on 07/10/2008 7:12:27 PM PDT by Carry_Okie (We have people in power with desire for evil.)
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To: Laissez-faire capitalist

The main issue for making English the official language of the US is that right now nothing stops legal proceedings from being conducted in another language. We could find, for example, that some small town located near the Mexican border and with a majority of Spanish-speaking residents could pass laws in Spanish (or some local Mexican Indian dialect). They could hold court in that same language. So, English speakers would just be screwed.

AFAIC, people are free to conduct their personal and private business in any language they please. Just make English official, so we have a common language base for government functions.


18 posted on 07/10/2008 7:12:52 PM PDT by theBuckwheat
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What say I?
Bese mi asno, obama.


19 posted on 07/10/2008 7:12:53 PM PDT by patriot08
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To: Laissez-faire capitalist

I want him to sound as outrageous as he possibly can.


20 posted on 07/10/2008 7:12:54 PM PDT by television is just wrong
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