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/
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I believe Juan is speaking at LaRatsa on July 14th.
I will be depressed.
What’s McCain’s position on English first?”
Interesting you ask, because there was a bill on the Senate floor awhile back about making English our official language, and JS McCain voted FOR it.
I don’t see anything wrong with McCain having a Spanish language website. Why NOT get his word out to everyone? Not everyone who has learned English understands the nuances of the new language, and may still understand concepts better in their native language. There are a lot of citizens of Hispanic origin who vote, and even though THEY may speak English, the folks with whom they spend time, or socialize, may not, and who knows, that site could have a major influence on which party they think has the better ideas for how they can make a future for themselves, the Republicans or the Democrats.
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English first