Video - Barack Obama: Your Children Should Learn To Speak Spanish

An Embarrassment
baldilocks — Here's a rare pre-workout post. Obama has stepped in it yet again . It’s embarrassing when Europeans come over here, they all speak English, they speak French, they speak German. And then we go over to Europe and all we can say is merci beaucoup. Embarrassing, eh? Ich habe eine Frage: welche Fremdsprache hat Obama als Erwachsener freiwillig gelernt? (I have a question: which foreign language has the adult Obama voluntarily learned?) In fairness, the senator's statement was couched in an excellent message to young black students in Georgia: You can’t find a job unless you are a really, really good basketball player. Which most of you brothers are not. I know you ...

Obama : "Instead of worrying about whether immigrants can learn English ...you need to make sure your child can speak Spanish"
THE ASTUTE BLOGGERS — So, does the Messiah, Baruch O'Bummer, speak Spanish? Has he made the attempt to become bilingual? No, not in the slightest. But, he does speak Bahasa, the native language of Indonesia, a language he picked up as a kid. That ought to come in handy at the United Nations. Let us ponder the words of the Messiah himself. From Just One Minute: You know, I don't understand when people are going around worrying about, "We need to have English- only." They want to pass a law, "We want English-only." Now, I agree that immigrants should learn English. I agree with that. ...

Throwing The English Language Under The Bus
small dead animals — Throwing The English Language Under The Bus El cambio que se puede creer!* Is there nothing that Obama can't do? (*thanks to reader Gabby for the improved translation) Posted by Kate at July 9, 2008 11:25 AM

Wisdom of the Obamessiah
Moonbattery — Britain Moves toward Decriminalizing Burglary | Main | Obama Blogger Sues the Bible July 9, 2008 Wisdom of the Obamessiah How fortunate we are that the Obamessiah deigns to shower his enlightened insights down upon us. His latest pearl of wisdom: Understand this: Instead of worrying about whether uh immigrants can learn English [ ] you need to make sure your child can speak Spanish. [ ] You know, it's embarrassing [ ] it's embarrassing when, when uh you when Europeans come over here. They all speak English, they speak French, they speak German. And then we go over to Europe and uh [meaningless gurgling noise as he struggles to speak ...

POLITICS: Presidential Election Quick Links 7/9/08
Baseball Crank — *Heckuva job, Barack. A pictorial illustration of the value of Obama's friendship. And a Judicial Watch complaint on more favors Obama received. *Here's the writeup on that Obama ad I saw in Florida, and how it departs from the truth. Hint: when you can only come up with three accomplishments to list and two of them are this shaky, you don't have much of a record to run on (and note that the "tax cuts" he trumpets are EITC programs, which give money to people who have not paid taxes - not exactly a cut in taxes paid by anyone). *This is the John McCain we all know. Frankly, McCain will be more successful on the trail if ...

Obama’s Elitism Shines Through Again
Flopping Aces — This clip is proof positive Barack Obama is nothing but your typical elitist. Here’s the quote in question: You know, I don’t understand when people are going around worrying about, “We need to have English- only.” They want to pass a law, “We want English-only.” Now, I agree that immigrants should learn English. I agree with that. But understand this. Instead of worrying about whether immigrants can learn English — they’ll learn English — you need to make sure your child can speak Spanish. You ...

"The Spanish Prisoners", according to Obama: Legal Working Americans??
The Discerning Texan — I referred to this earlier , but it sort of needs to be heard to be fully appreciated for its...well, audacity (via Hot Air ): Ed Morrissey adds commentary : Barack Obama addressed the issue of official languages yesterday by endorsing one: Spanish. Instead of worrying about immigrants learning English, he told an audience, America should be teaching its children Spanish. Every child should be bilingual, Obama said, but listen to the language he chooses later [video above follows...] Well, which is it — should we teach them Spanish or French? Maybe we should teach them Chinese, or perhaps Arabic. Immigrants come from around the world to ...

Barack Obama: Your Children Should Learn To Speak Spanish....
Theo Spark — 3 comments: Peter said... Europeans learn multiple languages because they have to, just to survive. Live in Amsterdam and travel 500 miles in any direction and you need more than a half dozen languages just to sell your products. Multiple languages are a necessity, not a noble or polite act. Obama was just babbling about the Tower of Babel effect. 13:37 ...

Obama and ‘Merci beaucoup’ - the conservative outrage of the day
Crooks and Liars — After some very encouraging comments on bankruptcy law in Georgia the other day, Barack Obama opened the floor to some questions. Someone asked about preventing high-school dropouts and added that she believes “there should be a push more for our citizens to become bilingual here in America.” These comments on bilingualism seem to have caused quite a stir in conservative circles. ...

Obama's Artful Campaign
Wizbang — For a guy noted for being so charismatic and smooth, has there ever been somebody so bumbling and awkward? Honestly, we're getting into Gerald Ford territory here. The evidence I present some totally specious arguments to the maladroit nature of the presumptive Democratic nominee. Exhibit A I quote me ...

A ‘mercen rues embarisin Obama
The Anchoress — From I Think, Therefore I Err : Don’t you worry. I went to Blogging School. I know I’m obliged to post on the latest Obama elitist attack on me. The one where he is embarrassed about us lo class Americans who only speak ‘mercan. And I actually speak Spanish and English. And I still take his attack personally. There I was sitting in a cafe in Athens. I said καλημέρα (good morning) and then I had to point, yes point, at the menu to order. I could feel Obama’s eyes beating down on me from his home in Chicago where he and his children were studying yet another foreign language. I was an embarrassment. Aw…I feel bad for poor Obama, that he has to live in a country ...

Dizzy’s Ten Post Round-Up
The Democratic Daily — Thanks to Phil Gramm for reminding me of something I forgot, being a member of a “nation of whiners”, I tooks some time to do just that (thanks to those wonderful people who took the time to listen). Truthfully, though, I prefer to do my whining via blogging, so what better place to do that than through today’s Ten Post Round-Up (cue the “wah-mbulance”). 1. “The answer to speech you don’t like is always more speech.” AlterNet: Why Obscenity Laws Must Be ...

No, Obama is not going to force you to ‘learn to speak Spanish’
Political Animal — Well, we knew the right wasn’t going to be happy about this. On Monday, at an event in Georgia, a voter asked Barack Obama about a “push” for more bilingualism in the U.S. Obama criticized the “English-only” efforts and said Americans would be better off if we spoke more than one language. After noting the importance of foreign language classes in the schools, Obama said, “We should understand that our young people, if you have a foreign language, that is a powerful tool to get a job. You are so much more employable. You can be part of international business. So we should be emphasizing foreign languages in our schools ...

Obama: I embarrass myself!
Hot Air » Top Picks — Obama: I embarrass myself! posted at 5:15 pm on July 11, 2008 by Ed Morrissey Send to a Friend | printer-friendly Barack Obama’s comment that Americans should teach their children Spanish rather than worry about whether immigrants speak English gave another example of his arrogance and elitist impulses earlier this week. In a memorable moment, he pronounced himself “embarrassed” by Americans who travel abroad and can’t speak the local language — which called into question why he doesn’t get similarly perturbed by foreigners who move here and can’t speak ours. Today, Obama tried to “clarify” his comments by wondering aloud why people ...

The Education of a Would-Be Obamacon
The American Scene — It probably hasn’t escaped any regular readers of this blog that I’ve been flirting on and off with the question of whether I am an “Obamacon” – someone who generally considers himself conservative but nonetheless had lent his support to liberal Democrat Barack Obama in his quest for the Presidency. See, for example, here, where I don’t fret about Obama’s Wright “problem;” here, where I wonder whether Obama might “advance the argument” and lead to a better liberalism and, subsequently, a better conservatism; here, where I basically minimize the importance of the surge’s ...

Obama: Real Americans Speak French and Spanish
Pajamas Media — The senator pontificates that his countrymen must better themselves by becoming more European in outlook. Pourquoi ? [image] Barack Obama, the most far-left major party candidate to ever run for the presidency, is now attempting to reposition himself towards the center. However, his words occasionally betray him and reveal to voters his not-so-hidden nature. Just recently, at a campaign stop in Georgia, he shared with his audience yet another method by which they could better themselves. Previously, he called for citizens to devote more time to public service , but on July 8 he offered linguistic counsel: I don’t understand when people ...

How do you say shot and chaser in French?
Jonathan Martin's Blog — With all homage to Danielle Jones, Nora McAlvanah, Mike Memoli and the Last Call experts: SHOT: Obama, explaining at a town hall meeting in Georgia on July 8th why children should learn a foreign language: "It's embarrassing when Europeans come over here, they all speak English, they speak French, they speak German. And then we go over to Europe and all we can say is 'merci beaucoup.'" CHASER: Obama, in Paris today: "Sarkozy and Obama met for more than hour, including 20 minutes of one-on-one talks, according to an aide to the French president. Upon arriving at the Elysee Palace, Obama ...

Obama’s Audacity of Fake Centrism
Pajamas Media — Some liberals are concerned by his feints toward the middle. They needn't be. [image] On the left, they’re not friends; they are allies, as long as there’s more money coming in. But at the end of the day, they all want to use the government to bring money and power to them[selves]. — Grover Norquist ...

Mr. Obama Learns a Foreign Word
RedState: Conservative News and Community — At the end of his joint press conference yesterday with Russian President Dimitry Medvedev, President Obama stunned the audience by sounding out the word “Spass-seee-boh” — his “first official Russian word” uttered in public. Can’t you just feel the multiculturalism oozing from the White House, and the international feeling toward America warming before your very eyes (even faster than our endangered globe)? “I am also learning the Russian language,” Obama continued, “but President Medvedev knows English better than I know Russian.” It’s a good thing President Obama is so ...

An Oldy but a Goody
PoliPundit.com — From the campaign trail last year: Obama says your children should learn to speak Spanish.