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pinkpops Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-18-03 10:15 PM
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Wes Clark speaks 4 languages
Which are they?
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bhunt70 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-18-03 10:17 PM
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1. ummm
English...and uh...hmmm?
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burrowowl Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-18-03 10:17 PM
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2. He even speaks English
unlike the Chimp.
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ironflange Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-19-03 02:15 PM
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40. Hey, Bush* speaks four languages too!
American
Texas American
Pig Latin (just a smattering)
Pidgin Spanish
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Toucano Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-18-03 10:17 PM
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3. Good question!
I know Russian is one of them.

I am pretty sure Spanish isn't one.

I think French is one.

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WillyBrandt Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-18-03 10:19 PM
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4. English, Spanish, Russian, and (I think) French
Edited on Tue Nov-18-03 10:19 PM by WillyBrandt
The first three I'm certain of. The last one I think is French.

Russian he learned at West Point. (English at Little Rock.)

I asked him personally a month ago (!) if he spoke Spanish well enough to use it campaigning, and he said his conversational Spanish is rusty
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Toucano Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-18-03 10:23 PM
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8. I should have said
I'm pretty sure is Spanish rusty! LOL! :)

Thanks for the save.
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Renew Deal Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-18-03 10:37 PM
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9. He speaks Russian because he is a commie
NewsMax (or one one of the rags) implied that a while ago.
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AmericanDem Donating Member (521 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-18-03 10:41 PM
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10. so you are repeating it?
:puke:
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Rowdyboy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-18-03 10:44 PM
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11. Just mild sarcasm
Nothing to see here folks, move along...
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Renew Deal Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-18-03 10:52 PM
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15. Umm???
OK, I am Clark supporter who didn't take the commie thing seriously. I was repeating a ridiculous comment.
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Scott Lee Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-18-03 10:58 PM
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16. Wesley Clark govorit po-russkiy? Ochen khorosho!
Pravdu, durazhniye khuyei napravo nim ponazyvat' uzhasnikh imyenov, no mui znayem shto yazichniy um nyevo prekrasno!


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JohnKleeb Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-18-03 11:46 PM
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18. huh?
I thought Russian had the cyrillic alphabet and thus you type Russian.

jaz sem tudi zbegan. jaz dont pretehtati vrsta zaprte koèije slišati se slovenski. odkriti mi a kandidatura kdo does mi pomenek.

And no I am not speaking Russian here.
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caledesi Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-18-03 10:20 PM
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5. I am always impressed by someone who speaks more than one language.
Please tell me how many Cark speaks. It sound very impressive.
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WillyBrandt Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-18-03 10:21 PM
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6. Stimmt das, wenn du willist...
podemos hablar en Espanol...
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VolcanoJen Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-19-03 04:09 AM
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23. Was? Der spricht kein Deutsch???
My German grammar sucks, but I can mostly get my meaning across... :D
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xultar Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-18-03 10:22 PM
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7. Mee tooo but I still keep thinking about our current commander n
thief--
he can't even speak his native language
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OldCurmudgeon Donating Member (585 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-19-03 09:25 AM
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30. can't speak his native language?
I have it on good authority that Shrub speaks fluent moronic, so
there!
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xultar Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-19-03 10:37 AM
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33. teeee heeee heee n/t
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ShaneGR Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-18-03 10:45 PM
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12. Er sprecht Deutsch.
Edited on Tue Nov-18-03 10:48 PM by sgr2
I'm sure. Well, at least I think so.
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WillyBrandt Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-18-03 10:46 PM
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13. It's French or German...
And I really think it's French for some reason. He dealt with the French a lot--one French general said he would make an excellent Frenchman!
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maggrwaggr Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-18-03 11:43 PM
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17. better change that to he speaks "Freedom"
wouldn't want him tainted with the smelly French word, now would we?
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WillyBrandt Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-18-03 11:47 PM
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19. I think he won the Freedom Legion of Honor
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BonjourUSA Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-19-03 09:09 AM
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25. About 80% of the english vocabulary is made of French words
Edited on Wed Nov-19-03 09:22 AM by BonjourUSA
The prononciation is often different
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ShaneGR Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-19-03 11:43 AM
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37. English is germanic in nature
just to let you know
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moz4prez Donating Member (591 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-19-03 09:32 AM
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31. i am fluent in freedom
but my Esperanto is a little rusty =\
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Character Assassin Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-19-03 11:40 AM
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36. Er spricht Deutsch.
Nicht er 'sprecht' Deutsch.
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BlueEyedSon Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-18-03 10:50 PM
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14. Hey, that's 4 more than * ! nt
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Dr Fate Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-18-03 11:52 PM
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20. In the debate, he should ask Bush a long question in Spanish...
Edited on Wed Nov-19-03 12:12 AM by Dr Fate
...and then watch another media myth crumble as Bush fails to understand most of it, much less answer in Spanish...

Why did Bush always need spanish-speaking interpreters when he was in South America- I never understood that?
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FrenchieCat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-19-03 12:11 AM
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21. ha ha!
that's is funny!
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jumptheshadow Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-19-03 04:07 AM
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22. If it's an intelligent question
Then Bush certainly won't understand it. :)
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elperromagico Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-19-03 09:13 AM
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28. Bush would just smirk and say,
"Very good. Que bueno. Now I'm literate in two languages."

It would get a laugh, and the pundits would call it "a brilliant comeback."
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_NorCal_D_ Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-19-03 11:00 AM
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34. Good idea!
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Kahuna Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-19-03 11:20 AM
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35. Wouldn't that be great?
:evilgrin:
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alphafemale Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-19-03 04:15 AM
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24. He did Spanish well at one of the debates
He, Dean and Kuchinich seemed very comfortable rather than spitting out a memorized phrase.
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elperromagico Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-19-03 09:10 AM
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26. As long as one of them is English,
it's an improvement over Bush.
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PROGRESSIVE1 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-19-03 09:13 AM
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27. And Bush speaks NONE!
.
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BonjourUSA Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-19-03 09:21 AM
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29. 400 words are enough to express his thinking
:+
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HereSince1628 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-19-03 09:39 AM
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32. I hope he tells the truth in all of them...
.
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UTUSN Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-19-03 11:49 AM
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38. Tweety Has Picked His Attack Point on CLARK
Yesterday on IMUS he was *thrilled* at his original observation at his one-on-one with CLARK. Get this, Tweety sez that CLARK ---DOES NOT BLINK! Tweety thought this was SO weird and SO telling about SOMEthing about the man. MSRNC then showed video of CLARK talking and after about 30 seconds or so, he DID blink. But Tweety claimed that on the Tweety show he went 2 or 3 minutes withOUT blinking. So the earth-tones topic for the duration on CLARK will be "blinking."
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FrenchieCat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-19-03 02:03 PM
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39. Not blinking means ....
that you ain't lying....don't have to constantly try to blink the lies out of your eyes. Not blinking also means fearless leader that will not back down when the situation is called for. Rather have my President not blinking when required!
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TLM Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-19-03 02:18 PM
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41. it is a little creepy....
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HoosierClarkie Donating Member (504 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-19-03 11:11 PM
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43. its a little creepy when someone never moves his neck
I know for a fact that non-blinking = not lying. (I have a degree in Psych)I guess I do not know what not moving neck =!:think:
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bhunt70 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-19-03 11:14 PM
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44. good to see that he was actually listening...
Oh wait he was fixated on his eyes instead. What a dolt.
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