English-only crowd should learn English

[ccharles000]

On Saturday, Pat Buchanan hosted a conference to discuss how Republicans can regain a majority in America. During one discussion, panelists suggested supporting English-only initiatives as a prime way of attracting "working class white Democrats." The discussion ridiculed Judge Sotomayor for the fact that she studied children’s classics to improve her grammar while attending college. The panelists also suggested that, without English as the official language, President Obama would force Americans to speak Spanish.

Keep ridiculing Sotomayor, Pat. But I'm sure she could spell "conference" correctly (not to mention knowing the proper place for scare quotes).

And yes, the more you ridicule her (and demonize Latinos), the most we see this:

Favorability of Republican Party among Latinos

May 18-21 (before the Sotomayor nomination)

Favorable 11
Unfavorable 79
No Opinion 10

June 15-18 (latest poll)

Favorable 8
Unfavorable 86
No Opinion 6



Yes, we know you're afraid of a brown nation. But we're here, and without us, winning back that majority is going to be extremely difficult. It's simply a matter of math -- the real kind, not the fantasy Rove version.

p.s. When we're talking Spanish, yes, we're talking about you.

[sarcasmo]

1. Conferenece, I think that's French for Conference, LOL

[handmade34]

2. makes ya wonder

how people that can't spell - have garnered so much power

[KamaAina]

3. !Si se puede!

:P

[saltpoint]

4. They spelt it good enuf as it is.

Main thing is to keep them forners from fuckin up our English language.

[Maestro]

5. English does not need protecting and these

idiots are just xenophobic, racist ass wipes. And the fact that they can't spell the word, conference, does not surprise me. I've studied English and Spanish Lit and I am bilingual. My mind has been opened in ways that these cretins can only imagine.

[izquierdista]

8. English DOES need protecting

but FROM these idiots. They wood half us all speling like morans if they had there weigh whey.

[LiberalFighter]

6. Probably not union made.

[nosmokes]

7. thar you go raysing the bar again...

[mwooldri]

9. Well it definitely isn't English on that banner...

and I do know my English somewhat.

It's not just "brown people". I work in a call centre, and I used to handle the calls from our Indian partners from people who asked to "speak to someone in America". They'd get me, and yes I was asked whether I speak English. I've also had people who after being connected with me ask me to connect them with someone who speaks English, or speak to an American. I have the greatest pleasure in connecting them with my boss, who also happens to have a very typical English accent (she grew up in London).

[BlueJazz]

10. weigh whey

[marmar]

11. The only thing worse than Aryan supremacists are illiterate Aryan supremacists....

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