wrote:
>
> --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" <jstein@>
> wrote:
> >
> > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "shempmcgurk" <shempmcgurk@>
> > wrote:
> > >
> > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" <jstein@>
> > > wrote:
> > <snip>
> > > > > > Turns out a Spanish rendition of the National Anthem
> > > > > > was a staple of Bush's appearances in his first
> > > > > > presidential campaign, sometimes sung by others,
> > > > > > sometimes by Bush himself. And the Spanish version
> > > > > > was performed for him at his first inaugural.
> > > > >
> > > > > Of course, Bush doesn't say above that the national anthem
> > > > > should ONLY be sung in English.
> > > >
> > > > Read it again, Shemp.
> > >
> > > I did, Judy, and although the reporting says that, that isn't
> what
> > > is in quotes. Read what I wrote, Judy: "...Bush doesn't say
> > > above..." indicating quotes.
> >
> > "The national anthem should be sung in English--not
> > Spanish--President Bush declared Friday" is what's
> > called an "indirect quote," Shemp.
> >
> > > And, of course, you should realize that reporters often get
> stuff
> > > like this wrong.
> >
> > Every report I've seen of this press conference, from
> > at least a dozen different media sources, understood
> > his remarks that way. It's hard to understand them
> > any differently.
> >
> > And here's another *direct* quote, from the NYTimes
> > account:
> >
> > "Asked at a news briefing in the Rose Garden on Friday whether he
> > believed the anthem would have the same value in Spanish as it did
> in
> > English, Mr. Bush said flatly, 'No, I don't.'"
> I now understand why you get so much wrong, Judy. You simply don't
> understand the English language and/or your innate prejudices make
> you misunderstand what you read.
>
> Of COURSE, singing the anthem in Spanish doesn't have the same value
> as singing it in English...BUT that's not the same thing as saying
> that it shouldn't be sung in Spanish.
>
> Read it all again, Judy, VERY slowly.
>
> And, hey, reconsider your "indirect" quote comment because this is
> at the heart of your confusion.
"I think the national anthem ought to be sung in English, and I think
people who want to be a citizen of this country ought to learn English
and they ought to learn to sing the national anthem in English."
This is the full quote, which can easily be heard if you turn on the
TV. The issue here isn't really english-spanish, but the hypocrisy of
a politician who used to regularly sing the national anthem in spanish
at hispanic rallys saying the above with a straight face.
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