<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> "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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And besides the gross hypocrisy (big surprise!) Dumbya shows how
really clueless he is once again, since his own State Dept. lists
several versions of the Natl Anthem at its web site, according to
today's Washington Post:
Administration Is Singing More Than One Tune on Spanish Version of
Anthem
By Peter Baker
Washington Post Staff Writer
Wednesday, May 3, 2006; Page A06
President Bush declared last week that the national anthem should be
sung in English not Spanish, but he evidently never told his own
government or campaign organizations.
The State Department posts four Spanish versions of "The Star-Spangled
Banner" on its Web site, and accounts from the 2000 election suggest
that the song was at times performed in Spanish at Bush campaign
events. Critics even turned up one reference to Bush himself singing
the anthem in Spanish on the trail, but there was no confirmation.
The furor over a newly released Spanish version of the anthem has
underscored once again the power of symbols in American politics. At a
time when the immigration debate in Washington has divided Republicans
on Capitol Hill, drawn hundreds of thousands of protesters into the
streets and triggered a nationwide boycott, all sides are scrutinizing
the words and records of the president and other politicians for signs
of inconsistency.
Bush waded into the matter last week after British producer Adam
Kidron issued " Nuestro Himno ." Responding to a reporter, Bush
said: "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."
But Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice chose not to repeat his
formulation Sunday on CBS's "Face the Nation." "I've heard the
national anthem done in rap versions, country versions, classical
versions," she said. "The individualization of the American national
anthem is quite underway."
And there seems little evidence that the matter had concerned Bush
before. The Center for American Progress, a liberal group run by
Clinton chief of staff John D. Podesta, posted on its blog a reference
to Bush singing the anthem in Spanish. In his book, "American
Dynasty," Kevin Phillips wrote that Bush "would drop in at Hispanic
festivals and parties, sometimes joining in singing 'The Star-Spangled
Banner' in Spanish, sometimes partying with a 'Viva Bush' mariachi
band flown in from Texas."
White House spokesmen and former campaign operatives said they could
not recall whether that happened, though given the level of Bush's
Spanish proficiency, they seemed dubious.
"Honestly, I don't remember him ever singing the national anthem in
Spanish," said Leonard Rodriguez, who was national director of
Hispanic Coalition for Bush/Cheney 2000. "I can't see any of his
advisers recommending it." But he added: "They may have played it.
That's certainly in the realm of possibility." And Rodriguez said he
does not recall Bush ever objecting to it.
The Center for American Progress also cited a news report that the
anthem was performed in Spanish by singer Jon Secada at a 2001
inauguration event, but Bush aides and most news accounts said he
actually sang a Spanish version of "America the Beautiful."
Secada later performed "The Star-Spangled Banner" at the White House,
in May 2001, but in English, according to the White House.
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