How dare we demand that those who come to our country and want to become American citizens learn to speak English! How dare we!
According to McCain that is:
McCain stood in the middle of the GOP cloakroom and yelled at several of his Senate colleagues because they deigned to have a vote — to have a vote — on Inhofe’s “English As the National Language” amendment to the 2006 immigration bill. He accused conservatives of being “divisive” and “insulting” Latinos for suggesting that immigrants ought to learn this language. He was nasty and unhinged. About 10 staffers witnessed this. He delighted in telling the conservative senators there that they were destroying the party with these efforts. This is what Santorum is talking about. He had antipathy for social and cultural conservatives’ efforts.
Man, the guy is an embarrassment.
It’s an insult to tell those who want to live here to learn our freaking language? Amazing.
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So how are you going to be a banker, a lawyer or an Indian chief if you can’t speak English. If you come here for the American dream you might speak in the language of that dream.
In all respect, I don’t think McCain’s an embarassment. I don’t agree with him on all the issues, but he’s been demonized beyond the pale.
Here’s this from Opinionnation:
“John McCain is a true American hero; a great American. Yet, because his stance on certain issue differ from those of many conservatives, the man is ostracized and childishly attacked. -Almost no different than what the far-left did to senator Lieberman for his opinions in favor of the war in Iraq. It sickens me to be associated with a group of people sharing such a hateful group-think against a prominent republican like senator McCain.
And just like leftist internet blogs, when I visit major conservative websites like Michelle Malkin, Hot Air, or LGF, the comment section is inundated with vile slanders against the character of John McCain. Worse yet, the blogsite owners, as with the case of Daily Kos or Crooks and Liars, are instigating the hatred. All of this simply because the man doesn’t toe every single conservative line. And in that regard, these types of conservatives are no different than far-left liberals
If you disagree with John McCain on certain issues… fine! Disagree. There’s no problem there. But if conservatives want to act like Left-Wing lunatics… then I’m going to point it out. -But the MDS (McCain Derangement Syndrome) has to stop. The man is a patriot who deserves respect; not a bunch of fuckin’ insults from whiny conservatives!!!”
http://fromopinionnation.blogspot.com/2008/01/conservatives-acting-like-left-wing.html
“The man is a patriot who deserves respect; ”
So is John Kerry, but we’re not attacking his military service or what he did for the country. That doesn’t mean he gets a blanket pardon for the things he pulls.
Gang of 14, McCain-Feingold, McCain-Kennedy, claiming people who are opposed to illegal immigration are racist. He’s not being demonized, he’s being called on all the shit he’s pulled.
The rest of the country is starting to learn. I’m only surprised someone hasn’t invited him out side. The knives in the back from this “gentleman” are to many to count.
really guys. A rumour from an unnamed source printed by a guy that no one has ever heard of. Brilliant job of vetting this McCain “quote”. You guys are better than this.
Ask the source what he thinks about teaching immigrants English.
http://www.johnmccain.com/Informing/Issues/68db8157-d301-4e22-baf7-a70dd8416efa.htm
Leave the hyperbole to the Clintons please.
Well, there are two components to this: one is McCain’s opposition to the language requirement, and the other is the way he showed it. While I disagree with McCain on the first point, it’s the second ‘nasty and unhinged’ part that really bugs me more. And if you search you can find plenty more examples of McCain flying off the handle and calling people names in the Senate.
Anecdote on language requirements: both my parents came here from Germany in the early 1960s (and they learned English before even coming over I might add). My mother knows an older woman who also came over from Germany, who doesn’t speak English all that well. She is trying to help this woman get a driver’s license in New Jersey. The woman needs to pass the test in English, and can’t (for example) bring a German-English phrasebook with her to try to pass the test. So far, my mother has no problem with this. But what gets her goat is that if you speak Spanish, *you can get the whole test administered in that language*. The de facto goal of most opponents of having English as a national language is not so much a totally equal footing for all languages, but the inclusion of Spanish as a second official language.
Americanneocon is getting a bit touchy. But after describing anti-McCain conservatives as the “irrational right” he’s got some nerve complaining about McCain insults.
Oh well, it’s all part of the fun!
Saying that McCain’s stance on a “certain” issue could be forgotten among friends, is like saying about your neighbor “he is a wonderful family man, a successful businessman, an accomplished person in all respects, but he is also a child molester. So let’s just forget this one little thing about him.” I know this is an exaggeration and an political analogy of a heinous crime, but I’m trying to make this point: ONE ISSUE could be this important. The issue is THAT important because in the minds of many who oppose McCain on it, it will lead to the destruction of this country as we know it, the Republican Party, and the Conservative movement. IT’S A MATTER OF LIFE AND DEATH, not a little disagreement. On top of it, McCain does have a temper and there are the minor things like the Gang of 14, Keating five, McCain-Feingold, and the Global Warming bills co-sponsored with Obama.
Mcvain has a sense of entitlement about him that I truly can’t stand. Its sorta like “I was POW so America owes me this”.
The number one issue to me and my family is the ILLEGAL INVASION. And on that issue alone, never mind the rest of his backstabbing, he is on par with billary and obama/osama if not worse. I’m hoping and praying Romney wins in Florida today and puts the final nail in his coffin.
How about :This english speaking American finds it insulting that a presidential wannabe would sell out his country that he fought for in order to become president. Kind of defeats his own purpose all those years he was a POW doesn’t it?