President Bush yesterday recognized the Mexican celebration of Cinco de Mayo a day early with a call for immigrants to learn English, even as his spokesman denied that the president sang "The Star-Spangled Banner" in Spanish during the 2000 campaign, saying his Spanish wasn't good enough.
"Those who come here to start new lives in our country have a responsibility to understand what America is about and the responsibility to learn the English language so they can better understand our national character and participate fully in American life," the president said in a ceremony at the White House East Room.
Sometimes I tune my radio to a Spanish station that plays old ballads and classic songs. I don't even know most of the words but it sounds sad so I get blurry-eyed.
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