After making ‘American English’ the official language of Texas, GOP recruits Latinos in Spanish.

Swede

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Wed Jun-16-10 09:46 AM
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After making ‘American English’ the official language of Texas, GOP recruits Latinos in Spanish.

:shrug:

This weekend, delegates of the Texas Republican Party voted to include a provision in their state party platform advocating for an immigration law similar to Arizona’s SB-1070. The platform also proposes “making American English the official language of Texas and the United States.” Nonetheless, the first video of a YouTube campaign aimed at attracting more Latinos to the party that was launched yesterday…in Spanish.

http://thinkprogress.org/2010/06/15/texas-gop-spanish/

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shraby

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Wed Jun-16-10 09:57 AM
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1. If they want to make English the official language of

this country, there are many people in the south who will have to take English classes. I've heard many of them talk and cannot for the life of me figure out what they're saying. Funny thing is, they are the ones who want to make English the official language.

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derby378

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Wed Jun-16-10 10:01 AM
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2. Fail #1

Edited on Wed Jun-16-10 10:36 AM by derby378

The Texas GOP, that is, not the post. This post is awesome. :hi:

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Mist

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Wed Jun-16-10 11:58 AM
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3. Hey, they're Thugs--cheap labor trumps all. nt

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RobertPlant

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Wed Jun-16-10 12:15 PM
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4. deleted n/t

Edited on Wed Jun-16-10 12:45 PM by RobertPlant

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KamaAina

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Wed Jun-16-10 12:20 PM
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5. Fail #2

Dan Rather and Bill Moyers are from Texas.

So was Molly Ivins.

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EFerrari

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Wed Jun-16-10 12:23 PM
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7. What?! Maybe you're confusing George Bush with Texans. n/t

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Jkid

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Wed Jun-16-10 12:22 PM
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6. This shit ain't logical.

Edited on Wed Jun-16-10 12:22 PM by Jkid

delegates of the Texas Republican Party voted to include a provision in their state party platform advocating for an immigration law similar to Arizona’s SB-1070

Nonetheless, the first video of a YouTube campaign aimed at attracting more Latinos to the party that was launched yesterday…in Spanish

:wtf:

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EFerrari

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Wed Jun-16-10 12:24 PM
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8. Maybe they assume that people who watch their Spanish ads

don't watch their English language behavior. We're talking about the GOP, after all.

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