Thread: McCAIN QUESTIONER HITS A NERVE

McCAIN QUESTIONER HITS A NERVE
The language line
A McCain questioner hits a nerve with a question about English in America. He agrees on its importance, but also urges tolerance.
July 2, 2008


The staying power of immigration as a campaign issue was demonstrated anew this week at town hall meeting in Pipersville, Pa., when a woman asked John McCain a pointed question:

"Why, as an American, do I have to push a button to speak English or hear English?"
The audience, a sea of mostly white faces, erupted in deafening applause.

"I think you struck a nerve," said McCain, for whom this is a delicate issue, given his support of last year's failed immigration bill. It included a path to citizenship that was derided by its foes as amnesty.

"I tell you," continued the woman, "I really get ticked. I really do."
"I can tell," McCain said.

"And then you go into Lowe's," she continued, "and it says 'entrada.' And every utility bill you get has got a foreign language on it."

On immigration, McCain gave his now-standard reply, asserting the importance of securing the country's borders first and of instituting a temporary worker program with "tamper-proof, biometric documents." English, he said, must be learned by anyone wanting to become a citizen.

"I understand your frustration," he said, and then made a subdued plea for tolerance.

"There is a great thing about America, and that is we welcome all people. . . . We are the great, great nation that brings people together from all . . . backgrounds and languages and cultures. And we love the Hispanic heritage -- we love the Irish heritage, we love all of the heritages -- that has enriched our country."


http://www.latimes.com/news/local/immig ... 0907.story

F' McCain and the rickety ship he floated in on

Airborne Sapper,

Now, now, now, watch what you post. How can you blame McCain any more than Osama Obama? He's got not choice, he's merely following orders from the Council on Foreign Relations and from the Trilateral Commission.

It isn't McCain or Obama we're dealing with - they're just low-life puppets; it's the shadow government that's firmly in control.

The illuminati wants Carly Fiorina on McCain's ticket - it's gonna happen.
The Bilderbergs want Hillary on Obama's ticket - bet your paycheck, it's gonna happen.