Sen. Ken Salazar delivered the State of the Union Address "pre-buttal" Friday. Some highlights:
En la semana próxima vamos a subir el salario de 13 millones de personas que trabajan en empleos que pagan el salario mínimo, y en los meses siguientes, lucharemos por más:
- Vamos a tener una reforma integral de inmigración,
- Vamos a hacer que todos nuestros hijos tengan la oportunidad de ir a la universidad,
- Vamos a bajar los precios de la gasolina y de las medicinas.
Y también vamos a cambiar el rumbo de los Estados Unidos en Irak.
Xenophobic racist Rep. Tom Tancredo -- the GOP's face on immigration issues (thanks you very much!) -- wasn't happy:
"I must admit to you, the first thing that comes to mind is this is the kind of thing that would happen in a bilingual country - for instance, Canada," Tancredo, R-Colo., said when told of Salazar's plans.
"I've been saying for a long time, we're fast approaching that status: a bilingual country. I don't think that's a good idea. I think it's something that brings us apart, not together."
See? By demonizing an entire class of people and their culture, it "brings us together". While being part of a nation that has been historically multi-cultural and - yes -- even multi-lingual, "divides us".
In any case, Tancredo should first take care of his own house before whining about what Democrats do. Props to the Rocky Mountain News' M.E. Sprengeimeyer for pointing out the obvious:
Using Spanish is nothing new in politics. Even Tancredo's Republican Party runs a Spanish-language Web site - www. gop.org/espanol - and Spanish-language television programs to translate the party's message.