Thursday, June 07, 2007

McCain

I posted the previous after only 80 percent or so of the debate.

Tancredo pleaded for English as our only language. He was adamant and a little crazy. McCain stood up and said, "Muchas Gracias, Governor."

McCain's defended of Spanish as the original language of Arizona and the enrichment of Arizona by Hispanic culture. He defended immigrants as patriots. He openly made it clear that the debate was mostly concerning Hispanics: "Friend, next time you're down in Washington, I want you to go down to the Vietnam War Memorial and look at the names. You're gonna see a whole lotta Hispanic names." He went on to refer in the say way to the Iraq War, and then he said, "They have enriched our culture and our nation as every generation of immigrants before them." Wild screams of approval.

Maybe McCain won that night.

(Still 15 minutes left)

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