President Bush made a strong, unequivocal statement in support of English as the language of America today, and he should be applauded for doing so. He could have chosen instead to respond with some sort of multicultural blather, but he did not; he defended American identity, specifically the central role of English in our culture:
A Spanish language version of the national anthem was released Friday by a British music producer, Adam Kidron, who said he wanted to honor America's immigrants.
When the president was asked at a Rose Garden question-and-answer session whether the anthem should be sung in Spanish, he replied: "I think the national anthem ought to be sung in English, and I think people who want to be a citizen of this country ought to learn English and they ought to learn to sing the national anthem in English."
We, like the president, speak both Spanish and English. This is not about being anti-Spanish. It's about defending American culture, and being proud of it, not apologizing for it.
Others:
Michelle Malkin
Washington Post
Rojo, Blanco,
President Bush believes that our national anthem should be sung in English, not Spanish. From AP:One of the things that's very important is, when we debate this issue, that we not lose our national soul, the president exclaimed. One of
Trackback by The Sandbox — April 28, 2006 @ 12:07 pm April 28, 2006
I think that's the first thing that Bush and I agree on.
Comment by henry hennessy — April 28, 2006 @ 4:31 pm April 28, 2006
yes the anthem should be in english
their anthem can be anything as they are not true immigrants they
are illegal aliens nomatter what anyone or any group says
do it the right way to become a us citizen
yes a good portion of them are good workers but for
ones that are not hard workers they are abusing the system
hurting all races ,immigrants and citizens of this free country
and most of them know it
Comment by t snyder — April 28, 2006 @ 5:11 pm April 28, 2006
AMEN! This is disgusting! And it wasn't an AMERICAN citizen that released this travesty of our National pride in the
Spanish language, it was a Brit. This has gone way too far and this is just PROOF that we are losing our great
American heritage of which I am very proud. Of course, if we say something like this and try to keep our American
identity then we are "racist."
Do you think Mexico will sing their anthem in ENGLISH? Not! Disgusting. This must stop NOW.
Comment by Tammie — April 28, 2006 @ 5:59 pm April 28, 2006