Soccer Mom: Unplugged

"This amendment is racist. I think it's directed basically to people who speak Spanish".  Nope, those words didn't come from Cynthia McKinney, they were the utterance of Senate Minority Leader, Harry Reid on the floor of the Senate yesterday.  The "amendment" in question declares English the official language of the American nation. Reid quickly realized he'd crossed a line and amended his own statements to clarify that he was not suggesting anyone was racist - but that some people might conceivably, under some circumstances, possibly come to the conclusion that perhaps the wording was a teensy tiny bit, um, over the top... (that's a paraphrase)

The whole point of Reid's idiocy is moot anyway since this largely symbolic bone is being thrown to flag-waving Americans, we can surmise, in a vain attempt to calm the furor over illegal immigration.  Apparently,  folks on the hill failed to get the memo that conservative Americans weren't impressed on Monday night with President Bush's 'dust off the welcome mat' speech.

With respect to Reid's charge that demanding liguistic assimliation is racist well, here's what I think:

(Una mensaje para mis amigos que hablan Espanol)  Los Democrats creen que Uds. son tan idiota que no pueden aprender el ingles.  Ellos saben que continuar a no poder comunicar en el idioma de este pais les mantendran como ciudadanos de clase segundo.  Los Democrats no quieren que Uds. progresan dentro del sistema Americano porque si Uds. se educan y ganan mas dinero ya no van a ser "victimas" sino que una gente exitosa.  Los Democrats necesitan victimas para mantener su poder politico. 

(A message for my friends who only speak Spanish:  The Democrats believe that you are too stupid to learn English.  They know that to continue to be unable to communicate in the language of this nation will keep you second class citizens.  The Democrats don't want you to progress within the American system because if you educate yourselves and earn more money you will no longer be victims but instead a successful people.  The Democrats need victims to maintain their political power.)