We live in America. We speak English. As a Florida resident, I did not like being addressed over the airwaves in Spanish by Jeb. This country is made up of people from all different cultures; however I believe that those that want to be American citizens must do so the right way and assimilate to the American culture not the other way around. It is not a new concept, but it seems it is a concept that has been blatantly ignored.
We live in America. We speak whatever language we want to speak because we're free to do so.
When Jeb speaks in Spanish, he's not addressing you. He's addressing someone else.
There's nothing wrong with that, and it doesn't change the fact that while 20% of the people of the nation now speak Spanish (normally in addition to English) the overwhelming majority of the population speaks English. He's a politician trying to establish as much common ground with everyone as possible.
That's what he's supposed to do.
My uncles came to the US as middle aged adults. They were working class people in Cuba.
They've worked construction and maintenance since arriving here and speak very basic, broken English
at best.
They paid taxes, saved, and obeyed the nation's laws.
They became citizens as soon as they were able to do so.
They're nearly identical to the elderly relatives of the Italian artisan and peasant immigrants of the early 20th century, and like them. they retained their cultural identity and never learned the language to the degree that it became their primary language.
They love and enthusiastically supported El Presidente, George Bush, because he spoke to them, in their native tongue, and made them feel included.
It is politically stupid... STUPID to be critical of a GOP politician for trying to make a subset of the voting public that overwhelmingly votes for Democrats feel welcomed into the party over the fact that he speaks a few words, or gives a speech in a language other than English.
