Posted by
David Smith on Monday, September 10, 2007 9:40:59 PM
So now we are seeing this gimmic organized by Univision of the Presidential candidates being asked questions in Spanish, being translated into English, being allowed to only answer in English, and then being re-translated back into Spanish for the viewing audience.
Is anybody really taking this seriously??? I mean, come on.
First, by pandering to Spanish-only or Spanish-first speakers, both the candidates and the geniuses at Univision are saying, "We don't really take the Illegal Alien situation seriously." After all, if a viewer is an English speaking citizen, then they can watch on ABC. They don't need Univision. And if the viewer is a Spanish-only viewer, one of two things must be said at this time:
1.) If you are a citizen, then according to the requirements that you were supposed to meet when you raised your right hand, you should not be a citizen. You should speak English.
2.) If you are not a citizen, then get out. You don't belong, you're most likely here illegally, and therefore you have no rights. None!! Do you understand that?? None. Nada. Hasta la Vista, Bay-be!
I can't even point out in high spirits that this debate involved Democratic candidates because the Republ-ocrats are about to do the same thing. Just a joke.
Oh, and another thing: Is anybody counting how many debates this makes? I mean, is this a reality show or something? WTF??? Has our entire electoral, representative system been thrown out? We now have to watch 8 debates per Party before the first of the year of the actual election???
And that's just for Primary season, folks, which we all know and realize will be over and done with before it even begins. The major Party candidates will be decided by March 1st, and I won't have even gone to the polls yet.
And then the real fun begins, because then we get to see New Mexico Governor Pete Richardson and Texas Congressman Ron Paul launch 3rd Party campaigns and the entire process goes to the poop pot!
I've kind of let my hair down on this one, just like the rest of the system. May God help all of us make it through this one!