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Bush: Anthem Should Be Sung in English

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Posted on Apr 28, 2006

The president flatly rejected any formal recognition of a new Spanish-language version of the National Anthem.

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  • AP:

    President Bush said Friday the national anthem should be sung in English ? not Spanish ? in a blunt rejection of a new Spanish-language version. He also expressed opposition to a national work stoppage called for Monday to dramatize the importance of immigrants to the U.S. economy.

    “I’m not a supporter of boycotts,” Bush said, while restating his support for a comprehensive overhaul of immigration laws.

    Bush made his comments at a Rose Garden news conference as a Spanish-language version of “The Star Spangled Banner,” hit the airways featuring artists such as Wyclef Jean, hip-hop star Pitbull and Puerto Rican singers Carlos Ponce and Olga Tanon.

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    By Felisha Leary, February 11, 2007 at 1:32 pm Link to this comment
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    This is suposed to be a free country were people of all nationalities come together. If GWB is gonna throw such a big fuss bout singing the national anthem in spanish why dont it just by changed. Its difficult to sing if you don’s sing soprano anyways cause thats the part most people already know. Plus the song kinda makes it seem like when something happens you gotta all of a sudden fight about it.

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    By Bob, May 5, 2006 at 9:14 pm Link to this comment
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    Hey I’m deaf…..am I un- American to do the anthem in sign language?

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    By anonymous, May 1, 2006 at 7:39 am Link to this comment
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    Our national anthem is a poor choice of songs anyway.  It’s hard to sing & it’s about the flag still flying after a battle.  What’s with that?

    We should adopt “America the Beautiful” & sing it in every language on earth to let the world know what we hold dear besides kicking ass.  We could keep the Star Spangled Banner as our fight song…rah rah.

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    By Doug Bostrom, May 1, 2006 at 6:48 am Link to this comment
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    All those Puerto Ricans better learn to sing in English, or they’ll be defying the Commander In Chief and thus be guilty of treason.

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    By Stephen Garstin, April 30, 2006 at 4:51 am Link to this comment
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    Well, your assumptions are profoundly incorrect, so maybe you have a reason to keep your wrists intact.

    As every Canadian knows, the U.S. has *NO* official language.

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Languages_in_the_United_States

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    By mark, April 30, 2006 at 3:03 am Link to this comment
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    if we leagalize millions of undocumented aliens
    hey what a great idea ! then we can watch as the american taxpaying worker becomes useless and can’t feed his family .why bother he cant afford to send them to colledge,he can barely afford to drive to work when gas used to cost him $10 a tank is now $40. then he can be free he will loose his house, his gas guzzeling car,his family will leave him “they are such burdens”
    you have to feed ,clothe,house. he can then go on welfare and relax. let the government pay for thier,great idea “legalizing illegals”
    hey why stop there lets get dubai back here to control our ports! and maybe give them our airports too just to show no hard feelings.

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    By R. A. Earl, April 29, 2006 at 7:01 pm Link to this comment
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    I guess I’m going to have to slit my wrists… I vowed that if the day ever came when I could acutally AGREE with GWB about anything, I would do myself in.

    It doesn’t matter that he and I agree for completely different reasons. I submit that the citizens of the country should determine issues such as this. In Canada, there are two OFFICIAL languages and therefore the national anthem, “O Canada” has lyrics in both English and French. Often the anthem is sung using both languages… a phrase in English followed by a phrase in French. To my knowledge no one in Canada has committed suicide over the issue.

    I assume the USA has just one OFFICIAL language and therefore it seems to follow that all OFFICIAL business, anthems and other symbols of the nation would be conducted in that language.

    So, the President has cast his ONE vote and, if I interpret his attitude correctly, George “the Decider” W. Bush assumes he gets to cast everyone else’s vote as well!

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