It doesn't *matter* whether he speaks it or not, no matter what the given value of "speaks it" might be. The ad pandered to the stupid, and is a symptom.
On Tue, Jan 17, 2012 at 9:24 AM, Sam <[email protected]> wrote: > > On Tue, Jan 17, 2012 at 12:00 PM, Dana <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > I actually doubt he *really* speaks French, as in he can hold a > > conversation in the language. If he does, that's great. He would > definitely > > be one of the few in this country who speak any other language at all. > > So first you said he might have learned that from an intro to French > now he's not fluent after spending two years in France. Are you > attacking Newt because he made a bad joke or are you trying to prove > the joke was incorrect? > > I'm not sure where you hang but many people I know speak at least two > languages. > > > *I'm* just saying that video of the man saying "Je m'appelle Mitt Romney" > > doesn't prove that he does. And also that it's ridiculous that a > > presidential candidate would run an attack ad on an opponent that implies > > that it *does* -- it says a lot about his opinion of voters' > intelligence, > > though maybe he is not wrong at that. > > I think most voters will be smart enough to recognize it as a joke > connecting Romney to the Other MA liberals, not as an insult to the > French. > > > Furthermore, the ads imply that there is a problem with speaking French. > > The fact that the candidate running the ads must, based on his > > dissertation, either read French or have gotten in some help with his > > French-language sources, just adds that extra touch of hypocrisy. > > A total misread on your part. It was satire. They both speak French, > just one was a MA politician > > > Now. I really do have stuff to do. Have a nice day. > > Have you been to Britain lately? > > . > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:345426 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
