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Youre doomed!!!! Not half as much as we are everything
here is duplicated in arabic, next thing you know our party political broadcasts
will be transmitted in several different languages! I dont watch them in english
snore zzzzzzzz
The mermaid xxx
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http://www.borderlandnews.com/stories/borderland/20020112-167334.shtml
Spanish debate says 'hola' to possible trend
Suzanne Gamboa
Associated Press
Texas Democratic
gubernatorial primary candidates Dan Morales and Tony Sanchez will debate in
Spanish, apparently a first-of-its kind event for a major political race.
Spanish-language networks have carried state and municipal debates before, but
the Morales-Sanchez encounter will apparently be the first time candidates for
a major office will take and respond to questions in Spanish, said Larry
Gonzalez of the National Association of Latino Elected and Appointed
Officials.
"I think it's an absolute indication of the power of the
Hispanic vote -- particularly the fact that there are two Latino candidates,"
he said. "It is an indication of how far we've come."
Hispanics made
up 33 percent of the Texas population of 20.9 million in 2000 and were
responsible for 60 percent of the state's population growth in the 1990s,
according to the U.S. Census. The nationwide Hispanic population grew almost
40 percent in the past decade.
Barbara Hankins, Texas League of Women
Voters board member, said the debate is part of a broad trend to increase
outreach to Hispanic voters. The league regularly publishes a nonpartisan
voters' guide that has parts in Spanish. This year, the league is publishing
an all-Spanish version.
"This is a way, one more effort on our part,
to bring information to minorities and one of our things is everyone should
vote," Hankins said. "We are hoping this can contribute to improvement in
voting. I think this all-Spanish debate is just part of that trend, and I
think it's a good thing."
Debating in Spanish should help the
candidates reach the Hispanic voters on a cultural level, Gonzalez said. But
in the end, the voters will want to hear about issues.
"It's a step in
the right direction and it's going to continue to happen in campaigns
throughout the country," Gonzalez said.
The debate will be carried by
the Spanish-language Telemundo network. The date has yet to be determined. The
Texas primary is March 12.
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