it's amazing what repugs can feign outrage about

Obama and ‘Merci beaucoup’ - the conservative outrage of the day

After some very encouraging comments on bankruptcy law in Georgia the other day, Barack Obama opened the floor to some questions. Someone asked about preventing high-school dropouts and added that she believes “there should be a push more for our citizens to become bilingual here in America.”

These comments on bilingualism seem to have caused quite a stir in conservative
circles.

Obama added, “You know, no, I’m serious about this. We should understand that our young people, if you have a foreign language, that is a powerful tool to get a job. You are so much more employable. You can be part of international business. So we should be emphasizing foreign languages in our schools from an early age, because children will actually learn a foreign language easier when they’re 5, or 6, or 7 than when they’re 46, like me.”

All of this sounds pretty sensible to me. Not surprisingly, a lot of conservatives don’t quite see it that way.

(Crooks and Liars)
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Read the C&L article to see some of the crazed responses to this very reasonable and sane comment. I guess being competitive in an international business world is a "liberal" value these days! Apparently, conservatives only want to buy & sell to other conservatives. Xenophobia at its "finest".

Once again, I don't have the imagination to be a repug - they way they twist people's comments and claim that what is said is completely different than what is meant is beyond me!