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Clinton: "Si Se Pueda is Right"
January 22, 2008 8:06 PM
ABC News' Eloise Harper Reports: Sen. Hillary Clinton, D-N.Y., flew across the country to receive the United Farm Workers endorsement in Salinas, California on Tuesday. The Union, founded in 1962 by Cesar Chavez, represents 27,000 farm workers.
The Senator took the stage with bleachers filled behind her with UFW members wearing red t-shirts chanting "Si Se Puede!" Clinton who rarely utters Spanish to Hispanic crowds, shouted back at one point during her remarks. "Si se pueda is right! That's right, yes we can!" Clinton used the wrong tense of the the word "puede," presumably accidentally to the crowd. Clinton has admittidly told audiences that her language skills are not her strongest suit and often referneces her french teacher from college who said to her her "Madmoiselle, your talents lie elsewhere."
Clinton included mentioning her five point immigration plan in the speech for this largely Hispanic crowd. Over 2,000 people attended the event and were very enthusiastic, many times during the speech people screamed "bring our troops home." At one point Clinton said "ill get to that."
Clinton heads to Phoenix, AZ to deliver an economic town hall meeting –and then returns to Washington DC late this evening.
January 22, 2008 | Permalink | User Comments (223)
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I believe the Clintons are good people when it comes to the common good of the Nation. What I see with Mrs. Hillary Clinton is that she is a smart and intelligent woman and does not want to be remembered as she was when they left the White House. That being said I see the other Democrats (Edwards and Obama) are two very capable individuals. I am saddened at the squabbles and vitriolic outbursts between Obama and Clinton. We do not need that in this horrible age. I for one would give my vote to a Republican who has his house in order and not based on religion only (p.s. I am a life long former Democratic voter).
Posted by: Marion | Jan 22, 2008 10:20:10 PM
"....Is it because we keep voting for them and sending them back to D.C. for terms of a lifetime? why should they have any respect for us? We have never stood up to them. never."
When the Senate has a roll call vote, most senators don't know if they should answer "present" or "Not guilty"
Teddy Roosevelt
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Posted by: INFIDEL | Jan 22, 2008 10:23:55 PM
Hillary divide your party- you and the Slob are more important than the country, Bill rape as many woman as he want CNN , ABC, NBC , do all you can to protect this piece of crap and keep writng puff pieces, Edwards keep looking like a geek, and democrats keep ignoring all the facts. God help us all !!!
Posted by: Habs10 | Jan 22, 2008 10:25:07 PM
Yes we can what? Continue the illegal invasion if she's president?
Posted by: James Rosen | Jan 22, 2008 10:27:13 PM
Trapbreak
Very nice. Its stunning when you realized some of our forefathers had these clowns figured out way back then. both amusing and, well, scary..
Posted by: darryl | Jan 22, 2008 10:31:53 PM
I can not believe that no one is mentioning that the UFW workers were using
OBAMA's SLOGAN! Hillary is the no talent hack we always knew her to be.
Posted by: Randy | Jan 22, 2008 10:35:15 PM
YES WE CAN!!She just stole that from Barack again--hey can we all go independet now--I can't beleive that people still stand by hillary after witnessing her campaign. She'll never be Prez..never.otherwise I'll move to canada if she is
Posted by: Chris | Jan 22, 2008 10:36:23 PM
Is there anyone this awful harpy won't pander too?
Posted by: The Ace | Jan 22, 2008 10:41:06 PM
Hillary isn't the first or the last person to make a grammatical mistake in a foreign language. Some of you might remember JFK's mangling of German during his now legendary visit to West Berlin. Where are all the high ranking Latinos in Obama's campaign? That's right, there aren't any. Hillary has Patti Solis Doyle as campaign manager. Hillary's commitment to Latino issues isn't just a superficial.
People are sick and tired of Katrina George and his corrupt ilk. Come this November Hillary will make history as the US' first female president. We're only 34 years behind Latin America in that progressive step. Who knows, maybe in a few years we'll have affordable health care and real living wages.
Posted by: Juan de Nadie | Jan 22, 2008 10:41:13 PM
Posted by: From a Dem
but he cant really go after her b/c if he does, then he looks like the angry black guy going after a poor defenseless white woman, people will be calling him a bully, etc.
Posted by: Jonah
the people that don’t like will still vote, they will just be voting for her opponent - so you got that right - she will be defeated. that holding hands coming together crap is for the birds. barack can’t take her on but we sure can.
as for this hispanic thing she’s got going, if that had been barack, he’d be accused of playing the race card or something! I guarantee the press would be all over him - with some bull- story having to do with race had he meet with those people. but, no, let the ice princess do it and it goes un-reported. btw - when did hillary start speaking spanish or even give a d- to learn?
all of this is a joke. im as sick of the press, as I am the clintons and their pandering....
Posted by: dan fantroy | Jan 22, 2008 10:46:10 PM
Clinton cannot be trusted and the lawsuit will bring her down this year. See the video and the related fox news article:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xq8aopATYyw&feature=related
Posted by: greg | Jan 22, 2008 10:48:48 PM
It seems that 99% of the people can't stand Hillary yet don't be surprised if she wins. Something fishy going on.
Posted by: tobias2012 | Jan 22, 2008 10:49:03 PM
Top 10 Hillary Quotes
10. "I will fight against the division politics of revenge and retribution. If you put me to work for you, I will work to lift people up, not put them down."
9. "I am particularly horrified by the use of propaganda and the manipulation of the truth and the revision of history"
8. "We need to be as well prepared to defend ourselves against public health dangers as we should be to defend ourselves against any foreign danger."
7. "I'm not some Tammy Wynette standing by my man."
6. "It takes a village to raise a child."
5. "We are going to take things away from you on behalf of the common good."
4. "I'm not going to have some reporters pawing through our papers. We are the president!"
3. "Right-wing conspiracy!"
2. "No woman is illegal!"
1. "Yes we can!"
Posted by: BB | Jan 22, 2008 10:49:58 PM
Hillary's resume reads like a rap sheet.
Go to google and put in Hillary Clinton's resume.
Posted by: Tec Vantage | Jan 22, 2008 10:50:51 PM
"...many times during the speech people screamed.."bring our troops home"..."
I never knew Mexico sent troops to Iraq.
Posted by: Jimmy | Jan 22, 2008 10:54:59 PM
"I'll get to that?" Are you kidding me? This woman is so patronizing...
Posted by: The Bard | Jan 22, 2008 10:55:22 PM
Although the phrase "Si se puede" is the more common usage, "Si se pueda" actually qualifies as proper conjugation. When one expresses amazement , Spanish rules say you should use the subjunctive. http://dictionary.reference.com/wordoftheday/es/archive/2007/08/31.html
Posted by: R Sheffield | Jan 22, 2008 11:01:29 PM
Posted by: John | Jan 22, 2008 9:52:45 PM,
She is getting roughly half the vote, so what is your point? If this were the general election, she would be:
-100% for Repub. voters and
-50% of Dem. voters
How do you think she will be able to pull off a win with only half the support of Dem. voters? You all don't understand, we won't just forget we don't like her. No, she doesn't have our support now and she won't then. And she won't win with just a portion of Dem. votes and very few Indep(many of whom HATE her too). Face it, shes hated.
Currently, only Bush has higher unfavorable ratings than Hillary. I hope like crap she can register Hispanics by Nov. Oh, and you better know, we all will be checking to make sure they are legal!
Posted by: William | Jan 22, 2008 11:03:58 PM
Like the man said, do the math. You all have your heads so far up her &^* that you all can't even think. Your candidate has made it personal, people aren't just going to forget...........Like someone else stated, people either like Hillary or really dislike and loathe her. Take your heads out of - and realize the math just doesn't add up! She's not winning nothing. So, the joke will be on you all. Sure, you will win this round. But the grand prize, the WH, well he*& that's going to someone other than HER!
Posted by: William | Jan 22, 2008 11:09:01 PM
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