May 19, 2006

The Senate Votes to Make English the "National Language"

Nativist, xenophobic pandering of the first order. Not a single Republican voted against it (and I think a special recognition of shameful conduct and cowardice should be thrown at Sen. Martinez of Florida who didn't vote on the measure). Not that senators like Carper, Lincoln, Landrieu and our own Robert C. Byrd shouldn't also be taken to task for voting for this bill, sponsored by Jim Inhofe (R-OK). What I find most curious in the vote though is that all the Democrats from the Dakotas and Montana (and of course the Republicans from there too) voted for the Inhofe amendment too. Is this kind of pandering really needed that far North? Apparently, the answer is yes.

Posted by armand at May 19, 2006 10:27 AM | TrackBack | Posted to Politics


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