Sunday, February 14, 2016

¿Did You Notice...

....this little exchange last night?
SEN. MARCO RUBIO (R-FL): I don’t know how you know he knows what I said on Univision ’cause he doesn’t speak Spanish. And second of all, (LAUGHTER) the other point that I was–

(FOREIGN LANGUAGE NOT TRANSCRIBED)

SEN. MARCO RUBIO (R-FL): This is– look, this is a disturbing pattern now, ’cause for a number of weeks now Ted Cruz has just been telling lies.
Somebody needs to fill in the blanks. Cruz said:
"Ahora mismo, díselo en Español si tu quieres" which roughly translates to 'Right now, say it in Spanish. If you want.' link

17 comments:

AllenS said...

No mas!

deborah said...

Si.

Trooper York said...

coño!

Lem the artificially intelligent said...

There is no video clip, but there is a transcript from a story posted in 2013, at the time the gang of 8 Rubio was a member of, was selling amnesty.

Marco Rubio on Immigration: Legalization Comes First – Then Border Security
Jim Hoft Jun 10th, 2013 7:18 pm


All a pro Cruz pac has to do is produce the video and subtitle it in english. That should not be that difficult.

chickelit said...

díselo

I do admire the efficiency of the Spanish language. That's a condensation of "say it" (imperative mood verb).

Italian goes a step further, allowing the condensation of three independent elements such in the expression dimmelo: (say) + (to me) + (it).

chickelit said...

Cunning linguists there, Troop!

Rabel said...

Lawsey. I had to turn off adblocker on the Time site Chick linked to view the video and the page turned into a freaking monster. How could anybody visit Time without blocking the ads.

I'm not so sure that "my opponent doesn't even speak Spanish" is a winning line of attack.

AllenS said...

Vamos a construir un muro!

Rabel said...

Some other lines Rubio might try:

My opponent doesn't even play soccer.

My opponent doesn't even wear high heels.

My opponent doesn't even use party credit cards.

My opponent doesn't even own a luxury speedboat.

My opponent doesn't even drink Bud Light.

AllenS said...

Voy a comer a su chihuahua! -- Obama

deborah said...

"I'm not so sure that "my opponent doesn't even speak Spanish" is a winning line of attack."

Nice catch.

deborah said...

So any Hillary v. Rubio debates would be Nana smiling indulgently upon her precocious grandson?

deborah said...

BTW did Trey Gowdy tell Brett Beire that Brett is handsome: 'Tu es muy quapo' The only Spanish Gowdy knows.

Trooper York said...

Ve a chuparle el peson ha un chango!

Trooper York said...

Seriously! It is very telling that Marco Rubio thinks you need to be able to speak Spanish to be President. That show you where his cabeza is at.

bagoh20 said...

Bill is teaching Hillary ebonics after seeing this. She ain't no ways tyaard.

chickelit said...

I see that people over on Twitter are analyzing Cruz's accent and grammar in order to pigeonhole him as not sufficiently hispanic. Apparently, they are unaware how snooty that sounds to most Americans.