| RatedPG, fine, you think he was pandering; vicarious doesn't. Clearly you two interpreted O's comments in two different ways.
I don't know the larger context of O's speech so it's hard (and dangerous) to interpret this one comment. But let me throw in a third possible explanation.
Obama is always advocating education and moving forward. What he is saying -- I believe -- is, look guys: this is the reality of 21st century America. Spanish in the US isn't going to disappear and it doesn't have anything to do with immigration, rather with the realities of US/Central/South American economies. We are interdependent, for better or worse. Obama says: get over it. Get used to it. Deal with it: be proactive about your future and about your options, and make Spanish yet another aspect of your skills. |