It takes more than a language to unify a nation

[Fred Shapiro]

On Mon, 26 Feb 2007, Joel S. Berson wrote:

> That reminds me -- do the right wing English-only radicals realize
> that if they alienate the conservative, Replublican-voting,
> Spanish-speaking Cuban refugees, they may lose Florida in the 2008 election?

Also New Mexico, Arizona, Colorado & Nevada, even ultimately Texas.

Fred Shapiro


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