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Tuesday, May 2, 2006 12:00 AM

Oh, say can you care?

The flap over a Spanish-language national anthem.

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  • Tuesday, May 2, 2006 11:02 AM

    Did you know??

    A Spanish-language version of the National Anthem was commissioned and became official in 1919?

    That Bush himself sang the national Anthem in Spanish several times during the 2000 election campaign?

    This is pandering, pure and simple, and it's a way for Republicans to skirt the real issue, which is how to process 11 million people who are in the country illegally, and how to keep another 11 million from streaming into the country from all over the world. It also begs the question about security; if this many hard-working, otherwise law-abiding foreigners were able to come here, presumably undetected, who else has been able to come here?

    Milt Shook

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