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sarah553807 (329 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-01-09 08:49 PM Original message |
Buchanan Mocks Sotomayor For Learning English By Reading Children’s Books |
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Flying Dream Blues (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-01-09 08:52 PM Response to Original message |
1. If there's a hell I hope it's big enough. nt |
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elleng (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-01-09 08:59 PM Response to Reply #1 |
7. Surely it is. |
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Cha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-01-09 08:54 PM Response to Original message |
2. Only drooling trolls would find |
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sarah553807 (329 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-01-09 08:55 PM Response to Reply #2 |
3. It's funny when they bash hispanics for not learning english |
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Cha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-01-09 08:58 PM Response to Reply #3 |
6. It's pathetic that he has |
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Flying Dream Blues (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-01-09 10:05 PM Response to Reply #6 |
18. Yes, and parades himself as a "Christian" and the supposed true Christians |
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Bluenorthwest (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-01-09 08:56 PM Response to Original message |
4. One more example of Pat's racism,as if we needed it |
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Botany (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-01-09 08:57 PM Response to Original message |
5. I learned English by reading children's books too. |
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elleng (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-01-09 09:01 PM Response to Reply #5 |
9. MOST kids do! |
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Botany (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-01-09 09:36 PM Response to Reply #9 |
14. tomorrow Pat will come up w/ the shocking .... |
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Drunken Irishman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-01-09 10:23 PM Response to Reply #5 |
20. What, no Wacky Wednesday? |
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muntrv (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-01-09 09:00 PM Response to Original message |
8. Pukecannon! Just wear your Klan regalia on MSNBC! |
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Starry Messenger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-01-09 09:05 PM Response to Original message |
10. Uh, so did I. |
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4lbs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-01-09 09:06 PM Response to Original message |
11. Gee, that's how I learned English as a child. |
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CTyankee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-02-09 08:48 AM Response to Reply #11 |
21. I teach adults in ESOL. One of my tools is the poetry of Shel Silverstein and other |
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dalaigh lllama (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-02-09 09:09 AM Response to Reply #21 |
27. Someone should ask Buchanan what second language HE speaks fluently |
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CTyankee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-02-09 11:10 AM Response to Reply #27 |
36. I'm sure ole Pat would say that it's "un-American" to speak any language other than English. |
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beac (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-02-09 12:48 PM Response to Reply #21 |
40. Lucky students! I love Shel Silverstein. What a treat to learn English with his words. |
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CTyankee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-02-09 02:53 PM Response to Reply #40 |
46. Actually, I found it difficult to use with one of my students, a woman from China. |
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BlooInBloo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-01-09 09:08 PM Response to Original message |
12. Direct link... |
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Guy Whitey Corngood (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-01-09 09:21 PM Response to Reply #12 |
13. He's got some balls bringing Clarence Thomas up as an example of |
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global1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-01-09 09:38 PM Response to Original message |
15. Hey Buchanan - I Got One Thing To Say - My Pet Goat........nt |
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Jennicut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-01-09 09:40 PM Response to Original message |
16. Like duh...that is how children learn to read English everyday. |
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MadHound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-01-09 09:50 PM Response to Original message |
17. Gee Pat, I guess that semester that I had of Children's Literature didn't count then |
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MadMaddie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-01-09 10:15 PM Response to Original message |
19. Oh Pat, Pat, Pat it so hard to be any more racist. |
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RoadRage (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-02-09 08:55 AM Response to Original message |
22. So the lesson here is: |
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saltpoint (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-02-09 08:56 AM Response to Original message |
23. Look and see. See Dick. See Jane. See Sally. See Spot and Puff. |
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saltpoint (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-02-09 09:01 AM Response to Original message |
24. If you graduate at the top of your class from Princeton it seems to me |
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salguine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-02-09 09:05 AM Response to Original message |
25. What method did you use to learn Spanish, Pat? Or any of the |
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NatBurner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-02-09 01:39 PM Response to Reply #25 |
44. ^^ |
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saltpoint (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-02-09 09:09 AM Response to Original message |
26. The steps she made leading up to her commanding accomplishment at |
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Doremus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-02-09 09:17 AM Response to Original message |
28. As opposed to students at Regent Univ., who don't take Elementary Grammar until their 4th year. nt |
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BeyondGeography (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-02-09 09:35 AM Response to Original message |
29. A moralizer who demoralizes |
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Are_grits_groceries (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-02-09 09:36 AM Response to Original message |
30. Patsy learned it reading "The Turner Diaries." |
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Canuckistanian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-02-09 01:25 PM Response to Reply #30 |
43. Or "Mein Kampf" |
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EquallyExhausted (58 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-02-09 10:34 AM Response to Original message |
31. not surprisingly he totally misses the point of that anecdote |
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Occam Bandage (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-02-09 10:39 AM Response to Original message |
32. So she graduated at the top of her class, despite having to re-learn English at the same time |
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Uzybone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-02-09 10:40 AM Response to Original message |
33. why MSNBC has him on I can never understand |
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Ganja Ninja (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-02-09 10:46 AM Response to Original message |
34. Most kids can be taught to read before kindergarten by the parents |
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grantcart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-02-09 10:55 AM Response to Original message |
35. I would love to see Buchanan struggle learning a second language |
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Hieronymus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-02-09 11:45 AM Response to Original message |
37. Buchanan, another right wing warmonger who didn't serve. He was |
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Politicalboi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-02-09 12:39 PM Response to Original message |
38. I bet Sotomayor knows |
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LiberalAndProud (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-02-09 12:46 PM Response to Original message |
39. Pat .. Reach much? |
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Justitia (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-02-09 12:52 PM Response to Original message |
41. And look how much more erudite she is than the nativist, Pat Buchanan. |
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kimmylavin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-02-09 01:07 PM Response to Original message |
42. What the hell is English grammars? |
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anonymous171 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-02-09 02:07 PM Response to Original message |
45. Fuck that loser. He wants everyone to learn english but mocks their attempts to do so? |
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yellowcanine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-02-09 03:32 PM Response to Original message |
47. WTF? How is it relevent HOW she improved her English? She did it on her own initiative. |
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Cleita (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-02-09 03:51 PM Response to Original message |
48. Sorry Pat, but so did he. We all learned our language from children's books |
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Odin2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-02-09 06:58 PM Response to Original message |
49. I read kid-level stuff to work on my Spanish. Pat is an asshole! |
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sheila mae (16 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-02-09 07:40 PM Response to Original message |
50. This story confuses me. You mean that while at Princeton (during summers) |
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saltpoint (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-02-09 07:44 PM Response to Original message |
51. Maybe Pat feels that 6-year olds should begin with Proust and Melville, |
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saltpoint (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-02-09 10:32 PM Response to Original message |
52. It's been a couple days now on this, and I'm still real mad at Pat Buchanan. |
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