McCain wants to Liberate Spain? Spain is our Enemy?

[DemoRabbit]

That's is what is being suggested about this article, linked here:

http://www.elpais.com/articulo/internacional/candidato/republicano/compromete/ver/Zapatero/gana/elpepiint/20080918elpepiint_9/Tes


According to this blog: http://talkingpointsmemo.com/archives/217702.php

"Our review of the audio suggests the same conclusion. In the interview, McCain is asked about Hugo Chavez, the situation in Bolivia and then about Raul Castro. He responds to each of these with expected answers about standing up to America's enemies, etc. Then the interviewer switches gears and asks about Zapatero, the Spanish Prime Minister. And McCain replies -- very loose translation -- that he'll establish close relations with our friends and stand up to those who want to do us harm. The interviewer has a double take and seems to think McCain might be confused. So she asks it again. But McCain sticks to the same evasive answer."



I can only understand it a little, and my husband is sound asleep so I can't ask him... anyone speak fluent spanish?

[LeftyMom]

1. Probably from the Moors, knowing how well he keeps up with current events. nt

[zeos3]

5. Ha, good one

He was probably there to help in his younger days

[liberalmuse]

2. All those Mexican names sound alike.

That leader of Spainezuela is very dangerous.

[FVZA_Colonel]

3. He's having flashbacks to the Spanish-American War.

He lost a lot of good friends on San Juan Hill.

[EFerrari]

4. He's still fighting the last war -- the Mexican Revolution.

:rofl:

[peacetalksforall]

6. He probably is getting memory signals that the regime in power post=9-11 was

willing to be a coalition partner and who knows what the agreement included - the agreements weren't all about military soldiers. That regime was replaced through elections and those coming in didn't go along with all the policies of the former. Meaning - it seems pre 9-11, Cheney had friends there, post 9-11 not as close with some possible reversals that irked Dick. Just scattered associations. We know too little to assume anything. I believe McCain knows quite a bit about the PNAC mission. All the Senators had to be involved to carry off a lock-step orchestrated support for Dick. Aye Aye, Sir.

[BurtWorm]

7. Que idiota!

Here's the relevant quote in Spanish:


Hasta cuatro veces eludió el candidato republicano a la Casa Blanca, John McCain, comprometerse a reunirse con el jefe del Gobierno español, José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero, si se convierte en el próximo presidente de los Estados Unidos.

"Es lógico que tenga prudencia", alega el jefe del Gobierno

"Me reuniría con aquellos líderes que son nuestros amigos y que quieran trabajar con nosotros en una acción cooperativa", respondió McCain, en una entrevista con las emisoras del grupo Unión Radio, del que forma parte la Cadena SER.

Cuando se le insistió en la cuestión, se limitó a contestar con evasivas. "Le puedo asegurar que estableceré relaciones más estrechas con nuestros amigos y plantaré cara a quienes quieran dañar a los Estados Unidos", dijo una vez. "Me reuniría con cualquier líder que tenga los mismos principios y filosofía que nosotros: derechos humanos, democracia y libertad. Y me enfrentaré a los que no <los tengan>", agregó otra.


My Spanish isn't any better than Josh Marshall's.

He was asked, "Do you intend to meet with the leader of the Spanish government, Zapatero, if you become the next president of the US?"

He seems to reply, "I will meet with those leaders who are our friends and who want to work with us in a cooperative action..."

Someone with better Spanish than mine might have to translate the rest of it.

[DemoRabbit]

9. I wish my husband was awake! LOL

He's completely bilingual!

[BurtWorm]

10. This part I think I get.

"Me reuniría con cualquier líder que tenga los mismos principios y filosofía que nosotros: derechos humanos, democracia y libertad. Y me enfrentaré a los que no <los tengan>"

"I will meet with any leader who has the same principles and philosophy as ours: human rights, democracy and freedom. And I will confront those who don't <share them.>"

[BurtWorm]

8. .

[ColbertWatcher]

11. I cannot wait to hear Esteban Colberto's take on this whole thing ...