SALINAS, Calif. – Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton does not usually speak in Spanish as she makes overtures to Hispanic voters, and now we have evidence of why.
Speaking Tuesday afternoon before a predominantly Hispanic audience of more than 2,000 people here, where she accepted the endorsement of Cesar Chavez’s United Farm Workers union, Mrs. Clinton repeatedly heard the crowd chant “Si se puede” – a signature political phrase at Hispanic rallies that translates to “Yes, It Can Be Done!”
Politicians usually join in, but Mrs. Clinton refrained from doing so on one, two, and then three occasions; she simply nodded and smiled and said nothing.
Finally, as the crowd began shouting the phrase again, Mrs. Clinton bellowed into her microphone, “Si se pueda is right!”
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Mrs. Clinton also did not veer from her stump speech to suit this afternoon’s audience; discussing immigration reform, she said that the first priority was toughening border security, which drew only scattered applause. Otherwise, the audience received her enthusiastically.
http://thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/01/22/clinton-picks-up-united-farm-workers-endorsement/Oh the inspiration....:eyes:
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