On Wed, 22 Sep 2010 15:43:51 -0700 (PDT), Bob wrote:

On Sep 21, 3:47*pm, wrote:
http://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-...emarks-preside...

Were there really any "Mexicans" in DC way back then...?

Sheesh,
R

So the man missed that his speech writers used the title "Mexicans"
instead of the perhaps more correct " Hispanics" - BFD. I'm not an
Obama fan, but your sinking to such a level of nit picking and
spending so much verbiage defending that position is ridiculous.

Oops, nope - here's the entire paragraph (again):

"So let me close by saying this. Long before America was even an idea, this
land of plenty was home to many peoples. To British and French, to Dutch and
Spanish, to Mexican -- (applause) -- to countless Indian tribes. We all shared
the same land. We didn’t always get along. But over the centuries, what
eventually bound us together -- what made us all Americans -- was not a matter
of blood, it wasn’t a matter of birth. It was faith and fidelity to the shared
values that we all hold so dear. We hold these truths to be self-evident, that
all men are created equal, endowed with certain inalienable rights: life and
liberty and the pursuit of happiness."

"Hispanics" would not have been "more correct." "Hispanic" as you _seem_ to
define it is a term that has reached its "modern" US definition only in the last
few decades. Do you happen to notice any folks who might be missing from his
lil' ol' list? And might you happen to know why that particular group, some
15-20% of the population, was "sharing the land?" Ah, well, I guess he and his
speechwriters were saving mention of that group for some other
gala..."(applause)," indeed...

HTH,
R
....and you might wish to compare his quoting of the D of I versus the actual
language...

HTH,
R

Bob Weinberger