from the Los Angeles Times
El Presidente Obama celebrates ‘Cinco de Cuatro’
May 4, 2009 | 5:52 pm
Well, there goes some of the Latino vote next time.
President Obama greeted a White House crowd this afternoon gathered for a May 4 premature celebration of Cinco de Mayo, the Mexican holiday honoring an upset military victory over the French, whose troops didn’t do so well in North America and don’t celebrate the same day much.
Anyway, in a well-intentioned attempt at Spanish and a joke about being a day early, Obama said:
“Bienvenidos. Welcome to Cinco de Cuatro — (laughter) — Cinco de Mayo at the White House. We are a day early, but we always like to get a head start here at the Obama White House.”
Read today that Cinco de Mayo celebrations started among Mexican-American communities in California as a show of solidarity with the fight against French occupation of Mexico. Thus it’s a truly American holiday. So what if Mexico hardly recognizes it, or goateed intellectuals pillory it as “not authentic enough” or whatever?
And it’s true that beer companies have done their best to turn Cinco de Mayo into yet another alcoholiday, but we’ve already done the same to our own patriotic holidays. 🙂
Read today that Cinco de Mayo celebrations started among Mexican-American communities in California as a show of solidarity with the fight against French occupation of Mexico. Thus it’s a truly American holiday. So what if Mexico hardly recognizes it, or goateed intellectuals pillory it as “not authentic enough” or whatever?
And it’s true that beer companies have done their best to turn Cinco de Mayo into yet another alcoholiday, but we’ve already done the same to our own patriotic holidays. 🙂
Read today that Cinco de Mayo celebrations started among Mexican-American communities in California as a show of solidarity with the fight against French occupation of Mexico. Thus it’s a truly American holiday. So what if Mexico hardly recognizes it, or goateed intellectuals pillory it as “not authentic enough” or whatever?
And it’s true that beer companies have done their best to turn Cinco de Mayo into yet another alcoholiday, but we’ve already done the same to our own patriotic holidays. 🙂
Read today that Cinco de Mayo celebrations started among Mexican-American communities in California as a show of solidarity with the fight against French occupation of Mexico. Thus it’s a truly American holiday. So what if Mexico hardly recognizes it, or goateed intellectuals pillory it as “not authentic enough” or whatever?
And it’s true that beer companies have done their best to turn Cinco de Mayo into yet another alcoholiday, but we’ve already done the same to our own patriotic holidays. 🙂
Read today that Cinco de Mayo celebrations started among Mexican-American communities in California as a show of solidarity with the fight against French occupation of Mexico. Thus it’s a truly American holiday. So what if Mexico hardly recognizes it, or goateed intellectuals pillory it as “not authentic enough” or whatever?
And it’s true that beer companies have done their best to turn Cinco de Mayo into yet another alcoholiday, but we’ve already done the same to our own patriotic holidays. 🙂
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And it’s true that beer companies have done their best to turn Cinco de Mayo into yet another alcoholiday, but we’ve already done the same to our own patriotic holidays. :)[/quote]
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And it’s true that beer companies have done their best to turn Cinco de Mayo into yet another alcoholiday, but we’ve already done the same to our own patriotic holidays. :)[/quote]
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And it’s true that beer companies have done their best to turn Cinco de Mayo into yet another alcoholiday, but we’ve already done the same to our own patriotic holidays. :)[/quote]
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And it’s true that beer companies have done their best to turn Cinco de Mayo into yet another alcoholiday, but we’ve already done the same to our own patriotic holidays. :)[/quote]
