National Anthem Sung In Spanish At First Bush Inaugural

[CShine]

On Friday, President Bush blasted the idea of singing the Star Spangled Banner in Spanish. But Bush’s highly-scripted 2001 inaugural ceremony actually featured a rendition of the national anthem sung in Spanish by Jon Secada.

From Cox News Service, 1/18/01:

The opening ceremony reflected that sentiment. A racially diverse string of famous and once famous performers entertained Bush, soon-to-be First Lady Laura Bush, Vice President-elect Richard B. Cheney and his wife, Lynne, who watched on stage from a special viewing area.

Pop star Jon Secada sang the national anthem in English and Spanish.


Apparently, Secada singing the anthem in Spanish was a regular feature of the Bush campaign.

From the 8/3/00 Miami Herald:

The nominee, his wife Laura, erstwhile rival John McCain and his wife Cindy joined Bush on a platform where children sang the national anthem - in “Spanglish,” Secada explained.


http://thinkprogress.org/2006/05/02/national-anthem-sung-in-spanish-at-first-bush-inaugural/

[Veritas]

Yah another CShine post and duck.

[IronSooner]

Just Another Day was a great song.

[JohnnyMack]

Yah another CShine post and duck.

Every once in a while we get the rare CShine post that isn't a thread starter.

Every once in a while Halley's Comet comes around too.

[OklahomaTuba]

DAMN YOU BUSHHITLER!!#$#$%$#!!!!!

Why not just sing it in GERMAN, friggin facist neokkkons.

[Rogue]

I'm a very patriotic guy and, for some reason, this doesn't bother me a bit.

I'm not very religious, but a church I went to off and on in TX had a Spanish mass and an English mass. The Spanish version was a much more beautiful ceremony and the sang the lord's prayer in Spanish. Later we'd all drink beer and roll tamales. Seriously. I am biased though, lots of Mexican friends.

I'd rather hear someone sing the anthem in their first language than hear another pop star butcher the song by changing the music, timing, etc.

[picasso]

hey I'm a Bush supporter but he's bombed big time with this issue.

[CShine]

Every once in a while we get the rare CShine post that isn't a thread starter.

With how infrequently I post, I'm surprised that I'm so well-remembered. 119 posts in 2 years isn't exactly spamming the board.

[soonercody]

I thought this thread would be on fire by now.

[Jeopardude]

But singing the anthem in Spanish is different now. We got an immigration crisis on our hands.:rolleyes:

[Tailwind]

What is a CShine?

[Harry Beanbag]

With how infrequently I post, I'm surprised that I'm so well-remembered. 119 posts in 2 years isn't exactly spamming the board.


119 posts.
79 thread starts.

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[OklahomaTuba]

Opps, looks like CSHINES original post was actually wrong.


Contemporaneous media accounts (see here for example) report that Secada was singing “America the Beautiful,” not the national anthem. The story from Cox News below, reporting that Secada sang the national anthem in Spanish, appears to be in error.http://thinkprogress.org/2006/05/02/national-anthem-sung-in-spanish-at-first-bush-inaugural/

Imagine that, a liberal blog getting some facts wrong. Who woulda thunk it.

[Sooner in Tampa]

Opps, looks like CSHINES original post was actually wrong.

http://thinkprogress.org/2006/05/02/national-anthem-sung-in-spanish-at-first-bush-inaugural/

Imagine that, a liberal blog getting some facts wrong. Who woulda thunk it.ZZZZZIIIINNNNNNNGGGGGGGG...now we know why CSHINE posts so infrequently. :D :D :D