Karen Hughes to world Muslims: "Let them learn English"

[BurtWorm]

To help them understand us better. :eyes:


http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/dn/latestnews/stories/080706dninthughes.21bfe4a.html



An energetic, enthusiastic advocate for the Bush administration, she can fill a room with just her hearty laugh. And her long tenure in the Bush inner circle enhances her stature as she travels the world.

She follows two other women who held the post during the president's first term – advertising executive Charlotte Beers, whose overseas television ad campaign was criticized as insensitive and ineffective in the Muslim world, and Margaret Tutwiler, who resigned abruptly to take a top job with the New York Stock Exchange.

Ms. Hughes is staying put, saying only that she'll head home to Austin when it's over.

She is consumed by her job, she said, so much so that she says some of her staff has come to call her "the idea factory."

Her latest idea, she said, is overseas summer camps to teach English.

"The English language is something that we have to offer the world that the world wants," she explained. "Young people around the world realize that English gives them the opportunity for a better life. And parents want that for their children."

[smokey nj]

1. Hey Karen, how about teaching Bush to speak English?

[paparush]

2. LMFAO!!

[MrCoffee]

Was it Ima Hogg who wanted english as the state language of TX

because if english was good enough for Jesus, it's good enough for those little Mexican kids?

[Pirate Smile]

11. LOL

:D

[Bridget Burke]

22. Certainly NOT!

That quotation is generally attributed to Ma Ferguson, the first female governor of Texas. She was elected after her husband was kicked out of the Governor's office. (He was impeached.) Snopes can probably tell you whether or not she really said it.

Ima Hogg was the daughter of Texas Governor Jim Hogg. Despite her unfortunate name, she was a cultured & generous lady. She helped found the Houston Symphony. She collected American antiques (back when other wealthy folks were shipping their culture in from Europe) & donated her beautiful mansion (with garden) to The Museum of Fine Art--Houston. Other philanthropic causes included mental health. She never married & died at the age of 93.

[MrCoffee]

27. Ma Ferguson!!! Thank you!!!

dammit, I ALWAYS misattribute that quote. Thanks!!!

[KingFlorez]

3. Let Bush learn English, so we can understand what the heck's he's saying

[QuestionAll...]

17. Bush speaks Angrish...

and throws in a 'freeance peeance' for balance.

[CottonBear]

4. Karen Hughes is an idiot. n/t

[ixion]

5. she can fill a room with just her hearty gas.... er laugh

but gas is more accurate, because she's a vapid, bloating windbag.

[Z_I_Peevey]

6. Another Onion-ready slice of reality.

Honestly. Can't this sad farce just end already?

[elehhhhna]

7. That'll help her on future "Listening Tours" LMAO

[Bozita]

8. Hey ... all you ragheads, listen up!

She's unbelievable.

[shadowknows69]

9. The United States, formerly a colony of England

has the English language to offer to the world. Got it.

[Phillycat]

12. LOL nt

[theanarch]

15. "Great Britian and the United States are...

...two countries separated by a common language." Oscar Wilde

[ShortnFiery]

10. " ... she can fill a room with just her hearty laugh."

Translation of M$M WHORISH Media Commentary:

"she can CLEAR OUT a room with just her bellicose condescension" :puke:

Man, the Arabs do not deserve this BushBotBorg HAG ... nobody deserves her. :(

[CJCRANE]

13. I think muslims

already figured that out for themselves. A lot of the arab leaders speak better english than B*sh.

[shadowknows69]

14. Most foreigners I've met

speak english fluently. We are shamefully lax on teaching other languages in this country.

[AspenRose]

18. And speak english better than native born Americans!

She's an idiot.

[underpants]

16. Odd, the hip thing to do HERE is to teach your kid Mandarin Chinese

you know so they will have a chance in the workplace of tomorrow :bounce:

[shadowknows69]

19. I'm seriously condsidering that myself

Just in case they decide to change all the street signs when they foreclose on us.

[opihimoimoi]

20. Idea Girl??? BS, Her Ideas have proven to be ineffective and almost

insulting

These guys lack Common Sense and Creativity

They wanna DICTATE

[Hubert Flottz]

21. Karen Huge and Anndroid Coulter refuse to be afraid to fly!

Brooms don't have bathrooms!

[Cha]

23. Let monkeyboy learn English..then

we'll talk, *itch.

[hatrack]

24. I thought this was a joke

And once again was proven wrong regarding the line between parody and reality in BushWorld.

Unbefuckinglievable.

[KamaAina]

25. Darn that Salman Rushdie! He insists on writing in English

while refusing to learn it. :sarcasm:

[calico1]

26. God, could she possibly be

MORE clueless?

[Atman]

28. But Ann said to kill 'em or convert 'em.

Republican foreign policy is tough to keep up with.