Newt Gingrich Begins Tweeting in "Language of the Ghetto"

[SemiCharmedQuark]

Via Think Progress:

Former Republican House Speaker Newt Gingrich is notorious for his active — and sometimes controversial — musings on Twitter. But not only does he have a Twitter feed in English, but he has also started one in Spanish.

He posted his first tweet in Spanish at 1:08 pm on July 9, noting that he would be on Neil Cavuto’s Fox show at 4:05 to discuss Pelosi’s $16 million “mouse” project. He also asked his readers what he should say about the subject. While some of his tweets on the Spanish-language feed are the same as on the English version, others are original content.

More importantly, why would Gingrich even want a Spanish-language Twitter feed? He has fiercely opposed bilingual education, even going so as far to call Spanish “the language of living in a ghetto“:

The American people believe English should be the official language of the government. … We should replace bilingual education with immersion in English so people learn the common language of the country and they learn the language of prosperity, not the language of living in a ghettoText

http://thinkprogress.org/2009/07/13/gingrichs-twitter-spanish/

[Ken Burch]

1. What will Newt's HipHop Name be?

"Puffed-up Daddy"?

"The Notorious G.O.P."?

"Really Really REALLY Vanilla Ice"?

[hobbit709]

3. Big Dumbass

[Jokerman]

6. "Lil Pecker" n/t

[panader0]

8. Snoop Newtie?

[benld74]

10. Da Newter? Newt-J, J-Newt,

[That Is Quite Enough]

12. Dat Newt Newt

[Starbucks Anarchist]

14. Slug E. Fresh.

[tanyev]

15. Gringo Loco

[mitchum]

16. Fatazz Cracka

[Number23]

18. !!!! You win !!!

:rofl: :rofl:

[Democrats_win]

2. Beware of translation mistakes, Newt. Coors ad was translated as "Get Diarrhoea"

instead of "Turn it Loose."

http://purpleslinky.com/humor/twelve-terrible-advertising-translation-mistakes/

[Ken Burch]

7. And the Frank Perdue "It Takes A Tough Man To Make a Chicken Tender" slogan

when translated for the Spanish-language market, turned into "It Takes A Sexually Excited Man To Make A Chicken Sensual".

(...which puts the phrase "finger-lickin' good" in a whole NEW light.)

[DinahMoeHum]

4. Oh, great. Now, he's BI-IGNORANT, as Jim Hightower once said.

:evilgrin:

[babylonsister]

9. Haha!

:thumbsup:

[Ganja Ninja]

5. That's an insult to all the Spanish speaking countries.

"learn the language of prosperity, not the language of living in a ghetto" Where does this pig headed moron get off?

[vaberella]

11. Between all the racists...I wonder if we've made real progress.

This includes some racist clowns on DU.

[lindisfarne]

17. +1

[nyhuskyfan]

13. They don't speak the Queen's English in the South either

No offense to the South. Just sayin'