U.S. Government Commissioned Spanish ‘Star-Spangled Banner’ in 1919

[DeBunk]

http://thinkprogress.org/2006/05/02/spanish-anthem/

[tom_boy]

1. Wow.

[goclark]

2. Wow! Just Wow!

[HiFructosePronSyrup]

3. No surprise from me.

The borders used to be as open to Mexicans as it was to the Irish or any other sort of immigrant.

It was the 1920's and 30's, coinciding with the rise of the KKK, that saw forced deportations of legal hispanic citizens, and the shutting off of the border, and wide-spread anti-hispanic sentiment.

[400Years]

4. Same period of time as mass round-up and deportation of leftist activists

The Palmer Raids, etc.

This is also the same time as the genesis of the FBI who basically took over the dirty work of the Pinkertons.

[Tierra_y_Libertad]

5. That's the year my grandmother and mother got here to steal jobs.

You know, all those floor scrubbing jobs, that "real" 'murkins were just dying to do back then.

[gratuitous]

6. Bush has apparently led his campaign rallies in its singing, as well

When he needs to pander to Hispanic votes, he's Jorge Arbusto. When he needs to pander to the xenophobic right, he's foursquare George, champion of the homeland.

But Gore and Kerry are flip-floppers.