Sorry to Disagree, Pal

…When Obama spoke Thursday to a crowd at Los Angeles Trade Technical College, he briefly became bilingual.
Obama’s call of “si se puede“ — or “yes we can” — has a special resonance for many Latinos who remember when the phrase became the rallying cry for Cesar Chavez and the United Farm Workers union in the 1970s.

“I’m very enthusiastic, the way he has embraced our rallying cry of ‘si se puede,’ ” says Obama volunteer Francisco Sola, a computer programmer.

“He called [it] a timeless creed.”

It makes my hair stand up on end.

3 Responses to “Sorry to Disagree, Pal”

1. Ken S, Fifth String on the Banjo of Life says:

   February 5, 2008 at 3:17 pm

   Melissa Block needs to brush up on her Spanish.

2. Ken S, Fifth String on the Banjo of Life says:

   February 5, 2008 at 3:19 pm

   And yes, it makes my hair stand up on end too.
   when the phrase became the rallying cry for Cesar Chavez and the United Farm Workers union in the 1970s
   That would be just about the time the union started fucking over the workers.

3. Mr. Bingley says:

   February 5, 2008 at 5:41 pm

   Well, it seems to me it’s also the rallying cry for the La Raza folks.