Flip-flop en español?

Digby has a post up that pulls up some old news: that George W. Bush featured a Spanish version of "The Star-Spangled Banner" in his initial campaign.

It's so old, apparently, that the national media has apparently completely forgotten about reporting it. That's pre-9/11 thinking, I guess. In fact, they're reporting that Bush is dissing the Spanish national anthem.

There are letters to the editor to our local daily, the bOregonian, that whine about how all the brown people need to shut up or learn English.

I'm not sure how I feel about the immigration issue as a whole, but this fear of people who still want to be part of our country even after our leadership has shown such hatred and contempt towards them just doesn't sit right with me. Let's call it what it is: bigotry.

If any of my readers have to deal with bigots who get all up in arms about the recent marchers waving a Mexican flag, or racists who clutch their pearls and wail about translating the national anthem into some brown people's language, just send 'em this link and ask them if maybe those folk swiped their translation from George W. Bush.

Then run for cover because the bigot's head is sure to explode. Fun!

Update

: Apparently the Cox News Service report that Digby quotes above is incorrect, according to the Washington Post (by way of Think Progress) - Jon Secada was not singing "The Star-Spangled Banner" in Spanish, he was singing "America, The Beautiful" in Spanish.

And I'm apparently (happily, in this case) incorrect that the national media is ignoring the contradiction. I regret the error. But expect some flack from your bigot friend, co-worker or family member on the correction, as I'm sure they'll dismiss it if it doesn't come from Fox "News". Better not to tell them where it's being reported...