tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21674624.post7396280439242241945..comments2024-02-21T05:16:22.788-05:00Comments on Two Weeks Notice: A Latin American Politics Blog: Multilingual campaigningGreg Weekshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15765114859595124082noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21674624.post-63276342312236279422008-09-27T09:37:00.000-04:002008-09-27T09:37:00.000-04:00Yes, that ad does a good job of summing it up.Yes, that ad does a good job of summing it up.Greg Weekshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15765114859595124082noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21674624.post-82945947865538652552008-09-25T18:51:00.000-04:002008-09-25T18:51:00.000-04:00Here’s an ad about McCain using two contradictory ...Here’s an ad about McCain using two contradictory messages, one in English and a different one in Spanish: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cyF3uleiJdsAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21674624.post-77953704874818235742008-09-25T06:20:00.000-04:002008-09-25T06:20:00.000-04:00True, it is not necessarily a sign of it. But in ...True, it is not necessarily a sign of it. But in this case I believe it is occurring.Greg Weekshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15765114859595124082noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21674624.post-29366911661087011612008-09-24T23:48:00.000-04:002008-09-24T23:48:00.000-04:00It certainly seems likely that McCain did not rele...It certainly seems likely that McCain did not release a corresponding English-language ad on immigration because he did not want to remind his conservative supporters of his past leadership on the issue.<BR/><BR/>But I wouldn't say that anytime a candidate releases an ad in another language it's a sign that the candidate is hiding something. After all, as much as we like to pretend it's not true (everyone cares about education, saftey, etc.), different groups in the U.S. often have different priorities and a targeted ad to one ethnic group, in its native language, might be effective in some situations.Benjamin N. Gedanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09645034524970521213noreply@blogger.com