John Kerry

karynnj

(59,942 posts) Tue Dec 13, 2011, 04:33 PM Dec 2011

Absolutely ridiculous, but hilarious anti Romney ad from liberals because he speaks French

The mistranslation is designed to cause trouble - http://americanlp.org/2011/12/08/mitt-romney-french-campaign-video/

His French sound quite good to me, but note that CBS refers not just to Kerry being attacked because he "looked French" and spoke French, but to his (non-existent) French ancestry. http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-503544_162-57342485-503544/attack-ad-shows-mitt-romney-speaking-french/#comments Maybe Kerry SHOULD have disputed the French claim - pointing out he was the direct descendant of the man who really wrote the line of the "shining city on the hill" before he landed in MA.

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Absolutely ridiculous, but hilarious anti Romney ad from liberals because he speaks French (Original Post) karynnj Dec 2011 OP

I saw that yesterday. It's ProSense Dec 2011 #1

Amusing Mass Dec 2011 #2

ProSense

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1. I saw that yesterday. It's

Reply to karynnj (Original post)

Tue Dec 13, 2011, 05:01 PM

Dec 2011

hilarious.

http://livewire.talkingpointsmemo.com/updates/2691

Mitt opened himself up to this when he attributed McCain's words to Obama, and then defended taking the quote out of context.

Mass

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2. Amusing

Reply to karynnj (Original post)

Tue Dec 13, 2011, 06:50 PM

Dec 2011

His French is excellent. A little bit of accent, as can be expected, but his grammar is great.

This said, this is not a spontaneous speech, so he probably rehearsed it. But still impressive.

It is amusing to see that the GOP two top contenders have spent a substantial amount of time in France, Romney as a missionary and Gingritch as a kid. What happened to the GOP who disliked French looking Kerry?

The subtitles are hilarious, though I had a hard time reading them and listening to him at the same time. No connection whatsoever.

(I cringed when I saw the ad. When will the US get rid of this ridiculous anti-French feeling).

ADDED afterwards.
http://videocafe.crooksandliars.com/heather/french-mitt-romney

I read this piece by crooksandliars and had to go back and listen to the video. One striking thing is that Romney pronounces the letter "ü" well, even though it is hard for an American to pronounce (it took 10 years for my husband to master it)/. Generally speaking, even though with a little bit of an accent, his pronounciation is correct. He may not speak French everyday, but by all reasonable standard, his French is good.

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