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February 19, 2008
High linguistic requirements for office
In the U.S., candidates of both parties like to break out their Spanish. Remember Christopher Dodd’s Spanish dialogue with an audience member during one of the early debates? George W. Bush also lets loose with español from time to time, although his command of the language leaves much to be desired.
Well, according to sources in Malaysia, the next leader of that country will have to be fluent in three languages: English, Bahasa Malaysia, and Mandarin. How many politicians in the U.S. can speak three languages? Not many, I would guess.
