Explotó la cabeza de Tancredo (cortesia de Ken Salazar)

Senator Ken Salazar of Colorado was selected by the Democratic Party to deliver the "preview address" (also known as the "pre-buttal") to the State of the Union address.  Here's a highlight:

En la semana próxima vamos a subir el salario de 13 millones de personas que trabajan en empleos que pagan el salario mínimo, y en los meses siguientes, lucharemos por más:

• Vamos a tener una reforma integral de inmigración,

• Vamos a hacer que todos nuestros hijos tengan la oportunidad de ir a la universidad,

• Vamos a bajar los precios de la gasolina y de las medicinas.

Y también vamos a cambiar el rumbo de los Estados Unidos en Irak.

Oh yes, Salazar (the only Latino Senator from west of the Mississippi) delivered the speech in English as well.  Still, Republican Rep. Tom Tancredo of Colorado's Sixth CD predictably blew a gasket, saying "this is the kind of thing that would happen in a bilingual country - for instance, Canada."  Despierta, Rep. Tancredo.  Los Estados Unidos ya está una nación bilingue.

Ah, but Tancredo is only opposed to the "illegal" aspect of immigration -- it has nothing to do with having a problem with Latino culture.  Riiiiiiiight.  Anyway, someone ought to tell the headline writer at the Rocky Mountain News that while yes indeed, Wayne Allard is invisible, Tom Tancredo is in fact not Colorado's other senator.  "Colorado Senators clash over Spanish speech" reads the headline there.

Anyway, here is the full text of Salazar's speech (in both languages).

(Cross-posted at SquareState.)