¡Olé Zapatero!

[Skammer]

My recollection of high school spanish led me to believe that this thread was going to be about shoes, or someone who makes shoes. Lo siento.

[Mighty_Girl]

@villa

Shouldn’t this thread now have to report itself for not being in English?

Vraiment.

@Skammer

My recollection of high school spanish led me to believe that this thread was going to be about shoes, or someone who makes shoes. Lo siento.

Zapatero = cobbler.

[elucidator]

Peach, or apple?

[Mighty_Girl]

@Giraffe

@RedFury

BTW, in my exuberant state last night I did a horrid job with my OP. Not the least of which is the title which should properly read:

¡Olé Zapatero!

I went ahead and added your crazy Spanish punctuation to the thread title. Then I did the Mexican Hat Dance. (I am bad at geography.)

It’s really spelled ¡Õlé Zåpâtërõ!

[BrainGlutton]

@RedFury

Oh what a great team Obama and ZP would make – just hoping it happens. I honestly think the world would be a better place with those two joining influences if not forces (ours are good but quite limited to their task).

At this stage in history, what reason would any POTUS have to pay the least bit of attention to Spain?

[RedFury]

@BrainGlutton

At this stage in history, what reason would any POTUS have to pay the least bit of attention to Spain?

BG, BG…I thought you were paying attention? Why just the other day – and not for the first time – Obama mentioned “we’ll deal EC countries that can improve our image and relations in LA/SA nations” in one of his network speeches (that clip anyway).

Now, don’t hurt yourself, but whom, exactly do you think those “nations” might be? Hint: Spain is fast become SA’s second major investor only after the US – everything from power-plants, phone companies, banks, roads, arms, trains…

That answer your query, Sire?

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And hey! I realize this is a “happy thread” and all, but please, ladies and gents, a bit of decorum is due our Super-Presi, ZP.

Right. Now about that land in the Everglades you wanted to ask me about…

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MG,

Tócale el himno del Madrid a tu hija! Pleeeeze…Barça fans are NOT worthy of her!

[RedFury]

BG,

Thought you might find this Newsweek interview with the editor of Spain’s largest circulation daily, El Pais, interesting:

Spanish Boxing

@Newsweek

How would you compare the Spanish campaign with the one taking place in the United States?

[Hillary] Clinton is more about constructing a coalition of voters around concrete proposals that satisfy different groups, while [Barack] Obama is more about broad strokes, about change and the Iraq War and less about details. In Spain, I believe Zapatero has had a very concrete campaign tailored to specific groups. Rajoy has had a more general campaign, stating that the PP has clear ideas and that proposals are not the most important thing–governing style is. Rajoy is more like Obama in the way they present their proposals, although when it comes to ideology, this is not the case. Zapatero is much closer to Obama than Clinton in that realm.

– bolding mine.

That’s just one of the reasons I’m excited. You guys still need to come good on your end.

[elucidator]

@RedFury

…You guys still need to come good on your end.

I want to commend all those Dopers who ignored this cheesy straight line.

[RedFury]

@elucidator

I want to commend all those Dopers who ignored this cheesy straight line.

You excluded of course.

Dip!