• Being a devout missionary, Republican Mitt Romney's
dexterity with foreign languages revolves around French and
Swahili; two languages in which he can express himself quite out
of the ordinary.

• Romney has exceptional fluency in French and is known to
have picked up the language during his 30 month mission in France
for the Mormon Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
Mormon missionaries often learned new languages while on their
respective missions. During his two-and-a-half year sojourn
through Paris, Romney excelled in French.  In fact, Romney's
three years of French class at the exclusive Cranbrook school in
Bloomfield Hills, Michigan had made him more fluent than his
peers.

• Voicing his thoughts on Barack Obama's embarrassment
over ignorance of foreign languages and being able to simply say
'Merci beaucoup' while traveling across Europe, Romney smiled,
"Well, I'm proud to say I can say a little bit more than Merci
beaucoup, and I think a lot of other Americans can, too. I know
our kids in many schools across the country go to class and learn
foreign languages."

• Romney is basically of the opinion that America's
concern need not be focused on whether we can speak French or any
other foreign language. On the other hand, America needs to be
able to "keep up with the world in math, computer science and
other sciences."

• There are reports that state Romney also speaks Swahili
though his level of fluency in the language is yet to be
ascertained. The records do not state where and how exactly he
picked up the language. 
		

• Mike Huckabee speaks no language other than English but
this former Arkansas Governor and Southern Baptist preacher hopes
to speak the language of the voters. His electrifying oratory
elevated him as the only Republican governor of Arkansas to be
elected to two four-year terms.

• He learned to read koine Greek (the dialect in which the
New Testament is written) while studying to be a Baptist pastor
but cannot speak the Greek language.

• Huckabee's early adult life wallowed in the
communications business. At the young age of 21, he became
director of a Christian advertising agency in Texas and by 25, he
made his living by ghostwriting books, designing church
publications and writing ads. "He had a great sense of humor that
came out on the radio, in his sermons, and in the dorm room with
the guys," Huckabee's college roommate Rick Caldwell commented.