When President Bush came out against singing the Star-Spangled Banner in Spanish, I wondered if he had committed the same offense in the past. The answer, it turns out, is yes. Atrios points to this quote from Kevin Phillips’ book American Dynasty:

When visiting cities like Chicago, Milwaukee or Philadelphia, in pivotal states, [Bush] would drop in at Hispanic festivals and parites, sometimes joining in singing “The Star-Spangled Banner” in Spanish, sometimes partying with a “Viva Bush” mariachi band flown in from Texas.

Update 5/2 5:37 PM: Via Atrios again, here’s the original Think Progress item on Phillips’ book and a new one reporting that Bush’s first inaugural featured the Star-Spangled Banner in English and Spanish (commenter Sean points out that Think Progress has since retracted the second post).

Update 5/3 8:20 AM: The Washington Post reports that “[t]he State Department posts four Spanish versions of ‘The Star-Spangled Banner’ on its Web site.”