Tatars: We came up with "Yes we can"

Posted By Joshua Keating Friday, October 16, 2009 - 10:51 AM Share

I'm not sure if it counts as hopejacking if you claim that Obama ripped you off:

There was a funny scene during Hillary Clinton's visit to the Russian republic of Tatarstan.

Tatar President Mintimer Shaimiev told Clinton that Tatarstan adopted the slogan "Bez buldirabiz " ("Yes, we can!") six years ago -- intended to promote Tatarstan as a model of political and economic development in the Russian Federation.

Clinton replied by saying that she would tell U.S. President Obama that he owes that famous slogan to the Tatars.

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ANTMAN

11:35 AM ET

October 16, 2009

I was thinking it came from

I was thinking it came from Sí, se puede from Cesar Chavez's farm labor rights protests of 1972.

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3:11 PM ET

October 16, 2009

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