[neverhillorat]

Now that the Boston Hearld has come down on Mitt, guess he`s toast.

[Terpfen]

I like Mitt, but he'd better get Jeb's help with South Florida.

[Dallas59]

Stoopid white people.

[Pan_Yans Wife]

He butchered the language and his speech. This is SO disrespectful of your audience. His spin people are going to be spinning for WEEKS trying to clear this up. He is not that bright.

[endthematrix]

Don't portray yourself as somebody your not...oopsie we are talking about politicians here.

[hosepipe]

Doofusio...

[nowandlater]

(((PING)))

[HawaiianGecko]

It shows that the locals are ignorant also.  I never get upset when someone botches English and English isn't their first language.  Heck, I don't even get upset when President Bush blows it and it's his first language.

When it comes to Presidential candidates, all I'm interested in is whether or not he can drive the big red, white and blue bus.  I simply have fun watching the pandering.  It's more fun than a George Carlin concert.

False indignation is for illiterates.

[nowandlater]

LOL! You guys are parroting the opinion of the reporter. The quotes from the Cubans are actually very kind. Putting this story in the news, helps Romney because it will sear in the Cubans mind that he is the only Republican who cares about addressing the issue.

LOL! The reporters fall for it again!

[MHGinTN]

I wouldn't put ANY credence in anything the Boston Herald publishes. ... And I'm not a Romney fan!

[razorback-bert]

Well, at least he didn't say he was a donut.

[FairOpinion]

This is NOT the way to endear himself to the Cubans in Florida, that's for sure.

[cookcounty]

Maybe he should take Spanish pronunciation lessons from Senor Jorge Arbusto, El Presidente.

[WestVirginiaRebel]

Well, at least he's not speaking with a fake Southern accent...

[nowandlater]

He explained the context of the remarks quite well and it was a damn good speech. If you watch the video of the speech he was applauded very vigorously by the Cuban-Americans at the dinner.

http://mittromney.com/News/Speeches/Miami-Dade_Lincoln_Day

"I said at the outset that the threat in Latin America is unprecedented. I say that because the Castros have a second tyrant and he has great wealth, from oil. We must stand just as firm against caudillos like Hugo Chavez, tutored by Fidel Castro. Chavez and Castro are brothers in blood, intent on personal gratification at the expense of their people. Hugo Chavez and Fidel Castro have stolen the phrase – 'Patria o muerte, venceremos.' This phrase should not be used by dictators, but by liberators.

"There are two spheres of influence in the Western Hemisphere. One is dark, bellicose and spreads misery by denying people basic freedoms; the other shines like a powerful light, is peaceful and wants only for its people to live in liberty and prosper.

"It is time for the United States to adopt a Latin American strategy that will strengthen human rights and freedom, that will advance our own interests, and that will weaken the threat of the Castros and Chavez. I propose seven elements in this strategy.

"First, we must continue to isolate Castro with economic and diplomatic sanctions.

"Second, we must help our friends. Foreign aid and foreign investments must be focused on those who stand alongside us.

"Third, we must once again act to inform public opinion in Latin America. We should use our world renowned media and communications savvy to spread the truth about American freedom, and Castro tyranny.

"Fourth, we must improve our economic ties. The President has negotiated vital free trade agreements with Latin American neighbors like Peru, Columbia and Panama, but some Democrats in Congress are so beholden to their labor bosses that they have refused to confirm them. It is time to put the interests of humanity and of the nation first.

"Fifth, we must rebuild relationships of respect and trust and friendship. Our Latin American friends must always feel welcome in the White House. And congratulations are in order to the President for his travels this week to Latin America.

"Sixth, as we finally and belatedly secure the border and solve the problem of illegal immigration, we must reaffirm our appreciation of legal immigration. We are a nation of immigrants and refugees, and they have contributed a great deal to our culture of hard work, entrepreneurship, faith in God, love of family, and respect for human life.

"And finally, we must never again ignore Latin America. It is a great deal easier to prevent a crisis than to end one. Since the end of the Cold War and since the terror of 9/11, America has become so preoccupied with other regions that we have forgotten our friends in our own hemisphere. And we have ignored the potential threat. Consider with concern the visit here from Ahmadinejad, the aspiring nuclear terrorist and genocidist.

"As we face these challenges, there is one more principle we must remember. America must remain the world's military superpower.

"It is the strength of our military, the strength of our families, the strength of the American people, the strength of the many Americans who trace their roots to the soil of Cuba and Latin America, it is all this strength that gives me such confidence that someday, soon, the people of Cuba will be free. I look forward to the day when the stain of Castro is rinsed from the Cuban soil, when the Cuban people can stand with their American brothers and sisters and say these words - Libertad, Libertad, Libertad."

[CharlesWayneCT]

The Marco/Mario thing could have been a typographical error on his sheet. I'll have to watch the speech tonight, but maybe that was in the preliminary introductions -- the part where the candidate has to acknowledge all the elected officials that show up.

They don't get to practice that, because nobody knows who is showing up, so they get that written down at the last minute, and they have to read it or recite it from memory. It's easy to see how someone could scribble down "marco" in a way that looked like "mario".

As to the other phrase, Mitt didn't say it was a liberation phrase. He specifically said it was the Dictator's phrase, but he argued that it better represented freedom than communism. He might be right, he might be wrong, but it was a compelling suggestion, and I do like how he's willing to make statements like this without regard to whether others agree with him.

I wonder if Representative Rene Garcia is backing a different candidate, and therefore had a purpose in attacking Romney?

[CharlesWayneCT]

Was that picture in the Boson Herald? I can't believe they would have photo-shopped Romney into a Castro picture....

[Utah Binger]

That is very ironic. In the early days of Mormonism an experiment with a form of Communism was practiced. Maybe Mitt also has some plans regarding that.

From Wikipedia: "In Mormonism, the United Order was one of several church programs established to manage and administer the Law of Consecration (a voluntary form of Christian communism/communalism). The United Order was an egalitarian community designed to achieve income equality, eliminate poverty, increase group self-sufficiency, and create an ideal utopian society Mormons referred to as Zion. It is not practiced within Mormonism. Members who chose to enter the United Order would deed (consecrate) all their property to the United Order, which would grant back an "inheritance" (or "stewardship") which allowed members to control the property according to their needs, but not own it. At the end of each year, any excess that the family produced from the stewardship was given back to the Order. The Order in each community was operated by the local Bishop."

[The KG9 Kid]

What an idiot.

I can't vote for this retard either.

Scratch Giuliani and Romney.

Next candidate, please.

[Antoninus]

Ay yi yi. Que bobo grande!

We can do better than Rudy McRomney...

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