Jeb Bush: GOP needs to ‘stop acting stupid’ toward Latinos

[Playinghardball]

Ex-Florida governor Jeb Bush reiterated his call Tuesday for the Republican party to “stop acting stupid” in its efforts to court Hispanic voters.

Bush, whose wife is Mexican, was put in the spotlight as the GOP positioned itself as a more diverse party than its voting record would indicate; according to the Miami Herald, Bush told the audience at a Hispanic Leadership Network event that the party’s future is to have an “open and hospitable” tone.

“The conservative cause would be the governing philosophy as far as the eye could see,” Bush said. “And that’s doable if we just stop acting stupid.”

Bush’s brother, former President George W. Bush, won 44 percent of the Latino vote en route to his reelection in 2004. Comparatively, recent polls show this year’s GOP nominee, Mitt Romney, has only won the support of 26 percent of that audience – nearly 40 percentage points less than incumbent President Barack Obama.

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[get the red out]

1. No possible

"Stop acting stupid" and "Republican" are mutually exclusive.

[XemaSab]

2. You may as well tell my 110-pound spaniel mix

to stop running to the kitchen every time he hears some food hit the floor.

Fish gonna swim, birds gonna fly, Republicans gonna hate "Mexicans" (even the Mexicans who come from Puerto Rico and Cuba and Brazil).

[Flashmann]

3. ‘stop acting stupid’

Hate to be the bearer of bad news Jebbie boy,but that's not an act....

[Ohio Joe]

4. What they need to do is stop acting racist - nt

[rustydog]

5. Acting? Acting? Well, being Dubya's "smarter" brother, you'd know stupid when you see it.

[Odin2005]

6. You cannot get the votes of both racists and racial minorities at the same time.

The Dems tried that in the 60s and 70s, The racists bolted to the GOP.