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In reply to the discussion: Romney did a version of blackface in front of a Hispanic audience and the nation last night. [View all]marble falls
(57,079 posts)19. Exactly right. In capitol letters, RACIST. He only 'claimed' being Latino because he knows he isn't.
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Romney did a version of blackface in front of a Hispanic audience and the nation last night. [View all]
Skidmore
Sep 2012
OP
In that case, I think that a more accurate "phonetic representation" would have been
geckosfeet
Sep 2012
#8
Notice how Frito Bandito sounds almost identical to Speedy Gonzales? n/t
backscatter712
Sep 2012
#58
You forgot this lyric: "....if you don't give me Fritos, I will take them from you ....."
marble falls
Sep 2012
#16
i have a coworker "charlie" and everytime I hear his name i think the jingle goes through my head
DonRedwood
Sep 2012
#49
I read the subject if your post and thought this was hyperbole, so I skipped it.
Renew Deal
Sep 2012
#9
Romney's Mexico comment is about as LAME as Palin claiming she can see Russia from her window.
LynneSin
Sep 2012
#10
Exactly right. In capitol letters, RACIST. He only 'claimed' being Latino because he knows he isn't.
marble falls
Sep 2012
#19
Omg. I saw this, out the corner of my eye, on one of the MSNBC shows last night...
AzDar
Sep 2012
#17
Next he's going to go after the senior vote by putting flour in his hair.
Arugula Latte
Sep 2012
#39
ESPECIALLY after that video that showed him wishing his parents "had been Latino."
Indpndnt
Sep 2012
#61
best line from the link; "he's not winning any brownie points..." LOL
central scrutinizer
Sep 2012
#38
Can't be easy to peddle the notion that Romney is the son of a Mexican citizen.
freedom fighter jh
Sep 2012
#29