Mitt’s Commie phrase sparks rage

[Ian David]

Source: The Boston Herald

By Dave Wedge
Boston Herald (right-wing rag) Chief Enterprise Reporter
Tuesday, March 20, 2007

Cubans in Miami are steaming mad at former Gov. Mitt Romney for shooting his mouth off in stumbling Spanish, mispronouncing names and erroneously associating a notorious Fidel Castro-spewed Communist catch phrase with freedom fighters.

Politicians in South Florida have lashed out at the former Massachusetts governor and 2008 presidential hopeful for describing the socialist saying “Patria o muerte, venceremos” as “inspiring” and for claimingthe phrase was swiped from liberty-seeking Cubans by leftist admirers of Castro.

The phrase, which means “Fatherland or death, we shall overcome,” was bellowed as a political speech sign-off by the dictator for decades. At another point in the speech to the Miami-Dade Republican Party, Romney bungled the names of prominent Cuban GOP politicians, referring to Florida House Speaker Marco Rubio as “Mario.”

Romney also garnered criticism for his hard-line stance on immigration and ending the talk with the phrase “Libertad, Libertad, Libertad,” a revolutionary saying made famous in the gangster movie “Scarface,” which many Cubans feel plays on cultural stereotypes.

But it was the former Bay State governor’s use of an infamous Fidel Castro line that sparked the most controversy. “Hugo Chavez has tried to steal an inspiring phrase - Patria o muerte, venceremos,” Romney said. “It does not belong to him. It belongs to a free Cuba.”


Presidential hopeful Mitt Romney is in hot water with Cuban Americans. (Staff photo/illustration)

Read more: http://news.bostonherald.com/politics/view.bg?articleid=189589

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And in related news, Der Mittenfuhrer is expected to read his famous "Arbeit macht frei" speech to The Shoah Foundation next week!

:sarcasm:


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arbeit_macht_frei

We all know that it was the word "Fatherland"
that attracted Der Mittenfuhrer to this phrase.

[sutz12]

1. I think we all knew he wasn't going very far anyway..

:shrug:

[Ian David]

2. Even the right-wing rag Boston Herald hates Der Mittenfuhrer. n/t

[MUAD_DIB]

12. Good. he sucked as Govenor. Mass is 1 billion in the red. Thanks Mittens!

[PCIntern]

3. Can you imagine if a Dem had said that?

1. He probably wouldn't have left the stage in one piece.

2. National outrage about the "Democommie" Party as the last vestige of Communism in the Western hemisphere if not the world. This of course would include the 4 1/2 major networks.

3. Immediate calls for 'legal' eradication of the DNC under the Patriot Act and erasure of the majorities, such as they are, in Congress.

4. Opening of internment camps in Oklahoma for dissidents.

[SpiralHawk]

4. Fatherland + Homeland = republicon fascist memes

no matter how you slice them. Screw the republicons and their snappy fascist slogans.

"United States of America" is good enough for me an other freedom-loving patriots.

Viva America. Toss the repulicon fascists on the chickenhawk trash heap of history.

[Ian David]

5. That's how Slick Dancing Mitt signals to his neo-nazi base that he's "one of them."

<snip>

English Usage

Drawing from the Nazis' usage of the term "Vaterland", the direct English translation "fatherland" featured in news reports associated with Nazi Germany and in domestic anti-Nazi propaganda during World War II. As a result, the English word is now associated with the Nazi government of Germany (unlike in Germany itself, where the word means simply "homeland") The word is not used often in post-World War II English unless one wishes to invoke the Nazis, or one is translating literally from a foreign language where that language's equivalent of "fatherland" does not bear Nazi connotations.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fatherland

[TheCowsCameHome]

6. Real smooth, Mitt. Say goodbye to 1600 Pennsylvania Ave.

as if you had a chance anyway.

[Canuckistanian]

7. Anyone think this was "sabotage"?

I mean someone had to write it for him. Someone who spoke fluent Spanish.

Someone who knew the implications of using those words.

[Justice]

8. it does seem like too many "mistakes" to be an accident

[karynnj]

9. You've got a point - he clearlydoesn't understand or speak Spanish

It is scary to think someone could insert themselves into the campaign staff to do that kind of damage.

[Ian David]

15. I've been saying for years that Rick Santorum's gay communications director must be sabotaging him

I wouldn't be surprised if Der Mittenfuhrer had someone within his campaign trying to pull the plug on him.

[TheCowsCameHome]

10. It's so funny when they try to pull that stupid "I'm one of you" crap

and it makes them look like fools in the end.

Haha, Mitt. You lose.

[Little Wing]

11. hahahah!

:bounce:

[semillama]

28. HAHAHA, HA

[theaudacity]

13. We need a "Permenant Reveloution" away from this kind of guy. nt

[Marnieworld]

14. It's like Castro's "Seacrest Out!"

I almost feel bad for the guy. Yet, it's always been my personal motto that if you don't know something just admit it. He clearly was making efforts to be something he's not which is not a sign of strong leadership.

[MrModerate]

16. Mitt's got a case of Tin-Ear Syndrome that should . . .

Keep him out of the White House.

Let's see, McCain is suffering from stress disorder and Low Frustration Tolerance, Giuliani has Mysogenist's Syndrome . . . Who have the 'Licans got left who's *not* going to self-destruct on the campaign trail?

[gratuitous]

17. Remarkably stupid

But as we've seen in the past eight years, stupidity by a Republican candidate is no bar to high office; he was just pandering in front of the wrong group. Next week, Mitt will talk to a group of stupid people who will cheer his every utterance.

[silvermachine]

18. Pretty common knowledge...

...that Mitt is hardly the sharpest knife in the drawer. I was wondering how long it would take for him to have an episode like this. Not very long apparently...

[xchrom]

19. another republick party member shows his undying affection

for anything nazi.

[PATRICK]

20. Interesting. Sabotage?

The help he would have been getting from Jeb's people, the care and rehearsal leads me to wonder whether he has been set up. The kind of errors seem precisely those a carefully prepared speech would have helped with. Instead it looks like an enemy speechwriter got into the last mix.

Oh yes, I have complete faith in his stupidity or laziness in preparation but this is very odd for a Jeb protege. Judging by the poor reception among the religious right and terrible showings maybe this is a way to have Romney dump himself so another hack crony can be selected for anointment, maybe Jeb himself.

How odd that all the GOP fawners who get close to Bush end up getting trashed or going down in flames. Even insofar as Hagel is forced to measure his efforts according to Bush/Cheney favor he goes down for the count too. I think the idea may be that the GOP will have no other option than Jeb by backstabbing design of the Bush dynasty. Can't help themselves, I suppose.

[skipos]

21. Jeeze, I hope Mitt is the Repub nominee

He'd be much easier to beat than Dame Rudy or Weathervane McCain.

[WindRavenX]

25. no kidding

Jesus, Mitt is a total doofus. All the more reason to hope he gets the nomination ;)

[radfringe]

22. apparantly

he or his staff are no well versed in how to fact check using the google on the internet tubes

if he can't get quotes correct - how the hell is he going to run a country?

Think back to campaign 2000 when people were questioning bush*'s abilities and we were reassured that bush* would be surrounded by good advisors... that worked out real good, huh? I'm getting a deja vu feeling all over again

[Commie Pinko Dirtbag]

23. Whoa. Waitasec. The word "Patria" has a MUCH different connotation in Spanish and Portuguese

than in English and German. It's used the same way in Brazil, Spain, and nearly all Latin American countries. Although it has the same roots (i.e., using a derivation of the word "father" to mean "country") its use here is commonplace and not at all nasty.

The Cubans in the US may have "uglified" the word because of the tone its English equivalent carries. And because it's a slogan Castro repeats a lot.

Here's a book about Brazilians in Formula One:

[Spider Jerusalem]

24. Yes...and it comes from Latin, anyway...

as in "dulce et decorum est pro patria mori"...

Not to mention that MOST European countries and European-influenced cultures refer to their nation as "the fatherland" (it's "patrie" in French...it's even in the "Marseillaise"--"Arise, children of the fatherland!"--and the Russian equivalent is in their national anthem, too, if I remember correctly).

[sakabatou]

26. Romney...

YOU FAIL.

[Zenlitened]

27. Mitt Romney: Not the brightest bulb on the ol' Citgo sign.

Behind his pearly-white smile, and underneath his pretty hair, there is... nothing. He's 'The Man Who Wasn't There.'

Run, Willard, run! :rofl:

[Crunchy Frog]

29. .

:rofl:

[IndianaGreen]

30. It couldn't have happened to a nicer guy!

The Miami gusanos make Freepers appear rational by comparison!

[bklyncowgirl]

31. That's hilarious. Mittens doesn't have much under that perfectly coiffed hair, does he?

You would think that he'd have someone on the staff who understood the nuances of the Cuban American dos and don'ts. No Republican on the face of the planet is going to win Florida without them.