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Old 01-30-2012, 06:02 PM
 
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His Spanish is actually very good, much better than Newt's.

Video: Florida primary: Mitt Romney uses Spanish speaking son as Republicans court Hispanic vote - Telegraph


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Old 01-30-2012, 06:03 PM
 
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Romney shouldn't waste his time. It's useless pandering.
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Old 01-30-2012, 06:04 PM
 
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Romney shouldn't waste his time. It's useless pandering.
Which Romney? Father or son?
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Old 01-30-2012, 06:08 PM
 
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Romney shouldn't waste his time. It's useless pandering.
As apposed to the useless pandering that the Democrats do which clearly gets them a lot of votes from minority groups? LOL

Pander on Mitt, pander on... the natives are restless and scared.
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Old 01-30-2012, 06:10 PM
 
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Which Romney? Father or son?
I mean that he shouldn't waste his time PERIOD trying to pander to the Hispanic vote in Florida. He'll get the Cubans for the most part, but his son won't help him with the other groups. It just looks as if he's making a fool of himself.

I don't know why folks think that speaking Spanish is going to impress anyone. They speak with forked tongues. On one hand, they yammer on about how Hispanics need to learn English and assimilate, but in the next breath they're pandering with Spanish speaking babble and printing "Viva Bush" stickers. They can't make up their minds.
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Old 01-30-2012, 06:12 PM
 
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As apposed to the useless pandering that the Democrats do which clearly gets them a lot of votes from minority groups? LOL

Pander on Mitt, pander on... the natives are restless and scared.
Gotta love the "i'm trying to be slick" code words. Don't be a coward...say what you mean.
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Old 01-30-2012, 06:15 PM
 
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I mean that he shouldn't waste his time PERIOD trying to pander to the Hispanic vote in Florida. He'll get the Cubans for the most part, but his son won't help him with the other groups. It just looks as if he's making a fool of himself.

I don't know why folks think that speaking Spanish is going to impress anyone. They speak with forked tongues. On one hand, they yammer on about how Hispanics need to learn English and assimilate, but in the next breath they're pandering with Spanish speaking babble and printing "Viva Bush" stickers. They can't make up their minds.
I think this really backfired on Newt, but I'm not really sure this will not work for Romney. I guess he's trying to cover all of his bases. Newt got skewered by the Univision reporter when he did the interview
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Old 01-30-2012, 06:27 PM
 
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His son speaks very well and as a hispanic myself you can tell he is quite fluent in the language which I admire. That being said this is nothing more than pandering since Obama has very high approval ratings amongst hispanics.
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Old 01-30-2012, 06:28 PM
 
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His son speaks very well and as a hispanic myself you can tell he is quite fluent in the language which I admire. That being said this is nothing more than pandering since Obama has very high approval ratings amongst hispanics.
The primary in Florida isn't about beating Obama, it's about beating Newt.
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Old 01-30-2012, 06:32 PM
 
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The primary in Florida isn't about beating Obama, it's about beating Newt.
I'm quite aware of that fact. Romney will take Florida and his son speaking Spanish isn't going to sway hispanic voters in this state which was my point.
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