Friday, March 23, 2007
This just in: Mitt Romney is still a dumbass
I've previously noted that Assachusetts Governor Mitt Romney is a dumbass when it comes to shooting his mouth off. Granted, I often have to account for shit that flew out of my mouth before I really thought about the consequences, but I've never been so stupid as to make a "tar baby" reference. Furthermore, even without knowing about the specific political and historical contexts, I'd never think to shout any phrase that started with "Fatherland or Death!" That sounds too much like Commie dictator rhetoric to me.
In fact, it IS Commie dictator rhetoric, but that didn't stop Gov. Romney from using this phrase while appealing to a crowd of Cubano-Americanos in south Florida. First, he grossly mispronounced several prominent Cuban-American politicians' names, called one dude named Marco "Mario", and shouted "Libertad! Libertad! Libertad!" (which the audience interpreted as a Scarface reference and not a plea for the liberation of Cuba). Wow, nobody courts the Latino vote like Mitt Romney. Next he'll probably ask all the Cubans what part of Mexico they're from, and tell them they are a bunch of "hachi pes" because he heard that somewhere and liked the way it sounded. He obviously knows everything there is to know about these people from Al Pacino's fine work in Scarface, specifically that Cuban-Americans like nothing more than to be characterized like crazed, coke-addled, murderous, drug-dealing gangsters. Isn't that right, Bienvenido-a-Miami, HotLawyer, and Morrissey'sHair???
In what Gov. Romney thought would be the definitive proof that he's the president who really understands la comunidade de Cubanos en Miami, he concluded his speech by exclaiming "Patria o muerte--venceremos!" In case your Spanish is a little rusty, that means "Fatherland or death...we shall overcome," and it's been Fidel Castro's standard catchphrase for the past fifty years. Bart Simpson has "eat my shorts", James Bond has "Bond. James Bond," Jerry Springer has "take care of yourselves, and each other," the Looney Tunes characters have "that's all, folks!", Emeril has "Bam!", and Castro has "Patria o muerte--venceremos!" The whole "muerte" part of Castro's schtick is no joke, and you can ask the thousands of political dissidents who found themselves on the business end of a firing squad. Reminding all the Cubans in Miami, many of whom probably floated over here on a fucking raft to get away from that bullshit, of this is a really smart move, Romney.
Then again, Romney doesn't really have a clue when it comes to any people of color. His quoting Fidel and using the term "tar baby" in speeches reflects the fact that he probably doesn't even KNOW anyone who isn't a white Mormon. This is Mitt Romney and all his wives (just kidding, I think those are his kids and grandkids, but I'm going to falsely characterize him as a polygamist anyway because it amuses me):
See? The entire crew is as white as the driven snow. Not surprising, considering that institutionalized racism is central to the Church of Latter Day Saints. The book of Mormon goes on and on about how God cursed sinners with dark skin, forbade them from the priesthood, and prohibits them from marrying white people, and the elders of the Mormon church upheld this view for decades. Therefore, it's pretty easy to understand that Gov. Romney's not TRYING to be racist; he's just a hapless douche who has no clue how to relate to ANY minorities.
I'm just curious what he's going to do next. I can only imagine him telling some group of Asians that we wouldn't be anywhere without their exceptional mathematical abilities, or telling a group of professional women that he's sorry he couldn't marry them all when they were 15 and spare them the horror of a career, or telling a bunch of gay people that if they pray hard enough, they can "recover" and be straight. Mitt Romney should not be elected president. Not because he's a Mormon, or a conservative, or even a racist. He shouldn't be elected because he's a fucking idiot. We've already had one of those in office for the past seven years, and that's been seven years too many. America needs someone minimally intelligent enough not to shout "Say hello to my little friend!" in a butchered accent to an audience of Cubans and expect them to applaud him for his cultural sensitivity. Fucktard.
In fact, it IS Commie dictator rhetoric, but that didn't stop Gov. Romney from using this phrase while appealing to a crowd of Cubano-Americanos in south Florida. First, he grossly mispronounced several prominent Cuban-American politicians' names, called one dude named Marco "Mario", and shouted "Libertad! Libertad! Libertad!" (which the audience interpreted as a Scarface reference and not a plea for the liberation of Cuba). Wow, nobody courts the Latino vote like Mitt Romney. Next he'll probably ask all the Cubans what part of Mexico they're from, and tell them they are a bunch of "hachi pes" because he heard that somewhere and liked the way it sounded. He obviously knows everything there is to know about these people from Al Pacino's fine work in Scarface, specifically that Cuban-Americans like nothing more than to be characterized like crazed, coke-addled, murderous, drug-dealing gangsters. Isn't that right, Bienvenido-a-Miami, HotLawyer, and Morrissey'sHair???
In what Gov. Romney thought would be the definitive proof that he's the president who really understands la comunidade de Cubanos en Miami, he concluded his speech by exclaiming "Patria o muerte--venceremos!" In case your Spanish is a little rusty, that means "Fatherland or death...we shall overcome," and it's been Fidel Castro's standard catchphrase for the past fifty years. Bart Simpson has "eat my shorts", James Bond has "Bond. James Bond," Jerry Springer has "take care of yourselves, and each other," the Looney Tunes characters have "that's all, folks!", Emeril has "Bam!", and Castro has "Patria o muerte--venceremos!" The whole "muerte" part of Castro's schtick is no joke, and you can ask the thousands of political dissidents who found themselves on the business end of a firing squad. Reminding all the Cubans in Miami, many of whom probably floated over here on a fucking raft to get away from that bullshit, of this is a really smart move, Romney.
Then again, Romney doesn't really have a clue when it comes to any people of color. His quoting Fidel and using the term "tar baby" in speeches reflects the fact that he probably doesn't even KNOW anyone who isn't a white Mormon. This is Mitt Romney and all his wives (just kidding, I think those are his kids and grandkids, but I'm going to falsely characterize him as a polygamist anyway because it amuses me):
See? The entire crew is as white as the driven snow. Not surprising, considering that institutionalized racism is central to the Church of Latter Day Saints. The book of Mormon goes on and on about how God cursed sinners with dark skin, forbade them from the priesthood, and prohibits them from marrying white people, and the elders of the Mormon church upheld this view for decades. Therefore, it's pretty easy to understand that Gov. Romney's not TRYING to be racist; he's just a hapless douche who has no clue how to relate to ANY minorities.
I'm just curious what he's going to do next. I can only imagine him telling some group of Asians that we wouldn't be anywhere without their exceptional mathematical abilities, or telling a group of professional women that he's sorry he couldn't marry them all when they were 15 and spare them the horror of a career, or telling a bunch of gay people that if they pray hard enough, they can "recover" and be straight. Mitt Romney should not be elected president. Not because he's a Mormon, or a conservative, or even a racist. He shouldn't be elected because he's a fucking idiot. We've already had one of those in office for the past seven years, and that's been seven years too many. America needs someone minimally intelligent enough not to shout "Say hello to my little friend!" in a butchered accent to an audience of Cubans and expect them to applaud him for his cultural sensitivity. Fucktard.
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hachi pe=H.P.=hijo de puta=son of a whore.
Bienvenido-a-Miami taught me that one. She has a cousin or something who works for Hewlett-Packard, and you can imagine how that's gone over with her familia.
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Bienvenido-a-Miami taught me that one. She has a cousin or something who works for Hewlett-Packard, and you can imagine how that's gone over with her familia.
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