Poor Mittens, condemned to being pasty white

[ProSense]

Poor Mittens, condemned to being pasty white

by kos

Get a load of this craziness, courtesy of the GOP's nominee.

My heritage, my dad as you probably know was the governor of Michigan and was the head of a car company. But he was born in Mexico, and, uh, had he been born of, uh, Mexican parents, I'd have a better shot at winning this. (Rich donors cracking up)

But he was unfortunately born to Americans living in Mexico. He lieved there for a number of years. And, uh, uh, I say that jokingly, but it would be helpful to be, uh ... Latino.

What a dick.

First of all, had his grandparents been born in Mexico, he never would've gotten the GOP nomination. Second of all, if his grandparents were Mexican, he'd have asshole Republicans demanding to see his birth certificate, and sheriffs in Arizona and secretaries of states in Kansas claiming that his birth certificate was fake.

Thirdly, his problem with Latino voters has nothing to do with his pastiness, and everything to do with the fact that he's against everything that's important to the Latino community, from comprehensive immigration reform, to the DREAM Act, to his association with the likes of Joe Arpaio and Kris Kobach.

Because you don't need to have Mexican grandparents to do well with Latinos. Barack Obama doesn't. Neither does Harry Reid. Or John Kerry.

Finally, if you think Latinos are so shallow that they'll vote for you because of your grandfather's last name, then fuck you. Seriously, just fuck you.

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2012/09/17/1132897/-Poor-Mittens-condemned-to-being-pasty-white

There is something seriously wrong with this man.

[1GirlieGirl]

1. Keep 'em coming, Willard!

Every time he opens his mouth and dog shit spills out, Obama's electoral votes increase.

[Cha]

4. LOL!

"Keep 'em coming, Willard!"

[Ghost of Tom Joad]

16. the revenge of Seamus perhaps

[lumpy]

2. He really believes Latinos are are ignorant as he is and they don't count. Really ?

We got news for him.

[pinboy3niner]

3. Leno: "Romney too white for black people? Mitt's too white for WHITE people!"

[Zax2me]

5. Pasty white?

I know many white people who are as white as snow.
As much as they are wise progressives.
Please, clean up the racial slurs.
There is enough to condemn romney on including racism without the reference to derogatory skin tone comments.

[ProSense]

6. Oh please,

the phrase and context is not a "racial slur."

"Skin tone"? Mitt is white. His comment is about being born white, and not Mexican.

Focus on Mitt's racist comments and not a red herring.

[1GirlieGirl]

7. Agreed. Although I do believe he's PANDERING

But that has nothing to do with your post. I hear a lot of my white male co-workers bemoaning the state of being a white male (poor, poor them!). Willard is trying desperately to connect with SOMEONE...ANYONE...HELLO???

[flamingdem]

9. exactemundo ! n/t

[ProSense]

11. Mitt Romney is a racist!

I don't give a damn how many black people he knows or about his heritage. His comments overseas, his disdain for the poor, his self-deportation comment, his birther joke, his welfare lie, all point to someone who has issues with race.

[Arugula Latte]

8. My heart bleeds for him. He's had to overcome so much in life.

Like, one time Mitt went to order a car elevator and ... they were out of stock! He had to wait! A whole week!

[1GirlieGirl]

10. And let's not forget his sacrifice in college

Did you know that he didn't own a table? He had to eat off of an ironing board. An ironing board!!!

[Arugula Latte]

14. And that time they had to sell some STOCK to pay for college!!!

Well, that just makes The Grapes of Wrath look like Easy Street!

[Cali_Democrat]

12. Romney and his pasty white millionaire buddies really think they have it so hard

because of the color of their skin.

Poor Wittle Mitt Womney

[treestar]

15. He's such a jerk

Anyone who is against the Dream Act is a jerk. There's no reason to be against it. Only pure meanness. They took advantage of Mexico so they could live their polygamous lifestyle. Mexico should have kicked them out!