Mitt Romney: 'I Say That Jokingly, But It Would Be Helpful To Be Latino'

[trailmonkee]

just one more gnarly quote from mittens... these tapes are a friggin' gold-mine, and they are finally going viral... you are definitely going to win them over with this one Willard

In one of a series of clips from a secretly recorded campaign fundraiser, Mitt Romney makes a joking reference to his family's complicated history in Mexico, guessing that if his father George had been "born of Mexican parents, I'd have a better shot at winning this."

The comments mark a rare moment of levity on immigration for Romney, and they're a somewhat unusual reference to his family's complicated history in Mexico. "I mean, I say that jokingly," he adds, "but it would be helpful to be Latino."

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/09/17/mitt-romney-helpful-to-be-latino_n_1891359.html?utm_hp_ref=politics

[imanamerican63]

1. Now he is.......

throwing his grandfather under the bus????????? Isn't his grandfather a latino descendant??????

[Tanuki]

5. No, his forebears were Anglo-Saxon polygamists who only happened to live in Mexico

so they wouldn't have to abide by American laws against such behavior.

[catbyte]

2. jackass

[JohnnyRingo]

3. If Romney was born Hispanic, the ticket would be Santorum/Huckabee.

That jackass is implying that Obama was only elected because he is of a minority descent. If that were true, we'd now be at the end of President Sharpton's second term.

Maybe Barack Obama's real edge in 2008 was that middle name.

Kiss my ass Mitt.

[monmouth]

4. Bwahahaha, I just came back from our laundry room and ran into my Cubano neighbor. I told her what

Mitt said how he would do better being Hispanic. She said they wouldn't have him.