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malaise

(268,949 posts)
Sat May 19, 2012, 08:48 PM May 2012

Rmoney believes his ads will cancel his deeds with Hispanics

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2012/may/19/mitt-romney-hispanics-dia-uno
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Republican presidential challenger Mitt Romney has launched an aggressive campaign to woo Hispanic voters away from Barack Obama.

A Spanish-language version of a campaign ad will air this week in key states – the first political ad produced by the Romney campaign since his last Republican rival dropped out of the race.

The ad is called Día Uno, which means day one in English, and features Romney speaking a Spanish-language version of the "I approve this message" tagline that all American presidential candidate put on official TV ads. "Soy Mitt Romney y apruebo este mensaje," the former governor of Massachusetts says stiffly.

But the task facing Romney is not going to be easy. In 2008 Obama won 67% of the Hispanic vote compared with Republican John McCain's 31%. A Pew Research poll found that Romney's position had weakened, with his support at 27% while Obama's remained steady at 67%. A Quinnipiac University poll found Romney's support even lower at 24%.
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Rmoney believes his ads will cancel his deeds with Hispanics (Original Post) malaise May 2012 OP
In the ad does he smile to the camera and tell everyone to hurry up and self deport in Spanish? aint_no_life_nowhere May 2012 #1
Of course not malaise May 2012 #2
If I had infiltrated the Romney campaign aint_no_life_nowhere May 2012 #4
ROFL malaise May 2012 #5
y voy a cortar tu pelo nt arely staircase May 2012 #6
How do you say... gulliver May 2012 #3
"I'm Mitt Romney, and I'm hoping . . ." gratuitous May 2012 #7
This is the Rmoney ad: mucifer May 2012 #8
LOL Omniscientone May 2012 #9
Hilarious malaise May 2012 #11
'I'm mitt romney and I approve this message...whatever it says" deacon May 2012 #10

aint_no_life_nowhere

(21,925 posts)
4. If I had infiltrated the Romney campaign
Sat May 19, 2012, 09:15 PM
May 2012

I would have pulled a joke like Eddie Haskell once pulled on the Beaver. I would have told him to repeat after me in Spanish making him think he was saying he was Mitt Romney and he approved the message when he was really saying: "Soy Mitt Romney y me gusta poner un perro encima de mi carro".

Omniscientone

(12 posts)
9. LOL
Sun May 20, 2012, 12:39 AM
May 2012

That was pretty funny especially the last part.


Seriously though, Bush done something like this in 2000 and it worked didn't he? With all the xenophobia on the far right though I doubt it work out now.

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