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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."
"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," Romney says in the video. "But he was unfortunately born to Americans living in Mexico. He lived there for a number of years. I mean, I say that jokingly, 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
Poor Rmoney, if only his parents were Mexican he wouldn't be so disadvantaged in our society. But, unfortunately for him they were white millionaires.
marions ghost
(19,841 posts)....and I hope Mexican & other Latinos hear it.
With his Mexican background, you'd think he'd take the opportunity to use it to advantage, as a bridge rather than a wall.
Nah.
Arkansas Granny
(31,519 posts)Xipe Totec
(43,890 posts)Seriously.
That would be impossible.