Oh Snap!

She speak good at everything!

Not a Romney supporter, but I think he meant people like underdogs, so being latino would give him the underdog advantage? It'd probably outweigh the political downsides of being latino, as she pointed out.

But yeah, deciding our votes by blowing words said jokingly way out of proportion and overreacting emotionally to completely non-political statements is the way to go.

The thinking behind the comment probably comes from political consultants telling him that he needs X amount of support from latios to carry places like Nevada and Colorado, and he's been at X minus 20 all year long. In true Republican style, the solution in his mind is not to tailor his policies or messaging to appear to latinos, it's to wish he just had darker skin and could ride on a wave of support based on identity alone.

The thinking behind the outrage is that this is a constant refrain from the conservative side in general -- that minorities are given huge advantages that whites aren't, and that ultimately the demographic group that receives the most adverse discrimination is actually rich white men.

In no case do I see this as some sort of unfair "overreaction" to what Romney said. Romney was pretty dismissive of the idea that being latino carries any sort of inborn disadvantages in a society dominated by whites, and I'll bet that sends latinos through the roof, because they know just how much discrimination faces latinos in their everyday lives, and they know Romney, who's lived a life of priviledge, hasn't a fucking clue what being on the receiving end of discrimination feels like.

>> ^renatojj:

Not a Romney supporter, but I think he meant people like underdogs, so being latino would give him the underdog advantage? It'd probably outweigh the political downsides of being latino, as she pointed out.

But yeah, deciding our votes by blowing words said jokingly way out of proportion and overreacting emotionally to completely non-political statements is the way to go.

She's aging well. Good for her.

Points well made.

I do just hate that fast cutting youtube style, though.

Like @NetRunner said, he's X minus 20.

In other words, he's the second closest person on the planet to the most powerful position on the planet. It's due in large part to his being the American-born privileged white male heterosexual Christian son of a wealthy businessman and governor who sent him through Harvard Law. And now he's standing in a room full of insanely rich (and I'm assuming) heterosexual-identified Christians complaining that he would be better off if he were Latino. Would he even be in that room if he were Latino? I doubt it.

He had all those advantages in life and has reached such heights from them, and that's fine. But then, when it would be convenient, he wishes he could briefly be Latino, so he can have that limited advantage too. This shows a complete lack of appreciation (both meanings) for the advantages he has and the benefits they have gained him. He wouldn't have even gotten into the primaries.