Mitt Romney is playing footsie with Latino voters with a "come-see-the-softer-side-of-hate" ad that touts his accomplishments as a businessman, governor and dad. However, the messaging isn't consistent for English and Spanish-speaking voters.
About the "Mi Padre" (My Father) ad which isn't up on YouTube yet:
From the NY Times:
"Mitt Romney is out with a new Spanish-language ad today. The spot is running in the Miami media market, and it features narration by Craig Romney, one of the former Massachusetts governor’s five sons.
Craig honed his Spanish skills working as a missionary in Chile.
Here’s the English script for the spot, called “Mi Padre”:
Mitt Romney’s record speaks for itself: successful as a businessman, saved the Olympics, and as Governor of Massachusetts, lowered taxes and stimulated the economy.
But above all, Mitt Romney is a family man, a great father, husband and grandfather.
I know because Mitt Romney is my Dad.
I’m Craig Romney and I invite you to get to know my father, Mitt Romney, a leader who loves our nation, recognizes our challenges and has solutions to confront them."
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Kudos to Mitt and Craig for realizing that there are a few idiota, self-hating Latinos in this country who would love nothing more than to prove their American-ness (blanquito-ness) by voting Republican.
However, for those of us with our papeles (citizenship, residency) and some self-respect, Mitt Romney's ploy is nothing short of desperate, pathetic and evil.
Come correct, Mitt: You've got a Six Point Planthat aims to purge this country of illegal immigrants whose presence here "has eroded Americans' faith in the rule of law, put great pressure on our health and education systems, and compromised our national security as our ability to secure our border is questioned around the world."
You put this plan in the Ending Illegal Immigration section of your English-language Web site. However, for your target audience of non-English-speaking Latino voters you simply talk about Inmigracion. If it's illegal in English it's illegal in Spanish, Mitt, just say so.
FYI - The Spanish word for "illegal" is ilegal.
Not only did you drop a word in your English-to-Spanish translation, you also dropped your entire Final Solution for "Illegal Immigration."
For the benefit of your on-the-fence Latinos, you pay lip service to value of immigrants to our country: "La inmigración ha sido una parte integral de nuestro éxito como nación." (Immigration has been an integral part of our success as a nation.")
For the English-only xenophobe element you harp on fears of an overstretched healthcare system and a lawless society run by killer Mexican nannies and rapist deli workers.
I'm sure Latinos would love to know about your proposed Punishment for Sanctuary Cities that harbor criminals - err, illegals. Or your brilliant idea to "Issue a biometrically-enabled and tamperproof card to non-citizens and create a national database for non-citizens so employers can easily verify their legal status in this country."
How sci-fi.
I understand running a campaign and keeping up with the whims of racists, homophobes and alleged Christians is hard work. Which is why I'd be more than happy to offer the Romney campaign my translation services so that Spanish voters can fully understand the contendor's six points of Big Brother surveillance.
In the mean time, jodete Mitt.(Go f*** yourself).
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