Rommney bungles speech to Cubans in Miami

Presidential candidate Mitt Romney, former Gov. of Massachusetts, has been working hard courting Hispanic voters.

He created a Latin American Policy Advisory Group. He was the first candidate to launch Spanish radio ads and has a full Spanish web page.

It also doesn't hurt that he has some good people on his staff, including Al Cardenas, former Chairman of the Republican Party of Florida and Alex Burgos, former Deputy Press Secretary for the NRCC whose specialty is Spanish Media.

But much of his work with the Hispanic community might be in jeopardy because of one bad line! During a recent trip to South Florida to strengthen support withing the Cuban-American community Romney said the wrong thing. During his trip in Miami he kinda minced words and possibly alienated some in the hard-line Cuban American voting block, who take all things related to Fidel Castro very seriously!!

The Miami Herald's article "Presidential candidate bungles speech in Miami" clearly details the slip of the tongue that went down harder then Castro's falling on his face.

"But when mistakenly associated Fidel Castro's trademark speech-ending slogan -- Patria o muerte, venceremos! -- with a free Cuba, listeners didn't laugh. They winced.

Castro has closed his speeches with the phrase -- in English, ''Fatherland or death, we shall overcome'' -- for decades.

'Clearly, that's something he was ill-advised on or didn't do his homework on,'' said Hialeah City Council President Esteban Bovo. ``When you get cute with slogans, you get yourself into a trap."

for the full article read: http://www.miamiherald.com/569/v-print/story/45794.html

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