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Then it was presidential candidate Mitt Romney misinterpreting a popular quote by Fidel Castro during a speech to Cuban exile leaders.
Now it’s former House Speaker Newt Gingrich’s turn to be afflicted by verbal diarrhea after he called Spanish "the language of living in a ghetto" during a speech on Saturday (image). Gingrich’s comment came during a discourse against bilingual education and multi-lingual voting ballots. (Hat tip: Hispanic Tips).
Maybe Puck was right all along:
"Lord, what fools these mortals be!"
Links- The Latin Americanist, Wonkette, WSB-TV, Hispanic Tips, eNotes,
Image- Seattle Post-Intelligencer
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