Mitt following in JFK's footsteps

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Presidential candidate bungles speech in Miami

BY BETH REINHARD

People chuckled when presidential candidate Mitt Romney, a Mormon raised in Michigan and elected in Massachusetts, bungled the names of Cuban-American politicians during a recent speech in Miami.

But when he 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.''

[Skip N]

I still like when Ted Kennedy called Barack Obama, Osama Obama! Took him about 4 tries to get it right.

[JohnR]

Did JFK make a reference to Cuba? Or are you talking the "Ich bin ein Berliner"? I guess the Jelly donut spin is actually false...

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Originally Posted by JohnR

Did JFK make a reference to Cuba? Or are you talking the "Ich bin ein Berliner"? I guess the Jelly donut spin is actually false...

False or not...the shoe still fits...sort of

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[mekcotuit]

Originally Posted by Skip N

I still like when Ted Kennedy called Barack Obama, Osama Obama! Took him about 4 tries to get it right.

Sad thing is, dum dum georgie bushie still calls him Barack Osama and he has had like 4 thousand tries..

[Mike P]

I've heard JFKs speech at the Wall. When he said "Ich bin eine Berliner" the crowd roared. I just don't know whether it was with approval or whether they were laughing at him saying, in effect, "I'm an eclair".