No wonder the flip-flopper Mitt does not know what he is talking about. When one does not have any convictions and understanding of the issues he is definitely going to make a laughing stock of himself. Who knows this may even help him. Remember Bush before 2000? He had no clue as to who was president of Pakistan and North Korea and republicans loved him. Ignorance and stupidity is a bliss for some.

There once was a Mormon named Mitt

Who stepped in a pile of s---,

The Cubans cried “Commie”

And called our friend Romney

The dumbest git they ever mitt.

It looks like the reporters in Boston have an agenda. This incident is over two weeks old and this is the first we hear about it. If you see the video of the speech you will see that Mitt is warmly applauded for his comments. Here's a report from someone who read the speech (not the Herald or the Hotline).

http://www.captainsquartersblog.com/mt/archives/009455.php

Herald Hackery?
Yesterday, I posted about a faux pas committed by Mitt Romney in Florida, when addressing a group of Cuban-Americans. The quote from the Miami Herald article was this:

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.

However, CQ commenter Conservative Gladiator says that the context of Romney's use made the meaning plain:

Romney: “I said at the outset that the threat in Latin America is unprecedented. I say that because the Castros have a second tyrant and he has great wealth, from oil. We must stand just as firm against caudillos like Hugo Chavez, tutored by Fidel Castro. Chavez and Castro are brothers in blood, intent on personal gratification at the expense of their people. Hugo Chavez and Fidel Castro have stolen the phrase – 'Patria o muerte, venceremos.’ This phrase should not be used by dictators, but by liberators.
“There are two spheres of influence in the Western Hemisphere. One is dark, bellicose and spreads misery by denying people basic freedoms; the other shines like a powerful light, is peaceful and wants only for its people to live in liberty and prosper."

As Brant from SWLiP notes, this makes a big difference in the use of the phrase -- and it shouldn't have caused any "wincing", as Beth Reinhard wrote. It plainly uses Castro's language as a criticism against him, a rhetorical device that has been long in use and is quite effective. It would not be just a mistake by a pretender, but a deliberate -- and I would say excellent -- barb at a dictator who long-windedness needs some puncturing.

Like Brant, I'd like to get a copy of the speech as delivered. This was Conservative Gladiator's first comment at CQ, so I'm still holding off judgement of Reinhard until I see the transcript. If Reinhard is correct, then the original post still applies. If Conservative Gladiator is correct, Reinhard and the Herald owe its readers, and Mitt Romney, an apology and a retraction.

This is an excellent speech. It provides context and it very is respectful.

http://mittromney.com/News/Speeches/Miami-Dade_Lincoln_Day