“Foot in mouth”… it’ll do it every time!

Fred Thompson:
Someone should remind Mr. Thompson that there are plenty of hispanic voters out there. Pissing them off is not a smart thing to do at this time.

Democratic presidential hopeful Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, D-N.Y.

LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. - Taking a swipe at a potential GOP presidential rival, Democrat Hillary Rodham Clinton on Saturday criticized Fred Thompson for suggesting illegal Cuban immigrants pose a terrorist threat.

“I was appalled when one of the people running for or about to run for the Republican nomination talked about Cuban refugees as potential terrorists,” Clinton told Hispanic elected officials. “Apparently he doesn’t have a lot of experience in Florida or anywhere else, and doesn’t know a lot of Cuban-Americans.”

Thompson, who is polling strongly among GOP primary voters and is expected to join the race soon, made the comment at a campaign stop Wednesday in South Carolina.

The actor and former Tennessee senator was criticizing an immigration bill in the Senate, contending it would make the country more vulnerable to terrorism.

Noting that the United States had apprehended 1,000 people from Cuba in 2005, Thompson said, “I don’t imagine they’re coming here to bring greetings from Castro. We’re living in the era of the suitcase bomb.” Fidel Castro is Cuba’s leader.

Dennis Kucinich:
Mr. Kucinich seems a bit out of touch with mainstream America here. Everybody I know doesn’t want (an official) second language here in America. Making it an educational requirement and forcing it upon our youth removes whatever serious contention Mr. Kucinich had.

Ohio Rep. Dennis Kucinich, saying he believed all American children should learn to speak Spanish, gave his closing statement in Spanish while apologizing in advance for his accent.

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