And THIS Is The Guy Who's Probably Going To Be The Candidate

[filkertom]

Yesterday, Mittens was asked about immigration reform. Among the things he said:"You don't have a way of telling, if someone comes and they speak with an accent do you say, well, are you here legally or illegally?"
Somehow, I bet he doesn't wonder if someone's here illegally if they have a Boston accent. Or a Brooklyn accent. Or an Italian accent

Comments

[spotshouse]

really. My grandmother was an illegal alien from 1912 until the 70's amnesty thing happened. But she was white and Welsh. No one every challenged her.

[roman_mclaze]

"White and Welsh" sounds like the name of a trying-too-hard junk shop, where the "junk" is carefully designed tacky pseudo-antique crap designed for young idiots who think they can buy a sense of style wholesale.

Aficionados would call it "Dub-Dubs", as in "Oh, this brass-and-wood lantern? We got it at the Dub-Dubs by the mall. It was at the same time that we picked up those distressed gas station signs and the $600 snowglobe."

edit for spelling.

[siliconshaman]

Ditto...although more because of humanity in general.

[siliconshaman]

..and this guy is the front runner?!

Man, that is one screwed up system you have there...

[redaxe]

Hey, HE speaks with an accent! Have we ever heard him questioned about his citizenship? [/sarcasm degree="bitter"]

[fair_witness]

The opposition ad practically writes itself. Start off with the clip of Mittens talking about "accents." Cut to a Joisey person saying, "This is an American accent." Cut to a North Texan (for maximum nasal twang) saying, "This is an American accent." Cut to a Tidewater Virginian saying, "This is an American accent." Cut to a Gullah saying, "This is an American accent."

Repeat as necessary. Heck, consider throwing in a group shot of newly sworn-in citizens saying, "Our accents are now American."

[inamac]

It was done in A Matter of Life and Death/Stairway to Heaven back in 1946.

Some things don't change.

[roman_mclaze]

That is brilliant!