Mitt Romney, in Miami to campaign among anti-Castro Cubans, used the phrase "Patria o muerte, venceremos," meaning "Fatherland or death, we shall overcome," mistakenly believing it's an anti-Castro catchphrase. In fact, it's a phrase Fidel uses himself. Oops. When Romney next visits a synagogue, aides should make sure to scrub his speech of any accidental "Mein Kampf" quotes.
Runner-up goes to Al Sharpton who, while protesting that three of the five cops in the Sean Bell shooting were charged with manslaughter and not murder, meant to proclaim "all five officers should have been charged," but mistakenly blurted out "all five officers should have been shot." Though in Al's case, I suppose that's less a gaffe than a Freudian slip.
Actually if you read the transcript of what was ACTUALLY said, rather than blindly listening to the MSM, then you would see that Mitt Romney did not believe that it was an anti-castro phrase at all. He in fact attributes it to Castro, and then in essence says that it should be thrown back in his face. Stop being a lazy blogger and get your fact straight.
Posted by: David Glick at March 20, 2007 07:30 PM