Cenk Uygur
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Romney Runs Deceptive Spanish Ads to Get Latino Votes
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November 3, 2012
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2:59Now Playing"In this final week before the election, Mitt Romney's campaign has launched a new anti-Obama ad on Spanish language television stations and on its website. The ad targets an important segment of the Florida Hispanic vote -- Cubans. The latest Florida International University/Miami Herald/El Nueva Herald poll shows President Obama leading Hispanic voters in Florida by a narrow 51 to 47 percent over Mitt Romney. The same poll found that without Cuban-Americans, Obama wins Hispanic voters 65 to 32 percent.
The ad attempts to link President Obama with Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez, Fidel Castro's niece, and Che Guevara. The ad features Chavez and Mariela Castro saying they would vote for Obama. It also cites an e-mail sent by the Environmental Protection Agency during Hispanic Heritage month, featuring a photo of Che Guevara. The EPA says a staffer sent out the e-mail without getting it approved by a supervisor.
However, the Miami Herald, which was the first media outlet to obtain a copy of the ad, spoke with Latino voters who say the ad is having a negative effect.
The Miami Herald says Cuban-American Rosa Hombredela identifies with the Republican party, but took advantage of early voting, and cast her ballot for President Obama. She told the Herald the ad, "reminded her of the same infectious style politics that put Castro in power." One of the comments on the Miami Herald website about the ad from someone named "Grillo" says, "Che and Chavez and Obama? In what universe? Che was killed in 1967. Obama was 5 years old and Chavez was 13. Pray tell when and where these three walked together?"* Cenk Uygur breaks down the deceptive, weak linking of Obama to Chavez, Castro, and Che Guevara.
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