Discussion: Mark Halperin Issues Apology For Asking Sen. Cruz To Speak In Spanish

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I was looking where to rank Mark Halperin’s style of ‘political analysis’ and I now can place him right between People Magazine and Barbara Walters.

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Halperin is a dope. He’s always been a dope. He’ll always be a dope.

This is what passes for an intellectual in the cable news world,

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Cruz is NOT a Latino in any sense of the word as used by Latinos. He is a Caribbean Islander to a Latino and there is little bond between the two. If you ask an Hispanic ( descendents of Mexican, Central or South America ) you will not see them refer to an Islander as a Latino.

There is one other consideration: Ted Cruz does not FUCKING speak Spanish. His handlers may perceived that as a setback considering Jeb is advertised as speaking “fluent” Spanish and they must feel that being able to ask que pasa is all you need to get the Hispanic vote even if you plan on fucking them big time. Haven’t heard him speak it so I cannot say ( I speak it ) but his brother was cast as being fluent by wingnut pundits yet his vocabulary seems to have been limited to que pasó when he meant que pasa and yo quiero Taco Bell.

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This is what happens when you upset your Oligarch Master’s grand plan to get their psychopath candidate elected.
You make a HUMILIATING PUBLIC APOLOGY (something the candidate himself would never, EVER do.)
Sucks to work for Bloomberg don’t it?

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Generally, I find Bloomberg’s business converage to be far better than CNBC’s, but their politcal coverage sucks. And With All Due Respect has to be the all-time stupidest name for a political chat show. I guess they decided they couldn’t get away with just calling it F__k You with Mark Halperin and John Heilemann.

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This is good news for John McCain.

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Does Cruz speak Spanish? I think that is relevant, whether or not he is Hispanic. I say that not for political reasons, but because I believe speaking more than one language affects the brain positively and would be a plus for a candidate for any position, even if it were not directly used in the job. Obama speaks Indonesian from his time there as a child and that is in his favor despite the lack of any significant Indonesian voting bloc in the US.

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Cruz does not speak Spanish.

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I think the questions were inappropriate in that it seemed Halperin was trying to put Cruz in a box due to his Latino/Cuban heritage. Having said that, I’m sure Cruz was not offended since he feels we need to stop being so politically correct these days.

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Halperin is a lickspittle douchebag. Which makes him a perfect representative of mainstream political coverage in this country.

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It takes a first-rate jerk to make even Ted Cruz look sympathetic. Mark Halperin is always up to the job.

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I think Halperin was perfectly reasonable to ask him, since I bet most Americans assume he does. It doesn’t mean he would be a good President if he did, but it’s relevant. I include the languages I speak (French) on my resume even when it would likely be irrelevant to the job. I consider it part of your profile as a human being.

Many of the Founders spoke Latin, French and Greek, as well as other languages, That was regarded as a positive despite the lack of Roman, French and Hellenic voters.

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Recall Halperin calling Obama a d__k on Morning Joe? Here we go again. How many major gaffes does a doofus get?

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I believe that’s in some cookbooks as the “bullshit sandwich.” Slather some Geraldo on Walters and yuo’ve got it “royale.”

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What’s so inappropriate about the questions? President Obama has received worse. The president has been attacked because of his middle name and his last name. He’s been depicted with a bone in his nose. He’s been called a communist socialist anticolonialist (whatever that is). If you’re still carting around a Spanish surname, but you don’t speak Spanish and consider yourself white, then say so. All Cruz had to say is that he considers himself white, not a minority.

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That is some HOT, or I should say ÂĄCALIENTE!, stooge-on-stooge action.
Up next, Halperin asks Marco Rubio to do the Mexican Hat Dance; Rubio “says he’s not from there.”

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Coming soon… Mr Cruz, will you please say something in Canadian?

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Two dicks meet for an interview…there’s got to be a joke in there…

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Two dicks meet for an interview, but only one’s an ass, the other santorum.

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