Wednesday, November 16, 2011

CAIN’S LATEST GAFFE: THINKS ‘CUBAN’ IS A LANGUAGE


By Marie Diamond/Think Progress

Onetime GOP presidential front-runner Herman Cain has been stumbling recently from a series of scandals andforeign policy gaffes. Campaigning today in Miami’s little Havana, Cain asked the crowd, “how do you say delicious in Cuban?” National Confidential points out the obvious: there is no “Cuban” language. Cubans speak Spanish. Perhaps more importantly, Cain was totally unfamiliar with the U.S.’s immigration policy towards Cuba. The so-called “wet foot, dry foot” policy dictates that Cubans can stay in the U.S. if they make it to dry land, while those caught at sea are returned, but he seemed to have no knowledge of it. Watch it:

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