Republicans' comments may hurt at polls - Yahoo! News

Republicans' comments may hurt at polls - Yahoo! News:

"One Republican senator described his house painter as a 'little Guatemalan man.' Another called an Indian man a 'macaca,' a type of monkey.

Just as the GOP is pushing for minority voters, the two recent gaffes have fed the perception among some blacks, Hispanics and Asian-Americans that Republicans are out of touch with the changing face of the nation.

'There is disconnect at some level,' said Michael K. Fauntroy, a professor of public policy at George Mason University. 'The country is becoming browner and new voters, particularly new immigrant voters, don't respond favorably to (offensive) comments.

'They may have already missed the boat on this.'"

Can we say, "ready, fire, aim?" The sad thing is that many of these politicos don't even realize that what they are saying demeans whole segments of our country. I just hope our country gets that...and is offended by these types of remarks.