The Vincente Fox gaff about blacks reminds me of a few others....

[henslee]

From CA: Daryl Gates police chief said something like "choke holds seem to work better on blacks than on normal people." (on edit) I believe he was soon forced to step down.
Also from CA: I remember Al Campinaris forever blemished his memory with an old man crack about blacks not being mentally capable of being managers.
From Vegas: If I remember correctly, Jimmy the Greek sank his own career with a derogatory remark that I can't remember.


on edit - You'd think folks would think before speaking.

[Cha]

1. Mexicans do work that even White

People won't do! How's that?

[ConfuZed]

2. Just because he's hispanic doesnt give him the right to make that comment

...I just wanted to make that clear I'm sure a few will try to make the case but many Blacks did the jobs that immigrants are now doing I believe they were forced out because they are and were not going to accept the below mininum wage many immigrants are paid.

[henslee]

5. i was merely pointing out the shoot-yourself-in-he-foot effect

off the cuff, racially couched remarks often have when you are a public figure. As far as the actual remarks Fox made -- in spite of how honestly they reflect his feelings, he would have been better served by merely stating that Mexicans are willing to to the work others won't do, and they will do it for a lot less.

[TreasonousBastard]

3. The best one was...

one of Nixon's inner circle replying to Nixon's "What do the Blacks want?"

"Same thing we all do-- loose shoes, tight pussy, and a warm toilet seat."

Anyone around at the time should remember the shitstorm THAT caused.

[solinvictus]

10. LOL!!!!

OMG!! I nearly spewed Pepsi through my nose reading that response!!!

[globalvillage]

4. One from the idiot in chief

During a conversation between the two presidents, George W. Bush, 55, (USA) and Fernando Henrique Cardoso, 71, (Brazil), Bush bewildered his colleague with the question "Do you have blacks, too?"
http://www.snopes.com/quotes/brazil.htm

[henslee]

6. Wow. Forgot that one.

[acmejack]

7. He was full of shit to boot

The Mexicans work for wages that Americans won't. It is common for the undocumented people to get screwed out of their money by the same crooked people who hire them to work at less than minimum wage. How many Americans choose to starve rather than do degrading work? He is full of it, just like his buddy *

[elehhhhna]

8. You forgot Hymietown!

[slor]

9. What did he say?

I missed it.