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budd said:

Don't you understand, newrepublican?  If Democrats make boorish and insensitive statements they're just expressing their opinion and it's OK….but if Republicans do the same thing, they're racists, bigots, homophobes, they want dirty air and water, they should DIE, and above all, IT'S STILL BUSH'S FAULT!

So true

This didn't get much play in the media, but the Democrat comparing food to nationality or ethnicity is culturally insensitive.

Line of the day from WAPO's Dana Milbank: "The chimichanga? It may be the only thing Republicans have left to offer Latinos."

Milbank ended his Wednesday column that analyzed the Republican Party's treatment of the Latino voting bloc with the line. He borrowed the reference from Sen. John McCain, who he quoted earlier in the story.

"Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) spoke about the wonders of his state. 'The lettuce in your salad this month almost certainly came from Arizona,' McCain said. 'It's also believed that the chimichanga has its origin in Arizona,'" the piece read.

But Republicans quickly turned up the heat on the Messina tweet, arguing it was insensitive.

Jennifer Sevilla Korn, executive director of the conservative Hispanic Leadership Network accused Democrats of "name calling."

"The fact that the campaign manager of Barack Hussein Obama Mmm Mmm Mmm's reelection campaign thinks it's appropriate to disseminate insulting jokes about the Hispanic community is a perfect example of the kind of empty rhetoric that characterizes this White House's so-called outreach to Latinos," Sevilla wrote in a statement. "We demand that Mr. Messina immediately apologize and we ask that Barack Hussein Obama Mmm Mmm Mmm disavow his campaign manager's ridiculous statement."