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Dec 27, 2007 8:49 am US/Eastern
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Thompson Blames Immigrants For Mortgage Crisis
LOS ANGELES, CA (CBS4) ―
Republican presidential candidate Fred Thompson has placed part of the blame for the current mortgage crisis on immigrants.
"A lot of them couldn't communicate with the people they were getting the mortgage from," Thompson told an Iowa audience during his "Clear Conservative Choice bus tour" according to a report in the Los Angeles Times.
Some of thos in the audience also expressed their frustration that even phone message options are recorded in Spanish.
"Everything is in Spanish," said Janice Easley, "It's sickening."
"You are so, so right," Thompson said.
Thompson's anti-immigrant rhetoric came as the former Tennessee senator tried to breathe some life into his lackluster campaign.
Thompson who joined the race in September and has watched as his campaign has slowly fizzled over the last few months. This month's Yahoo/Associated Press poll finds he's retained just over half of those who supported him in November.
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