Trail Mix: Tuna Fish Stories: The Candidates Spin the Sushi

by Kat Kinsman, Posted Jan 25th 2008 @ 4:19PM

RE: The sushi mercury scare -- a little humor from the New York Times:

"Former Gov. Mitt Romney blamed imported tuna. "It's all that immigrant fish," he said. "We're not controlling our borders. I promise you that on my watch we will not be a sanctuary for dangerous foreign tuna."

Former Gov. Mike Huckabee urged Americans to avoid raw fish of any type, regardless of national origin. "Nowhere does the Bible mention sushi in the Garden of Eden," he said. "Give me that old-time cuisine. If it was good enough for Adam and Eve, it's good enough for me.""We need a president who can get past the tired, old partisan divisions that pit one kind of fish against another,"

Mr. Obama said. "It's fine to get the mercury out of tuna. But all fish are in this together. We can't rest until we have safe sushi of all types, all across this great land. To those who say we aim too high, we say, 'Yes, we can.' "

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