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mrmpa

(4,033 posts)
Sun Jul 29, 2012, 12:04 AM Jul 2012

Okay, post what you think Mitt will do wrong in Poland..........

I'm sure one thing, will be his inability to pronounce anyone's name correctly:

Lech Walesa will be pronounced "Letsch Waleesa".
He will make a remark about Poland in WWII, not realizing that Free Poland was an ally.
He will make a Polish joke

What else do you think he will do?

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Okay, post what you think Mitt will do wrong in Poland.......... (Original Post) mrmpa Jul 2012 OP
they'll keep a muzzle on him. there's a shitload of money running on mitt spanone Jul 2012 #1
He will call Pieroji "special needs Ravioli." alfredo Jul 2012 #2
No Polish American Reporter speaks Polish so we won't hear about it until AlJazera tells us. slampoet Jul 2012 #3
"I have concerns about whether all 100 of them... jberryhill Jul 2012 #4
Going there .... MindMover Jul 2012 #5
If there a big pile of money for him to beg for as he did in the UK? Good times, Poland. freshwest Jul 2012 #6
actually oldhippydude Jul 2012 #8
No, no, those are the World Wide Wankers, not Bankers. You're spelling it wrong. freshwest Jul 2012 #10
"I'm not sure about these sausages. Son of Gob Jul 2012 #7
Why did he pick Poland? Lifelong Protester Jul 2012 #9
I've been wondering that too............It could have to do with mrmpa Jul 2012 #13
he will make a Polish joke.. it will have something to do with lightbulbs notadmblnd Jul 2012 #11
He'll claim Polish vodka is better than Russian vodka. Of course he would be right about that. Monk06 Jul 2012 #12
Shhh! Don't tell. If too many people find out, the prices will go up. Egalitarian Thug Jul 2012 #20
I can only get Sobieski unless I special order. Monk06 Aug 2012 #24
He'll get caught telling Polish jokes... backscatter712 Jul 2012 #14
He's Meeting With Lech Walesa? What???..... global1 Jul 2012 #15
I didn't say he was meeting with Lech Walesa.......... mrmpa Jul 2012 #17
I wish he was going to Russia catchnrelease Jul 2012 #16
He will ask them to change a lightbulb... Marrah_G Jul 2012 #18
He'll say something about communism gollygee Jul 2012 #19
He'll praise polish sausage to the heavens lunatica Jul 2012 #21
He's going to tell the Polish people that he'll protect them from the Soviet Union. JoePhilly Jul 2012 #22
He'll shit all over the Polish people like he has everyone else he's come in contact with madokie Jul 2012 #23

Son of Gob

(1,502 posts)
7. "I'm not sure about these sausages.
Sun Jul 29, 2012, 12:16 AM
Jul 2012

They don't look like you made them. Did you make those sausages? You didn’t, did you? No. No. They came from the local 7-Eleven weinery or wherever.”

mrmpa

(4,033 posts)
13. I've been wondering that too............It could have to do with
Sun Jul 29, 2012, 12:46 AM
Jul 2012

his calls that Russia is one of our greatest threats. He may want to place Armed Forces in Poland to show force against Russia. This would be an economic boom to Poland.

Mitt may not know the following about Poland, but I do...

1. The call for a Polish Army to fight against Germany in WWI happened here in the US
2. Paderewski died and was buried in the US, but his body was returned once Poland was freed from the Soviet Union
3. Even though the US and Poland have close ties, A visa is needed for a Pole to visit the US

 

Egalitarian Thug

(12,448 posts)
20. Shhh! Don't tell. If too many people find out, the prices will go up.
Sun Jul 29, 2012, 12:10 PM
Jul 2012

I'm buying a small brand Polish vodka for $10 that is at least as good as the $30 Kettle One and better than Stoli.

backscatter712

(26,355 posts)
14. He'll get caught telling Polish jokes...
Sun Jul 29, 2012, 12:57 AM
Jul 2012

and he'll have to be muzzled to keep him from calling the Polish "Polacks."

global1

(25,225 posts)
15. He's Meeting With Lech Walesa? What???.....
Sun Jul 29, 2012, 02:16 AM
Jul 2012

Lech Wałęsa is a Polish politician, trade-union organizer, and human-rights activist. He co-founded Solidarity (Solidarność , the Soviet bloc's first independent trade union, won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1983, and served as President of Poland between 1990 and 1995.

Wałęsa was an electrician by trade, with no higher education. Soon after beginning work at the Gdańsk (then, "Lenin&quot Shipyards, he became a trade-union activist. For this he was persecuted by the Polish communist government, placed under surveillance, fired in 1976, and arrested several times.

In August 1980 he was instrumental in negotiations that led to the ground-breaking Gdańsk Agreement between striking workers and the government, and he became a co-founder of the Solidarity trade-union movement. Arrested again after martial law was imposed and Solidarity was outlawed, upon release he continued his activism and was prominent in the establishment of the 1989 Round Table Agreement that led to semi-free parliamentary elections in June 1989 and to a Solidarity-led government.

Interesting that Mitt is going to meet with Walesa. Walesa is about 180 degrees opposite of Rmoney. Why would Rmoney want to meet with a guy that became a trade-union activist and co-founder of the trade-union movement? Don't the Repugs want to diminish the role of trade unions here in the U.S.? It just doesn't make much sense to me that this is the person he wants to meet with in Poland - unless Rmoney's minders didn't do their homework and don't realize what the issue was that boosted Walesa into international prominence.

It is going to be interesting to watch Rmoney's comments about Walesa and hear what he has to say about him. Seems to me that Walesa is contrary to all that the Repugs stand for. It just doesn't make much sense to me.

mrmpa

(4,033 posts)
17. I didn't say he was meeting with Lech Walesa..........
Sun Jul 29, 2012, 11:03 AM
Jul 2012

I said he would mispronounce his name. But it would be interesting if he did meet with him.

catchnrelease

(1,944 posts)
16. I wish he was going to Russia
Sun Jul 29, 2012, 02:37 AM
Jul 2012

I keep thinking I'd love to see Mitt meet Putin. I imagine the expressions on Putin's face, thinking-- "Here we go again"---would surely be priceless!

gollygee

(22,336 posts)
19. He'll say something about communism
Sun Jul 29, 2012, 11:07 AM
Jul 2012

I've known a few Polish people and if someone says something about Poland having been communist, they hastily correct them and explain that Poland was occupied by a communist country but was not itself communist. This appears to be a sore spot.

madokie

(51,076 posts)
23. He'll shit all over the Polish people like he has everyone else he's come in contact with
Sun Jul 29, 2012, 12:26 PM
Jul 2012

I think that is pretty much a given.

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