Mitt Romney cleverly waits until he's back from his trip to insult Israel

[ProSense]

Mitt Romney cleverly waits until he's back from his trip to insult Israel

by David Nir

No wonder Jews are flocking to the GOP:

"It's individuals and their entrepreneurship which have driven America," Romney said. "What America is not a collective where we all work in a Kibbutz or we all in some little entity, instead it's individuals pursuing their dreams and building successful enterprises which employ others and they become inspired as they see what has happened in the place they work and go off and start their own enterprises."

For a lot of American Jews, especially those who've had the chance to visit one themselves, the kibbutz is a special cultural touchstone. Though its origins date from before the Second World War, kibbutzim are a vibrant symbol of the pioneering, selfless spirit that allowed the state of Israel to rise from the ashes of the Holocaust. To attack the institution of the kibbutz is to attack something very close to the heart of many Jews.

Why, it would almost be like criticizing, say, Mormon missions, I would think.

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2012/08/07/1117719/-Mitt-Romney-cleverly-waits-until-he-s-back-from-his-trip-to-insult-Israel

"You people" (peasants), your "little" lives aren't more important than what I've done, which is "building successful enterprises" to destroy your lives.

[Enrique]

1. Mitt flip-flops on Israeli socialism

when he was there, he was all for it, now he's against it.

[roguevalley]

9. I think its a mental problem with him. He's mentally ill somehow.

[CanonRay]

2. 'Cuz we all know nothing he says here will get published there.

[ProSense]

3. Fortunately,

"'Cuz we all know nothing he says here will get published there."

...everything he said over there and here got/will get published here.

[longship]

4. Whatta douche!

Mitt is astoundingly out of touch. Who in the fuck writes these things for him? Or does he just voluntarily shove his foot in his mouth like that?

I can't believe how inept his campaign is.

Astounding! Absolutely astounding!

[maddezmom]

5. dog he is stupid

and it's hit the wires....ABC, LaTimes, HuffPo, Buzzfeed, and this:
Did Romney just write off the kibbutznik vote?
By Daniel Treiman · August 7, 2012
Mitt Romney may have positive feelings for Israel’s health care system, but he apparently does not think that America has much to learn from Israel’s collective farms.

At a Chicago fundraiser, the Republican candidate reportedly said:

It’s individuals and their entrepreneurship which have driven America. What America is not a collective where we all work in a Kibbutz or we all in some little entity, instead it’s individuals pursuing their dreams and building successful enterprises which employ others and they become inspired as they see what has happened in the place they work and go off and start their own enterprises.

Buzzfeed characterized this remark as follows: “Romney took a shot at the Israeli Kibbutz movement, a product of the early socialist zionist movement and integral to the story of the founding of the State of Israel.”

But I’m not sure that he was knocking kibbutzim, so much as he was delineating his clear disagreement with those who argue that America is a giant Hebrew-speaking communal farm.

http://blogs.jta.org/politics/article/2012/08/07/3103186/did-romney-just-write-off-the-kibbutznik-vote

[Scuba]

6. In other news, Mitt said he doesn't mind that the Irish are drunks or that women smell badly.

[BeyondGeography]

7. I thank the GOP every day for nominating this amateur

[TeamPooka]

8. Someone tell Sheldon Adelson. Please?