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Tx4obama

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Sun Jul 29, 2012, 02:17 AM Jul 2012

For the folks keeping count: Romney's first Israel trip screw-up was reported on back on July 12th




07/12/2012

Mitt Romney Campaign Scraps $50,000 Per Plate Jerusalem Fundraiser On A Jewish Fasting Day

Mitt Romney's presidential campaign has been forced to scrap a $50,000 per plate fundraiser scheduled to take place during his visit to Jerusalem because the date coincided with a solemn Jewish day of mourning.

The fundraiser, which was supposed to be a "a small meeting, but a big fund-raiser," according to a source quoted in the Jerusalem Post on Wednesday, was set to take place on July 29, amid the Romney campaign's first foreign policy tour.

But July 29 is also Tisha B'Av, a Jewish day of fasting in some traditions of the religion, in which catastrophic events like the destruction of the First and Second Temples and the Holocaust are mourned.

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http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/07/12/mitt-romney-jerusalem-fundraiser_n_1668271.html




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For the folks keeping count: Romney's first Israel trip screw-up was reported on back on July 12th (Original Post) Tx4obama Jul 2012 OP
Kick & Rec Firebrand Gary Jul 2012 #1
Well, you'd think the Mittster would fit right in as a "catastrophic event". . . Journeyman Jul 2012 #2
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