"Mitt Romney Is Accused of Racism by Palestinian Official"

[ailsagirl]

Last edited Mon Jul 30, 2012, 06:32 PM - Edit history (1)

If you thought Romney made a fool of himself in Britain, it was nothing compared to Romney tripping his way through political minefields in Israel. Politics is perception — and at this, so far, Romney has failed miserably.

Yesterday the Israeli press said it was Romney speaking, but “Netanhayu’s words”. In that speech, Romney said Jerusalem was “the capital of Israel” and a Palestinian official said it was “absolutely unacceptable” that Romney would make such an announcement in the face of ongoing and precarious peace negotiations over the future of Jerusalem, accusing him of “destroying negotiations”. Today, Romney is accused of racism by the same Palestinian official, for suggesting that the Israeli culture is more advanced than the Palestinian culture.

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http://www.politicususa.com/mitt-romney-accused-racism-palestinian-official.html


Way to go, Nitt!!!

[dballance]

1. Hard to believe it was just an accident. He was Pandering for the US Jewish Vote/$$

Rmoney has proven once again he is not qualified to be the leader of the free world.

No proper, qualified, lucid US President or ANY US diplomat would be so callous as to compare two cultures and describe one of them as superior to the other based on culture. So I find it very disturbing the presumptive GOP candidate made those kinds of statements.

That's the kind of thinking we used to wipe out those Native American "savages" and take their lands. The same thinking that allowed us to justify enslaving millions of African American "heathens."

WE CANNOT ALLOW THAT MAN TO BE ELECTED!

[CJCRANE]

2. Does Mitt not realize that the people he insults

will hear about what he said?

[patrice]

3. Even if you side with Israel, there's nothing quite like INCREASING the probability of violence from

A- N - Y - O - N - E looking for an excuse . . .

... especially with the very oh so convenient scapegoat, primarily Palestinians since they don't have a nation of their own ergo everyone can blame them, but also technically anyone that any of the other factions in the region would like to blame for whatever happens.

situation + Mitt.

[ailsagirl]

4. It truly boggles the mind

Did any of us imagine he'd botch things up this badly? Just unbelievable

And last night I noticed that the Science Channel was playing back-to-back episodes of "An Idiot Abroad"--coincidence?

[dimbear]

5. What would be ironic would be Mitt realizing why Obama doesn't go to Israel.

That would be major.