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Subscribe to RSSNational Journal’s Kitfield: “For any man who would be president there are unwritten rules of foreign diplomacy. Mitt Romney seems to have internalized some, while others apparently slipped out of the briefing book on his flight across the Atlantic to debut as a potential leader of the free world.” More: Romney “added insult to injury by suggesting that the Israeli economy had outpaced the economy of the Palestinian territories because of the power of Israel’s ‘culture’ and the ‘hand of providence.’ Interjecting God and cultural superiority into an ethnic-religious conflict is never a good idea. Doing so while ignoring the obvious fact that one economy in the equation is free, and the other is under military occupation, was baffling.”
And: “Notwithstanding their widespread disappointment in President Obama, Europeans are nervous about Romney precisely because his positions remind them of George W. Bush,” said Simon Serfaty, a senior fellow at the German Marshall Fund.
“Republican presidential contender Mitt Romney says Poland’s economy is a model of small government and free enterprise that other nations should emulate as they struggle with recession. It was an unspoken criticism of President Barack Obama’s policies in the wake of the worst recession in decades,” the AP writes. “The former Massachusetts governor, wrapping up an overseas trip, says that rather than heeding ‘the false promise’ of a government-dominated economy, Poland ‘sought to stimulate innovation, attract investment, expand trade and live within its means’ after the end of the Communist era. He made the observation in remarks as he neared the end of a week-long trip marred by his own stumbles on the world stage.”
More from the AP: “Campaign officials said the visit to Poland came at the invitation of Walesa, but the current leadership of Solidarity distanced itself from the event and issued a statement critical of Romney on Monday. Solidarity characterized Romney as being hostile to unions and against labor rights. It emphasized that it had no role in organizing Romney's visit and expressed support for American labor organizations.”
The New York Daily News’ Joshua Greenman: “Mitt Romney’s trip to the United Kingdom, Israel and Poland was to be his introduction to the world, proof to America that he would be a steady hand on the foreign policy tiller. Instead, all I can say is: Oy, Mitt. Oy. Romney, as always, looked the part of President. But then he ad-libbed his way to insulting the British on the eve of the Olympics and, more seriously, denigrating the Palestinians in prepared remarks while in Israel. Flubbing a question on the London Games? Embarrassing, but no harm, no foul. In the tinderbox that is the Middle East, though, every careless spark runs the risk of doing lasting damage.”
The Daily News in another item: “He's angered the Brits, infuriated the Palestinians, and now he’s going after the Russians. Globe-trotting GOP presidential hopeful Mitt Romney was expected Tuesday to deliver a Cold War-type smackdown of the Russkies — and, by extension, President Obama — with a ‘value of liberty’ speech at Warsaw University.”
The Guardian headlines that Romney is looking to “rekindle cold war spirit.”
Romney acknowledged that economic sanctions on Iran have had an effect. “[T]here is the suggestion that the economic sanctions, particularly some of those put in place by Europe, where they have really tightened the screws very aggressively, that those economic sanctions are having a significant impact on the economy of Iran,” he said on FOX, per GOP 12. “Has that dissuaded them from their nuclear program? I don’t believe so.”
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Mitt the Ugly American is butt of the joke around the world.
The higher a monkey climbs, the clearer the world is able to see his ugly behind.
Say what you want pig.
Everyone knows Obama is the laughing stock of the world. He is an utter embarrassment every time he shows up. Romney spoke the truth and that is not wrong. I know it goes against the left philosophy of lie all the time but once you speak the truth it is a good feeling. Try it sometime.
You've got to be kidding (no pun intended) rukidding. You tea people Koch republicans have been telling lies so long you don't have a clue what the truth is or how to tell the truth.
We're not talking about the small delusional world you're living in rukidding. We're talking about the real world where President Obama has gained the respect of the rest of the world after your hero's Cheney/Bush destroyed Americas standing in the world in just eight years.
LOL! he and the republican party are the ugliest butts of all! thanks for the laugh.
As a Canadian deeply interested in US politics Mitt the Twit as he is now know in the UK and the Middle East is without a doubt the most inept I have seen to date and I remember FDR, Sarah Palin not-with-standing. Why would not the Republican Party field a candidate with some intelligence?
There is no one in the tea people Koch republican party with any intelligence Puzzled. The radicals have either kicked them out or they've had enough of the right wing radicals in the party and have walked away waiting for the radical wing to implode (which they are doing now) so they can bring sanity back to the party.
Romney: Israeli Culture is Superior to Palestinian Culture
You just can't make this stuff up! Although there is some truth to it as the northern hemisphere is superior to the southern hemisphere and the western hemisphere is superior to the eastern hemisphere. And everyone knows that the center of each state of the USA far out shines the rest of that state. Also, taller people are smarter and blue eyed people are smarter. No, no, no racism involved whatsoever. The higher the IQ, the higher the income, but only in nations that have completely free trade with no regulations or restrictions. It takes a republino to point out the obvious. Nothing better than the 1% hubris.
Willard proves every day stupid people can be rich.
Do you tea people Koch republicans not see just how stupid Willard is? Or is your hate for President Obama so strong you really don't care? I would guess the latter. Willard's stupidity is so obvious it's pitiful.
A little background on Mitt's "ideas" on culture and economic prosperity: he lifted them from Harvard professor David Landes' book "The Wealth and Poverty of Nations." Romney can't even come up with his own ideas.
I would suggest he read an even better book on the historical divisions in culture in America called "American Nations" by Colin Woodward. I really enjoyed Woodwards theories, although I wouldn't go lecturing Israeli's on them. But, that's me.
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-09-29/real-u-s-map-a-country-of-regions-part-1-commentary-by-colin-woodard.html
Nitwitt Wrongney-wrong for America. What a buffoon and effin eejit. Another inept, phony, shallow, self righteous, stupid idea by the GOPathetics and Teabaggers.
While my brother has left Komorowski Poland with empty hands, Miss Sienkiewicz has stayed into slavery, raped. There was an other way but they are conntinuing to plot their assasination of the next President of the United States.
However, the people in both Israel and Poland has started to sign together old American songs. This land is my land, this land is your land. And it will stay so, unless my brother will be assasinated, as planed.
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So you upset the Prime Minister an London's Mayor, make unnecessary and undiplomatic comments in Israel but find a friend in Poland.(Not the Poles just Lech) That is a great trip. To h-e-double toothpicks with the wife's horse. She doesn't get the support from hubby because his life is all about him and his fundraising. Now there's a lovable sort if there ever wasn't one.
Watch the Democracy Now! interview with investigative reporter, Wayne Barrett about his findings on Mitt Romney and his acceptance of campaign contributions from key figures tied to the bribery scandal that led to his control of the 2002 Olympic Winter Games in Utah. Check it out on the Democracy Now! website today!
"Romney said Tuesday that Poland's economy is a model of small government and free enterprise that other nations should emulate, an unspoken criticism of President Barack Obama's policies in the wake of the worst recession in decades."
Apparentlly Romney want the U.S.A. to be a small second rate country with no influence on the world. Countries of the world should be non-players like Poland? If Poland had the responsablity and burden that our country shoulders they would not be in such decent shape. Romney is not much of a leader and this trip proved it. One unwritten law in America is you don't go over seas and critizies our leaders. But what does Romney know anyway about foreign diplomacy? Not Much!
Gov. Romney is clueless on international policy, as he aptly demonstrated this week, but that's OK for das Republik Party because they're all foreigners anyway and if they get out of line we'll kick the Mitt out of 'em.
Black pastors group launches anti-Obama campaign around gay marriage
By Dan Merica, CNN
Washington (CNN) – A group of conservative black pastors are responding to President Barack Obama’s support of same-sex marriage with what they say will be a national campaign aimed at rallying black Americans to rethink their overwhelming support of the President, though the group’s leader is offering few specifics about the effort.
The Rev. Williams Owens, who is president and founder of the Coalition of African-Americans Pastors and the leader of the campaign, has highlighted opposition to same-sex marriage among African-Americans. He calls this campaign “an effort to save the family.”
“The time has come for a broad-based assault against the powers that be that want to change our culture to one of men marrying men and women marrying women,” said Owens, in an interview Tuesday after the launch event at the National Press Club. “I am ashamed that the first black president chose this road, a disgraceful road.”
At the press conference, Owens was joined by five other black regional pastors and said there were 3,742 African-American pastors on board for the anti-Obama campaign.
When asked at the press conference for specifics about the campaign – funding, planned events and goals – Owens said only that the group’s first fundraiser will be on August 16 in Memphis, Tennessee. But Owens insisted that “we are going to go nationwide with our agenda just like the president has gone to Hollywood.”
Looks like the Rattlesnakes are beginning to commit suicide! The decision to pander to the Hispanic vote added 800,000 illegal aliens to the job market in the black 18-30 demographic where the unemployment rate is 40%! Now he's abandoned a major part of the leadership in his own black constituency... All decisions made out of desperation of a failed presidency and a failing president!!!
Talk about @!$%#ting in your hat!!!
Romney 2012!!! Yeah Baby!!!