Oh Wait, It’s Monday and Just Like the Kama Sutra, Romney Has a New Position
He’s in Israel and everybody is holding their breath.
Remember how he was for government health care in Massachusetts and then he was against it for the nation? Well, today’s position is the Stumbling Lotus position …
Presumptive Republican nominee Mitt Romney offered praise for the Israeli health care system today — a medical plan that has been socialized since its founding in 1948.
Romney has explained that he opposes ObamaCare because what worked in Massachusetts may not work for other states. Highlighting the success of the Israeli system — in a country that enjoys one of the highest life expectancy rates in the world — could complicate matters for Romney at home.
Hey, it could have been worse. He could have ordered bacon. Or told them that the Wailing Wall he built in Salt Lake City is nice than theirs.
Thanks to Carl for the heads-up.
Juanita Jean,
There is no way that any position of Romney’s is equivalent to one from the Kama Sutra: the Kama Sutra explores how many different ways a person can screw ONE person.
Sincerely,
1Robert “Please, dear Lord, let me keep my pants on”.
He also shot off his racist mouth and slammed the Palestinian people big time. He said the Israeli’s were superior due to their economic success. Of course that success is nearly 100% backed by US dollars in the form of aid from we taxpayers. If the flow of cash were reversed, Israel would be no better than any other oil-less Middle Eastern country. Moses took a wrong turn, if you ask me.
2Almost spit out my granola on that headline! You should have a warning system! 😉
3Robert,
4I am now leaving the room to get another pair of pants.
It is not because I have been offered the chance to practice any of the amazing positions in the Kama Sutra—it is because your comment has made me wee my pants.
“Poor Mitt. He can’t help it. He was born with a silver foot in his mouth.” — Ann Richards (updated) I only steal from the best
5If you’re a Republican and are against the ACA how in the world could you vote for Romney? Well-written, you should consider contributing to a new website my friend is building called http://www.WriterBeat.com.
6Gindy53: examine that statement a little closer and you can see that, not only did he denigrate the Palestinian culture for being inferior to Israeli culture, he also reinforced the old stereotypes of Jews being able to make money. (“My ducats! My daughter!” quoth Shylock, showing the order of precedence for that stereotypical Jew.)
Mitt sees nothing wrong with this and would fail to recognize the slur, since for him making money IS the higher good.
So he’s managed to unite Arab and Jew in their shared disdain for him. Allah Akhbar and Yahweh, shalom: Peace in the Middle East!
Other highlights from the second leg of the Romneyshambles world tour:
Scheduling a fundraising dinner for Jewish donors in Israel during a holy Jewish fast day commemorating the Holocaust and destruction of the Temples.
Claiming to be best buds with the Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu (based on their shared vulture capitalist heritage) – Bibi’s response basically boiled down to, “Who?”
One of his flacks made a mistake (by telling the truth) that a Romney Administration would back Israel’s play against Iran. “Go ahead, shoot! I got your back.” Which they promptly walked back.
Holy Land, Batman!
If race-walking backwards, gymastic flipflopping and non-apology volleyball were Olympic sports, Mitt would be triple gold.
Ed Rendell is right in one sense when he says all this doesn’t matter, that voters will not be swayed by Romney having to cancel a rudely scheduled funder. But on the other hand, Romney has spent a week of what was supposed to have been a feel-good road trip bumbling and stumbling his way across the toes of every foreigner he meets.
In a larger sense, though, it does matter. Every week where the story is some variant of “Oh, Mitt” is another week where he has failed to lay a glove on Obama. You can’t hit the other guy when you’re so tangled in the ring ropes that your left thumb is in your right ear, and both shoes (laces untied) are in your mouth.
President of the United States? This guy couldn’t organize a beer run.
7“President of the United States? This guy couldn’t organize a beer run.”
And according to his religiosity, he would NOT be allowed to either~~
8I guess the jews don’t hold it against him that mormons supported Hitler in the 30’s’
There is a BBC documentary online if anyone is interested ‘BBC The Mormon Candidate Romney’
9I think it is on Democratic Underground.
Here is one of my favorite #romneyshambles:
However, Romney’s gaffe-prone world tour was not without error in Israel as it was revealed he was forced to cancel a high-price dinner fundraiser in the nation because it was scheduled for a Jewish day of fasting.[..]
The Republican presidential candidate originally had planned a $50,000-a-plate dinner in Israel for Sunday night — even though today is also Tisha B’Av, a Jewish day to mourn the victim and the Holocaust and the destruction of first and second Temple of Jerusalem.
It is traditionally a day of fast when restaurants in Israel are closed by law.
The Huffington Post reports that Romney’s campaign knew the significance of the date, but planned the fundraiser anyway, hoping a ‘small meeting but a big fundraiser’ wouldn’t offend his Israeli supporters.
‘Dietary laws will be observed. Refreshments will not be served until after the fast,’ read the invitation to the event.
The campaign, however, didn’t expect a backlash from Israelis, who were upset that the former Massachusetts governor planned to raise money during the solemn occasion.
10I went to the library and checked out Mormonism for Dummies. Yeah…I did. I didn’t know much about their religion, so I decided to find out. All I can say is this…when my Bible-thumpin, toungue-speakin, oh so very Republican family in Ala-by-God-bama finds out more about Mormon theology, well, their poor heads are just gonna explode. I’ll be there to witness it, too, because we’ve got a nice big family reunion scheduled for this weekend. I think I’ll just tote that book on down there and enjoy the show.
11@Beth Francis: Yes, but Mitt’s not black. As a recovering Alabamian living here in Texas I think that’s all that matters to our relatives.
12He also made a ginormous mistake: He said that the GNP per capita in Israel is $21,000 and only $10,000 in Palestine. Noooooo: according to the World Bank its $31,000 and $1,500, respectively. Dear God (or Allah or Yaweh), what a putz.
13Not so much Kama Sutra as a drunken game of Twister.
14Personally speaking, I think the authorities should refuse to allow him back into the country. He and Ann could go live in the Cayman Islands with their money. AND we could have the fun of a brokered Republican convention.
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