“We obviously have challenges around the country. I was in Chicago earlier today. We had a moment of silence in honor of the people who lost their lives at that sheik temple,” said Romney, speaking to a group of donors gathered at a fundraiser at a West Des Moines country club.Oh how I wish it was the end of the day for Romney as a candidate for the presidency of the United States...how I wish he was waving bye-bye to public life.
“I noted that it was a tragedy for many, many reasons. Among them are the fact that people, the sheik people are among the most peaceable and loving individuals you can imagine, as is their faith. And of course, the person who carried out this heinous act was a person motivated by racial hatred and religious intolerance. It’s really, really a tragedy,” he said.
Rick Gorka, a spokesman for Romney, later clarified that the candidate “misspoke” adding that it was the “end of the day.”
In all fairness, Romney did get the name right earlier in the day when he led the moment of silence to honor the people who died, and sure, we all get tired and misspeak on occasion.
Today there's a proposal going around Republican circles (read Tea Party) to dump Romney at the Tampa convention 2 weeks hence and pick someone electable. Which obviously Mitt is not, but it's scary to think who else they might choose.
ReplyDeleteOh and you do know Bobby Jindal is favored for the VP nom, sources say?
I expect that Romney and his money and his backers with money will not allow that to happen, but he surely is not Mr Popularity with many Republicans.
DeleteLet them have Jindal. He tends to misspeak, too, witness "Obamneycare".
Who? Ron Paul? Rick Sanctimonious? Puh-leez. And Jindal has about as much chance of being picked for veep as I do.
ReplyDeleteI commented elsewhere that Rmoney's spokesman's "end of the day" excuse was pathetic. The red phone can ring anytime, even at the end of the day.
Romney is likely to be challenged often if he is elected. I shudder to think how often. You're quite right about the red phone.
DeletePoor Mittens. I guess people of the Moron faith don't learn much about other religions.
ReplyDeleteRomney's world is amazingly small and insulated, and he does not seem to be a quick-learner or even very much interested in gaining a broader outlook. A life of privilege does that to some people.
DeletePoor Mittens: he was too busy sheiking his booty (in the pirate sense).
ReplyDelete"Sheik, Sikh - what's the difference?" Brings to mind the line in a "Murphy Brown" episode, "Goldstein, Goldberg - what's the difference?" Same 50's-timewarp-Wasp mindset.
ReplyDeletePoor Mittens, indeed. You have to wonder if, before he was half-assed coached, he had any idea what is a Sikh or a sheik. Maybe he'd heard of "The Sheik of Araby", or maybe not.
ReplyDeleteIt's Ryan. Wait'll they have to explain that little detail in Ryan's budget about getting rid of Medicare.
ReplyDeleteFirst news of the morning. Yes, wait till the breakdown of Ryan's budget comes to light. Some folks call Ryan the zombie-eyed granny-starver, but I would never do that.
DeleteNorquist's boy. Shows that shoring up the "home base" is a greater priority than fishing for "uncommitted" votes. Banking on voter suppression to kill Obama's lead in swing states like Ohio and Pennsylvania.
ReplyDeleteThe polls show that very few voters remain uncommitted, so Ryan seems like the right choice to bring out the base. The attempts to suppress voting in Democratic districts is despicable. I hope the courts intervene in enough districts to blunt the impact.
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