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Same topic read BooMan’s fp story – Romney Sounds Medicated.
WOW! I wonder what Romney really thinks to know about Afro-American culture or the Mexican-Americans who do the fruit picking and agricultural labor. Oops, he is part Mexican too. What about a cleaning lady or a housewife, they must be of an inferior race …
Great accomplishment of the Jewish nation, just look at the West Bank and Gaza
GDANSK, Poland–Mitt Romney ended his trip to Israel on a controversial note, angering Palestinian officials by suggesting Israelis have been more economically successful because of their culture.
“As you come here and you see the GDP per capita, for instance, in Israel which is about $21,000 dollars, and compare that with the GDP per capita just across the areas managed by the Palestinian Authority, which is more like $10,000 per capita, you notice such a dramatically stark difference in economic vitality,” Romney told a group of Jewish donors at a Jerusalem fundraiser that netted more than $1 million for his campaign.
“Culture makes all the difference,” Romney told supporters. And as I come here, and
I look out over this city and consider the accomplishments of the people of this nation.”Romney’s comments didn’t sit well with key Palestinian leaders, including Saeb Erekat, a senior aide to Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, who told the Associated Press that Romney’s comment was a “racist statement.”
“This man doesn’t realize that the Palestinian economy cannot reach its potential because there is an Israeli occupation,” Erekat told AP. “It seems to me this man (Romney) lacks information, knowledge, vision and understanding of this region and its people… He also lacks knowledge about the Israelis themselves. I have not heard any Israeli official speak about cultural superiority.”
Ultra-orthodox Haredim are poor and many rely heavily on welfare
Romney, Bain & Co, and Experience In the Israeli War Room
Orit Gadiesh was part of Romney’s gubernatorial transition team. She joined Bain & Company (the precursor company to Bain Capital) in 1977, at the tender age of 26. Before that, she was the assistant to Ezer Weizman, the Israeli Minister of Defense and later President. During fighting in the early 1970’s, Ms. Gadiesh worked in the war room, a bunker where Gen. Moshe Dayan was in charge. She is the daughter of Israeli Brigadier General Falk Gadiesh.
From my earlier diary – Romney Can’t Help It – His Faith and Social Darwinism
"But I will not let myself be reduced to silence."
