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Damn Mitt, put a sock in it will ya? You just offended 1.6 BILLION people! (Original Post) Playinghardball Jul 2012 OP
Too bad all those folks can't vote! CaliforniaPeggy Jul 2012 #1
Well, one thing's for sure. Major Hogwash Jul 2012 #2
amazing people died to have those elections and voted for who they wanted. roguevalley Jul 2012 #19
The flip side in a worst case scenario matt819 Jul 2012 #3
Yep the leaders of Muslim countries should be WASPs malaise Jul 2012 #4
Good grief he's ruining our reputation in the world. RedStateLiberal Jul 2012 #5
George W. Bush must be tilting back a tall Scotch right now... Atman Jul 2012 #6
lol that is bad DearAbby Jul 2012 #12
+ a bushel and a peck. nolabear Jul 2012 #14
See you a bushel and raise you a peck. Atman Jul 2012 #16
Rethugs sure know how to pick 'em. Auntie Bush Jul 2012 #29
Those 1.6 billion people are less important to him than a few million Jewish voters in the USA slackmaster Jul 2012 #7
Most of us aren't fooled by him one bit... PCIntern Jul 2012 #8
When you are toast in a political contest, you have nothing to lose slackmaster Jul 2012 #11
You can see he's a con and a fraud. Would anyone buy a car from this guy?..LOL..n/t monmouth Jul 2012 #17
It's more of a political calculation for his base RedStateLiberal Jul 2012 #9
That calculation won't pay off, those here are not fooled. nt Raine Jul 2012 #21
Diplomacy certainly isn't Mitt's strong point. Initech Jul 2012 #10
But understatement you, mon cher, have got down cold! nolabear Jul 2012 #15
If only Mitt would have done his missionary work in Tunisia, they could have had a Mormon leader too bahrbearian Jul 2012 #13
Not quite... Nolimit Jul 2012 #18
Not all Muslims are extremist theocrats cthulu2016 Jul 2012 #20
I guess they should have elected Anglo-Saxons. n/t Avalux Jul 2012 #22
Nothing new here. Populist_Prole Jul 2012 #23
I guess he doesn't like human rights activists. The current President of Tunisia sabrina 1 Jul 2012 #24
Those are dog whistles to the KKK in America. Zoeisright Jul 2012 #25
Just what we need in a hostile and divided world, really stupid uneducated comments. n/t RKP5637 Jul 2012 #26
His new friends in the Tea Party will love this... Kalidurga Jul 2012 #27
Good Lord Mitt, can you STFU Botany Jul 2012 #28
omfg .... is he trying to piss off the entire fucking world? Marrah_G Jul 2012 #30

Major Hogwash

(17,656 posts)
2. Well, one thing's for sure.
Sun Jul 29, 2012, 06:47 PM
Jul 2012

We won't be voting in a Mormon government here in the United States anytime in the near future.

roguevalley

(40,656 posts)
19. amazing people died to have those elections and voted for who they wanted.
Sun Jul 29, 2012, 08:29 PM
Jul 2012

free elections, mutt. get it straight. Besides, who would run in those countries who isn't a Muslim? JEEZ. Get this boy a fact book and make him read it. Oh wait ... don't.

matt819

(10,749 posts)
3. The flip side in a worst case scenario
Sun Jul 29, 2012, 06:55 PM
Jul 2012

From the Muslim world on November 7: We're disappointed in seeing the United States elect a Mormon cult member as its president. We're very concerned about this development and its affect on the Christian world.

malaise

(269,157 posts)
4. Yep the leaders of Muslim countries should be WASPs
Sun Jul 29, 2012, 06:56 PM
Jul 2012

or military men trained in the West.
Fuck you Willard - you do not own the world.

RedStateLiberal

(1,374 posts)
5. Good grief he's ruining our reputation in the world.
Sun Jul 29, 2012, 07:02 PM
Jul 2012

America needs to know how he is destroying our standing in the international community so they can reject this doofus in a BIG way in November. The fact that he's even a viable candidate right now is hurting us.

Atman

(31,464 posts)
6. George W. Bush must be tilting back a tall Scotch right now...
Sun Jul 29, 2012, 07:02 PM
Jul 2012

He's no longer considered the stupidest, most inept politician on the planet!

GO GEORGE!

DearAbby

(12,461 posts)
12. lol that is bad
Sun Jul 29, 2012, 07:29 PM
Jul 2012

This man ain't right.

He believes it's fun to smash his children's faces in a plate of butter.

Hacks off a kids hair because "IT WASN'T RIGHT"

Goes on a family vacation with the family pet strapped to the top of the car wiping dog schit off his windshield at 65mph...the splatter effect must have been awesome to cars behind him.

He is invited to a social, and bitches about the cookies.

He accuses the President of leaking secrets, promptly hops on a plane and reveals Great Britain's secrets.

Rudely insults the host, by commenting on the lack luster attention he received. Had to ONE UP them. Make the opening ceremonies of this Olympics all about him.

He treats his own wife's accomplishment as another trip to the Nail Lady. Oh, that, I wont be watching.

Now this, I was afraid he would wow them in Poland with old Pollock jokes...ask people at the wailing wall why do they wear those beanies?

This man could seriously screw up any kind of relationships Obama has spent years making. Russia has to be pissed being called the SOVIET UNION...I mean god damn, the man believes the Soviet union still exists, and it poses a threat....and no one else is concerned?

HE AIN'T RIGHT

nolabear

(41,991 posts)
14. + a bushel and a peck.
Sun Jul 29, 2012, 07:39 PM
Jul 2012

You aren't the reincarnation of my grandmother, are you? I've been quoting her around here re Romney for a while. "That boy ain't right."

Atman

(31,464 posts)
16. See you a bushel and raise you a peck.
Sun Jul 29, 2012, 07:51 PM
Jul 2012

Mitt is one seriously fucked up dude. I really, seriously, never thought I'd see someone more lame than GWB.

Auntie Bush

(17,528 posts)
29. Rethugs sure know how to pick 'em.
Sun Jul 29, 2012, 09:53 PM
Jul 2012

They got a doozey with this one!

Can you imagine the disaster if he won the presidency? The worlds most powerful person!!! What the hell would happen?

 

slackmaster

(60,567 posts)
7. Those 1.6 billion people are less important to him than a few million Jewish voters in the USA
Sun Jul 29, 2012, 07:05 PM
Jul 2012

It's a political calculation, nothing more.

PCIntern

(25,576 posts)
8. Most of us aren't fooled by him one bit...
Sun Jul 29, 2012, 07:08 PM
Jul 2012

Those of us voting for him would have in any event...no matter what. The few swing voters will make the move both ways and split the difference.

He's toast now.

RedStateLiberal

(1,374 posts)
9. It's more of a political calculation for his base
Sun Jul 29, 2012, 07:14 PM
Jul 2012

of right-wing extremists who think any Muslim is a terrorist and we're in a war with Islam.

Why he's still trying to play to his base at this point is dumbfounding but I think it shows just how little love for him there is from the wingnuts. The campaign must be seeing signs of low turnout among Repubs which means he's in big trouble.

Nolimit

(142 posts)
18. Not quite...
Sun Jul 29, 2012, 08:02 PM
Jul 2012

I'd like to point out that not all of the 1.6 billion Muslims are Islamists. Many prefer secular or moderate forms of government. However, he is basically saying that the people of Tunisia and Morocco didn't vote the way we wanted them to.

cthulu2016

(10,960 posts)
20. Not all Muslims are extremist theocrats
Sun Jul 29, 2012, 08:36 PM
Jul 2012

So your 1.6 billion figure is way too high.

Islamist and Islamic are different words with very different meanings.

If the US elected a Christian theocrat I don't think all Christians in th world would favor that. Hopefully most Christians in the US would not even favor that.

Romney is a walking turd but I am no going to pitch a fit because someone criticizes theocratic government (which is what Islamist refers to), even hypocritically.

Populist_Prole

(5,364 posts)
23. Nothing new here.
Sun Jul 29, 2012, 09:11 PM
Jul 2012

Just more flinging of hunks of raw meat at the coveted "base" that previously were Perry/Bachman/Gingrich/Cain/Santorum zealots. I believe his handlers pretty much know he lost secular moderates, and so they're desperate to wring the last bit of support from the nutjob contingent; who while inveterate dislikers of President Obama, may "stay home" because he's not ideologically pure enough.

Don't forget: The hunters of a soon extinct species went after them with a fervor that belied its sustainability.

sabrina 1

(62,325 posts)
24. I guess he doesn't like human rights activists. The current President of Tunisia
Sun Jul 29, 2012, 09:16 PM
Jul 2012

Moncef Marzouki, is a well known Human Rights Activist who was arrested many times for standing up to the Ben Ami regime.

His job of leading Tunisia at this time is difficult enough, he doesn't need this kind of ignorant statement coming from a US Presidential candidate.

His struggle will be hard enough against the opposition, who maybe Romney would have liked better. Marzouki is a moderate. Romney displays intense ignorance by making that remark AND bigotry. Marzouki is a well educated man who went to school in France, and founded Human Rights organizations even under the regime of Ben Ali.

He himself is concerned about the image of Tunisia since many of its laws are still in place from the old regime. As a moderate he will have to deal with the extremists who did not all leave with the dictator and will be fighting to get back into power. If anything, the US should be helping him rather than undermining him.

Kalidurga

(14,177 posts)
27. His new friends in the Tea Party will love this...
Sun Jul 29, 2012, 09:32 PM
Jul 2012

I know these kinds of people. They are my family, ex-friends(I might put up with family, but not these clowns), and a few neighbors. Yes, they really are out there and they really do think every Muslim is a terrorist. One of them told me they come here to get jobs driving cabs and buses so they can case places to find a good place to blow up. One warned me they are going to steal the women so they can get green cards and citizenship. I won't point this out to any conservatives I know because I really don't want to give him any points in their eyes.

Marrah_G

(28,581 posts)
30. omfg .... is he trying to piss off the entire fucking world?
Sun Jul 29, 2012, 10:15 PM
Jul 2012

Can the state dept stop him from going to Asia?

This is insanity.

Can you imagine the President right now? He must be making phone call after phone call trying to put out the fires this asshole is leaving behind him.

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