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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsDid you hear that Sheldon & Bibi? Mitt vetoed Kosher food to Holocaust survivors in
Nursing homes when he was governor.
This man is a piece of dreck. (Yiddish for shit)
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/01/31/newt-gingrich-robocall-mitt-romney_n_1244284.html
And who dug up this dirt?
Newt, during the primaries.
As governor of Massachusetts, Mitt Romney vetoed a bill paying for kosher food for our seniors in nursing homes. Holocaust survivors, who for the first time, were forced to eat non-kosher, because Romney thought $5 was too much to pay for our grandparents to eat kosher. Where is Mitt Romney's compassion for our seniors? Tuesday you can end Mitt Romney's hypocrisy on religious freedom, with a vote for Newt Gingrich. Paid for by Newt 2012.
malaise
(269,004 posts)jillan
(39,451 posts)garthranzz
(1,330 posts)Much as I despise Romney (good word choice in the OP), the article isn't quite as damning as the headline implies.
This is ripe for blowback. I'd leave it alone - a robocall?!? that Gingrich walked back is not the best argument.
Now what the Mormons think of Jews...
Blue Idaho
(5,049 posts)And that ain't pretty...
jillan
(39,451 posts)override it.
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MrSlayer
(22,143 posts)"In the end, the veto was overridden by the Massachusetts state legislature, and the facilities kept their kosher kitchens after all. But Romneys decision was not, as Gingrich claims, a choice to 'eliminate kosher food for elderly Jewish residents under Medicare,'" added Commentary. "First of all, it was a choice made by the nursing homes themselves, not the Massachusetts government. Second, it was never actually going to prevent kosher residents from accessing kosher food. And third, Romney's decision wouldn't have cut anything -- he simply vetoed additional funds, keeping funding at the status quo during a budget crisis year."
Romney is a fucking lying asshole but Gingrich is as well.
jillan
(39,451 posts)malaise
(269,004 posts)Bipartisan my ass
MrSlayer
(22,143 posts)He just didn't want to give more money. It's right there in the snip I posted.
Stop making me have to defend this asshole, it makes me feel slimy.
Ruby the Liberal
(26,219 posts)Which is a memorial fast day, commemorating the loss of both temples. Tisha bAv dinner. In Jerusalem.
Money trumps all with this set.