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jillan

(39,451 posts)
Mon Oct 15, 2012, 05:50 PM Oct 2012

Did 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.

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Did you hear that Sheldon & Bibi? Mitt vetoed Kosher food to Holocaust survivors in (Original Post) jillan Oct 2012 OP
Linking this on my thread malaise Oct 2012 #1
Link ME to your thread :) jillan Oct 2012 #2
Here malaise Oct 2012 #5
Read the whole thing garthranzz Oct 2012 #3
Same thing they think of all other religions? Blue Idaho Oct 2012 #6
Actually I heard it from Shannon O'Brien when she was on Tweety. The State Legislature had to jillan Oct 2012 #7
This message was self-deleted by its author Blue Idaho Oct 2012 #4
If you read the rest of the story, the charge is false. MrSlayer Oct 2012 #8
Romney cut the funds - and the state legislature overrode it. jillan Oct 2012 #9
Didn't the Democratic legislature overturn 750+ of WiLIARd's 800 vetoes malaise Oct 2012 #10
He didn't cut anything. MrSlayer Oct 2012 #11
They didn't give a shit when he planned a food + fundraiser on Tisha bAv Ruby the Liberal Oct 2012 #12

garthranzz

(1,330 posts)
3. Read the whole thing
Mon Oct 15, 2012, 05:59 PM
Oct 2012

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...

jillan

(39,451 posts)
7. Actually I heard it from Shannon O'Brien when she was on Tweety. The State Legislature had to
Mon Oct 15, 2012, 06:02 PM
Oct 2012

override it.

Response to jillan (Original post)

 

MrSlayer

(22,143 posts)
8. If you read the rest of the story, the charge is false.
Mon Oct 15, 2012, 06:03 PM
Oct 2012

"In the end, the veto was overridden by the Massachusetts state legislature, and the facilities kept their kosher kitchens after all. But Romney’s 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.

 

MrSlayer

(22,143 posts)
11. He didn't cut anything.
Mon Oct 15, 2012, 06:39 PM
Oct 2012

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)
12. They didn't give a shit when he planned a food + fundraiser on Tisha bAv
Mon Oct 15, 2012, 06:51 PM
Oct 2012

Which is a memorial fast day, commemorating the loss of both temples. Tisha bAv dinner. In Jerusalem.

Money trumps all with this set.

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