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Related: About this forumAfter Dissing Spain, AP Says Romney Might Need Lesson in Diplomacy 101
After Dissing Spain, AP Says Romney Might Need Lesson in Diplomacy 101
The Denver fallout continues for Mitt Romney. Sunday, the AP said that Mitt Romney might need a crash course in diplomacy 101 if he gets elected.
During the first presidential debate, Romney attempted to conflate Spain with Obama in order to smear the President with failure no matter how unrelated. The irony of this is that not only did he irritate Spain (a Romney specialty, it seems), but also he got it wrong.
In fact, Spains problems come precisely from the kind of leadership we would expect under Romney; the kind of leadership America had under Bush that led to the great recession.
Spain is none-too-pleased. Deputy Prime Minister Soraya Saenz de Santamaria called out Romneys ignorance of reality (are we cringing yet?), What I see is ignorance of what is reality, but especially of the potential of the Spanish economy.
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Full article here: http://www.politicususa.com/mitt-twit-strikes-spain-romney-lesson-diplomacy-101.html
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After Dissing Spain, AP Says Romney Might Need Lesson in Diplomacy 101 (Original Post)
Tx4obama
Oct 2012
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GallopingGhost
(2,404 posts)1. Romney's foreign policy mindset
scares the hell out of me.
It should scare the hell out of anyone. I wonder how long it would take him to piss off all our allies, ala Bush.
alcibiades_mystery
(36,437 posts)2. Wait, AP dissed Spain?
Dangling participle.
Come on, Sarah Jones and/or headline writer. Come on.
CitizenPatriot
(3,783 posts)3. scares the hell out of me n/t
11 Bravo
(23,926 posts)4. Typical Republican dumb ass (but I repeat myself).