Palestinians Slam Romney Over Remarks
Romney Declared Palestinian Statehood 'Unthinkable'
Mitt Romney had already made enemies of the Palestinians by pledging to “always stand with Israel” without question on all disputes, but the new hidden camera comments, in which he declared a Palestinian state “unthinkable” and declared Palestinians to be inherently “uninterested” in peace have really taken the row to a new level.
Top Palestinian officials were quick to condemn Romney, saying his comments were “absolutely unacceptable” and accusing him of spending all of his time “pandering to the Israeli Lobby.”
“He seems to think of himself as a mind reader since he claims to know what Palestinian intentions are,” noted Hanan Ashrawi, a top PLO figure, who went on to warn that his positions could damage American credibility throughout the world.
Romney isn’t the first Republican candidate to spark a major dispute with the Palestinians, as Newt Gingrich also caused a pretty significant amount of anger back in December when he declared that there is “no such thing” as Palestinians.
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JDonald
September 18th, 2012 at 8:39 pm
Maybe Romney should go back to college and enroll in a history course to get up to speed with what it will take if he becomes the next President. Of course if the Mormons are the lost tribes of Israel, I guess he knows whose side he is on.
brainfan
September 19th, 2012 at 4:02 am
I can't believe how misanthropic this beast is. Even George W. Bush had a greater sense of human awareness.
curmudgeonvt
September 19th, 2012 at 5:47 am
I thought that I'd never see a more poorly run, poorly managed, poorly messaged campaign – or a more disqualified candidate – than what I saw during the McCain campaign – I mean, how more stupid can you get than pulling Sarah Palin out of a took but…Romney's only course of action after November will be to slink away…forever. Politically, he's toast. The kicker is he's taking Ryan with him.thankyouthankyouthankyou…
baz
September 19th, 2012 at 10:13 am
in the dictionary next to the definition of ignoramus is a picture of Mitt Romney
Margaret Oils
September 19th, 2012 at 12:19 pm
As of today, there will be 2 less Palestinians to slam Romney or anybody else. That's the number killed by the terrorist entity known as Isreal today alone.
Daniel S
September 19th, 2012 at 7:23 pm
Israel is the invented state.