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http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/08/07/mitt-romney-kibbutz_n_1753185.html?utm_hp_ref=politics
[font size=5]Romney Takes Shot At Kibbutzim, Things Get Awkward
Mitt Romney: America Is Not A Kibbutz[/font]
Days after praising Israel in Jerusalem, Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney took a shot at kibbutzim, arguing in favor of American individualism and entrepreneurship.
"What America is not [is] a collective where we all work in a kibbutz," Romney said at a fundraiser at a downtown Chicago restaurant. "Instead it's individuals pursuing their dreams and building successful enterprises which employ others and they become inspired as they see what has happened in the place they work and go off and start their own enterprises."
It was an odd comment for Romney, especially considering that he argued that Israel's culture made the difference in its economic success. Kibbutzim, or collective farms, were essential building blocks in making Jewish settlements in Palestine and ultimately made the creation and growth of the state of Israel even possible.
Romney visited a kibbutz threatened by rocket attacks from the Gaza Strip with New York Jets owner Woody Johnson in January 2011 as part of a Middle East trip, NJ.com reported. ....
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/08/07/mitt-romney-sikh_n_1753978.html?utm_hp_ref=politics
[font size=5]Mitt Makes Unfortunate Slip
Mitt Romney Mispronounces 'Sikh' During Fundraiser [/font]
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/politics/
[font size=5]BAIN'S BLOOD MONEY
Romney Started Bain With Funds From Families Linked To Brutal Civil War [/font]
[font size=5]GOP Architect Of Welfare Reform Criticizes Romney Ad [/font]
[font size=5]Unhappy Mitt.. Awkward Mitt.. Wild Rant.. Unfortunate Mitt Slip.. GOP Creationist Blow.. Clinton vs. Mitt [/font]
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GreatCaesarsGhost
(8,584 posts)catbyte
(34,377 posts)hifiguy
(33,688 posts)Not even Chimpy said so many things that are so incredibly stupid when he was campaigning in 2000.
Ruby the Liberal
(26,219 posts)She will start leveling the slate after lunch.
Ikonoklast
(23,973 posts)I vas busy counting my money, after all, zat iz vat's important in life!