2016 Postmortem
Related: About this forumHow many gaffes or reveals did Romney (or staff) commit on his trip abroad?
I have 3 in Britain: insulting the Olympic preparation, revealing a secret MI6 meeting, forgetting the Labour movement's leader's name. This doesn't count looking out 10 Downing Street's backside, or evasions during the Brian Williams interview.
5 in Israel: scheduling a fundraising dinner on Tisha BAv, a day of mourning and fasting; claiming Palestinians are poor because of their culture; praising Israels socialist health care system; threatening Iran with an Israeli strike; sitting next to Sheldon Adelson, under investigation for bribery of foreign officials;
1 in Poland: His aide cursing reporters.
What am I leaving out? 8 seems too few.
Kalidurga
(14,177 posts)I dunno if this is a gaffe, but it was glaring to me. He smirked at the wailing wall.
garthranzz
(1,330 posts)I'm looking specifically while abroad. In his book he insulted England more but I want just the trip. The smirk is revealing but not an objective gaffe.
gkhouston
(21,642 posts)Excuse me, that's United States. He couldn't have possibly returned to us because he wasn't one of us in the first place.
jade3000
(238 posts)We need somewhere to just maintain a running list of all these missteps.
With date and comtext
Cosmocat
(14,564 posts)ONE of them, they would be dead as a candidate.
Lucy Goosey
(2,940 posts)...he praised the Polish economy while completely ignoring the fact that the government has a lot to do with it:
http://www.montrealgazette.com/business/FACT+CHECK+Romney+ignores+strong+government+role+Polands+economy/7018617/story.html
HopeHoops
(47,675 posts)I made that up, but it wouldn't shock me to hear him say that.
pink-o
(4,056 posts)You wouldn't be making it up. You'd just be ahead of the Time/Space Continuum.