Here we go. Day two.
Mitt Romney sure was chatty at that fundraiser in May, right? Seems like this guy was espousing on nearly every subject known to man — and failing miserably. Prescient Huffpo commenter, shespeaks, pretty much nailed it with regard to the latest video to come trickling in from Mother Jones wherein Romney speaks to a crowd about tensions between Israel and Palestine.
“The image of Mitt Romney trying to have foreign policy discussions, talking war and peace and making definitive statements about the motives of the Palestinians in the context of clanking dishes and food wolfing greedy Republicans in some billionaire’s house is downright ludicrous if it weren’t so frightening.”
Yeah. The way in which Romney dissects the situation with his rather astounding lack of foreign policy expertise and to then just impotently throw his hands up in the air about the prospect of working to solve the tensions and bring peace — as a president should — well, that’s Mitt Romney for you. If it can’t be bought and outsourced or dismantled and sold off he has no idea what to do. He’s at a complete loss when it comes to actions that are actually supposed to unite people.
“I’m torn by two perspectives in this regard. One is the one which I’ve had for some time, which is that the Palestinians have no interest whatsoever in establishing peace, and that the pathway to peace is almost unthinkable to accomplish,” Romney said.
Somehow we just think it taxes (TAXES!) his brain a little too much to contemplate figuring out these sorts of things. After all it’s not as easy as pigeonholing 47% of the country as government dependent layabouts attempting to take money out of the pockets of rich playboys who like to have sex parties in their mansions. Labeling Americans as irresponsible victims and disregarding half the electorate is child’s play. Foreign affairs is hard work!
Huffington Post excerpts:
“I look at the Palestinians not wanting to see peace anyway, for political purposes, committed to the destruction and elimination of Israel, and these thorny issues, and I say, “There’s just no way.” And so what you do is you say, “You move things along the best way you can.” You hope for some degree of stability, but you recognize that this is going to remain an unsolved problem. We live with that in China and Taiwan. All right, we have a potentially volatile situation but we sort of live with it, and we kick the ball down the field and hope that ultimately, somehow, something will happen and resolve it. We don’t go to war to try and resolve it imminently. On the other hand, I got a call from a former secretary of state. I won’t mention which one it was, but this individual said to me, you know, I think there’s a prospect for a settlement between the Palestinians and the Israelis after the Palestinian elections. I said, “Really?” And, you know, his answer was, “Yes, I think there’s some prospect.” And I didn’t delve into it.”
Exactly, Mitt. Let’s just pass off this sticky, unwieldy situation to future generations to figure out — or, you know, not! It doesn’t really matter, right? What we all really need is a president who believes that the best course is to do nothing. This is why this part of the statement is a gem. “I got a call from a former secretary of state. I won’t mention which one it was, but this individual said to me, you know, I think there’s a prospect for a settlement between the Palestinians and the Israelis after the Palestinian elections. I said, “Really?” And, you know, his answer was, “Yes, I think there’s some prospect.” And I didn’t delve into it.”
I DIDN’T DELVE INTO IT! Batting a thousand there, RMoney. Keep up the good work!
Here’s the full transcript on the Mother Jones site.
