After building a whole infrastructure to attack President Obama’s “you didn’t build that” comment, it’s delightfully ironic to see the Romney campaign nudging reporters to write gently about Mitt’s remarks in Israel.
These might sound like two wholly unrelated controversies — one damaging to Obama, one damaging to Romney. But in a real sense they’re outgrowths of the same widely held conservative assumption that financial success is typically a symptom of hard work and a more general virtuosity. Read More
Houston prepares PSA video on what to do when your office gets hit by the next mass-shooting massacre.
NYT: “On Monday afternoon, Romney campaign officials did not respond to a query about whether Mr. Romney believes that the blockade of Gaza or trade restrictions in the West Bank have had any dampening effect on economic activity in those areas.”
Romney praises Israel’s Obamacare-like health care system.
Romney says socialized medicine is awesome. For Israel.
It’s been a long trip apparently. Romney travelling press spokesman Rick Gorka got angry this morning when reporters asked Romney about gaffes and mishaps on the foreign trip and went feral momentarily telling reporters to “show some respect” and then to “kiss [his] ass”. Full transcript here.
A new poll shows an overwhelming majority of Democratic voters now support the legalization of same sex marriage.
Romney’s tries to clarify his remarks — widely condemned — about the Palestinian economy.
Twitter reportedly ‘alerted’ NBC to journalist’s critical Olympic tweets and later suspended his account.