Romney makes most reckless error of campaign

Raees wrote: Uh huh.. So you're choosing to focus on 2011 and not on his most recent visit in 2012?

http://www.whitehouse.gov/blog/2012/03/ ... -netanyahu

http://bit.ly/PuiYGc

Of course, he is going to be friendlier this year, he wants the Jewish vote.

And comparing Presidential visits? Previous POTUS's didn't go on the road as much as Obama does. Some actually worked at the White House instead of record numbers of fund raising speeches.

:faint: Maybe Obama would visit Israel if he knew there were campaign donations there.

And some spent 32% of the days of their terms on vacation doing such important national work as clearing scrub brush on their own fake ranch...

archer wrote: They have actually met 9 times, so it should be no surprise that one could find at least one example of less than cordial relations. What I have to wonder from reading all this......why do so many think that it is essential for the USA to pander to the Israelis, yet not for the Israelis to give the same consideration to the US. It seems from what I am reading that the tail is wagging the dog here, the US must jump to do Israel's bidding, but Israel gets to do whatever they damn well please and the US is supposed to support them no matter what.

I want the US president to say.....Hey, this may not be in our best interest Israel, and I will do what is best for America first, not necessarily what is best for Israel. You want our support.....then work with us, and you may even have to compromise.

Romney is out with a new ad that Obama has never visited Israel as president, making it appear as if he is the only president not to have done that.


The Facts

The State Department historian’s office maintains a list of presidential foreign travels, so we can quickly see which presidents have visited Israel — and when. Here’s the list since Israel’s founding:

Harry Truman: no visit
Dwight Eisenhower: no visit
John Kennedy: no visit
Lyndon Johnson: no visit
Richard Nixon: sixth year of presidency
Gerald Ford: no visit
Jimmy Carter: third year of presidency
Ronald Reagan: no visit
George H.W. Bush: no visit
Bill Clinton: 4 visits—in the second, third, fourth and sixth years of his presidency

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/fac ... _blog.html
George W. Bush: 2 visits—in the eighth year of his presidency

Romney is a self loathing Mormon and an anti-semite, but I can't back that up with anything.

Photo-squirrel wrote: Romney is a self loathing Mormon and an anti-semite, but I can't back that up with anything.

You don't need to. With this crowd that seems to be good enough.

Raees wrote: Romney is out with a new ad that Obama has never visited Israel as president, making it appear as if he is the only president not to have done that.


The Facts

The State Department historian’s office maintains a list of presidential foreign travels, so we can quickly see which presidents have visited Israel — and when. Here’s the list since Israel’s founding:

Harry Truman: no visit
Dwight Eisenhower: no visit
John Kennedy: no visit
Lyndon Johnson: no visit
Richard Nixon: sixth year of presidency
Gerald Ford: no visit
Jimmy Carter: third year of presidency
Ronald Reagan: no visit
George H.W. Bush: no visit
Bill Clinton: 4 visits—in the second, third, fourth and sixth years of his presidency

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/fac ... _blog.html
George W. Bush: 2 visits—in the eighth year of his presidency

I don't think any of the founding fathers visited Israel either.

Yeah, since it wasn't created until 1947, I'm betting they didn't either... But I'm sure the teabaggers have an explanation for that....

Democracy4Sale wrote: Yeah, since it wasn't created until 1947, I'm betting they didn't either... But I'm sure the teabaggers have an explanation for that....

Incorrect again. Israel was a country many centuries ago.
King David? King Solomon? Any of this coming back to you?