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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsRomney cancels meeting with (opposition) party leaders in Israel
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CNN National Political Correspondent Jim Acosta and CNN Producer Matt Hoye
Jerusalem (CNN) The leaders of the liberal Labor Party in Israel took issue with Mitt Romney's decision to cancel a meeting during the presumptive GOP nominee's trip in Israel on Sunday.
Romney made a "last-minute cancellation" with Labor Party Leader Shelly Yachimovich, according to Labor parliamentary member Isaac Herzog, who was also scheduled to take part in the session.
"It is a pity that Governor Romney did not have the opportunity to hear about the political and economical alternative that exists today to Netanyahu's Government and that alternative is the Labor Party," Herzog said in a statement.
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The campaign, however, said in a statement Sunday that they originally agreed to set up the meeting with the opposition "in keeping with diplomatic protocol," but since the Labor Party no longer represents the opposition, the meeting was canceled.
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http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2012/07/29/romney-cancels-meeting-with-party-leaders-in-israel/
So the opposition doesn't know it "no longer represents the opposition"? Even if the Romney camp believes this BS, are they suggesting that they had no idea until hours before the meeting?
WTF?
Netanhayu Already Dictating to RomneyPuppet. Opposition Meeting Cancelled Suddenly.
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2012/07/29/1114748/-Netanhayu-Already-Dictating-to-RomneyPuppet-Opposition-Meeting-Cancelled-Suddenly
Romney: I will Put Netanyahu First and America Second - No Kidding
http://www.democraticunderground.com/10021041042
"the Romney campaign had not prepared sufficiently for a visit of this magnitude"
http://www.democraticunderground.com/10021035280
C_U_L8R
(45,031 posts)Yet another diplomatic fail for Mitt.
Romney really sucks at even pretending to be presidential.
JoePhilly
(27,787 posts)11 Bravo
(23,928 posts)BumRushDaShow
(129,876 posts)Botany
(70,635 posts)"A Polish man, an English woman, and a Rabbi walk into a bar ..... "
arely staircase
(12,482 posts)the englishwoman asks "is that mitt romney in your pocket or are you just happy to see me?"
Frustratedlady
(16,254 posts)madaboutharry
(40,245 posts)Doesn't he know that the majority of American Jews think that Netanhayu is an asshole.
elleng
(131,292 posts)ANY chance he'd pick up Jewish/Pro-Israel votes now?
annabanana
(52,791 posts)I dunno.. You'll have to ask mittens.
global1
(25,294 posts)schedule meetings with opposing parties in the country to listen to them and hear what they feel the issues are. I would use this as a basis for determining how I would approach working with the country going forward. It seems like the fair thing to do. Gather the facts. Gather the opinions. And then form my own opinion based on some information that was gotten in a fair manner.
It seems like Rmoney knows everything and has already formed his opinions.
Now that doesn't seem Presidential to me.
sabrina 1
(62,325 posts)that meeting. He did ask Netanyahu, probably the most unpopular leader in the world at this point, to just tell him what he could do for him. Looks like he's already begun taking orders.
PragmaticLiberal
(904 posts)malaise
(269,254 posts)He said the fundraising was after the fast. I found that very strange - indeed most of what he said suggested that he was an Rmoney hack.
Rmoney ignores all rules except his own.