Romney: ‘Providence’ And Culture Make Israelis Superior To Palestinians

[Purveyor]

By David Edwards
Monday, July 30, 2012 9:57 EDT

Palestinian officials on Monday accused presumptive Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney of racism after he told wealthy donors — including billionaire Sheldon Adelson — that Israelis were more economically successful because of their culture and intervention by God.

“And as I come here and I look out over this city and consider the accomplishments of the people of this nation, I recognize the power of at least culture and a few other things,” Romney remarked at a $25,000-a-plate fundraiser, adding that a climate of innovation and the “hand of providence” also played a part.

“As you come here and you see the GDP per capita, for instance, in Israel which is about $21,000 dollars, and compare that with the GDP per capita just across the areas managed by the Palestinian Authority, which is more like $10,000 per capita, you notice such a dramatically stark difference in economic vitality,” he said.

According to the CIA, Israelis had a 2011 per capital income of $31,400, while Palestinians had a per capita income of just $2,900.

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[C_U_L8R]

1. Money is Mitt's God

What a soul-less tool.

[freshwest]

2. The story of his life and his beliefs right there. Just substitute himself for them. Megalomaniac.

[progressivebydesign]

3. What a soulless pig. It's sick enough that he has his biggest donors with him in the Holy Land..

.. and now he's reducing the Palestinians to backwards animals. He is a racist. Sorry.. I know that they're trying to distance him from that Anglo Saxon bullshit, but it's clear that if you're not rich, white, and donating, you're scum to the Romneys. He and his surrogates have pretty much said the same thing about President Obama....

[yellowcanine]

4. dog whistle to evangelicals, who believe in Israeli exceptionalism almost as much, if not more

than American exceptionalism. "Chosen people" and all that.

[sakabatou]

5. *facepalm*