Did Mitt Romney Just Lose the Election? Ctd

Another one:



David Corn captions the newest release, which concerns Mitt Romney's views on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Romney says the Palestinians have no interest in establishing peace, among other things:

In public, Romney has not declared the peace process pointless or dismissed the two-state solution. In July, when the Israeli newspaper Haaretz asked Romney if he supports a two-state solution and the creation of a Palestinian state, he replied, "I believe in a two-state solution which suggests there will be two states, including a Jewish state." Yet Romney’s remarks to these funders—this was one of his longest answers at the fundraiser—suggest he might be hiding his true beliefs regarding Israel and the peace process and that on this subject he is out of sync with the predominant view in foreign policy circles that has existed for decades.

Of course, this newest revelation is quite a departure from the two-state solution Romney has been advocating openly on the campaign trail, even though it was quite clear to outsiders that his emphasis on peace between the two sides was opposed to the view of his ardently Zionist sugar daddy Sheldon Adelson.

I think what most offends people about these leaks is that it reveals a fundamental dishonesty about the candidate. Though Obama's notorious "guns and religion" comment showed some degree of condescension toward a small portion of the population, Romney's comments on the '47 percent' only seek to confirm the notion that he totally lacks empathy with almost half the country, to whom, it is now clear, he cannot relate. Now, with the new release, we see another side to his already-opaque views on the subject of Israel. I suppose we can assume, given the blunt candor, that this is the real, unplugged Romney. But even then one can never be sure with Willard.