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Just Gaffeing Around

The world got a good look at Mitt Romney last week and … they don’t like him. He made gaffe after gaffe with world leaders and certainly didn’t improve foreign perceptions of the United States. About the only meeting that went off without a hitch was Romney’s meeting with former Solidarity Union leader and Polish president Lech Wałęsa, who seems to be backing Romney. Which begs the question, why would a union leader support Romney? Conservative Republicans hate unions. If Wałęsa’s movement was in the United States, Romney would be trying to dissolve it. Wałęsa is a very religious man, so we’re thinking in this case that religion trumps common sense.

Or just maybe, Romney managed to pull a boner and the media just swept it under the rug. Why that’s blasphemy! How could we even suggest such a thing? The news media never looks the other way when it comes to Republican candidates.

Former Solidarity leader and Polish president, Lech Wałęsa, seems to be having second thoughts about his endorsement of Mitt Romney in the upcoming American presidential election.

 

Rewind: The King of Gaffes

Mitt the Twit (or Spiff as we call him) Romney’s recent gaffes in Europe remind us of another Republican who goofed up regularly on the world stage. Ol’ Dubya was always good for a laugh and a master at sticking his feet in his mouth, sometimes both at the same time.

Here’s a photo-toon from our March 17, 2006 issue that depicts one of Dubya’s more dubious moments.

President Bush made a serious diplomatic gaffe on his recent trip to India when he wore a feather headdress to address the Indian people.