Fund-Raiser for Romney in Israel Bars Media

[MindMover]

JERUSALEM — Mitt Romney’s high-dollar breakfast with donors at the King David Hotel here on Monday morning will be closed to the news media, his campaign decided Saturday, a change from the norm for the presumptive Republican presidential nominee.

The trip to Israel holds opportunity and peril for Mr. Romney, and his campaign aides have spent weeks preparing him for the fine diplomatic line he must walk while abroad. His relationship with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel, which dates to their days as young consultants in Boston, is being scrutinized for signs of warmth or cooling, and everything said — and unsaid — will be carefully parsed.

The fund-raiser may be an especially delicate situation for Mr. Romney because of the attendance of Sheldon Adelson, a billionaire casino magnate who has pledged to spend some $100 million this election to help defeat President Obama, as well as elect Republicans. Though Mr. Adelson first supported Newt Gingrich during the early nominating contests because of his strong support for Israel, he has since thrown his support behind Mr. Romney. Mr. Adelson and his wife recently gave $5 million to a pro-Romney “super PAC.”

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/07/29/us/politics/romney-fund-raising-breakfast-in-israel-to-bar-news-media.html?_r=1&smid=tw-nytimespolitics&seid=auto

[Tx4obama]

1. Two links below have articles with more details about Romney violating the Pre-Negotiated Agreement

Here: http://www.democraticunderground.com/1014179327

and

Here: http://www.democraticunderground.com/10021037480

[gael]

2. Teabaggers should be proud

We now have foreign entities deceiding our elections. How long before they decide
social security is an unnecesary burden?

[lob1]

3. This is new to me. Have our politicians ever done off shore fund raisers before?

He did one in London, too. I wonder what part of our economy he's promising these guys?

[Tx4obama]

4. Yes, politicians have had off shore fund raisers before this.

Hotel fundraiser

Romney will end his trip on Monday by taking in cash from a crowd of mostly Jewish Americans who live in Israel.

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http://www.aljazeera.com/news/middleeast/2012/07/20127291190926512.html

At the Hotel fundraiser there will be Jewish Americans that live in Israel and also Jewish Americans that are flying over there for the event.

They can take money from Americans living overseas - but NOT from non-Americans.