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Coyotl

(15,262 posts) Tue Oct 23, 2012, 02:20 AM Oct 2012

Mitt Romney does not know where Iran and Syria are. [View all]

This could well be the defining statement by Romney tonight, after the fervor about Obama's great performance finally subsides a bit:

WOW Mittens, missed a few geography lessons lately? Maybe a community college class coming up in January will assist you,
prepare you for the cavalry charge in 2016

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Mitt Romney does not know where Iran and Syria are. [View all] Coyotl Oct 2012 OP

found it Iranic... oldhippydude Oct 2012 #1

This is going viral on Facebook Coyotl Oct 2012 #2

The Obama campaign needs to make a big enough deal about this... regnaD kciN Oct 2012 #12

Romney actually got this right ... drnb Oct 2012 #13

No he didn't get it right -- Iran is not an Arab country and they have no contiguous border w/Syria! KurtNYC Oct 2012 #14

You don't need land route or shared border when you have naval base drnb Oct 2012 #18

Don't blame Mittens, Buster Bluth is his cartographer. myrna minx Oct 2012 #27

it should! God help us keep this brain dead rock out of the white house RepublicansRZombies Oct 2012 #34

I wonder if he even knows what the national language of Iran is... redStateBlueHeart Oct 2012 #3

yep he just proved in Iranian geography.. oldhippydude Oct 2012 #6

But, but, Iran is landlocked and needs the Syria "corridor" Surya Gayatri Oct 2012 #4

And that statement sounds rehearsed at that aint_no_life_nowhere Oct 2012 #5

probably that idiot dan senor. I'll bet he won't be cock walking on Morning Joe tomorrow... CTyankee Oct 2012 #7

Ha malaise Oct 2012 #17

He extemporized that and got it completely wrong. Ignorance requires improvizing Coyotl Oct 2012 #21

"He doesn't know where the Middle East countries are situated. End of story, end of campaign!" RepublicansRZombies Oct 2012 #30

Romney must have been playing battleship in the bathtub loyalsister Oct 2012 #8

Actually, he is a member of the Flatland Society Coyotl Oct 2012 #28

I would think that he would need considerable mentoring there loyalsister Oct 2012 #38

I don't think his supporters even care. mwdem Oct 2012 #9

But, the independents and undecideds do care, and they swing the election every time. Coyotl Oct 2012 #22

He needs a bigger map pokerfan Oct 2012 #10

exactly RepublicansRZombies Oct 2012 #32

I think you mean Egypt pokerfan Oct 2012 #36

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Also, Iran is not an Arab country -- they are Aryan (hence the name "Iran") KurtNYC Oct 2012 #16

He was probably using the infamous FOX News map which flipped Iran and Iraq (label-wise).. Princess Turandot Oct 2012 #19

Does "Straight of Hormuz" ring a bell? DetlefK Oct 2012 #20

You mean Qatar? Coyotl Oct 2012 #23

He prepped for the debate with Fox News maps .... nt eppur_se_muova Oct 2012 #24

romney is talking to his base ,be careful you do not go far you my fall off n\t -LOKI -BAD FOR YA Oct 2012 #25

These two are a natural combination: Romney/Upton 2016 Coyotl Oct 2012 #26

Derpy Hooves wouldn't have got that one wrong. hifiguy Oct 2012 #29

I think this was not just a blunder but was/ought to be a DEFINING MOMENT that we should use in ads. WinkyDink Oct 2012 #31

according to the article he says it all the time RepublicansRZombies Oct 2012 #33

if you back it out more.... RepublicansRZombies Oct 2012 #35

Yes, but he can see them from his car elevator. HopeHoops Oct 2012 #37