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Coyotl

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21. He extemporized that and got it completely wrong. Ignorance requires improvizing

Reply to aint_no_life_nowhere (Reply #5)

Tue Oct 23, 2012, 10:10 AM

Oct 2012

Romney would have been better off if he didn't have to talk

Don't make excuses for the man. He doesn't know where the Middle East countries are situated. End of story, end of campaign!

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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