Middle East Focus: Only in the GOP: South Carolina, Where Ignorance can be a Virtue……………

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Only in the GOP: South Carolina, Where Ignorance can be a Virtue……………

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“A new Web ad from Newt Gingrich's campaign, "The French Connection," stresses the similarities between Mitt Romney and John Kerry, tying the two Massachusetts politicians together with the fact that both of them speak French. "Just like John Kerry, he speaks French, too," the ad's narrator says of Romney, showing an often-circulated clip of Romney speaking about the 2002 Winter Olympics in French. The French theme came up in 2004, when Republicans noted that Kerry "looked French" -- and that fact isn't lost on team Newt as they use the connection against Romney now……………”

I think certain regions of the USA, mostly in the Red States, are probably the only parts in the world where speaking foreign languages (other than Spanish) is considered a handicap for a leader. Tsk, tsk.
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