Romney “Special Adviser” Panders, Derides Most Jews in NJ

NJDC — June 6, 2012 – 2:42 pm | Election 2012 | GOP Hypocrisies | Israel | Mitt Romney | Republicans Comments (0) Add a comment

Former Senator Norm Coleman (R-MN)—a “special adviser” to Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney—followed Romney’s lead of saying anything to win by reportedly “predict[ing] Romney would move the American embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem if elected.”

Thus far into the campaign, Romney has repeatedly declined to promise moving the embassy. In contrast, George W. Bush promised to move the embassy during the 2000 campaign, but then issued a waiver 16 times without any criticism or outrage from Republicans.

In addition to Coleman following Romney’s lead of smearing the President’s Iran record without offering specific alternatives, Coleman derided most American Jews for being liberals:

In a jibe at the majority of Jews who vote Democratic and are liberal on social issues, Coleman said, ‘Unfortunately, too many Jews assume that when Moses came down he was carrying two tablets. One said abortion and the other gay rights.’

This from the man who co-chaired the re-election campaign of President Bill Clinton in Minnesota in 1996.

With this report, the Romney campaign has some explaining to do. Either they have little control over a key “special adviser,” or they are planning to make a promise to American Jews that Romney likely cannot—and will not—keep, just like Bush.

Romney would also do well to make sure his advisers cease belittling the values shared by the sweeping majority of American Jews. 

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