Besides the drama over whether reporters would be allowed to the Sheldon Adelson fundraiser for Mittens in Jerusalem where he’s going to announce he “respects” going to war with Iran, the Mittster managed to step into a little pile of local politics poo, with the last minute cancellation of a meeting with the Labor Party leader after meeting with Netanyahu.

As far as we know, he has managed so far to not tell anyone in Israel that he helped baptize their grandmothers murdered in the Holocaust.

[Wikipedia: Golden Plates/Alt-text explanation]

Mitt shits the bed again:

But Romney’s campaign announced Saturday that it would block the news media from covering the event, which will be held at the King David Hotel [in Israel]. The campaign’s decision to close the fundraiser to the press violates the ground rules it negotiated …

But look at this dancing horse!

UPDATE: FLOP!

A  Closed Mouth Gathers No Feet [His Vorpal Sword]

This should/could be harsher:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E7_UewKZVIg

And this explains the Sir Steve Redgrave reference.

Should have waited until after he met David Cameron:

UPDATE: And the gaffes continue …

Just in case you didn’t think she said it:

Turns out Mittens hasn’t even released his full 2010 return (Huffpo via Angry Black Lady):

Mitt Romney has not released his full tax records from 2010, including key documentation connected to his Swiss bank account.

Although President Barack Obama and an increasing number of Republican politicians have called on Romney to release tax returns from years prior to 2010, the public criticism has so far failed to note that Romney has not disclosed all of his tax documents for 2010 itself — the only year for which the GOP presidential nominee has presented any final tax forms.

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Could be punchier, but not bad: