Bethel Bakery Offers 'CookieGate' Special After Romney Slight

[kpete]

Bethel Bakery Offers 'CookieGate' Special After Romney Slight

Mitt Romney Guesses Bethel Bakery Cookies Came From 7-Eleven

BETHEL PARK, Pa. -- Bethel Bakery is having some fun with a "CookieGate" special after a slight from presidential hopeful Mitt Romney.

Romney met with local residents Tuesday at an outdoor roundtable event at the Bethel Park Community Center. He guessed that a plate of cookies set on the table was from "a local 7-Eleven bakery or whatever."

As it turns out, the treats were from Bethel Bakery, a longtime South Hills staple known for its signature pastries, cookies and cakes.

"When I heard it, I thought, 'Oh, my goodness. This guy has no idea how beloved this institution is that provided these cookies,'" said bakery owner and president John Walsh. "We wanted him to be welcomed with the best in the burgh, and he had no idea."



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[Beaverhausen]

1. He is a monumental ass

Seriously, what on earth made him say that?

[lunasun]

2. His distaste for peasant food! and peasants period

ie wtf is this crap ?? did you get it at the 7-11 or what? good God get something gourmet for me! Isnt it bad enough I have to sit at a picnic table?