Gov. Romney opposed kosher meals for poor Jewish nursing home residents

[DesertRat]

This was in the NY Post a few days ago, but this is the first I've seen of it. It show's Mitt's heartless, insensitive treatment of not only the poor in nursing homes, but of their religion.

Mitt Romney is getting heat for a 2003 veto he cast as governor of Massachusetts to reject $600,000 in additional funds for poor Jewish nursing-home residents to get kosher meals.

At the time, Romney said he nixed the funding of about $5 per day because it “unnecessarily” would lead to an “increased rate for nursing facilities” — even as kosher nursing homes were complaining that state-funding-formula changes could force them to close their kitchens.

“I was outraged,” Jeffrey Goldshine, the retired CEO of a company that operated a kosher facility in Massachusetts, told The Post yesterday.

“For the elderly Jewish residents of a nursing home that have always been kosher — they should be entitled to continue.”

http://www.nypost.com/p/news/national/romney_rapped_for_kosher_cut_UCfv1rYHxrr1CgIP2OPyRO

[rfranklin]

1. That's like making Mitt wear regular Jockey Briefs!

It's unconscionable.

[DesertRat]

3. And if prisoners are entitled to Kosher or Muslim Halal meals,

then so should the elderly in nursing homes.

[MADem]

2. That's a real "winner" position in FL...! NOT!

There are more than a few Jewish voters in FL ( a surprising number of them once voted for Pat Buchanan...no, wait...that was election shenanigans!).

In any event, I'll bet they'll be interested in this story.

[MidwestTransplant]

4. Why supply Kosher meals when you are just going to convert them to Mormonism after their death.

Seems like a waste of money indeed....well by Mitt's logic anyway.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

5. By that logic, old Mormons in nursing homes

should not be supplied with their more expensive magic underwear. And they should have to drink coffee and tea along with everybody else.

[gopiscrap]

6. Willard's a fucking asshole

I hope when he dies he goes to doggie hell and Seamus is there to greet him!

[gejohnston]

7. Hey Mitt

My Primary teacher warned me about guys like you.

This Turkish coffee is for you.

[JNelson6563]

8. Geez, I'm an atheist and I think this is so wrong.

I can't imagine doing that! Asshole extraordinaire.

Julie

[ellisonz]

9. Bastard. n/t

[Tx4obama]

10. LOOK at THIS !!!

Caption contest: 'Mitt Romney serves meal at Jewish nursing home'
Here: http://www.democraticunderground.com/1002244001
and here: http://www.dailykos.com/story/2012/01/30/1060076/-Caption-contest:-Mitt-Romney-serves-meal-at-Jewish-nursing-home?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+dailykos%2Findex+%28Daily+Kos%29

[DesertRat]

11. So Romney's going for the vegetarian vote?

[Beacool]

12. It's not true.

Newt is full of it, as usual.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/01/31/newt-gingrich-robocall-mitt-romney_n_1244284.html

[denem]

13. I wonder how easy it is to fake a robocall?

And how easy it is to trace.

When asked, Newt said "I have no idea what you are talking about".

The one thing that makes me suspicious is mentioning "holocaust survivors". It wasn't needed for that call, to say the least.

[Beacool]

14. Gingrich is a disgusting man.

He is a nasty person and that is aside from his politics. He is such a megalomaniac that he doesn't care if he tears down his own party.

[AlinPA]

16. Let him tear down their party-it works for me.

[Tx4obama]

15. Another article link below that has an UPDATE at the botttom

Here: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/01/31/newt-gingrich-robocall-mitt-romney_n_1244284.html

[yellowcanine]

17. Someone should organize a delivery of lox and a schmear to the Romney campaign.

bagels, lox and cream cheese for the uninitiated.

[DesertRat]

18. Good one!