Gingrich hits Romney for knowing how to speak French

[tabatha]

During his college years in the 1960s, Mitt Romney spent two years as a Mormon missionary in France. Now, Newt Gingrich is trying to use that time abroad against him.

A new web ad released by Newt Gingrich's campaign titled "The French Connection" compares Romney to other politicians from Massachusetts, including former governor Michael Dukakis and Sen. John Kerry, both former Democratic presidential nominees. The "French Connection" of the ad's title? In a parting shot, the voiceover explains: "Just like John Kerry," the voice in the ad says, "he speaks French too!"

Pass the Freedom Fries, s'il vous plait?

http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/ticket/gingrich-hits-romney-knowing-speak-french-150300235.html

Republican grade school playground level.

[WCGreen]

1. Many Young Americans were forced to fight and die to clean up a french mess

in Indochina while Mitt cavorted across France getting a deferment to "convert" people to his religion...

[tularetom]

2. Pretty silly thing to accuse him of, but it will probably piss off the hicks

And that's all Gingrich is trying to do now, drive a wedge between the country club republicans like Romney and the mouth breathing French-hating inbreds that make up the "base".

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

3. What kind of American would know French? Traitor!

Good God. Romney sucks hard enough to bend light in many, many ways, but it's just disgusting that a candidate should be criticized for his ability to speak a foreign language. Should candidates for high office be limited only to English, since, after all, that's what Jesus spoke?

[Crankie Avalon]

4. Ooooooh, that's like dropping the bomb among the repukes!

"My opponent speaks some French! What more do you need to know???"

[tanyev]

5. Careful, Newt, or it might get out that your Phd is in Modern European History.

[louis-t]

6. Oooh, didn't see that coming.

Yeah, right.

[JoePhilly]

7. Meanwhile, Newt continues to speak "Mad man"

[Quantess]

8. Newt Gone Wild.

There's no point in trying to stop him.