Romney: "The person who carried out this heinous act was a person motivated by racial hatred and religious intolerance" (Sikh temple

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Romney said: “We had a moment of silence in honor of the people who lost their lives at that sheik temple. I noted that it was a tragedy for many, many reasons. Among them are the fact that people, the sheik people, are among the most peaceable and loving individuals you can imagine, as is their faith. And of course, the person who carried out this heinous act was a person motivated by racial hatred and religious intolerance.”

Romney spokesman Rick Gorka said the candidate “mispronounced similar sounding words,” noting that he was clearly referring to the Wisconsin shooting.

Gorka also pointed out that the comment came at the end of a long day of campaigning.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/romney-confuses-sikh-with-sheik/2012/08/07/10beaba6-e0fc-11e1-a19c-fcfa365396c8_story.html

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Romney said: “We had a moment of silence in honor of the people who lost their lives at that sheik temple. I noted that it was a tragedy for many, many reasons. Among them are the fact that people, the sheik people, are among the most peaceable and loving individuals you can imagine, as is their faith. And of course, the person who carried out this heinous act was a person motivated by racial hatred and religious intolerance.”

Romney spokesman Rick Gorka said the candidate “mispronounced similar sounding words,” noting that he was clearly referring to the Wisconsin shooting.

Gorka also pointed out that the comment came at the end of a long day of campaigning.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/romney-confuses-sikh-with-sheik/2012/08/07/10beaba6-e0fc-11e1-a19c-fcfa365396c8_story.html

Well, couldn't have been that long a day. Gorka still managed to stop short of telling reporters to kiss his a$$.

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The Iron Sheik

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The Iron Sheik

That's what first popped into my head when I read "sheik"! He isn't exactly "peaceable".

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That's what first popped into my head when I read "sheik"! He isn't exactly "peaceable".

I remembered as a kid watching him wrestle and he definitely wasn't peaceable

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I remembered as a kid watching him wrestle and he definitely wasn't peaceable

Have you ever heard him on Howard Stern? He's a very angry person, but very funny!

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Have you ever heard him on Howard Stern? He's a very angry person, but very funny!

Nope - I lost interest in wrestling in the 1980's when I found out how fake it was. I don't have xm radio to listen to Stern. I actually nick-named a cat I owned 20 years ago as a kid - the Iron Sheik because he was chubby and liked to sleep in a large iron pot

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Nope - I lost interest in wrestling in the 1980's when I found out how fake it was. I don't have xm radio to listen to Stern. I actually nick-named a cat I owned 20 years ago as a kid - the Iron Sheik because he was chubby and liked to sleep in a large iron pot

That's awesome. Sounds like an interesting cat.

It sucks that you have to have XM to listen to Stern, he does have some clips on youtube. Definitely NSFW!