The Daily Show: Ears Edition - Gaffe Watch 2012: Romney Challenges Obama’s Re-Election | TDS Time Machine

Episode Date: July 29, 2024

Mitt Romney’s 2012 presidential campaign struggles with all kinds of gaffes including his remarks that struggling countries like Palestine, Mexico and Ecuador have only their own cultures to blame for their hardship. Plus economist, Dambisa Moyo, explains how China is future-proofing its economy by engaging with emerging markets across the world unlike the United States.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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My name is John Stewart. Our guest tonight, Dambisa Moyo. She is an economist promoting her new book, Win or Take the All. It's about how China will be our overlords, but benevolently so. Last night, by the way, we discussed a certain Republican nominee's gaff-filled trip to London, or as they call Gaffs in London, Floggyquefers. It's true. It's true. It's what they call Gaffs in England. Well, you can imagine how excited the Romney campaign must be to escape from our greatest ally and, uh...

Head to Poland to reset Romney's foreign policy bona fides. Now another hiccup for Mitt Romney's campaign this morning. The traveling press secretary for Romney, Rick Gorka, lost his cool and cursed at reporters near the tomb of the unknown soldier in Warsaw. So how did the press secretary end up cursing at reporters near the tomb? What set him off? Governor Rodney, do you have a statement for the Palestinians?

What about your gaffs? What about your gaffs? Sir, they're called floggy-queefers. Do you have any new gaffs in the works or nipslips or upskirts? Why did Kristen Stewart cheat on our patts? Answer to quit. Wow. So apparently the frustrated reporters were somewhat testing the line between questions and heckles.

Release the gorka! Show some respect to... We haven't had another chance to ask him questions. This is a holy sight for the Polish people. Show some respect. Have a little decorum, you fuck-sucking piece of b- This is sacred mother fucking ground now Why don't you and your friends go eat a

Gorka ain't my god this guy's cursing like a Filipino diplomat to the Philippines. Not a Filipino diplomat. My gaff. So, trouble in England for answering questions, trouble in Poland for ignoring questions, trouble in Poland for ignoring questions. I believe there was a third country Romney visited in between the two. Hopefully that will be a place where people aren't so overly sensitive or prone to complaining or heckling. Let's see, where was it?

Mitt Romney visited Israel this weekend. It could be worse. I'm excited to see how Romney screws the pooch on this one. What do you open a speech with greetings future Mormons? Or maybe just kept asking everyone in Israel where the rest of their baseball cap was. Or... Israel's achievements are a wonder of the modern world. These achievements are a tribute to the resilience of the Israeli people. Huh. That wasn't a guy.

No insult to anybody there. No indeligant behavior near sacred grounds? Romney's pulling it off. Your innovators and entrepreneurs have made the desert bloom and have made for a better world. Okay, now you're just kissing ass. And how delicious is the bully? I mean, uh... I can't believe you figured out how to make an edible salad that's mostly parsley and vulgar wheat.

I'm particularly impressed with Israel's cutting-edge technologies and thriving economy. And your language so beautiful, it sounds like an angel with throat cancer. Ah ha! He did it! Romney screwed up in England, he screwed up in Poland, but the guy managed to head to Israel without saying or doing anything particularly offensive or horrible kudos. Speaking in a fundraiser in Jerusalem Monday, Romney commented on the economic disparity between Israel and the surrounding Palestinian areas, saying, quote, you notice such a dramatically stark difference in economic vitality. culture makes all the difference. Missed it by that much.

So, close. So, Romney appears to be saying that the Palestinians are purely the architects of their own poverty. Or if you prefer to look at the converse, that Jews are just culturally some money-making moth-bossi. Either way, mn'a! Mr. Romney doubled down. This morning he suggested Israel was more prosperous because it had the hand of Providence. Again! Romney appears to be saying that while Palestinian despair has its roots in the hand of Providence. Again. Romney appears to be saying that while Palestinian despair has its roots in their culture,

God is also holding them down. Or if you prefer to look at the converse, Israel's economic progress is evidence, the hand of providence. Going to assume that all the horrible shit that happened to the Jews prior to that was the hand of Providence's middle finger. In case you believe Romney is singling out Israel and the Palestinians, he is not. You notice a dramatic, stark difference in economic vitality, he said, and that is also between other countries that are near or next to each other,

Chile and Ecuador, Mexico and the United States. Culture makes all the difference. You know, like Mississippi and New York. Romney 2012! For more, we turn to senior international culture analyst, Al, he is in the West Bank. Al, thank you for joining us. Al, what is your take? What is your take on Governor Romney's comments about these? the culture, the culture, the culture, the culture, the culture, the culture, the c, the culture, the c, the c, the c, the culture, the c, the culture, the culture, the culture, the culture, thi, thi, thi, thi, culture, culture, culture, culture, culture, culture, culture, culture, culture, culture, culture, culture, culture, culture, culture, culture, culture, culture, culture, culture, culture, culture thi, culture thi, joining us. Al, what is your take? What is your take on Governor Romney's comments about these cultural differences? He's absolutely right, John. I mean, it's got to be the culture.

Look at the way these Palestinians live. I mean, the house behind me looks like it was hit by a bulldozer. Rubble everywhere. I mean, straighten up people. You know, I'm not sure they're actually crazy about the rubble situation either. Right, but a superior culture, like America or Israel, would see this rubble and make rubble aid. I mean, start to... Some type of rubble-related businesses, surplus rubble outlet store. I mean, produce some rubble-related TV shows. This old rubble, flip this rubble.

Rubble hunter's international. These guys are leaving shekels on the table. Look, I'd do it myself, but I'm Mexican. So, as Governor Romney said, I just don't have the culture to pull it off. Have you by any chance while you've been over in the West Bank, have you noticed any other factors other than culture that might have been contributing to less than healthy economic development there? It starts with an open...

Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah, the roads. It's like... They don't even understand what they're for. Roads are supposed to help you get to places, and Palestinians, just their walls up. I mean, it's like living in a maze. No wonder traffic's backed up for months. Yeah, look, those are checkpoints.

Well, whatever they're called, the advance cultures have a little something called easy pass. Yeah, I don't. I don't think that's... I don't remember stopping every 20 feet on the Jersey term pike and having a guy with a gun probing me do-dads. All right? These people better get better culture, pronto. No, checkpoints are not a cultural preference of the Palestinians. The bullshed that they have to go through on a daily basis. Hey, hey, John, kiss my ass. This is a holy sight, all right? Show some respect. All right, show some respect.

All right, you shut the f-up. Fuck up. You're not on a holy site. This is a holy site. Everything's a holy site over there. You shut. the, hey. Hey! Hey! Hey! Hey! Hey! Hey! Hey! Hey! the, the, the, the, the, th! th! th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. Hey, th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. Hey. Hey. Hey. Hey. Hey. Hey. Hey. Hey. Hey. Hey. Hey. Hey. th. Hey. th. th. Hey. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. tha. tha. tha. th. tha. tha, tha. tha. tha. tha. tha. tha. tha. Hey, tha. Hey, shut the fuck up. You shut the fuck up. You're not on a holy sight. This is a holy site. Everything's a holy sight over there. You shut the f-shut up! Look, John, all I'm saying is this, culture is the only explanation for why the Palestinians are less prosperous.

I mean, how long have the Palestinians lived around here? I don't know, thousands of years. Right. And they still don't even have their own country. All right? Israel's been around for 60 years. And counting Florida, they got two. Thank you, Al Madgeal, everybody. We'll be right back. The candidates for November are set.

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Follow it all with new episodes every weekday on the NPR Politics podcast. Hey, wonder about. You guys, do you remember Dick Cheney? He's kind of an older guy. He's about this high, about this pleasant. He, um, he's been out of the spotlight for a little while, but he got himself a little fresh ticker about a few months ago there, and he decided to take that ticker out for a spin on national television.

ABC's Jonathan Carl has an exclusive interview with former vice president Dick Cheney. What he says, Mitt Romney should look for in a vice presidential candidate? Oh, let me just, uh, why are you asking him? I mean, he was in charge of finding a vice president for George W. Bush and picked himself. Who does that? But all right, what does Dick Cheney look for in a vice president when he doesn't have a Dick Cheney type on his shortlist. The test to get on that small list has to be, is this person capable of being president

of the United States? Sure, no, that's a good point. You pick the wrong BP? You don't know what they're going to do, whether it be their thoughts on an upcoming invasion, invasion. My belief is we will in fact be greeted as liberators. I I I I I I I I I. the the the thia. thia. thia. thia. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi is is, is, is, is, is, is, is, is, is, is, is, is, is, is, is, is, is, is, is, is, is, is, is, is, is, is, is, is, is, is, is, is, is, is, is, is, is, is, is, is, is, is, is, thi. Is thi. Is thi. Is thi. Is thi. Is thi. It is thi. It is thi. It is thi. It is thi. It is thi. It is thi. It is thi. It is thi. It is thi. Is thi. Is thi. Is thi. Or perhaps their thoughts on the strength of the post-invasion non-greeding? I think they're in the last throws, if you will, of the insurgency. Yeah, they weren't. Or maybe their VP would engage in some light-hearted, near manslaughter. Vice President Dick Cheney has accidentally shot and injured a man during a hunting trip in Texas. Remember that time? You guys remember there was there there there there was there was there there was there there there was there there the the the the the th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. thi. th. I th. I th. I tho. I tho. I thi. I thi. I tho. I tho. I tho. I tho. I th. I th. I th. I th. I th. I th. I. I. I. I. I. I. I. I. I. I. I. I. I. I. I. I. I. I. I. I. I. I. I. I. I. I. I. I. I. I. I. I. I. I. I. I. I. I. I. I'm. I'm. I'm th. I'm th. I'm th. I'm th. I'm th. I'm. th. I'm. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th.. th. I th. I th. I th. I trip in Texas. Remember that? Right of that time?

You guys remember there was, um, at one time you thought your friend was a bird? And shot him in the face. He's the face! It's a face! But go on. Any examples of vice presidential searches gone awry in your recent memory? I think that that was one of the problems McCain had.

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He does that himself every night and puts in a glass by his bed. Come on, Janie! Counterpunch! I like, uh, Governor Palin. But based on her background, she'd only been a governor for like two years. Ooh, point Cheney. He is right about that only two years, and even then she couldn't get out of there soon enough. All right, fellas, let's keep it clean out there.

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McCain not only played the torture card, he licked the bag of that card and stuck it on chaining the forehead so that you can see him playing it, that is a knockout! Wow! What an old man fight. Before we go, though, I just want to thank the good people that the the! Wow! What an old man fight! Before we go though I just want to thank the good people that old man smell. Stay smelly my friends. We'll be right back. The candidates for November are set.

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She's also a best-selling author who new book is called Winner Take All. China's Race for Resources and What It Means for the World. Please welcome to the program, Dambisa Moyo. Thank you. Thank you for being good. Thank you for being good. Thank you. Thank you for joining us. see you. Thank you.

Thank you for joining us. The book is called Winner Takes All. It's fascinating. You have catalog that China has been tenaciously gathering commodities for the coming apocalypse. Is that their plan? No, that's not their plan. I mean, obviously they have a big agenda in front of them. They've got 1.3 billion people, 300 million people that sort of live like us,

and sort of western standards of living, and a billion people who are living in dire poverty. So their most important priorities to make sure that they can deliver economic growth and improve livelihoods for their population. And so the way they've decided to do it is in the old days the way we would do it is we would conquer a nation and we would say what do you have in that mountain? They would take it. China has chosen a slightly different approach. What's been their approach? So their approach is much more friendly.

They really are focused on symbiosis. So in that sense, they are offering places like South America, Africa, and also developed economies like Canada and Australia, exactly what these places need. In the emerging markets where 90% of the world's population lives, people are incredibly poor, but they're trying to improve their livelihoods. They need trade, they need investment. 60 to 70% of the population in these places under the age of 24. So they need job creation, something I'm sure Americans are very familiar with.

And the Chinese are operating. Sorry, job creation, I'm not actually familiar with that type of situation. So the Chinese are doing that. The image that I have the the the the image the image the image the image the image the image the image the image the image the image the image the image the image their the image the image the image their the image their their, their, their, their, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, I, th, I, I'm th, th, th. th. th. th. th. th. thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi. So, thi. So, thi. So, thi. So, thi. So, thi. So, thi. So, thi. So, thi. So, they're, their, thi. So, thi. So, is of, you know, slave labor practices and rapacious, terrible environmentalism, but you're suggesting that these other countries, including some that are our allies, almost prefer dealing with the Chinese. So of course there are issues. There are always skirmishes and issues as two partners come together, trying to, you know, try and to engage in economic trade or foreign direct investment. But I think that China is their th th th th th th th th th th th thii thi thi thi thi thi thi thi thi thi thi thi thi thi thi thi thi thi, thi, thii, thia, thia, thia, thia, thia. And, thia. And, thia. And, thia. And, thia. And, thia. And, thia. And, thia. And, thia. And, th. And, th. And, th. And, th. And, th. And, th. And, th. And, th. And, thi. And, thi. And, thi. And, thi. And, thi. And, thi. And, thi. And, thi. And, thi. And, thiiiiiiia. And, thia. And, thia. And, thia. And, tha. And, tha. And, th together, trying to engage in economic trade or foreign direct investment.

But I think that China's getting a really bad rap. If you go across the emerging world, I've been fortunate enough to go to over 50 countries, and if you ask people in these places, what do you think about the Chinese, by and large, the sentiment is very positive. People want jobs, people want to improve their livelihoods, and the Chinesei willing to engage with them. It's not to say that they're perfect, but I think it needs to be put in that context. I'm not, obviously I'm not an economist, I don't want to pull rank at you, you've been to 50 countries. I've been to Epcot Center and I can tell you

that the reputation of the Chinese there, not as positive. So, the the the their their their their their their their their their their their their their their their their their their their their their their their their to, to, to, to be, to be, to be, tooge. to be, to beaqqqqqqueueueueueueueueueueck. to be positive. to be. to be. to be. I'm not. I'm not. I'm not. I'm not. I'm. I'm. I'm. I'm. I'm. I'm. I's. I's. I's. I's. I's. I's. I's. I's. I's. I's. I's. I's. I's. I'm. I'm. I'm. I'm. I'm. I'm. I'm. toe. toe. toe. toe. toe. toe. toe. toe. toe. toe. toe. toe. toe. toe. toe. toe. toe. I'm nottell you, John. But what can we do? So they are, the idea is, we have this enormous burgeoning population. They're going to need electricity, they're going to need water, they're going to need all these things. We are going to start setting the market for those things. Why aren't we doing that? Why aren't we going to Africa instead of obviously we give a lot of aid around the world but are we also making these commodities contracts? Well I wish you were I wish America would take a much more positive lead around engagement with the emerging markets. They're taking the case of aid in particular. There's no

country in the history of the world that has achieved economic growth and reduce poverty in a meaningful way by relying on aid to the extent that African countries rely on aid today. So you look around the Western and particularly the United States approach, the economic development and I think it has been left wanting and people are very antsy. It's been 50 years for many of these countries. I mean, look what's happening in India now. You've got 300 people that have no access to electricity over the last several days. They need electricity. We want America to be a America. Weaaaaaa. to to to to to bea. to, to, to, to, to, to, to, to, to, to, to, the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the their, the the the the the their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, theirniphiiiiia, theirnia, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, a positive way to deliver resources and to deliver changes to people's livelihoods, but I think there's a different discourse going on. Does that have to come from central ground? I mean, China does have the advantage of not having to take a

vote. Can they just go, you know, aren't our multinationals engaging in these markets? Isn't Exxon and all these other companies? Aren't they selling them coal and electricity and these types of things? So the tone comes from the top and if you listen to some of the rhetoric that comes out of policy makers in the United States, it's still very negative. We'll take the example of Africa for example. Right. There's very rarely a discussion around Africa being an investment ratio and a place for trade. Africa's got a billion people, but it's less than 2% of world trade. And as I said, these countries need investment, they need trade. We would hope that American policymakers would take the lead and say we want American companies to engage in Africa instead of taking the approach that Africa is a basket case and is a place for charity. And it's that discourse that I think is missing right now in the American politics. Doe. And thi. And it, and is thi. And it, and it is thi. And is thi. And is thi. And is thi. And is thi. And is thi. And it's, thi. And it's, thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. the the their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their. their. the, the, the, the, their. the, their. the, their. their. their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, today. today, tha. tha. today, tha. their. their. their. their. their you think that the American politicians are also afraid of the corruption that goes

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