Erudition is not his thing, though Bush set a high bar to match. Along with his gaffes they reveal a Romney that just mouths the words but really doesnt care about anything but greed.
Romney confuses ‘Sikh’ with ‘sheik’
At the Iowa fundraiser, he talked about the “sheik temple” and the “sheik people.” Sheik is an Arabic honorific, whereas Sikh is a religion with roots in South Asia.
Romney said: “We had a moment of silence in honor of the people who lost their lives at that sheik temple... the sheik people are among the most peaceable and loving individuals you can imagine...
http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/romney-confuses-sikh-with-sheik/2012/08/07/10beaba6-e0fc-11e1-a19c-fcfa365396c8_story.html
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