Originally Posted by Villages Kahuna

So now Obama has made an apology to the Poles for an obvious, unintended poor choice of words...

White House: Obama regrets 'Polish death camps' remark; camps were Nazi | wtsp.com

So now what? How long will this relatively minor faux pax be politicized while there are serious issues on the table?

As I've said many times, I intend to vote for Mitt Romney. Should my intent be modified by his mis-statements which offended lots of people such as liking "firing people"; his wife's two Cadillacs; criticizing a non-existent French "law" permitting the automatic ending of marriage; criticizing Obama saying that it's not worth the cost or effort to kill Osama bin Laden; trying to criticize Hugo Chavez by using a Spanish phrase which was actually supportive of Castro in Cuba; angering women by saying that his wife's opinion is "not terribly relevant to my campaign"; complimenting Hitler for his energy policy; claiming that he created over 100,000 jobs when no one could ever substantiate that claim; being completely wrong in stating that unemployment reached double-digit levels under Carter but improved under Reagan's policies, when the reverse was actually true; his campaign claim that he will eliminate ObamaCare with an executive order, a power no president actually has...and on and on.

No, I will not make my judgement based on a literal and often out-of-context statements by either candidate. In a heated, politicized campaign where both candidates frequently try to appeal to narrow and highly partisan groups of prospective voters, I expect both candidates to make occasional gaffes which are clearly unintended and not reflective of their beliefs and positions in important issues. If they say certain things repeatedly, I'll get concerned. But otherwise, I'll make my voting decision based on a thoughtful consideration of a candidate's entire body of statements, writings, legislative achievement and overall experience.