Reaction: Romney insults entire country of France

In this new internet revolution it seems that almost any slip of the tongue can knock you out of the race or even out of politics in general. As such, candidates are constantly watching what they say (on and off the record) and fact-checking everything before using it in a speech. Mitt Romney's camp must not have gotten the memo. Mitt recently spoke at Regent University, Pat Robertson's university for the uber-right. In addressing family values he expressed outrage at Americans straying away from starting families because they liked the single life. He then went on to say that we're moving towards this lifestyle created by Europeans. His cited evidence? "In France, for instance, I'm told that marriage is now frequently contracted in seven-year terms where either party may move on when their term is up." Well as it turns out, Mitt's credible source must enjoy reading science fiction novels. The seven-year French marriage term is a fictional creation by Mormon science fiction novelist Orson Scott Card. Talk about embarassing! First you lamblast the French people only to find out you've been quoting some weird sci-fi hooplah created by a member of the very religion you're trying to avoid talking about. That is rich... Seriously though Mitt, you have got to have a ton of interns hanging around - put some of them on Wikipedia or something.