A Jewish idiot makes a film, a Christian idiot promotes it, Muslim idiots kill over it, and Republican idiots condemn Obama.

— John Lundin (@johnlundin) September 12, 2012

Buzzfeed rounds up incredulous bipartisan reactions to Romney’s latest blunder:

“They were just trying to score a cheap news cycle hit based on the embassy statement and now it’s just completely blown up,” said a very senior Republican foreign policy hand, who called the statement an “utter disaster” and a “Lehman moment” — a parallel to the moment when John McCain, amid the 2008 financial crisis, failed to come across as a steady leader… “I guess we see now that it is because they’re incompetent at talking effectively about foreign policy,” said the Republican. “This is just unbelievable — when they decide to play on it they completely bungle it.”

Djejerian notices the Romney campaign’s “desperate smallness” on foreign affairs. Earlier Dish coverage of the controversy here, here and here.