Mitt Romney Unfit For Government

[CMike]

By definition the embassy speaks for the administration especially regarding official statements that were even reaffirmed.

 

[Stephanie]

by definition the embassy speaks for the administration especially regarding official statements that were even reaffirmed.

correct...

 

[Lakhota]

Romney’s irresponsible reaction to violence in the Mideast shows he plans to repeat the mistakes of George W. Bush. Does the GOP really think that’s what the American people want?

We know that we saw something appalling yesterday, in Mitt Romney’s response to the violence in Cairo and Benghazi, but let’s not lose sight of the fact that we’re witnessing something historic too. This isn’t simply the end of the Republican Party’s decades-long political advantage on foreign policy that we’re observing. Rather, we are simultaneously able to see how the party is reacting to and dealing with the disappearance of that advantage. It’s like those villains in the movies who not only are dying, but who register on their face that they can’t comprehend they’re dying, that Hell has finally called their malevolent number, like Julia Roberts’s husband in Sleeping With The Enemy. God, it’s fun to watch. But it’s also a reminder of the danger of handing power to this man and the people he would bring in with him.

More: Michael Tomasky on Mitt Romney?s Total Neocon Meltdown - The Daily Beast

 

[RoadVirus]

Mitt showed how he reacts in times of crisis

It wasnt pretty

We've seen how Obama reacts to times of crisis too. He either jets off to a fundrasier, a talk show or goes golfing. This time, he went to a fundraiser....in VEGAS.

 

[Lakhota]

It's nice to have a president who can walk and chew gum at the same time.

 

[Stephanie]

oh well the daily BEAST, more leftwing garbage sites coming

enjoy or gag whichever comes first

 

[Lakhota]

 

[Stephanie]

Hillary Clinton should of NEVER been our Secretary of state, she had NO EXPERIENCE in that department whatsoever, and it is now coming home to bite us on the ass

Of course Obama should of never been President either, now we are paying for that INEXPERINCE too

BOTH are UNFIT to protect us and our country

 

[regent]

I forget how the nation responded when Reagan lost 241 military in Lebannon. Romney could have really capitalized on that event. But then Reagan invaded Grenada so maybe that would have taken the wind out of Romney's sails? Wonder if that's what Obama should do now, invade Grenada?

 

[Stephanie]

I forget how the nation responded when Reagan lost 241 military in Lebannon. Romney could have really capitalized on that event. But then Reagan invaded Grenada so maybe that would have taken the wind out of Romney's sails? Wonder if that's what Obama should do now, invade Grenada?

maybe you should call him and suggest it
good grief

 

[Lakhota]

Yeah, we should have NaziCon warmongers running the show. Oh wait, we already did that - and it wasn't pretty.

 

[Stephanie]

Yeah, we should have NaziCon warmongers running the show. Oh wait, we already did that - and it wasn't pretty.

but seeing A INNOCENT civilian killed and dragged through the streets was pretty
you are pathetic

 

[Mustang]

The obvious responsible thing to do when American citizens and public officials are under physical threat abroad and when the details are unknown, and events spiraling, is to stay silent. If the event happens on the day of September 11 and you are a candidate for president and have observed a political truce, all the more reason to wait to allow the facts to emerge. After all, country before party, right? American lives are at stake, yes? An easy call, no?

But that's not what the Romney camp did. What they did was seize on a tweet issued by someone in the US Embassy before the attacks in order to indict the president for "sympathizing" with those who murdered a US ambassador after the attacks. Unfuckingbelievable. Here's the embassy statement from earlier in the day that set off the neocons:

The Embassy of the United States in Cairo condemns the continuing efforts by misguided individuals to hurt the religious feelings of Muslims – as we condemn efforts to offend believers of all religions. Today, the 11th anniversary of the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks on the United States, Americans are honoring our patriots and those who serve our nation as the fitting response to the enemies of democracy. Respect for religious beliefs is a cornerstone of American democracy. We firmly reject the actions by those who abuse the universal right of free speech to hurt the religious beliefs of others.​

The statement came from someone in the embassy, and was not formally issued by the State Department or the White House, both of which have subsequently disavowed the tweet for not also defending absolute freedom of speech. The facts were still murky last night. But the Romney campaign immediately tried to shoe-horn yesterday's fog of mob violence into the "apology" rubric Romney loves so much. The Priebus tweet is disgusting. The first Romney statement is no better:

“I’m outraged by the attacks on American diplomatic missions in Libya and Egypt and by the death of an American consulate worker in Benghazi. It’s disgraceful that the Obama administration’s first response was not to condemn attacks on our diplomatic missions, but to sympathize with those who waged the attacks.”​

That's untrue. The Obama administration did not issue the tweet, which was, in any case, tweeted before the attacks, not after. Today, Romney doubled down on these two obvious misstatements:

“We join together in the condemnation of attacks on the American embassies and the loss of American life and join in sympathy for these people. It’s also important for me — just as it was for the White House, last night by the way — to say that the statements were inappropriate, and in my view a disgraceful statement on the part of our administration to apologize for American values...​

A brief moment of digression: the White House disowned a statement it itself did not release - but is then equally responsible for the tweet itself? The mind boggles. Then this, apparently, is an apology for American values:

Respect for religious beliefs is a cornerstone of American democracy. We firmly reject the actions by those who abuse the universal right of free speech to hurt the religious beliefs of others.​

More: Unfit For Government - The Dish | By Andrew Sullivan - The Daily Beast

There hasn't been a time (not once) when I've read the highlighted part and not been shocked by the hatefulness and wanton ignorance of it.

It's clear that anyone who could make such a statement has no respect for the intelligence of his intended audience -- quite possibly for good reason.

 

[Harry Dresden]

It's nice to have a president who can walk and chew gum at the same time.

yea yea....you already said this.....if this is all can come up with when you say whats on your mind,go back to your pictures.....now i understand why you dont say much....

 

[Barb]

The obvious responsible thing to do when American citizens and public officials are under physical threat abroad and when the details are unknown, and events spiraling, is to stay silent. If the event happens on the day of September 11 and you are a candidate for president and have observed a political truce, all the more reason to wait to allow the facts to emerge. After all, country before party, right? American lives are at stake, yes? An easy call, no?

But that's not what the Romney camp did. What they did was seize on a tweet issued by someone in the US Embassy before the attacks in order to indict the president for "sympathizing" with those who murdered a US ambassador after the attacks. Unfuckingbelievable. Here's the embassy statement from earlier in the day that set off the neocons:

The Embassy of the United States in Cairo condemns the continuing efforts by misguided individuals to hurt the religious feelings of Muslims – as we condemn efforts to offend believers of all religions. Today, the 11th anniversary of the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks on the United States, Americans are honoring our patriots and those who serve our nation as the fitting response to the enemies of democracy. Respect for religious beliefs is a cornerstone of American democracy. We firmly reject the actions by those who abuse the universal right of free speech to hurt the religious beliefs of others.​

The statement came from someone in the embassy, and was not formally issued by the State Department or the White House, both of which have subsequently disavowed the tweet for not also defending absolute freedom of speech. The facts were still murky last night. But the Romney campaign immediately tried to shoe-horn yesterday's fog of mob violence into the "apology" rubric Romney loves so much. The Priebus tweet is disgusting. The first Romney statement is no better:

“I’m outraged by the attacks on American diplomatic missions in Libya and Egypt and by the death of an American consulate worker in Benghazi. It’s disgraceful that the Obama administration’s first response was not to condemn attacks on our diplomatic missions, but to sympathize with those who waged the attacks.”​

That's untrue. The Obama administration did not issue the tweet, which was, in any case, tweeted before the attacks, not after. Today, Romney doubled down on these two obvious misstatements:

“We join together in the condemnation of attacks on the American embassies and the loss of American life and join in sympathy for these people. It’s also important for me — just as it was for the White House, last night by the way — to say that the statements were inappropriate, and in my view a disgraceful statement on the part of our administration to apologize for American values...​

A brief moment of digression: the White House disowned a statement it itself did not release - but is then equally responsible for the tweet itself? The mind boggles. Then this, apparently, is an apology for American values:

Respect for religious beliefs is a cornerstone of American democracy. We firmly reject the actions by those who abuse the universal right of free speech to hurt the religious beliefs of others.​

More: Unfit For Government - The Dish | By Andrew Sullivan - The Daily Beast

There hasn't been a time (not once) when I've read the highlighted part and not been shocked by the hatefulness and wanton ignorance of it.

It's clear that anyone who could make such a statement has no respect for the intelligence of his intended audience -- quite possibly for good reason.

meanwhile, back in the primaries:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=endscreen&v=pd_MBxwy__k&NR=1

http://http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=endscreen&v=pd_MBxwy__k&NR=1

 

[zonly1]

Republicans are getting uglier and more desperate by the minute. The Romney response to the uprising in Egypt and the killings in Libya are, at the very least, a disgusting act of desperation by a man and a morally bankrupt political party who know that they will not be occupying the White House any time soon.

More: Romney’s Libya Statement Proves He’s Not Presidential Material - Mario Piperni

was no different left lemmy in 2008; obumer ..street organizer..another dumbdown version of Potus.

 

[zonly1]

More: Unfit For Government - The Dish | By Andrew Sullivan - The Daily Beast

There hasn't been a time (not once) when I've read the highlighted part and not been shocked by the hatefulness and wanton ignorance of it.

It's clear that anyone who could make such a statement has no respect for the intelligence of his intended audience -- quite possibly for good reason.

meanwhile, back in the primaries:

Mitt Romney - I would ask Netanyahu what he wants me to do - YouTube

http://http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=endscreen&v=pd_MBxwy__k&NR=1

and your pt is compared to current part time potus and fulltime compaigner/street agitator.

 

[Lakhota]

Mitt Romney is still unfit for government.

 

[AmericanFirst]

Mitt Romney is still unfit for government.

Obamashitforbrains has proven over and over he is unfit.

 

[PoliticalTorch]

"Mitt Romney Unfit For Government"

You got that right! But guess who Americans KNOW is fit.

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