Mitt Romney Wades Into Foreign Policy… And Drowns
Steve Kornacki at Salon says it perfectly:
The foolishness of Romney’s reaction is glaring. Pretending that the statement from the U.S. embassy in Cairo was anything other than a completely understandable and reasonable attempt by its occupants to save their own lives borders on disgraceful. Romney’s implication that the statement was issued at the height of the attacks is also false; it was actually released earlier in the day, a preventive measure aimed at keeping the protests from turning violent.
But this hasn’t stopped other Republicans – including RNC chairman Reince Priebus and Sarah Palin – from echoing the Romney line. Again, it probably shouldn’t be surprising. This is the kind of nonsense you’ll get when one party spends four years convincing itself that a president is something he isn’t.
What sort of person would use this tragedy to score political points? The fact that Mitt Romney was wrong on the facts is simply par for the course. And this is the guy Republicans want in office – A guy who would probably jump the gun and bomb the wrong country.
My prediction: Politically this will be a disaster for Romney.
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Josh Marshall weighs in:
It is troubling. People were dying.
It’s just Robme shoring up his support from the neo/cons.
Romney and his people are looking more unfit for 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue that George W Bush and his oil buddies.
I’d like to comment on the politics of this, but I can’t because I just can’t get over how shameful this is on a human level.
One of the chief responsibilities of the President is foreign policy and national security. I did not vote for Obama for that reason. I want and need someone who has the chops for those functions. In my opinion Obama proved he was capable to execute both those functions. He did not have the experience when he ran in 08, but he certainly does now.
The same could be said and proved by Romney, but we live in a volatile world and I am not willing to take a chance on someone who believes that Russia is our greatest geo-political threat and issues statements on the Libyan situation such as he did. There are too many lives at stake.
Romney also does not have the luxury of a VP who has any more experience/qualifications than he does. Had Romney selected a VP, like perhaps Jon Huntsman, my view might have been different.
Romney’s campaign is so dead that he’s about to baptize it.
Romney is trying to dispel his lack of foreign policy experience by displaying his lack of foreign policy experience.
He is trying to prove that he is as impulsive and lacking in common sense as the average conservative Republican.
Who does Romney think he is playing to with this BS anyway? Romney keeps forgetting to shake the foreign policy Etch-A-Sketch.
I guess underlying all of this is Republicans’ unquenchable need to constantly point out Obama is black. Not like “us.” And a Muslim terrorist.
Joe Cass for the win.
Rmoney dives in and once again proves,
Mitt Ain’t Fit – to be President.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3F9FbdqGRsg&feature=related
The dreaded U word is sticking to Mitt: Unpresidential.
This episode really reveals the nature of modern Republicanism. They believe that everything is politics. Karl Rove merged the White House offices that handled “politics” with the one that handled “policies” and the GOP has never been the same.
The fact is everything isn’t politics. In a democracy it isn’t about always trying to score points off your opponents.
This was Mitt’s “brainwashed” moment like his old man’s re:Vietnam.
He’ll never live this down.
It’s really hard to believe that Romney would blow his remaining election chances trying to score cheap right wing hit political points… on 9/11 no less.
Mystery solved:
Who’s Advising Mitt Romney on Foreign Policy?