The Nation's Ari Melber and The Washington Post's Jonathan Capehart discuss why Mitt Romney feels it necessary to profit from any delicate foreign policy issue– from the tragedy Tuesday at the Libyan embassy to the fate of a Chinese dissident.
The American consulate in Benghazi, Libya, is under attack and Mitt Romney just can’t wait for the facts to slam President Obama.
Four Americans, including U.S. Ambassador Chris Stevens, are killed, but Romney doubles-down. Now, even some conservatives are shaking their heads.
Tonight, we’ll hear from Spencer Ackerman, Senior Reporter with Wired Magazine on American national security, and Hillary Mann Leverett, Foreign Policy Professor at American University, on the tragic events in Libya.
Then, Ben Smith, editor-in-chief of BuzzFeed, looks at the Romney campaign's desperate move, and the backlash.
Diplomacy has traditionally been a bipartisan effort, but Romney seems to be at a loss. Rep. Keith Ellison (D-MN) will join us to discuss the Romney response.
Some Republicans are jumping to defend Romney's desperate attack on the president.
We’ll have a debate that with nationally syndicated talk show host Michael Medved and Lawrence Korb, a Senior Fellow at the Center for American Progress and the former Assistant Secretary of Defense under Ronald Reagan.
While the world mourns the death of four American diplomats in Libya, one is being remembered in a very different way. We'll look at how online communities are paying tribute to Sean Smith.
And new census data shows the income gap between the rich and the rest of us is growing. But it also has some good news when it comes to the number of insured Americans. We'll have all the details.
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Romney's motto is , Facts have no place in politics
President Bill Clinton ditched his Democratic talking points Thursday night, telling his TV interviewer that Gov. Mitt Romney’s investment capital work qualifies him for the presidency.
“This is good work… There’s no question that a man who has been a governor and has a sterling business career crosses the qualification threshold,” he said on CNN.
Read more: http: //dailycaller.com/2012/06/01/clinton-romney-is-qualified-for-the-presidency-video/#ixzz26ImJH9VV
Thanks Bill........
oh grasping at straws still metoo. no basis here.
http://memspoliticalscrapbook.blogspot.com/2012/09/romeny-has-no-shame-and-uses-death-of.html
Mitt Romney Criticizes
Obama Administration Over Response To Libya, Egypt Attacks (This coming from a man who ran to FRANCE
during the Vietnam War but supported the War-Mem)
09/12/2012 12:29 am
The
campaign of Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney called the Obama
administration's handling of a violent and contentious day at two American
facilities in the Middle East "disgraceful" in a statement released late Tuesday
night.
The campaign had initially planned to hold the statement until
after midnight -- and the end of the eleventh anniversary of September 11th --
but lifted the embargo an hour and a half early as the controversy flared over a
series of attacks against the U.S. Embassy in Cairo and the American Consulate
in Benghazi, Libya.
"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," Romney said in the statement. "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." (Once again Romney NEVER lets FACTS or TRUTH
get in the way of politics. The statement came from the embassy, trying to calm
the situation down before ANYTHING happened!-Mem)
Update: Republicans
Shake Their Heads At Romney’s Libya Attack On Obama: He ‘Stepped In
It’
Update: Foreign
Policy Hands Voice Disbelief At Romney Cairo Statement
The two
diplomatic outposts had been the site of violent protests on Tuesday evening, as
fundamentalist mobs swarmed in rage over rumors about an unreleased American film -- promoted in part
by the Koran-burning preacher Terry Jones -- that supposedly projected
the Prophet Muhammad in a harshly critical light.
The GOP now has their own reality show... Romney, idiot abroad.
metoo - having been governor of my state, I know that Romney may have held the office but it does not qualify him to be the President of this country. He left office highly unliked and unpopular and that is why he never ran for a second term. He would have lost handily. Just because he has the cursory requirements doesn't mean he'll be good in the position. Clinton merely stated that he met the bare minimum to seem qualified.
@kimGelinas
I am sure that Clinton added a But or a However to that statement but metoo conveniently forgot to quote that. He normally does.
Metoo is behind the times..........................the article was in June before Romney's disastrous World blunder during the Olympics and before his latest major blunder ~
Using the death of Americans as a reason to tell more lies about America's current president!
Romney has hereby disqualified himself for the presidency!
Obama/Biden 2012 FORWARD FOR A RESPONSIBLE and DECENT GOVERNMENT
Ethel...since you are sure that he did, it should not be hard for you to provide the link that proves he did.
just saying...
http://www.buzzfeed.com/jtes/12-photos-of-benghazi-citizens-apologizing-to-amer
View these picture....
I wish Liz.....just remove his name from the ballot, and we can save willard the shame of the debates.
@Stormguy
I don't need to your smart enought to look it up for yourself and everybody knows how very incompetent Flip Robme is...
President Bill Clinton ditched his Democratic talking points Thursday night, telling his TV interviewer that Gov. Mitt Romney’s investment capital work qualifies him for the presidency.
“This is good work… There’s no question that a man who has been a governor and has a sterling business career crosses the qualification threshold,” he said on CNN.
Read more: http: //dailycaller.com/2012/06/01/clinton-romney-is-qualified-for-the-presidency-video/#ixzz26ImJH9VV
Thanks Bill........
Ethel...
In other words, like most of the liberals out here, you don;t really have any facts to back it up. You must get your marching orders from Harry "the Liar" Reid. Just throw something out there and hope that nobody actually challenges you on it..
just saying..
There was More to the Consular Attack than meets the eye...
U.S. Consulate attack in Libya part of 2-prong attack
BENGHAZI, Libya (AP) — The attack that killed four Americans in Libya, including the U.S. ambassador, was an organized two-part operation by heavily armed militants that included a precisely timed raid on a supposedly secret safe house just as Libyan and U.S. security forces were arriving to rescue evacuated consulate staff, a senior Libyan security official said on Thursday.
Wanis el-Sharef, eastern Libya's deputy interior minister, said the attacks Tuesday night were suspected to have been timed to mark the 9/11 anniversary and that the militants used civilians protesting an anti-Islam film as cover for their action. Infiltrators within the security forces may have tipped off militants to the safe house location, he said.
...
The next attack came hours later. Around 30 American staffers along with Libyans had been evacuated to the safe house while a plane arrived from Tripoli with a joint U.S.-Libyan security group that was to fly them back to the capital, el-Sharef said.
El-Sharef said the original plan was for a separate Libyan security unit to escort the evacuees to the airport. Instead, the joint unit went from the airport to the safe house, possibly because they were under the impression they were dealing with a hostage situation, he said. The militant attack coincided with the joint team's arrival at the safe house, he said.
That the attackers knew the safe house's location suggests a "spy" inside the security forces tipped off the militants, he said.
Romney knows, when you're sinking you grab onto anything you think might float
robme= ANTI CHRIST.
What he grabs onto may float, but it leaves him covered with, and reeking of, it.
Regan did the same thing to Carter in 1980 he knew if he appeared condesending that people would think he knew what he was talking about, but Flip Robme has not clue
Gdog, and GILGS,
What Romney has grabbed onto most of us flush away.
He is a danger to this country, and if he is a danger now, do you think he'll be less dangerous as the leader of the free world?
I shudder at the thought of a lying, clueless psychopath sitting in the white house, and being the commander-in-chief. Romney must not win in November or America will LOSE!
My only consolation is that he is not likely to win. Especially after this egregious incident which clearly shows his lack of empathy, his callous disregard for the slain Americans and their families, and his curious inability to grasp foreign affairs. His desire to win at all costs scares me, too, as it shows clearly his lack of character.
India....
You know what really scares me? Romney, with his hand on the button, getting us into a WWIII where Russia, China and the Muslim world join together to fight us...
I know Mitt would go nuclear... He hates to lose AT ANY COST... He thinks America should RULE THE WORLD, and no one can match us... He fails to realize there are 300 million Americans in the world, but over a Billion Muslims, a Billion Chinese, and the USA is so small compared to Russia, the whole nation would fit in Siberia alone and rattle... Not to mention, INDIA...
Mitt Romney believes in a world of illusion,
His religion is rife with confusion,
His beliefs give us pause,
And worry us because
We would arm him with weapons of fusion...
David, #2.5
Yes. Romney is dangerous. Very dangerous. He is too American-centric for sure, and that's not good. Tunnel vision!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KTGHxd674MM
My all time favourite poem, quite relevant today, I'd say.
I surely hope so.He seems bound and determined to insult and degrade every country including his own.
So a $16 trillion debt and climbing, $5.4 Trillion new Obama debt, 12.9 million people out of work, 24 million more people on food stamps than ever, destroying the healthtaxcare system, unemployment above 8.1% and no sign of it getting better, 2.0% GDP, first time in U.S. history our credit rating downgraded...and looking like it going to be again!!! You bet Obama has really led the country in the right direction. Then we are attacked again and Obama just goes on to Vegas for a fund raising..
We need CHANGE so we can move FORWARD…….
Remember Katrina & Bush looking down from airforce 1, but not landing?
What does that got to do with Obama being a failed leader.....
Our credit rating was downgraded because the House wouldn't agree on a workable deficit reduction program. You have to remember that the goal of the GOP was to keep President Obama from another term no matter to effect on the American people. Do your homework metoo999.
And the media turns Obama's bungled handling in the Mid East into a time to pounce on Romney'
The Washington Post editorial board, which is usually a reliable ally for Republicans on foreign policy, today offered sharp criticism of Mitt Romney’s claim that Obama sympathized with the attacks on Americans in Egypt and Libya yesterday, which left four American foreign service officers dead and others wounded. The Post said Romney’s attack “is a discredit to his campaign.”
While the Romney campaign’s unofficial press secretary Jen Rubin tried to rally some troops around the GOP presidential nominee, it doesn’t look like the day is turning out to be a big winner for Romney as Republicans are turning out en masse to denounce his attacks:
Romney did that all by himself. Daily
How can Ryan & Romney look their children & grandchildren in the eye & tell them not to lie?
Your mistaken Gil, they don't care if they grow up to be republicans.
Greed is good.
Lying is acceptable.
Winning is everything.
Corporations are people.
The poor don't matter.
The elderly aren't important.
Women are second class citizens.
The rich should not be taxed.
The middle class is dispensable.
War is profitable and should be waged often.
You have just seen, in edited form, the Romney policy.
Any questions?
So a $16 trillion debt and climbing, $5.4 Trillion new Obama debt, 12.9 million people out of work, 24 million more people on food stamps than ever, destroying the healthtaxcare system, unemployment above 8.1% and no sign of it getting better, 2.0% GDP, first time in U.S. history our credit rating downgraded...and looking like it going to be again!!! You bet Obama has really led the country in the right direction. Then we are attacked again and Obama just goes on to Vegas for a fund raising..
We need CHANGE so we can move FORWARD…….
India LeCarre
People who are sucessful and create jobs are Greedy.
We want America to be brought down to the rest of the World's standards.
Unions are more important than People or the Law.
We have to have to keep people Poor and dependent on Politicians.
We will scare the Elderly with lies and misrepresentations to keep them voting Dim-O-Crat.
Ilsamic law is wonderful and should be celebrated, and we love the way they treat women.
We must tax success until it is stamped out.
The middle class is all anyone should ever aspire to be.
War is a word we won't use, and we won't let Marines defending embassys use live rounds in their weapons
You have just seen, in edited form, the Obama/Hillary policy.
Any questions?
oh for the LOVE OF GOD already metoo............your argument has no basis here.
Billie, the name metoo says it all...it's all about ME, I've got mine so screw you!
ME,ME,ME
The party of ME the GOP against the Party of We the Dems!
Once again, let me put this very simply for the faux news educated teabaggers. We were already rapidly sliding down an extremely slippery financial slope. Do you know what it's like when you're sliding down an ice covered, downhill sloping, sidewalk? It takes a while to stop that slide and start struggling back up the hill. That's what happened to the Obama administration. They had to stop the slide that the Bush administration's financial policies had put us in and then start that difficult uphill struggle to get us back to financial stability. You can't do that overnight, nor in only three and a half years.
good slow explanation even they should get.
but i would add that on the struggle back up there was (not saying) people throwing snowballs trying to knock you back down hill.
Love it Pilotshark! Thank you!
Delores Novak,
The one thing you don't want to do is fall down that slippery slope again!
That seems to be the Romney plan, with his Bush advisers cheering him on.
Very easy to want to send the country into another war when you never went to one yourself... Willard has five sons, right? How about signing them up, and then see how quick he is to send this country into battle yet again. Willard should shut the hell up concerning things he has no knowledge of.
romney the tax evading outsourcer is a discrace to america,
Since when did Wired magazine become the authority on national security.
I am sorry middle east does not like us but we like to give them 1 billion dollars.
Spencer, so that means rob the embassy and kill americans..
oh American policy, which has saved them from destruction......all the money we gave them for freedom is used on us.
Wake up...they are never our friends..
Hillary on the Ed show, you have no clue what you are talking about, you have to know it to deal with it, sitting in your office does not show anyting.
Bush gave billions to Egypt. Where you raising hell back then? Where you raising hell when bush borrowed a trillion from China? I can answer that..HELL NO!
Obama is a disgrace for the position he has put us in.
http://www.buzzfeed.com/bensmith/foreign-policy-hands-voice-disbelief-at-romney-cai
Muslim countries last night has backfired badly among foreign policy hands of both parties, who cast it as hasty and off-key, released before the facts were clear at what has become a moment of tragedy.
Romney keyed his statement to the American Embassy in Cairo's condemnation of an anti-Muslim video that served as the trigger for the latest in a series of regional riots over obscure perceived slights to the faith. But his statement — initially embargoed to avoid release on September 11, then released yesterday evening anyway — came just before news that the American Ambassador to Libya had been killed and broke with a tradition of unity around national tragedies, and of avoiding hasty statements on foreign policy. It was the second time Romney has been burned by an early statement on a complex crisis: Romney denounced the Obama Administration's handling of a Chinese dissident's escape just as the Administration negotiated behind the scenes for his departure from the country.
"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.
He and other members of both parties cited the Romney campaign's recent dismissals of foreign policy's relevance. One adviser dismissed the subject to BuzzFeed as a "shiny object," while another told Politico that the subject was the "president's turf," drawing a rebuke from Weekly Standard editor Bill Kristol.
"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."
Romney has not backed off the response — "It's never too early for the United States government to condemn attacks on Americans and to defend our values," he said Wednesday — but his campaign faces a near consensus in Republican foreign policy circles that, whatever the sentiment, Romney faltered badly.
"It’s deeply unfortunate when the circumstance of the statement becomes the story," said Rick Perry's former foreign policy adviser, Victoria Coates, who is now an adjunct fellow at the Foundation for the Defense of Democracies, and who suggested that Romney should simply have "gone earlier rather than save it for midnight" to avoid appearing to play politics on September 11. "It’s unfortunate that it’s playing out this way, and hopefully they can get back on message, because their point is sound," she said.
Other conservatives were less sympathetic
It's bad," said a former aide to Senator John McCain's 2008 presidential campaign. "Just on a factual level that the statement was not a response but preceding, or one could make the case precipitating. And just calling it a 'disgrace' doesn't really cut it. Not ready for prime time."
A third Republican, a former Bush State Department official, told BuzzFeed, "It wasn't presidential of Romney to go political immediately — a tragedy of this magnitude should be something the nation collectively grieves before politics enters the conversation."
But the third official defended the substance of Romney's words: "Romney's attack is spot-on — disgusting that the first Obama administration impulse was to apologize instead of condemning violent religious intolerance. Obama's gotten a real pass on his intervention in Libya, his failed strategy in Afghanistan, and his lack of leadership in the aftermath of the Arab Spring. By trying to cut it down the middle in his foreign policy, no one knows where or for what Obama or America stands in the world these days."
The Republicans declined to speak for attribution, for fear of being publicly disloyal to their party's nominee. Veteran Democratic foreign policy hands, operating under no such restriction, called Romney's quick move all but disqualifying.
"He did jump the gun. It revealed yet again that his foreign policy team is not ready for prime time," said David Rothkopf, a former Clinton State Department official. "It is ugly and amateurish. It also seems strangely out of character with Romney who elsewhere in the campaign seems inclined to be restrained to a fault."
Heather Hurlburt, who heads the National Security Network, a Democratic group, said the statement "shows not just poor judgment and a willingness to use tragedy for political gains, regardless of the security consequences — but also poor management. He has policy people on his team who know better. Clearly they weren't consulted."
"As someone who worked at state and with diplomats for many years, it makes me feel sick," she said.
"Romney blew it and revealed how seriously maladroit he is when it comes to foreign affairs and national security," said Steve Clemons, the founder of the American Strategy Program at the New America Foundation. "An attack on an Embassy, the murder of U.S. officials including an Ambassador, is an attack on all Americans and the idea of America — and Romney gave terrorists what they want — a divided country still torn emotionally and politically by the events of 9-11. Romney talks of leadership but with his wreckless commentary when events were fragil when events were still unfolding......he belly flopped.
does mittnocchio have an conscience, any empathy, any brains? just who is pulling his strings? according to the news this incident may have been due to a "video" made by that nutty "preacher" in Florida who burned Korans! rummy's words could easily start another war. rummy is totally insensitive and possessed zero compassion--he has yet to express any condolences to the deceased families! rummy and ryan has zero foreign policy experience and he expects us to trust him. this rummy won't even discuss his positions except to say decisions would be made after he is elected. rummy is a disgrace! what flip flop is coming tomorrow???
Bet she is horrified by anyone who burns any book, and tries to take away a persons rights. Your bridge is waiting.
This hate preacher has how much blood on his hands????? Rights have responsibilities and when people could potentially get hurt like in a fake call for "Fire" in a theatre they get arrested. tried and hopefully convicted. Why isn't anything being done about this hateful nut along with other right-wing "men of God" who preach hate?????! Oh, I guess we wait for God to sort it out.......not in this case! There are 30 people *dead* because of the maniac.....he needs to silenced and go to prison!!!!!!
Hi Kathe
what do you think of the Kansas preacher from westboro Baptist that goes to military funerals with his clan to protest that the military has gays???? I never hear anybody ranting about that A$#hole. Look what the lib ACLU has to say about that abomination.
http://www.cnn.com/2012/08/08/opinion/rottman-aclu-funerals-free-speech/index.html
Hi, TC !
I've heard more than plenty about that Westboro Baptist "church" on this blog and else where. Not in the mood to look at what the ACLU has to say and never have been. It's rare, IMO, that they back the correct cause.
I could really get nasty about these people from that allegedly Christian faith also.......so I'm not going to say what I really feel......don't want to get banned yet. I'm just glad that the group and other local MC's around here protect the family and friends when they have to bury their dead from these Cretans. Shame on Westboro and everybody that looks like them.
About 4 months ago I saw a member of the bikers (their name escapes me but, there are several around here if you read the news) that keep "those people" away and was glad to see one in my City that stands up for what is the right thing to do......keep the "sick ones" from the burying our Honorable Warriors. Why would you ask? I thought you knew me better.
Kathe and TC,
Whoever sent that video to the Muslim world has American blood on his hands.
That's my opinion. He should be put in prison for the lives which were lost as the direct result of his extremist religious fervour.
That was a monstrous thing to do.
India
It wasn't sent to the Muslims. They have computers and it was put on You tube and then spread by the Islamist over twitter and Facebook. You cqan go to you tube now and see it. I have no interest in doing so myself.
Leave to a wanker mussel head from the UK to tell us in the USA what is right.
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My heart goes out to the family of those people that lost lost their lives @ the Ebassy and i am so shocked about Romney and his statements, he is talking wars when none of his 5 sons never take part to serve in the military>>>GOD I HOPE HE DONT GET ELECTED!!
DNFTFT.
President Obama isn't a draft dodger. There was no wars when he was of age. Romney dodged the draft and NON of his kids enlisted. Quit being a total President Obama hater and use your little brain cell once
http://ca.answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20120527101505AAXQsiY
If romney wins, who suffers?
by mommanuk...
Best Answer - Chosen by Asker
First would be the poor. He would do away with entitlements, so they would no longer have any way to buy stuff, like food. Next would be all the neighborhood stores, like small groceries and convenience stores, as they lost their customer base. So they would have to close and all their employees would be out of work, making it that much harder for the "scum-sucking leeches" to get a job. That business will all shift to the large stores like Walmart. Stores like Target would probably not survive, because they are more expensive than Walmart. So their employees would be out of work. All of this would make the middle class even smaller, and since their taxes would be raised to pay for the cut for the 1%, they would slip farther and farther into the basement.
The whole country would slip closer and closer to the feudal state the 1% want and they will bring all the jobs home at the same rate they are paying abroad
@Thankful Mom
I might like to add to that the fact that the economy would collapse yet again because Flip Robme would go back to the exact same policies that bush had which means the tax cuts and deregulation. This means that regular consumers would lose a ton of money to unscrupulous businesses that feel they have the absolute right to do steal because the government does not have the right to protect them from their own stupidity...
Larry:
Why do you hold Romney's kids to a higher standard than Obama? Last time I checked, prior to becoming President, Obama never enlisted...
its a shame you dont even have a little brain cell to use...
just saying....
Mr re-reg. I don't. I served. I believe every american should. I'm not a Romney basher. Your side is nothing but Obama bashers. and that's all he was doing. Trying one more time to bash Obama.
Hey Stormguy
There were not any wars for him to dodge but Flip Robme dodged the Vietnam war by giving away bibles in France. I noticed none of his sons who were all of age every served during the bush years either. Remember two war put on a credit card that all of a sudden the interest on that is "Obama's fault"?
I did not say anything about dodging, I talked about enlisting. If it that important for Larry to hold Mitt's sons to a standard of needing to enlist, why doesnt he hold Obama to the same standard...oh that's right...because he is a democrat and as always you guys need to be able to show that you are hypocrites in everything you do...
just saying...
Hillary Mann Leverett was obviously an angry neocon from the Bush Administration. This should have been explained during her interview on the Ed Show tonight because she definitely has a bias and sees the situation from a hawkish view.
What the hell? Now we have "ezra" sitting in for Ed? I have had it with these amateurs who don't even know how to speak English! I can't understand a word this guy is saying! Can't these people learn how to pronounce English words? Do they have to slur and jumble everything they say to feel important? ENOUGH of these silly-boy amateurs! If we can't have Ed, just don't broadcast the show!
little mikie is really a sad case. Has to insult people. one day little mikie will reap what he has sown. Hopefully soon.
Too bad for mike, that he does not understand the rules of the vine, or just ignores them.?
They choose to ignore them to try showing use rule don't apply to them. They have respect for people or rules.
I find it offensive that people will denigrate someone simply because they have a handicap, a speech impediment. If they have any people with handicaps in their families, I should think they would be deeply hurt if they were made fun of for that handicap!
@larry74
Conservatives don't think that rules apply to them at all, just others they think they have the right to criticize and condensed to make them appear as though the know what they are doing or have the experience, but with Mike here I think it backfires.
I know that Flip Robme isn't doing very well with it either he keeps getting 'witch slapped' by his targets.
So true Ethelouise. So true. So sad, but true.
Larry and Ethelouise,
This whole incident is embarrassing, sickening, troubling, and dangerous.
Romney is a damn loose cannon.
God help us if this man gets elected.
I really believe that Romney talks before he ever thinks...
Mitt Romney doesn't use a teleprompter because he's already a machine that spits out pre-programmed lines but in reality he does need one becuase everytime he opens his mouth off the cuff he makes a fool of himself
Partially why he will does as view interviews as possible and usually refuses to ever speak to the press unless he can tell them what to ask........and even Fox is getting fed up with that
Hey mikie, how many times has has many President used teleprompters? You are so full of hate it's effecting you brain cell.
You're forgetting yourself. Even if you had one. Why do you hate the President so much to show such disrespect, hate and tell so may lies? I would really like an answer. And don't try the BS about his policies. Congress hasn't passed any. And you attack him personally, not his policy.
@larry74
What mike conveniently left out is I saw Flip Robme's response as well and he came across as not very professional because he kept reading from a script that he had on the podium so that means that he NEEDS a teleprompter too. Also Sarah Palin cannot give a speech without a teleprompter, even bush and cheney used teleprompters but somehow if Obama uses one its some kinda crime...
If my only fault was that I use notes, when I teach a class, and that is all you could complain about, that would make you a pathetic fool. A smart person use the tools at his disposal. I guess mike would use a hoe to plow a field, when new equipment would make his job easier. Obama ain't no fool.....Where is romney,s flag pin? Now don't you think that is a petty complaint.
I still want to see the mand tax returns.
@Thankful Mom
Me too! Well done by the way.
Mitt Romney is a is a pathetic liar. This guy is Bush in sheeps clothing. He has 17 out of 25 of bushy boys neo-con war mongers on his payroll advising him on foreign affairs. If anyone out there thinks that he will do anything but go to war as soon as possible, then think hard before voting for this jacka$$. This guy will say or do anything to get in the White House. If he wants to start a war, first sign his 5 sons up to lead us into that war.
http://ronrambles.com/romney-pathetic-obama-wins-by-default/
Romney doubles down on pathetic. Obama by default…What happens then?
By Ron on September 11, 2012
How inept can a major political party be…with the advantage of having all the money in the world.. running against an administration, truth be told..that’s is an economic disaster? One must wonder how the Republican party will survive and be a major force going forward. They have so tainted they’re brand that Republicans run the risk of becoming a footnote in history. The GOP is in major meltdown…now they’re best hope for victory lies in their ability to suppress the vote and disenfranchise million of Americans. Only Mitt Romney could catapult the POTUS to a 10 point lead and a prohibitive 78% favorite to win the presidency. In fact, if the trend continues..and it likely will …were about to see an electoral victory that can only be characterized as a blowout.
Unemployment figures are dismal, with the true unemployment rate is atleast 12%. I have two brothers that have had long, successful work careers. They have both been unemployed for over a year..with little prospect of getting hired anytime soon. Gas prices are at record levels, the cost of food rising..the only thing that’s more empty than your grocery cart is your wallet. Americans are using more alcohol and anti-depressants than ever…it’s not just the poor that are trying to escape from the realities of our current economic situation.The biggest dopers in American society are white and upper middle class. They only difference is they have access to doctors who hand out the xanax like skittles…no need to break the law and end up in jail, that’s only for poor people.
All Romney needed to do was follow the yellow(green?) brick road to the White-house. He had every advantage in the books…but alas, all the money and advantages in the world can’t turn Romney into presidential timber. Obama is out to a lead that is becoming insurmountable..not because of his success…only because of Romney’s incompetence. As the electorate witnesses this battle of political buffoonery ..it becomes more and more clear that the two party system is antiquated and no longer serves the needs of it’s people. Perhaps the only real positive coming out of this election…will be the American voters utter disdain for the current two party fiasco. Can we learn a lesson moving forward ..and take control of our political process..so we can make real, substantive progress down the road? How much pain must we suffer..before we unite as a nation and take ownership of our situation and manifest real change? Only time will tell…the two political parties surely won’t tell us! It’s not good business$$$.
The Bush bastards are still around and Chaney has a new heart! is the , maybe they are behind these election-year middle east disturbances, remember H. W. Bush was CIA, and "once CIA, always CIA." Whoever killed the US Ambassador had inside info.
Cheney is the epitome of that saying, 'Only the good die young.' He's as evil as they come and he just keeps on ticking, like the Energizer bunny.
@ned1904
You know I feel the same way, it had to be someone with 'inside info' because the Ambassador was brought to a Lybian hospital by Libyans. Where was security? Where was Xe? Aren't they supposed to be handling security for the State Department? How come they didn't take possession of the Ambassador? Xe is till being paid a butt load of taxpayer money and somehow the trolls on this board don't seem to mind that. They get way more than any family collecting unemployment or food stamps I'll bet the upper management at Xe 'feel' entitled...
@MJB in Des Moines
Of course Cheney said that how do you think he got his new heart?
Mikey, your boy GW kept us safe, didn't he. He killed 3,000 on 9-11 and another 5,000 in Iraq. Dumbass.
I just love to listen to monday morning quarter backs, mike. They usually know nothing about what was going on in the game. They always think they could have done it better, an they can't even get out of their chair or be active in real life.
You need to remember, Ed's wife is going through treatment for cancer. I didn't hear why Ed's not there. He might very well lending support as she goes through chemo. If I were her, I'd want my husband to be by my side. And BTW, I have no trouble at all understanding Ezra. Please give them both a break!
You are an unchristian person!
no just a no nothing wannabe somebody re-reg spambot troll!
Dolores. You give mikie far too much credit. You called it a person.
Reap what you sow. Don't expect to insult and lie and not get it in return.
Mike-3183048 #21.1~~Ed apologized to Laura and all of his audience and fans, and Laura accepted. End of story. Your mentor Rush called Sandra Fluke a slut and almost went into a coronary, beating up on her with his lies, and has never apologized to her or anyone else, and he, you, and all rabid, radical, republican, extremist have called President Obama every evil name imaginable. But you know what, President Obama rises above it, he and we, know you guys are just a crude, evil bunch of anti-American, un-Christian, hypocritical, low lifes.
@larry74
Actually Ed NEVER said that! I was listening to his radio program when a called said that Ed did not disagree. Ed never said that on Television. Also he never called Laura Ingram a slut on television that was on the radio program and he referred to her as a fox news slut not a woman of ill repute. So you are correct in your assumption that poor mike only has one brain cell and that is to his complete disadvantage...
Oh..I guess that makes it okay with you lefties because he used a Fox News reference when he called her a slut...that justifies it...
what hypocrisy from the left..AGAIN...
just saying...
@stormguy
The folks on fox do that too, so I would not go there if I were you. Rush calling innocent women whores and sluts so don't call me a hypocrite if I were you I would look in a mirror.
He appologized 3 times, took himself off the radio and TV without pay. I certainly glad all you righties are so perfect you never make a mistake or need to say your sorry. But hell, you wouldn't appologize if you neede to any way. You've proven that.
i see capt. re-reg storm guy like to do the signature spamming.
"just saying"
LOL
I don't think Romney has any idea how damaging his non sequitur ramblings can be. He's not the President, and if he were, God help us!
But there were SO many things to criticize about GWB!
Criticism based on fact is one thing. Romney's fantasy based hate mongering is quite another. The facts aren't in yet. Let's wait for the facts before we all get overly excited.
Well at least President Obama`s criticism was Constructed Criticism.
which is the good kind, so he was only trying to help the President at that time, from making a total ass of him self.
but sadly as you know it didnt work and he didnt listen and well we have what we got. a total mess of crap.
BooCoo: there you go giving them that word fact again. We all know fact has no bearing on anything for the righties.
FACT four letter word to normal people they know what it means.
to a teapublican nut job
FACT= F**K which is another four letter word (well four letter acornym) they hear F@@K Check
More BS without foundation. We know the facts about Marin. He was murdered by a wannbe cop.
Obama likes those three important words...MADE IN THE USA
Biden likes that important 3 letter word....JOBS...
and these are the men who say they want to help the education system in our country...
just saying....
Actually Larry, there has not been a trial for Zimmerman yet so to say the he murdered Martin would not be factually correct. Yes, he did kill Martin, but you are the one spouting BS because in this country, he is innocent until proven guilty.
just saying...
One racist defending another
Just say'in.
When all else fails, the typical Democrat ploy,....throw out the racist card...
just saying...
WOW!!!!!!
“Obama, Obama, there are still a billion Osamas!” they cried today as they attacked our embassy, shredded our flag, and replaced it with the al-Qaeda flag — the one so popular with the “rebels” in Libya and Syria. One of the 9/11 hijackers was an Egyptian, as is the current leader of al-Qaeda, as is the Blind Sheikh. A real ally would be embarrassed. An enemy marks the day like Egypt did. The Obama administration marked the day by apologizing for free speech and declining a presidential audience to the prime minister of Israel
In that instance, as in today’s, the Egyptian regime could have made certain that the embassy was secure. It chose not to. Unlike the Israelis, however, we actually pay the Egyptians nearly $1.5 billion a year in military aid — funding Obama not only continued under circumstances where it was obvious Egypt would be ruled by anti-American Islamic supremacists, but also which the president would now have our bankrupt government complement with yet another billion dollars in economic assistance.
israel gets milllions in aid and the aid egypt gets is not military
if you think it's another nation's job to secure our embassy you're an idiot
after iraq, afghanistan, taking libya off the terror sponsors list under qaddafi, saying we should have supported mubarak you on the right have no credibility to talk about mid east foreign policy
cc: we know they're idiots. They just keep proving it to us.
You sure do.
More proof
Oh look larry gots some green stars.
What an accomplishment.
Let me call the NOBLE prize committee, see if we can get yo name in there.
Rit Monmy er ah Mitt Romny will say or do whatever he thinks flows right out of his mouth
One of the 9/11 hijackers was Egyptian, but 15 were Saudi Arabians, as was Osama Bin Laden, yet we did nothing to Saudi Arabia for this terrible action by it's citizens. The remaining hijackers were one from Lebanon and two from the United Arab Emirates. Not a one was from Iraq! Hmmmm.
@Dolores Novak
Just as I suspected - Bush was incompetent because he attacked the wrong country then put it on the credit card. And all the trolls are showing how off how very stupid they are because they are defending that.
Ezra,
Medved bringing a gay play Corpus Christie into the Libya discussion was NO ACCIDENT. The use of GAY HATING mixed with the Egypt and Libya embassies was done by PUTRID gay-hater Erick Erickson on his blog RedState this morning.
It is as DISGUSTING as Jerry Falwell blaming gays, ACLU and abortionists 2 days after 9/11.
THEY ALWAYS GO TO THEIR EASY HATE TARGETS.
"“I guess now Barack Obama will abandon calls for gay marriage and Democrats everywhere will stop calling Christians “bigots” for standing up for their religion. After all, it appears now to be American policy to apologize for offending religious sensibilities.”
~Erick Erickson
You and fallwell are both gay bashers.
Jerry Falwell was far right.
I heard he was a child molester, like most righteous right preachers.
God talked to him, But the devil made him do it. Crying shame!
John - still talking about your sexual perversion? How about trying to make a rationale post dealing with the issues!
After Obama's re-election, there will be Romney jokes that will parallel, perhaps exceed, Sarah Palin's comic ledger! Whereas Palin's are airhead types, Romney's will be groaners.
What grind my grits is, how long will it take intelligent Republicans, (Are there are any?), to realize they are being played for chumps and if they sell out, they will have given away the White House to a puppet man for use by corporations. If this happens, we can all say goodbye to democracy and usher in a fascist state!
Registered voter,
I noticed Romney doing, unconsciously, what looked like a Hitler salute, on TV today! I went, "WTF"! My husband noticed it, too. He said, "What was that!"
Ah, warming up..I see. If there are any thoughtful, sane Republicans left in America today, please don't turn this country over to Mitt Romney.
India LeCarre,
I would ask people of all political persuasions, should Romney get into the White House, "What then?" Whereas Obama has done much and has a lot working in effect and a clear cut objective for our country, Romney says he will explain what his plans are AFTER he gains the presidency. Again, What then?
Truth? Romney hasn't a clue except to continue to flip-flop to suit the moment, and totally screw up foreign policy. One has to remember, Romney is a red ink/black in, mind set of totally amoral decision making. This is the only way he can always be right!
Oh, BTW, have you ever noticed that whenever Obama makes his philosophy and intentions clear, Romney picks up on it and claims it was what he had been thinking of all along, with the exception of a few different changes that he is incapable of revealing until he talks to his fellow congressmen after the election? I just hope people figure out that Romney displays all the characteristics of a spoonfed compulsive liar.