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-Election 2012
Mittens Blasted for Criticizing Champ Too Soon
2012-09-13
In which the Publican nominee is criticized for saying what is both correct and right...
In which the Publican nominee is criticized. Fixed that for ya...
Statements that the Republican presidential nominee made slamming President Obama led to a day of tumult for Romney, with leading voices in his party criticizing him and his top aides scrambling to prevent further damage.
From too soft to waaay too tough. So some say.
"I think it's a terrible course for America to stand in apology for our values, that instead when our grounds are being attacked and being breached, that the first response of the United States must be outrage at the breach of the sovereignty of our nation," Romney told reporters. "An apology for America's values is never the right course."
Whotta right-wing crazy!
"Governor Romney seems to have a tendency to shoot first and aim later," Obama told CBS. "And as president, one of the things I have learned is that you can't do that. You have to make sure that statements you make are backed up by facts and that you have to think through the ramification before you make them."
That's why I use a teleprompter. Don't leave home without it!
Sen. John F. Kerry (D-Mass.), who chairs the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, said in an interview that Romney demonstrated "a level of political recklessness and expediency that I think defies America's interest. I think Mitt Romney is very sad," Kerry said, adding, "There ought to be some limits to ambition and trying to exploit every opportunity.""
I know you ALL wanted to know what Big Jawn had to say.
Later in the day, former defense secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld tweeted: "The attacks on our embassies & diplomats are a result of perceived American weakness. Mitt Romney is right to point that out."

Sen. Jim DeMint (R-S.C.) said that "Governor Romney is absolutely right, there is no justification for these deadly attacks and we should never apologize for American freedom."

But others said that regardless of the critique, the timing of it was poor. Rep. Peter T. King (R-N.Y.), chairman of the House Committee on Homeland Security, said Romney was "right on the larger point," but "I probably would have waited a day or half a day."
I agree with Rummy.
Unlike Obama, Romney does not receive national security briefings, and his aides and advisers watched the news and Twitter to monitor the situations in Egypt and Libya on Tuesday.
Clearly, WaPo writers do not get Rantburg briefings, either.
Romney's initial statement, just two sentences, echoed themes of "No Apology," the candidate's 2010 book. "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," he said. "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."

At the time, aides said, they did not know that J. Christopher Stevens, the U.S. ambassador to Libya, had been killed in Benghazi.

A statement from the U.S. Embassy in Cairo -- apparently a response to outrage in Egypt over an anti-Muslim film made in California -- said: "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."
And two hours later, the Ambassador was dead. A few hours after that, other embassies were stormed. But the lesson is Mitt spoke too soon?
Romney also made clear at the news conference that he believes the [Egyptian] embassy speaks for the White House and Hillary, and Big Jawn, and the left-wing in general. "The president takes responsibility not just for the words that come from his mouth, but also the words that come from his ambassadors from his administration for his embassies."
Only if it's convenient, Mitt; I thought you understood that.
Posted by:Bobby

#10  Fuck the media.

Keep hitting him, Mittens. He has more than earned it and the press will throw a tantrum no matter what you do.
Posted by: DarthVader   2012-09-13 13:45  

#9  Also criticized for following up Isaac too soon.

If everyone waited for the Presidoesn't to make the first move, we'd have been sitting on our asses for the last three years...or on our 150th round of golf.
Posted by: swksvolFF   2012-09-13 12:21  

#8  Willard at least tries to make some sort of meaningful statement. Barry announces himself "Present".
Posted by: Lone Ranger   2012-09-13 12:18  

#7  Even Netanyahu has been trying to talk to Hussein about Muslim Brotherhood calamity and murder for a while now.

But more important meetings for Hussein (puh) came up like Vegas and Letterman.

Posted by: Unomosh Johnson2128   2012-09-13 10:47  

#6  Unlike Obama, Romney does not receive national security briefings...

Whaddya mean, unlike Obama? From what I've been reading lately that's exactly like Obama.
Posted by: Abu Uluque   2012-09-13 10:13  

#5  I suppose that if empty suit hadn't been in the empty chair sooo many times before, maybe the Romster couldn't have gotten away with being so quick to judge.
Posted by: Skidmark   2012-09-13 09:24  

#4  In other words, Romney will be a President?
Posted by: JohnQC   2012-09-13 09:23  

#3  I thought the Ministry of the Nile just burned the US Embassy. Shoot first aim later? Sounds like a fast and furious beer summit.

Gun rhetoric; they want to ban firearms but love the firearm languages and analogies. So its a fetish, and they want all your firearms for themselves.
Posted by: swksvolFF   2012-09-13 09:17  

#2  Presidential debate suggestion:

"As president, I will not put personal travel or political campaign financing above the security of the American people and our embassies overseas. I will BE PRESENT for the White House daily intelligence briefings provided by the Director, Central Intelligence!"
Posted by: Besoeker   2012-09-13 08:56  

#1  Mitt should be blasting this incompetent President(?) on a daily basis. Reagan blasted Carter during the Iranian hostage crisis. He hit Carter on the hostage crisis, energy, a weakened military, and the economy. Redux 1979. Let the media go nuts; they will anyway. Appeal to the people in this country--they are the only ones that count. The debates will be important. However, Romney will have to deal with a hostile MSM who is running these debates and a President who is corrupt and willing to lie to achieve his objectives.
Posted by: JohnQC   2012-09-13 08:46  

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