Under President Romney, Mideast would be calm? Really?
Advisers to Mitt Romney on Thursday defended his sharp criticism of President Obama and said that the deadly protests sweeping the Middle East would not have happened if the Republican nominee were president.
“There’s a pretty compelling story that if you had a President Romney, you’d be in a different situation,” Richard Williamson, a top Romney foreign policy adviser, said in an interview. “For the first time since Jimmy Carter, we’ve had an American ambassador assassinated.”
Williamson added, “In Egypt and Libya and Yemen, again demonstrations — the respect for America has gone down, there’s not a sense of American resolve and we can’t even protect sovereign American property.”
I’m sorry: That has to be one of the more ridiculous statements I have seen in a long time. Who’s running this campaign, Honey Boo-Boo?
So we are to believe that Mitt Romney, by the sheer Mitt-normity of his Mitt-strength, would square his Mitt-jaw and single-handedly suppress not just decades, not just centuries, but millenia of seething anger and frustration among hundreds of millions of people in the Islamic world. Their anger and insecurities would all vanish, and the roiling seas would be made calm?
It’s a feat that Ronald Reagan couldn’t perform — the death of 241 Marines in their barracks in Lebanon and the bombing of the U.S. Embassy in Beirut, with another 63 killed, bear clear testimony to his inadequacy. George W. Bush, the hard-bitten Texan, was such a wimp that Islamic terrorists dared to murder thousands of our fellow Americans here on our own soil and launch a dozen attacks against our embassies.
And Barack Obama? As Rush Limbaugh suggested yesterday, Obama is so weak that al Qaida offered up Osama bin Laden as a sacrifice to us, just to ensure that Obama would be re-elected.
Oh, but under the fearsome glare and resolve of the Mitt-y One, all would quake. Because all would know that if they dared to cross the line, His RomniPOTUS would … do what exactly? Smite them with a simple arch of his eyebrow?
P.T. Barnum once claimed that no one ever went broke underestimating the intelligence of the American people. The Romney campaign is putting that observation to a very stern test.
– Jay Bookman
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JamVet
September 14th, 2012
11:36 am
Why has the AJC made no reference to all of the reports in other media that the US was warned 24-48 hours in advance of an attack being planned against our Embassy, and did nothing?
All of the reports?
Other media?
Please expound.
getalife
September 14th, 2012
11:36 am
robme/ruin Traitors 12.
Adam
September 14th, 2012
11:36 am
Peadawg: Invading another county that was no threat to us absolutely does not affirm American values. It’s not our job to police the world.
I think you may have accidentally stumbled onto something here…. I think many think that American values DOES mean policing the world, sometimes into forcing them to do things the way we do them.
Williebkind
September 14th, 2012
11:36 am
JamVet
September 14th, 2012
11:34 am
“Opinions based on pompous pedantic generalizations and sweeping sophistry is…”
What happened? Did you run out of big words?
They BOTH suck
September 14th, 2012
11:37 am
Jam
He lives in a theoretical vacuum. As long as he can hypothesize he is in his glory.
When the rub meets the road, he is a flat tire.
But he does write very well and as long as it boosts his self esteem to say “leftists” 100 times a day………….. I’m ok with it.
yuzeyurbrane
September 14th, 2012
11:37 am
Stevie Ray @ 10:51– you have a point although you are a little off in the details. Obama did not live in the Middle East. He lived from around age 4 to age 10 with his mom and stepdad in Indonesia which is in Southeast Asia. His mom worked for the Ford Foundation on a program then. Otherwise, he had more foreign policy experience than Romney as a candidate but not much. He was on Senate Foreign Affairs, Veterans Affairs and Homeland Security Committees but he was a Senator for such a short period of time it would be inaccurate to claim a whole lot of foreign policy experience before he became President. But he has experience now from OJT and was wise enough to choose and listen to wise foreign policy advisers like Hillary Clinton. Honestly, I don’t know if many Presidents had much foreign policy experience. FDR had been Secy. of the Navy during WWI, Truman was clueless as to even our possession of atomic bomb, LBJ was a domestic policy man, and neither Ford, Carter, Reagan, Clinton, or W had much in the way of prior foreign policy experience. The only ones since WWII who were well-versed in foreign policy were Eisenhower, JFK, Nixon, and Bush, Sr. Obviously, it helped to have a lot of experience but some of those who did not, did well after OJT and some did not.
ken
September 14th, 2012
11:39 am
Boy, you are really in the Romney attack mode lately. But, I understand, there is no way you can defend Obama and his wrecking crew. It is apparent his reelection is more important than running our country.
getalife
September 14th, 2012
11:40 am
So much for the economy
Now the right are blaming America for the embassy attacks.
I think Americans need a reminder on robme’s word on getting obl.
They think they can win on foreign policy now.
Desperation.
Joe Hussein Mama
September 14th, 2012
11:40 am
R, Danneskjold — “perhaps we can agree that leftists are unwilling to defend American principles if it requires risk or real action.”
Perhaps you can show me that leftists never enlist in our Armed Forces, then.
Aquagirl
September 14th, 2012
11:41 am
Obama did not live in the Middle East. He lived from around age 4 to age 10 with his mom and stepdad in Indonesia which is in Southeast Asia.
Oh yeah?!?! What about all those years he lived among furriners in the exotic mooslim kingdom of Hawaii?
alittlecommonsense
September 14th, 2012
11:42 am
It’s a nice rhetorical trick Jay. Exaggerate what your opponent said, then say how ridiculous your exaggeration is. There was an implication in the aide’s statement that the assasination wouldn’t have happened. He never said “Mideast would be calm”. That statement is pure Jay Bookman.
Maybe Romney would have paid more attention to security in the embassy since there was some warning of unrest. It’s the way the game is played and it is legitimate. You criticize your opponent for whatever went wrong on his watch and say you would have done better. If you didn’t do this, you wouldn’t be a serious candidate. But of course Jay thinks Romney and his aides should not criticize Obama I guess. It makes sense. His friends and colleagues in the mainstream media sure don’t.
Adam
September 14th, 2012
11:42 am
ken: But, I understand, there is no way you can defend Obama and his wrecking crew.
Yeah, no one can defend that at all, right ken?
Joe Hussein Mama
September 14th, 2012
11:43 am
“Morality” — “Recent polls say that a vast majority of active military personnel will not vote Obama.”
Oh, I’ve GOT to see this. Link, please.
JamVet
September 14th, 2012
11:43 am
willie, you are the one with an eighth grade vocabulary, not me.
But exactly like rags you too are incapable of ever providing empirical (look it up), verifiable evidence.
To wit, rags, pulled that nonsense about torturing two guys leading to OBL’s killing.
But like you always do, he will never provide the first piece of data to bolster that claim. Nothing. Nada, Zero,. Zip.
No quotes, no events, no links, no nothing.
While I directly quoted the very man in the know – the Director of the Central Intelligence Agency, Leon Panetta – who said absolutely nothing remotely close to that.
And it is totally apropos that you faux conservatives now have a liar candidate to champion your veracity free cause…
getalife
September 14th, 2012
11:43 am
You need to use small words for willie. He never made it past elementary school. The gop attack on education worked on willie..
JamVet
September 14th, 2012
11:45 am
You
criticize your opponent formake up bald-faced lies about whatever went wrong on his watch and say you would have done better.East Lake Ira
September 14th, 2012
11:47 am
http://www.businessinsider.com/the-white-house-denies-report-that-it-had-a-48-hour-advance-warning-on-the-libya-attack-2012-9
More frightwing malarky debunked.
getalife
September 14th, 2012
11:47 am
Going back to bush foreign policy is a sure loser.
Regnad Kcin
September 14th, 2012
11:47 am
Rush doesn’t give THEM links – how are they going to give lnks to YOU?
MoreRightthanLeft
September 14th, 2012
11:47 am
obama is so over his head… cant talk to israel pm but can go on letterman..damn he appeals to alot of idiots.. we look weak throughtout the world because of this idiot in office….
Morality?
September 14th, 2012
11:47 am
Mama – I ain’t your pun’kin ….. pun’kin. So far I got you leftists to admit that Obama had zero military experience when entering office and his MILITARY experience is still zero. Also, another one of you pun’kins has admitted that Obama’s knowledge of God was molded by the hate monger Rev Rat, famous for the quote “G D America.” Thanks for agreeing. You know and I know that sitting in some committee while in Fed office is not “military” experience. When one speaks of military experience it means they have actually been in the military. You brought up Romney’s lack of military experience and I think that is hypocritical since your savior Obama has none either. Don’t criticize the opponent for the same thing your man Obama is “guilty” of – lack of military experience. I am not blaming Obama for those crazies in the middle east……. o.k.? However, I am tired of his apologizing for us and trying to negotiate and reason with these fanatics. That does not work. They are violent murderous, insane thugs and should be dealt with as such. Personally I think we should stop piddling around in Afghanistan ……. waste of good lives and money. Either go in to war to win or don’t go in. Obama is extremely naive when it comes to the military and he is extremely naive when it comes to understanding how the world wide economic system works. He is a class action suit trial lawyer and has never read an economics book in his life. When you are being led around by Nanny Pelosi and Harry Weed you are on a losing course.
skydog
September 14th, 2012
11:49 am
AG – “Well, sounds like your company sucks at HR and hiring. Some beancounter decided they needed a Vet for the tax break. Sorry you work for dumb@$$es who pursue profit over everything else.”
+++++++++++++++++
My company works directly for the Government, you the people. If you want to pay for no bid contracts and $200 a day per dium, my profit sharing thanks you.
Regnad Kcin
September 14th, 2012
11:50 am
Morality – I tell you again…President Obama has been the C-in-C for four years. Yor kinda slow, ain’t ya?
Peadawg
September 14th, 2012
11:51 am
East Lake Ira
September 14th, 2012
11:47 am
So it’s debunked simply b/c someone in the WH denies it?
wow
September 14th, 2012
11:52 am
nobodys tougher than a chickenhawk
JamVet
September 14th, 2012
11:52 am
Questionable morality seems to have “lost” those links to “all of those reports from other media” pronouncing that the US had prior knowledge of the attacks on the embassy and did nothing anyway.
How friggin’ dumb to you have to be to rely on an English tabloid for your “news”?
Morality?
September 14th, 2012
11:54 am
Mama – Google the recent polls for your proof. I don’t do links. I know you are capable. Enough with this military experience…… which neither candidate has. Sitting in gub’ment meetings eating caviar ain’t military experience.
Marty Huggins'
September 14th, 2012
11:54 am
Adam
September 14th, 2012
11:34 am
U read an understood him well.
I notice you chose only to partially quote me.
Directly before that which you quoted I stated that there are many here in the blog that do just that.
Am I not allowed to question Bookmans assertion that he defends Bush on this. When I have witnessed him not defend Bush on this very matter even yesterday?
Also I was absent from the site for a while and since my return he has not done what he claimed.
Why is it unacceptable in your opinion to ask for verification of a statement?
Others do it here daily on a variety if subjects.
It had nothing to do with understanding what Jay wrote is eat about verifying what Jay wrote.
Which btw has yet to be verified!
Also why would you call me mystery meat?
wow
September 14th, 2012
11:54 am
if conservatives think OBAMA is weak over this bs then they must really think BUSH{9/11} is a punk and they must thin k REAGAN is a punk when 241 marines got killed in BEIRUIT..
JamVet
September 14th, 2012
11:56 am
Not that they Questionable morality is capable of actually allowing himself to learn anything that doesn’t fit in perfectly with his chhickenhawk ideology, but what the hell…
JamVet
September 13th, 2012
11:02 pm
There is little doubt after watching this tape, if there ever was, that this clown is a closet Muslim with an agenda.
Kay, your tin foil hat is on too tight. Loosen that thing up!
30,000 additional troop sent into Afghanistan during the early part of his first term. Republicans opposed that surge.
Osama bin Laden – dead. Republicans don’t care.
Dozens and dozens of other Islamomaniacs -dead. (Watch out maniacs! You’re on candid camera.) Republicans don’t care.
American sorties by the hundreds in Libya this past spring. Republicans opposed those missions.
His agenda does not seem terribly benevolent to the Muslims.
In fact, it seems like you war weary neocons have become very pro-Muslim, huh?
JamVet
September 14th, 2012
11:57 am
“Google the recent polls for your proof. I don’t do
linksthe truth.”wow
September 14th, 2012
11:57 am
rabid rightwingers are celebrating the attack on the embassy in an attempt to make OBAMA look pathetic like BUSH did
Peadawg
September 14th, 2012
11:57 am
“Google the recent polls for your proof.”
Translation: I ain’t got sh*t.
Kamchak ~ Thug from the Steppes
September 14th, 2012
11:57 am
Google the recent polls for your proof. I don’t do links.
If you’re just gonna make sh*t up, there’s no since in being half-assed about it.
Common Sense
September 14th, 2012
11:58 am
“if conservatives think OBAMA is weak over this bs then they must really think BUSH{9/11} is a punk and they must thin k REAGAN is a punk when 241 marines got killed in BEIRUIT..”
Liberals love relativism. Why is it someone cannot stand scrutiny based upon their own actions?
Kamchak ~ Thug from the Steppes
September 14th, 2012
11:58 am
“sense” not “since”.
wow
September 14th, 2012
11:58 am
morality?
who was BUSH listening to when OSAMA rammed 3 jets up Americas arse..
MC
September 14th, 2012
11:58 am
Seeing as how the Mitts foreign policy advisers are the same neocon band of buffoons that created the George W. Bush foreign policy disasters how could things possibly get better. Now if you consider 3 or 4 more invasions and gallons of additional American blood spilled in wars we can’t win then maybe Mitts da man.
Morality?
September 14th, 2012
11:58 am
Kcin – No I’m not slow but you are. Sitting in meetings eating caviar isn’t military experience. Just so you will understand (if you have any common sense) military experience means you were a member of the military. You know the Marines, Navy, Army, Air Force, Coast Guard, etc. Obama’s resume is with class action lawsuits – not the military.
skydog
September 14th, 2012
11:58 am
AG – I’m sure you work very hard for a living, now please stop with the ooh, we gotta work through BREAKS! chest thumping. You’ve made several remarks that are derogatory whether you realize it or not.
+++++++++++++++++++++
Saying the military is not the most productive training ground for real world jobs, i.e. the construction industry, is what I have seen, not a derogatory remark.
Regnad Kcin
September 14th, 2012
11:59 am
Morality – “Enough with this military experience…… which neither candidate has. Sitting in gub’ment meetings eating caviar ain’t military experience.”
Your surrender is gracefully accepted.
wow
September 14th, 2012
12:00 pm
commonsense
conservatives love trying to make this president look weak and pathetic like BUSH…why is that
wow
September 14th, 2012
12:01 pm
MITTENS gonna git CLINT EASTWOOD to go handle the terrorists…lol
Regnad Kcin
September 14th, 2012
12:02 pm
Morality – “Google the recent polls for your proof. I don’t do links”
Rush doesn’t even give you links? Why do you follow him so blindly, then?
Common Sense
September 14th, 2012
12:03 pm
He is weak, and of his own accord. If he was exercising strong leadership, it would be clear to everyone, not just liberals.
There were many conservatives who thought Bush weak. And they said so. He was not constantly compared to Carter so that he would appear strong, relatively speaking.
Being better than Bush in something is not really saying much, is it?
Aquagirl
September 14th, 2012
12:04 pm
So it’s debunked simply b/c someone in the WH denies it?
OMG…dumb libs can’t even prove a negative to disprove unsubstantiated rumors.
How exactly do you prove you didn’t hear about something? Can you prove GW Bush didn’t hear about the 9/11 attacks in advance? If you can’t, why aren’t you cavorting with the Truthers?
Keep Up the Good Fight!
September 14th, 2012
12:04 pm
America’s embassies are under attack and these dang unpatriotic cons are not supporting our troops and ambassadors there because they are too busy attacking the President. Oh where oh were is my fainting couch. I cannot believe that these cons are so anti-american and unpatriotic. Oh lordy, where’s my flag pin.
wow
September 14th, 2012
12:06 pm
commonsense
only conservatives think OBAMA is weak on defense…and of course thry have van agenda…do um think RERAGAN was weak when 241 marines were killed on his watch
Joe Hussein Mama
September 14th, 2012
12:06 pm
“Morality” — “Mama – I ain’t your pun’kin ….. pun’kin.”
You are my Punkin and you shall remain my Punkin. And I shall call you my Punkin and you shall be my Punkin. (laughing)
“So far I got you leftists to admit that Obama had zero military experience when entering office”
“You leftists” isn’t me. I’m not responsible for what other people say and do. Maybe your parents never taught you that lesson. (laughing)
“and his MILITARY experience is still zero.”
Dude, he’s been Commander-In-Chief for 3 1/2 years. (laughing, pointing)
“Also, another one of you pun’kins has admitted”
What someone else said doesn’t apply to me. Learn to keep your conversations straight, Punkin. (laughing)
“Thanks for agreeing.”
I’ve done nothing of the sort.
You know, Punkin, it’s pretty pathetic that your argument’s so weak that you have to resort to screaming that ZOMG SOME LEFTIST SAID SOMETHING SO THAT MEANS YOU ALL BELIEVE IT AND AGREE WITH IT ZOMG ZOMG ZOMG I WIN. (laughing)
“You know and I know that sitting in some committee while in Fed office is not “military” experience.”
However, being CINC of our Armed Forces *is.* And your man hasn’t even got that.
“When one speaks of military experience it means they have actually been in the military.”
I’n a disabled US Army veteran and I do not require a lecture from you on this topic, Punkin.
“You brought up Romney’s lack of military experience and I think that is hypocritical”
Fine. Think what you want.
“since your savior Obama has none either.”
Dude, I’m an atheist. I have no “savior.” (laughing, pointing)
“Don’t criticize the opponent for the same thing your man Obama is “guilty” of – lack of military experience.”
Then you had better tighten up on YOUR criticism of Obama, because I’m going to point out every critique of yours going forward that also applies to Romney. If you call Obama “inexperienced,” I’m going to point out Romney’s inexperience. If you claim that Obama is being controlled or led by others, I’ll point out the same thing with respect to Romney.
Sound good?
“I am not blaming Obama for those crazies in the middle east……. o.k.?”
Fine.
“However, I am tired of his apologizing for us”
Your criticism of his supposed apologies would carry some weight if he had ever actually *done* any of it, Punkin. (laughing)
“and trying to negotiate and reason with these fanatics. That does not work.”
How do *you* know?
“They are violent murderous, insane thugs and should be dealt with as such.”
Is that what you think of muslims in general?
“Personally I think we should stop piddling around in Afghanistan ……. waste of good lives and money. Either go in to war to win or don’t go in.”
So, since President Bush wasted time, lives and money in Iraq, are you criticizing him for not going straight to work in Afghanistan, where both OBL and Mullah Omar were KNOWN to be?
“Obama is extremely naive when it comes to the military and he is extremely naive when it comes to understanding how the world wide economic system works.”
So you say. Who are you to make those assertions? What do you know about it?
“He is a class action suit trial lawyer and has never read an economics book in his life.”
I suspect you’re wrong and that you don’t have any basis in fact for this assertion.
“When you are being led around by Nanny Pelosi and Harry Weed you are on a losing course.”
I’d rather be led around by them than be kept on a leash by that ugly little toad of a casino owner that seems to be cornering the market on Romney Presidential Futures. (laughing)
wow
September 14th, 2012
12:06 pm
i meant REAGAN
Adam
September 14th, 2012
12:06 pm
I notice you chose only to partially quote me.
Directly before that which you quoted I stated that there are many here in the blog that do just that.
I have seen no statement from you about partial quotes. Maybe I missed it. But I also don’t quote entire posts because I want you to know which part I am responding to. Plus, I have seen shouting matches between JHM and others, and even myself and Thulsa, that get way too long.
The relevant part of your post is not contradicted or clarified later by anything else in your post that would cause me to believe that you were not in fact accusing him of remaining silent when people say things about Bush similar to the things he writes articles about when it comes to people accusing Obama. If that wasn’t your point, please point out where I could have possibly known that. You stated this AFTER Jay told you he has defended Bush against similar attacks in the instance of having forewarning before an attack. What this means is you just don’t believe him when he says that, and your wording makes it seem as though he never even addressed it.
curious
September 14th, 2012
12:07 pm
Jay,
You definitely draw the crazies. I hope you have all our e-mail addresses so the mental health community can locate us.
This will be easier than using the internet to catch child molesters.
Welcome to the Occupation
September 14th, 2012
12:09 pm
Still nothing on the Chicago teachers’ strike situation, Jay? Really?
curious
September 14th, 2012
12:09 pm
Steve,
Bottom line; He made the call; nobody else did and it wasn’t a sure thing.
wow
September 14th, 2012
12:09 pm
commonsense
only conservatives who worship REAGAN {241 marines killed on his watch} think OBAMA is weak. Americans know embassies have always been attacked. We know that MITTENS is all talk, just another chickenhawk who will send somebody elses child to die for his fragile ego….in other words another BUSH
Joe Hussein Mama
September 14th, 2012
12:10 pm
“Morality” — “Mama – Google the recent polls for your proof.”
No. YOU made the assertion, so YOU provide the proof. It’s not my job to prove the bulldada you post.
“I don’t do links.”
Then you will not last long here, because no one will believe you.
“I know you are capable.”
So are you. Get up off your lazy duff and post your proof.
The internet slang version of this is “pics or it didn’t happen.”
“Enough with this military experience…… which neither candidate has. Sitting in gub’ment meetings eating caviar ain’t military experience.”
Neither is sucking the capital out of companies like a money vampire and putting their workers out on the street.
Obama is over
September 14th, 2012
12:11 pm
I am really surprised that Obama didn’t discuss what he was going to do to protect Americans in harm’s way when he was interviewed on “Entertainment Tonight” this week. Continued protests outside of American embassies around the world show a complete lack of respect for Obama. Maybe the families of the Americans killed in Libya this week will find comfort in his Romney jokes on Letterman tonight. I wonder if Obama put a chip on black and let it ride in memory of Americans killed in action when he was in Vegas campaigning this week? If Iran nukes Jersusalem, do you think Obama would stop campaigning and actually go to work? Or would he think to himself- I love it when a plan comes together.
Joe Hussein Mama
September 14th, 2012
12:11 pm
MC — “Seeing as how the Mitts foreign policy advisers are the same neocon band of buffoons that created the George W. Bush foreign policy disasters how could things possibly get better.”
THIS. ^^^^^
wow
September 14th, 2012
12:12 pm
conservatives are giddy that AMERICAN embassies have been attacked..
JamVet
September 14th, 2012
12:13 pm
Morality, please tell me about your military service. Since you seem to be such an expert on the matter.
And bad news for you ODS types, our Commander-in-Chief is the person exercising supreme command authority of this nation’s military forces.
In other words, oh obtuse one, NO ONE IN THE WORLD but the POTUS could have given the thumbs up on the go/no-go decision for our men in uniform to go after and kill Osama bin Laden.
And success or failure, that decision and the consequences rest with him alone.
At least you repulsive Republicans could enjoy our victory in bringing to justice Public Enemy Number One instead of obsessing about and denigrating his role therein.
I swear that some of you hoped the mission failed so you could do what you did to the president in 1979 vis a vis Operation Eagle Claw.
And that slimy, lying POS Mitt Romney is the perfect guy to lead your modern day charge in this matter…
getalife
September 14th, 2012
12:15 pm
Changing leadership to rookies is ignorant.
What did romney say about getting obl?
Nice Guy
September 14th, 2012
12:15 pm
Jay – so you don’t even try to hide the fact that you harbor absolute disdain for Mitt, do you? With the Mitt-y this and Mitt-strength that. This really doesn’t help your credibility. The little you have left, anyway.
Marietta Al
September 14th, 2012
12:15 pm
Isn’t all this Bush’s fault???
wow
September 14th, 2012
12:16 pm
OBLAMA IS OVER
Osama is dead and he has kept AMERICA safe…remember 9/11? you seem happy that the EMBASSY got attacked because i know you were just foaming at the mouyh to attack the president as being weak..if an attack on an embassy on foreign soil constitutes weakness, we’ll take that over another 9/11.
Jackie
September 14th, 2012
12:16 pm
How can things ever be considered calm with Mitt Romney in charge while he continues to debate with himself?
JamVet
September 14th, 2012
12:17 pm
Continued protests outside of American embassies around the world show a complete lack of respect for Obama.
So you aver that they should be respecting him and the us?
So which is it? He is a Muslim who is very friendly to the Muslims and they love him or they are enraged at him for killing a bunch of Islamic maniacs via drones and American troops?
Please make up your mind before November 7…
wow
September 14th, 2012
12:17 pm
MARIETTA AL
No 9/11 was Bushs’ fault
JamVet
September 14th, 2012
12:18 pm
Isn’t all this Bush’s fault???
Nope. Nothing is Bush’s fault.
He was the bestest ever and deserves to be on Mt. Rushmore…
Nice Guy
September 14th, 2012
12:19 pm
So can someone explain how Jay gets this: “millenia of seething anger and frustration among hundreds of millions of people in the Islamic world. Their anger and insecurities would all vanish,”
From this: “There’s a pretty compelling story that if you had a President Romney, you’d be in a different situation,”
Cmon, Jay. We all know this isn’t what is being implied.
wow
September 14th, 2012
12:19 pm
repubs are going to milk this tragedy to death, but it wont do them any good because ROMNEY looks like a weak opportunist
Jm
September 14th, 2012
12:19 pm
Tbs 11:34
Hardly
Btw just google “night in Tunisia”
wow
September 14th, 2012
12:21 pm
the ARAB world will bow to the feet of MITTENS …after all he talks tough
Nice Guy
September 14th, 2012
12:21 pm
JamVet – “He was the bestest ever and deserves to be on Mt. Rushmore…”
Wow. You’ve certainly come a long way since the days I used to frequent this blog.
Kudos to you.
j nes
September 14th, 2012
12:22 pm
From: http://likethedew.com/2012/09/14/history-repeats-itself-in-libya-sort-of/
Ultimately, what has been revealed through Mitt Romney’s commentary regarding the situation in Libya is the unwavering belief many people have in American exceptionalism. But this is not simply a belief that America is exceptional; it is an arrogant worldview that incorrectly assumes that America can do no wrong and that Americans (even ones who pervert the first amendment with hate speech) are always right, no matter who is killed as a result of their actions—even other Americans.
getalife
September 14th, 2012
12:22 pm
romney apologized to Muslims today.
Changing leaders to a man that refuse to go after obl is asking for trouble.
DannyX
September 14th, 2012
12:24 pm
“At least you repulsive Republicans could enjoy our victory in bringing to justice Public Enemy Number One instead of obsessing about and denigrating his role therein.”
Well said JamVet.
Keep Up the Good Fight!
September 14th, 2012
12:25 pm
JamVet: Nope. Nothing is Bush’s fault. He was the bestest ever and deserves to be on Mt. Rushmore…
I disagree. Bush should not have to share glory on Mt Rushmore. Why they should build an entirely new place to glorify him. Perhaps BUSHBUBBLEVILLE. The only news is provided by Fox pundits, everyone gets a flightsuit and a mission accomplished banner for their home. The skies are never cloudy so you can see them twin towers.
getalife
September 14th, 2012
12:25 pm
Lets leave the adults in charge.
The ones that focused on aq and got obl.
Joe Hussein Mama
September 14th, 2012
12:25 pm
getalife — “romney apologized to Muslims today.”
Can the Romney Apology Tour be far behind?
Marty Huggins'
September 14th, 2012
12:26 pm
Adam
September 14th, 2012
12:06 pm
I was asking him to show what he claimed yes.
I asked him to show some proof any proof of what he claimed.
Do you not ask for proof of things posters here claim.
Especially given that you have not witnessed what it is the poster is claiming.
I think we should all verify things before we accept them as fact do you not?
Just because I question a statement made by Jay also does not mean I do not believe anything Jay says or writes as you also accused me of.
getalife
September 14th, 2012
12:27 pm
And there goes your foreign policy argument.
Blaming America first then apologizing to Muslims shows he is way out of his league.
Four more years.
Thulsa Doom
September 14th, 2012
12:28 pm
Erwin’s cat,
Yeah I’ve heard the same that young goat is pretty tasty. Speaking of goat and lamb one of the tastiest meals I’ve ever had was the braised lamb chops at Chops years back. Dee.Lish.Us.
ITS ALL BUSHS FAULT
September 14th, 2012
12:29 pm
Why does Robme walk like he has a bad case of the runs?
Uneducated, uninformed, vote against my best interest, Howdy Doody
September 14th, 2012
12:30 pm
If I deside to vote I will vote for Mitch Romley. The grate thang about livin in Goergia is that I dont even hafta go vote becoze I no my main man Mitch will win my state anyway. I just love the campane seeson.
myother
September 14th, 2012
12:31 pm
Wow! The first time a politicial said something to get elected. That is what they do. The real problem is we keep voting for these professional politicians. The only fix is to quite putting Dems and Reps into office. Every election cycle the Dems/Reps play good cop/bad cop to maintain the status quo. It’s a virtual one party system. Without cleaning house there will be no change.
JamVet
September 14th, 2012
12:31 pm
Meat guy, you have that uncanny Republican knack of missing a great deal that is obvious to other people. At least those over the age of about fifteen.
i.e., playing ignorant only gets you so far…
Thanks, DannyX.
Keep, I like it.
But seriously, I am very, very close to forgiving Bush and Cheney for the spectacular – in both terms of quantity and quality – misjudgments. It will take me MUCH longer to forgive their sycophants who still cover up for those debacles. And who would vote those two right back into office if they could.
Speaking of which, too bad Del imploded. He could tell us how much he hates Carter and how JC deserves the blame for getting those troops killed in the Iranian desert but Obama does not deserve the credit for successfully getting OBL.
Its a Republican thing, doncha know?
AU Liberal in ATL
September 14th, 2012
12:32 pm
Actually, he walks like there’s nothing separating his thighs.
LeRoi2
September 14th, 2012
12:32 pm
We need to bring Jimmy Carter out of retirement, and put him in charge of Middle East policy for the Obama admin. Another Nobel Peace Prize winning ignoramus. It’s seems the Nobel gets awarded to politicians that appease and capitulate, which history has shown to not only never work, but actually lead to even greater conflict. If Hitler were still around Obama would have offered him France proactively, instead of just turning their backs, as the world did, when he took Poland. Enough of you ignorant Obama apologists. The economy is in the tank, personal freedoms are being taken away, hundreds of Mexicans have been killed by guns his Admin. bought and shipped there, American companies nationalized for the first time ever, and now, as most predicted, his ME policy is bringing the entire world to the brink. It’s not enough to vote him out, he should be impeached!
larry
September 14th, 2012
12:33 pm
I guess some people on here have forgotten that Mr. Romney has a law degree as well as Mr. Obama.
Or they conviently forget that.
JamVet
September 14th, 2012
12:33 pm
myother, you are the man.
Enjoy…
http://www.voterocky.org/
AU Liberal in ATL
September 14th, 2012
12:33 pm
GM is alive and bin Laden is dead! ‘nuf said.
LeRoi2
September 14th, 2012
12:33 pm
And Bookman blathers about what another candidates advisors said, unreal.
Joe Hussein Mama
September 14th, 2012
12:35 pm
UUVA — “If I deside to vote I will vote for Mitch Romley.”
He’s that Libercrat feller what’s runnin’ fer dogcatcher, right?
Bobby
September 14th, 2012
12:35 pm
Oh, like it’s really milk and honey under Obama, Jay you are a certified fool….How could it possibly be worse then this administration has made it…..Oh that’s right, you are a liberal, never mind…
godless heathen
September 14th, 2012
12:36 pm
US State Department spokesperson, Victoria Nuland said, Egypt is considered a major non-NATO ally.
President Obama: “”I don’t think that we would consider them an ally,”
Maybe somebody will figure it out.
wow
September 14th, 2012
12:38 pm
@leroi2
BUSH definitely kept AMERICA safe didnt he? remember 9/11
getalife
September 14th, 2012
12:38 pm
“Mitt Romney Condemns Anti-Muslim Film, Echoing White House Position: TPM.
Flip flop.
Redneck Convert (R--and proud of it)
September 14th, 2012
12:38 pm
Well, y’all can raise cain about what’s happening in Libya if you want to, but I’m paying pretty close attention to a Moral Crisis. Some French mag snapped pictures of a topless Princess Kate and published them and the British royal family is suing.
That woman is stacked like a brick s__thouse!Anyhow, I don’t know what this evil world is coming to. In the pictures I saw on the innernet tubes you couldn’t see too muchbecause some Richardhead pasted little stars over the most important parts. But it’s just a shameful violation of Privacy!wow
September 14th, 2012
12:39 pm
thank GOD this president has kept AMERICA safe unlike DUBYA
LeRoi2
September 14th, 2012
12:39 pm
AU liberal, given the recent turn of events, i.e., GM facing another bankruptcy, and American Embassies in the Middle East again being violated and burned, it would appear the martyrdom of OBL by BHO has kept him very much alive. Your statement, given contemporary enhancement, is completely backwards.