Mitt Romney’s mystery tour. It’s a mystery to me that Romney’s first big foreign trip excludes Iraq and Afghanistan.
He claims the purpose is to meet with our allies and show his support for them. Where is his support for our troops and the struggling democracies that the United States has established in Iraq and Afghanistan?
In the summer of 2008, then-candidate President Barack Obama visited both countries and engaged in two days of peace talks with Jordan, Israel and the Palestinians.
Romney fully supported President George W. Bush in his rhetoric of weapons of mass destruction, the need to invade and create democracies in the Middle East. Yet he has no planned visits to Iraq or Afghanistan before the election.
Instead he is going to Poland. And Israel. And Great Britain.
This is an incredible insult to our troops, our veterans and our allies in this decade-long conflict. And it should be an embarrassment to all Americans.
Is the avoidance of Iraq and Afghanistan due to his own dodging of the draft and the fact that his five strapping sons avoided military service? Or is it because he wants no part of someone else’s war and would prefer to have his own (against Iran)?
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lauralbi1 writes:
You are absolutely correct. Obama did engage in 2 days of Peace Talks as a CANDIDATE. I repeat, a CANDIDATE. Who did he think he was at the time. He had no business engaging in any talks. He was representing nobody, not even Illinois at the time. It was an insult to the American people and to the Administration at the time.
Believe me, if you are a supporter of our troops and our Allies, there can be no bigger insult and embartassment than Barack Obama. We are fortunate that the House of Representatives has a Conservative Majority or our Defense Budget would be Welfare by now.
When Romney becomes President (we can only hope and vote) is when it is APPROPRIATE for him to start a rhetoric with all these Countries. Not like Barack Obama who used those visits and our troops as a Campaign tool and to manipulate short sighted voters.
It looks like it worked on you !!!!
Ed Issler
RayPray writes:
"This is an incredible insult..."
>>> If the insult is incredible, then you don't believe it?
"an embarrassment to all Americans."
>>> In this era of reality TV, Hard to imagine anything that might embarrass even half of all Americans.
"his own dodging of the draft and the fact that his five strapping sons avoided military service?"
>>> All the Romneys are military veterans. In fact, they served in the very same combat unit as the mighty OBAMA & Blood & guts Biden.
>>> But this letter is a total lie!
>>> Robot Romney is planning to tour both Iraq & Afghanistan war zones.
>>> Only he outsourced this job to me, who will be undertaking it for him very soon.
marco826 writes:
YADA YADA YADA
KlausStoertebeker writes:
Eddi,
your asbestos self contamination test shows the results. Great President Barack Obama visited Berlin on his Europe trip 4 years ago and delivered a wonderful speech packed with visions, hope and enthusiasm in front of 500 000 Berliner. Romney s trip to London and Israel was packed with stupidity and embarrassment. He will never win in November. Class vs. no class. Great President Obama and lovely Michelle will stay in White House 4 years more. I am happy! And I feel sorry or you Eddi. Eating Asbestos was a terrible mistake.
Mayor_McCheese writes:
Rick,
I'm not sure I would say it is insulting to Americans that Romney didn't visit troops in the field. Such a visit might also be distracting to their mission. I don't think it is a good idea to mix politics with the military.
I will say however that it is generally insulting to all of us the way Romney avoids discussing anything substantively for fear of offending one of his donors. He goes from one safe event to another. He takes no risks. He seems to have no confidence in his own message - whatever it is - and seems afraid to articulate anything. What I find offensive as an American is the way this candidate dismisses my legitimate concerns and questions. Why is is improper to show more than a couple of years of tax returns? Why is it offensive for the press to ask questions? Why won't he spend a few minutes and discuss what being a Mormon means to him and how it has helped shape him? Why are we not entitled to straight answers directly from the candidate's mouth? If we like them, then he will win. If we don't then he will loose. I am offended that I am not accorded enough respect from this candidate for him to answer some very basic questions that ALL presidential candidates answer.
It is like the Republican marketing machine is afraid of what their candidates actually believe and don't want them to speak. They did it with Palin. They were afraid if she spoke, most Americans would be horrified by her answers displaying her ignorance of all issues relating to national governance. They are now doing it with Romney, afraid that if he talks he will either seem too liberal for the conservative base (they don't even seem to like to call him Gov. Romney because they don't want to remind people that he was Governor of Massachusetts and what his liberal/moderate record there was) or else he will sound too out of touch with average Americans. Either way, it is offensive that we are not shown the respect to allow us to learn about these people and judge them for what they actually believe and say.
KlausStoertebeker writes:
". Why is is improper to show more than a couple of years of tax returns? Why is it offensive for the press to ask questions? Why won't he spend a few minutes and discuss what being a Mormon means to him and how it has helped shape him? Why are we not entitled to straight answers directly from the candidate's mouth?"
If he will answered this very valuable questions, Sarah Palin looks like an Yale Professor with 3 Nobel prices and he like a dummy of North Dakota. Maybe close to his level.
I stay in London and I and the rest of the world is hoping that the American people will not follow this absurd person. A joke like Palin. I will be not surprised, if she is the next VP again. Republicans love to stay in tradition. They are minimized lo learn their lessons. They call that patriotic. As new-American I am afraid.
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lauralbi1 writes:
Klaus: Just so you know, it is not funny or amusing anymore. If you d your own blogs, the only thing you tell people is how sick YOU THINK they are. Many times, your blogs get eliminated as they are too personal in nature.
Really, even the people who agree with you don't find your blogs of any value (I have spoken to a few).
Try a new approach and Nationality as you are not German anyway.
Ed Issler
KlausStoertebeker writes:
Eddi,
one are saying so, others saying so. Who cares. So far you can count, look at the blogs of your friend liberator 100. He is removed by any second blog because he insulted me 173 times. I guess you are totally agree with that. I am not. And I spoke with a lot of people about you too. Remember - they called you the village idiot. I never did. You forget that? Poor Eddi.
KlausStoertebeker writes:
Mitt Romney mistakenly confused the words “Sikh” and “sheik” at a fundraiser here Tuesday night when he offered his condolences to the victims of last weekend’s shooting at a Sikh temple in Wisconsin. Referencing his earlier event in the Chicago area, Romney said: “We had a moment of silence in honor of the people who lost their lives at that sheik temple. I noted that it was a tragedy for many, many reasons. Among them are the fact that people, the sheik people, are among the most peaceable and loving individuals you can imagine, as is their faith. And of course, the person who carried out this heinous act was a person motivated by racial hatred and religious intolerance.”
Romney spokesman Rick Gorka said the candidate “mispronounced similar sounding words,” noting that he was clearly referring to the Wisconsin shooting and not trying to offend people of Sikh faith.
Great President Barack Obama will win.. No doubt about that.
ajm3s writes:
K,
In this tit for tat war of pronunciations, the other side will offer Mr. Obama's corpsman.
http://www.realclearpolitics.com/vide...
But to continue on your banner of victory of Obama, I will reach back into history and predict that the breakout will be late in the campaign......
But I will stick to my prediction: Mr. Romney by 9 points or more.
Campaign is getting pretty pathetic, and Obama and associated PACs are reaching into the world of extended cause and effect. Imagine, Romney at Bain was the causative agent resulting in the death of a spouse to cancer due to lack of maintaining a steel plant.
http://www.newsy.com/videos/pro-obama...
Truly, desperation!!!!!!!!
By October the independent folks that eventually vote, will get it, my only regret, the Romney campaign is pathetic as well. Imagine, the response from an official Romney campaign spokeswoman, was to reference Romney's Massachusetts health plan. Truly pathetic!!!
If anything, this may be why America is loosing he war on competition in the world.....our future leaders cannot even muster a message or response with credibility and boldness. Quality matters and this ad may trigger a turning point because we deserve better!!!!!!
KlausStoertebeker writes:
ajm3s,
maybe it was a phonetic problem. I have not the ability to pronounce so difficult words clearly.
However - the President of the USA has to do it correct. Otherwise he is in charge for worldwide irritations nobody want. On the other side I have doubts by the diplomatic skills of Mr. Romney after his terrible performance in London and middle east and the media insults of his spokesman.
I am agree with you, that the next election will be decided by the swing voters. And this group is in the majority much closer to great President Barack Obama and lovely First Lady Michelle than to Mr. and Mrs. Romney.
I have several bets. Maybe you will bet me too. Great President Obama will be re-elected. By a landslide.
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