THE WHERE IN THE world is Mitt Romney? tour is leaving out two of the most critical areas of U.S. foreign policy, particularly Afghanistan, but also Iraq.
Mr. Romney landed in London amid bizarre statements from his campaign team about “Anglo-Saxon” pride, which caught the attention of Vice Pres. Joe Biden, who released this statement.
“Despite his promises that politics stops at the water’s edge, Governor Romney’s wheels hadn’t even touched down in London before his advisors were reportedly playing politics with international diplomacy, attempting to create daylight between the United States and the United Kingdom where none exists. Our special relationship with the British is stronger than ever and we are proud to work hand-in-hand with Prime Minister Cameron to confront every major national security challenge we face today. On every major issue — from Afghanistan to missile defense, from the fight against international terrorism to our success in isolating countries like Iran whose nuclear programs threaten peace and stability — we’ve never been more in sync. The comments reported this morning are a disturbing start to a trip designed to demonstrate Governor Romney’s readiness to represent the United States on the world’s stage. Not surprisingly, this is just another feeble attempt by the Romney campaign to score political points at the expense of this critical partnership. This assertion is beneath a presidential campaign.”
It says something that the man who wants to be commander in chief isn’t making stops in war zones, but is instead choosing safer spots for photo ops and fundraisers.
Would be interesting to see what Romney, aka, ” Ebenezer Scrooge ” would have to say to U.S. fighting men. ” I stand before you today, a man who has spent his entire life counting money, a man who has never served and has five sons who have never served, but a man who knows exactly what you need and what you have been through. I will add 100,000 more troops that we can’t afford to take care of, whose families we can’t afford to take care of, whose medical care we can’t afford to take care of. I will see to it that you are kept busy and away from home by starting at least two military confrontations for no reason at all and at a cost that will bankrupt the nation but keep the dollars flowing to corrupt military contractors. God bless you and god bless the United States. “
OUCH.
You forgot to plug in “and we will screw you over when our pointless war(s) leaves your body broken and disabled by dumping you into gossly inadequate medical care and even worse follow-on care that our rich cronies will provide.”
And yet he STILL manages to shoot himself in the foot. What the hell? No, seriously, explain this to me Taylor; how does a man who has been running for the Oval office since he left the Bay State in 2007 manage to screw the pooch this badly? Why are there so many unforced errors from this man? He keeps trying so hard not to screw up; yet he still face-plants in truly embarrassing ways. The total lack of seriousness and gravitas with Mitt is so palpable, so obvious. It is a withering denunciation of our broken two-party system that this man is the standard-bearer of one of those two parties.
Yeah, it’s been something to watch. He’s got a real issue with his campaign team and this stuff not being thought out.
I’m beginning to think it has to do with the long primary & Team Romney not being fully staffed and streamlined for a big general election against The Obama Machine, which has been in place & ready to roll.
There’s just too many chinks in Mitt’s armor.
It’s rough running against an incumbent president, especially when Plouffe and Axelrod, along with Messina, with a huge assist from Stephanie Cutter, thrown in.
Romney will have boatloads of cash in the fall, though, so who knows if he can buy his way back.
Debate pressure on Romney will be gargantuan.
Money only gets you so far Taylor. Plenty of really rich Pols have burned tones of money only to loose an election–sometimes badly. Remember Obama burned through piles of cash only to loose the PA primary to Hillary in ’08. No amount of money can cover a seriously flawed candidate, as Steve Forbes proved in his quixotic run for President and as Gov. Perry proved this year.