Romney accuses Obama of wrongly apologizing for US

[AzNick]

Source: Associated Press

BOSTON — Once and possibly future Republican presidential contender Mitt Romney says in a new book that President Barack Obama's international outreach efforts during his first year in office have been "kindling" to the "anti-American fires burning all across the globe."

Read more: http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5jxO0S-55c313vqmiix1Ro26DvCggD9E6OHD80

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I believe more and more this is who we're going to run against in 2012 and we'd better prepare to counter all of his idiotic argument.

Mr. Romney: President Obama has killed more terrorists in 1 year than Bush in 8 years.

[Cha]

1. mitt the tool.. I saw him in passing

on Letterman tonight. I can imagine what Dave was thinking.

[AzNick]

3. "Palin has a rifle" - coded language: right wingers, take up arms, shoot liberals

I would have been Letterman I would have replied "I have an assault rifle".

[Cha]

7. Lots of sociopaths have rifles.

[gristy]

9. That was indeed an alarming comment.

Maybe the next time a guest threatens him on the show in the guise of a joke (kidding!) he'll call him on it.

[No Elephants]

37. Gee, I thought Mitt had a rifle too. Remember, when he claimed to be a hunter?

That was right between "I strongly favor gun control" and "No, I wasn't actually a hunter. I did shoot varmints as a kid, though."


So, what happened to his varmint shooter?

And why is he hiding behind Palin's skirts (or Palin's waders, as the case may be)?


That reminds me: What is it about Republicans and playing dress up anyway? Are they all 4 years old?

[No Elephants]

33. Mitt always looks like he's have a bowel movement. He probably wasn't actually in the middle of

passing anything.

O.K., bad joke.

But someone who could really use a good bowel movement, but is holding back because he is on camera, is the impression he gives.

[FreakinDJ]

2. Shit - another Pathological Liar

The Anti-American sentiment was caused by Bush

[No Elephants]

27. He did not say Obama caused the anti-American sentiment.

IMO, the lie is that an admission of guilt and/or an apology (which implies guilt) yields hatred.

Heck, when a criminal shows no repentance, we cite that as a reason to sentence harshly.

And just think of your own life. When someone does wrong, owns up to it, and apologizes, it's much easier to move on. You certainly don't hate them for the apology.

Plus, Obama never took all the blame. It was always along the lines of, "We made mistakes, but so did the rest of you."

[tanyev]

4. You mean these kind of anti-American fires, Mitt?

[saltpoint]

5. Willard, thou speaks of nothing.

As usual.

[AlienGirl]

6. Suck it! The Shrub apologized to China after they attacked our plane, I heard no squeal from him!

[wordpix]

8. just caught about 30 sec. of Mitt the Shit on Faux tonight---huge liar

on and on and on about Obama, all lies. InsHannity's response was, "You're scaring me!"

Definitely Mitt's taking on O next time around. He's testing the waters. Hope the wacko tea baggers understand he got health care for all passed in Mass.

[No Elephants]

29. I heard someone say Romneycare was the model for the feds.

Hope those folks know that Romney lied about the cost.

BTW, the person who deserves credit for passing health care in Massachusetts was the late, great Ted Kennedy.

The Democratic state legislature and Romney were at an impasse. Kennedy banged their heads together until they came to agreement. Whether that was a good thing or a bad thing, someone else will have to decide. I'd cut out my tongue first.

[Zoeisright]

10. Abused any more animals lately, Romney?

That's going to be my line whenever ANYONE mentions him.

[calimary]

18. I may have a bumper sticker made - "My dog won't let me vote for romney".

[SoapBox]

11. Jackass!

...NPR ran a "glowing" piece on this dip stick this morning (03/02/10) along
with some vocal clips...what a jerk face.

And, NitWitty, I think you are a lying, CRAWLING hypocrite...you will flip-flop
all over the place to try and weasel your way into The White House.

Just say NO to NitWit!

[UrbScotty]

12. UrbScotty Accuses Romney of Lacking Principle (nt)

[CRojas]

53. Question to UrbScotty (Message 'SNL Elijah Wood')

Hi, UrbScotty, I'm Caleb, and I wondered if you have that SNL skit of Hillary Clinton saying (like your 2003 message): "...absolutely, positively, not running, maybe." Please, answer my question, because I really want to add that skit to my Hillary's skits collection.

Thank you!

[lib2DaBone]

13. Letterman was very easy on him.. I was surprised....

Romney is a POS. He wants to cut all social programs... but not the military budget.

Romeny also praised Sarah Palin and you could hear the audience groan... I believe he said she has "character and drive" (something to that effect)

Yup.. he's running in 2012.. no doubt.

[Career Prole]

14. "Kindling"? Whatsa matter, Mitt? Never start a fire before?

You use kindling to start a fire, fella.
The "anti-American fires burning all across the globe" were started long before Obama was president. See for yourself...from DimSon's visit to India and Pakistan in 2006...







AHA! Wait a minute...I may have spoken to soon! Here's the Obama stuff...



HEY! Camera guy! Pull back and get us the wide shot!









Oops...sorry, Mutt. I mean Mitt. My bad!

[Carnage251]

15. Fuck Him

:kick:

[No Elephants]

32. Welcome to DU!

[The Wizard]

16. What a shallow piece of crap

Saw Mitt in New Hampshire during the primaries. He was very weak and couldn't give a substantive answer to any question. He's really a slick talking game show host.
Anyone still adhering to the Bush cartel's failed policies must be smoking crack laced poison ivy.

[No Elephants]

28. How dare you imply Mitt smokes? Smoking was a sin when Mitt was a young 'un

shooting varmints (or hunting, or favoring gun control, depending upon which day and State it is). He was much too religious to commit the sin of smoking. (True, he was pro-choice and pro-gay, but that was only when he ran against Kennedy for the Senate and when he ran for Governor of Massachusetts, to save the State from Democrats, so it wasn't really a sin.)

The rest of what you said is spot on, though.

[RFKHumphreyObama]

17. Mitt is a certified buffoon

Someone dumber than a box of rocks who only got where he is now due to his father's name and who will never be even an iota of the man his father was

And it shows

Just like Dumbya

[calimary]

19. Yeah, you may be correct. Which makes Post 34 in the following thread important:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=389&topic_id=7831497

Post 34. About how our little mittie is an offshore shell company tax cheat.

Worth remembering and reminding people about it if/when the time comes.

[No Elephants]

39. Reply 13 on that same thread should be useful, too, if Romney decides to run.

Nothing like turning the rank and file against your own self, for no apparent reason.

He's a Mittwit.

[calimary]

51. And the ultimate question is - will the damn Dems have the balls to use these

facts as the weapons they can be? Are they willing? Do they intend to fight to win, or just keep on bringing feather dusters to knife fights?

[Tx4obama]

20. Politfact.com rates another Romney statement FALSE

http://politifact.com/truth-o-meter/statements/2010/mar/02/mitt-romney/romney-claims-obamas-actions-iraq-afghanistan-and-/

[muriel_volestrangler]

23. Heh - your link is broken, but it's worth clicking on just for their '404 - not found' message!

[Tx4obama]

45. Try this link...

http://tinyurl.com/ygkum4x

[pundaint]

21. Yeah, it's not those voluntary wars of aggression, or screwing with their politics,

or stealing their resources, or being the largest pool of hypocrisy in the World, or our generous contribution to global warming, or conning them with ponzi-like financial instruments bringing the World economy into peril, it's that damn humility that is pissing off the World.

[BluDemocratGirl]

22. Mitt is on the Male Menopause! LOL

[No Elephants]

38. Please don't blame anything related to women for Mitt.

[muriel_volestrangler]

24. Favorable opinions of the US are hugely up since Obama became president

http://pewglobal.org/database/?indicator=1&survey=9&response=Favorable&mode=table

[bulloney]

25. When's Mit going to apologize to that dog for strapping it the roof of his car?

Being a Repub means never having to say you're sorry.

[liberal N proud]

26. Is that why when you walk the streets of Paris or other European cities

The locals all tell you they love your President when they find out your are from the US?

Delusions of stupidity coming from a true ID10T

[deacon]

30. This guy has a neon vacancy sign flashing betwixt his ears. n/t

[No Elephants]

31. Until Romney, I could only imagine what a human turd would actually look like.

[Bragi]

34. "Obama has out-killed Bush 8-1" a stupid slogan

What an outrageous and stupid slogan that is.

It assumes that the true measure of success for defeating terrorism is body counts.

How very Bushian.

[AzNick]

40. It's not a body count, just the fact

Whether I agree with the assassinations, the true is that Obama is strong on terror, stronger than Bush was.

It's all about prevention and this on different fronts.

[Bragi]

42. Disagree totally

If you read Bob Woodwards' "State of Denial: Bush at War, Part III" you will see that Bush was totally fixated on body counts when seeking indicators for success in his various war.

This made his Generals cringe, since body counts were seen by them as mostly counter-productive in defeating insurgents.

Obama needs to defend his approach to foreign affairs without pretending that he is (stupidly) out-Bushing Bush.

- B

[Ian David]

35. He's not apologizing for America. He's apologizing for Conservatives. n/t

[protocol rv]

47. Didn't the Democrats support the Iraq war?

I may be wrong, but it seems the Democrats supported the Iraq war, voted for the Patriot Act. Also, Clinton bombed Yugoslavia in 1999, and sent US troops to be defeated in Somalia in 1993. The problem, you see, is US militarism, and it is something which infects many Americans, of all parties. And the country has a problem, because its foreign policy is aimed largely to support Israel, which most people around the world think is a rogue nation. The Democrats, of course, are very much in the hands of the Israel lobby.

[Ian David]

50. Thank you, Mr. Ayak for your input. It will be filed in the appropriate receptacle. n/t

[Ian David]

36. Bring electrical tape to the book store to put Hitler mustaches on Romney's book cover. n/t

[otohara]

41. Twisted Logic

bizarre Mitt.

[AzNick]

48. He said "Obama discouraged the employers to hire new employees"

That's it, that Romney explanation of the economic crisis.

[Arkana]

43. Considering the exact OPPOSITE is true

and approval of America has risen in double-digit proportions in every major Muslim country, I'd say Mitt is--once again--full of shit.

[True_Blue]

44. Correct me if I'm wrong but isn't it the GOP causing all this anti-American sentiment

[Jeff In Milwaukee]

46. Fasciniating Insight Into the Republican Psyche....

To hear them tell it, offering a sincere apology is an act of treason. You have to wonder about the mental health of a person who causes untold harm to others and then adamantly refuses to offer even an insincere apology. I swear the Republicans are a Party of textbook sociopaths.

[fascisthunter]

49. Republican Politicians and their grunts are Pathological Liars

and/or sociopaths... To lie in a Democracy, or what's left of the efforts made by prior generations, you need to realize you are giving the people you wish to represent, a bad choice. If you need to lie you forfeit whatever point of view you claim to have. It happens all the time, but it's much more extreme with Republicans, a very disconnected bunch of people.

[sakabatou]

52. You lost, Mittens. Get over it.

[The Stranger]

54. I don't think you beat the Republicans by arguing on their own "turf."

John Kerry was stupid enough to try that, and he had his ass handed to him.

No, the better route is to deconstruct the "terrorism" construction entirely. People are smarter than you think (I know, I can't believe I am saying that), and it is beginning to completely break down.

The politics of fear and the power of nightmares must be exposed, not reinforced by arguing that we're more better at fear than the Republicans are.

[struggle4progress]

55. Hey! He's speaking republi-cant, the international language of republi-cons!

I got one of those Berlitz phrase books to help me learn it:

English: "Hey, kicking complete strangers in the nuts is fun!"
Republicant: "I've been out making some new friends"

English: "Honey, I re-mortgaged the house and spent all the money on lottery tickets"
Republicant: "I'm a fiscal conservative"