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spanone

(135,831 posts)
Wed Sep 12, 2012, 09:25 AM Sep 2012

romney's statement on the libya attacks...

“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,” Romney 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.”



Romney’s remarks came before the White House confirmed Wednesday morning that U.S. ambassador to Libya, John Christopher Stevens, was among those killed in the Benghazi attack.

Romney foreign policy adviser Rich Williamson told Foreign Policy magazine Tuesday evening, before the deaths were reported, that the attacks were related to Obama’s “failure to be an effective leader for U.S. interests in the Middle East.”

Romney has often tried to sharpen the contrast between his foreign policy and Obama’s by arguing that the president is apologetic towards America’s enemies.

Obama spokesman Ben LaBolt responded a few hours later that it was Romney who was out of line. “We are shocked that, at a time when the United States of America is confronting the tragic death of one of our diplomatic officers in Libya, Governor Romney would choose to launch a political attack,” he said.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/election-2012/wp/2012/09/12/romney-calls-obama-response-to-libya-attacks-disgraceful/
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romney's statement on the libya attacks... (Original Post) spanone Sep 2012 OP
Romney is clearly unfit to lead C_U_L8R Sep 2012 #1
this statement went out BEFORE the President had responded. spanone Sep 2012 #2
Traitorous... PCIntern Sep 2012 #3
He is vile. Not only does he not deserve the WH, he deserves national TwilightGardener Sep 2012 #4
Whats sad is he sent his statement out BEFORE Obama had said ANYTHING uponit7771 Sep 2012 #7
Yeah--he blamed an embassy statement from BEFORE the killings TwilightGardener Sep 2012 #8
RMoney is a FUCKING SLIME BALL!! uponit7771 Sep 2012 #5
Bishop Willard just failed the Commander in Chief test. Blue Idaho Sep 2012 #6
There he goes again. magnifisense Sep 2012 #9

C_U_L8R

(45,002 posts)
1. Romney is clearly unfit to lead
Wed Sep 12, 2012, 09:42 AM
Sep 2012

Romney can't even muster a single honest word.
His shockingly opportunistic attempts to manipulate
this incident for his own political gain are contemptable.
A world class bozo. That's Mitt Romney.

TwilightGardener

(46,416 posts)
4. He is vile. Not only does he not deserve the WH, he deserves national
Wed Sep 12, 2012, 10:05 AM
Sep 2012

condemnation for making political hay of a still-unfolding tragic incident.

TwilightGardener

(46,416 posts)
8. Yeah--he blamed an embassy statement from BEFORE the killings
Wed Sep 12, 2012, 10:16 AM
Sep 2012

on the President, who was no doubt being briefed on the situation and still gathering facts.

magnifisense

(285 posts)
9. There he goes again.
Wed Sep 12, 2012, 11:06 AM
Sep 2012

To borrow from President Clinton, who borrowed from Reagan in mocking the GOP at the convention last week.

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