There's a reason why elected officials don't speak against the POTUS during a crisis

[gollygee]

Because you don't know exactly where it's going and what will happen. You don't know if lives are at stake and speaking against the President will make things worse. It's important, until it's clear what is happening, that everyone present the US as one nation. "One nation under God" isn't just about "God."

What he did is not just careless and a political misstep, it's also unAmerican, and certainly unpatriotic.

After the smoke clears, you can say what you need to say. But not during the crisis.

[speedoo]

1. We've all known that Romney is a spineless amateur.

Now more Americans will know it.

[Flashmann]

8. Now more Americans will know it.

Maybe.....Just,fuckin' maybe,some of the murkins will begin to catch on too.....Maybe!

[niyad]

2. this is NOT "one nation under god" PLEASE stop repeating this reichwing nonsense

[sadbear]

3. Has anyone more sociopathic than Mitt Romney gotten his party's nomination for President before?

And I think we're absolutely confident that Romney makes Nixon look like the fucking Dalai Lama.

[unblock]

4. shrub, of course!

[sadbear]

11. That's becoming more and more debatable every passing day.

Granted, shrub was definitely unintelligent and not qualified to be President. But I'm talking about a sociopath, and I think Rmoney is a bigger sociopath than shrub.

[librechik]

5. they don't care about facts or consequences. They are 100% buying the election

that is the only thing that counts. And they will use every dollar, every cheat, every lie, and every corrupt official to try to get what they want.

There twisted message rings true with the RW media. That is who will spread the lies. And they will spread like wildfire. Because they don't care about facts or consequences. They are 100% buying the election

[Viva_Daddy]

6. Mitt Romney is not currently an "elected official" and hopefully will never be again.

[gollygee]

7. Well he's trying to become on again

and this would apply to him in that pursuit as well.

[HopeHoops]

9. Well, technically the "under God" part wasn't inserted until like 1956 or something.

I stick with the original version.

[gollygee]

10. The "Under God" statement was in response to this

http://www.usatoday.com/video/news/1832771474001

He's all about "Under God" an not at all about "One Nation."

[lapislzi]

12. Exactly.

Make no mistake. I despised W with a white-hot passion.

But on September 11, 2001, I sat and waited quietly, anxiously, for the President to do something, anything, say something to reassure a terrified nation.

No matter that I thought he was a weasly coward for hopscotching across the country all day; that was not the time to say it. I nursed a secret hope that he might actually do something good.

Of course, I was completely misguided, as we now know. But, to paraphrase Mamet:

"YOU DON'T OPEN YOUR MOUTH UNTIL YOU KNOW THE SHOT."

[indepat]

13. Don't think der Mittens gives a flying fuc* if his statements are untrue, un-American, and

unpatriotic as long as they serve his purpose.