Stark difference between Romney, Reagan in 1980 (Editorial)

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OUR OPINION: Stark difference between Romney, Reagan in 1980
Morning Sentinel Staff

"This is a difficult day for all of us Americans. ...It is time for us ... to stand united. It is a day for quiet reflection ... when words should be few and confined essentially to our prayer."

That was what presidential candidate Ronald Reagan said in 1980, when a U.S. effort to rescue the Iran hostages failed, resulting the deaths of eight Americans.

Instead, Mitt Romney broke his self-imposed 9/11 political blackout and delivered a sharply worded condemnation of a statement issued by diplomats in Egypt before the attacks, claiming it had been an after-the-fact "apology" to the people who killed Libyan Ambassador Christopher Stevens and three others.

That Romney would take such a different approach from Reagan's tells us a lot about how our politics have changed in the last three decades. That Romney would see the deaths of four Americans as an opportunity to make news tells us a lot about his judgment. ...

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1. The 'Pukes want another two months of street violence, so they can "Jimmy Carter" the President

I remember 1980. It was brutal