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BREAKING: Romney Apologizes to Muslim Rioters (Original Post) bigtree Sep 2012 OP
That man is an idiot. He's running a "reactive campaign". This is what Chuck livetohike Sep 2012 #1
It's more like a knee-jerk reactive campaign lunatica Sep 2012 #53
Even Rove ran Dubya better Meandering1 Sep 2012 #60
Welcome to DU lunatica Sep 2012 #72
Perfect framing! I love it! Lucy Goosey Sep 2012 #2
If Mitt gets into office a geek named Bob Sep 2012 #3
Mr. President, we must not allow a mineshaft gap! longship Sep 2012 #30
ouch! a geek named Bob Sep 2012 #31
Jesus. This is embarrassing. Could this campaign get any worse? renie408 Sep 2012 #4
Of course it can! This is Mitt the Twit we are talking about. Raster Sep 2012 #7
Yes! caseymoz Sep 2012 #64
How soon will it be that his handlers walk back that statemen: 10, 9, 8, 7, .... bklyncowgirl Sep 2012 #5
AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH !!! janlyn Sep 2012 #6
No kidding - he's Vertigo Mitt! myrna minx Sep 2012 #12
There's a profound question. burnsei sensei Sep 2012 #28
Is This From The Onion?....nt global1 Sep 2012 #8
Havent you heard? wryter2000 Sep 2012 #65
3 different positions in 3 days. As John Kerry so eloquently said at the DNC - jillan Sep 2012 #9
So what the hell was all of his noise about in the first place? BlueStreak Sep 2012 #34
Poor impulse control. A GREAT characteristic in a president. nolabear Sep 2012 #40
As I read this Versailles Sep 2012 #54
No. He wouldn't apologize. He'd just make excuses. BlueStreak Sep 2012 #61
Heh kenfrequed Sep 2012 #42
LOL. There's gotta be a term other than the simple "flip. flop." term. This just doesn't describe Laura PourMeADrink Sep 2012 #67
The medical definition HuskyOffset Sep 2012 #73
I hate the dude but rbrnmw Sep 2012 #10
yes.. Why Syzygy Sep 2012 #59
We've now seen two of the faces of Eve on this issue. Waiting for the third. aint_no_life_nowhere Sep 2012 #11
I'll bet his 3rd face is just as two-faced as the first two two-faces he's shown. Bucky Sep 2012 #48
I shouldn't have understood your post, but I did. A Simple Game Sep 2012 #63
Tune in later when the Mighty Wurlitzer starts blasting on his butt. Skidmore Sep 2012 #13
Mitt's quote from the article..... Sheepshank Sep 2012 #14
you just know bigtree Sep 2012 #16
That steel trap has apparently been rusted shut for decades. Scuba Sep 2012 #17
Sounds like a Mitticism, the new type of Bushism aint_no_life_nowhere Sep 2012 #21
and the opposite of a witticism! FightForMichigan Sep 2012 #35
Perfect! That's what to call it! AllyCat Sep 2012 #45
OMG! He is channeling Palin. nt avebury Sep 2012 #25
Is he going to have a nervous breakdown xxqqqzme Sep 2012 #36
Unreal tufnel Sep 2012 #15
Romney changes positions faster than a gymnast on crack KurtNYC Sep 2012 #18
+ 5 brazillion kestrel91316 Sep 2012 #47
give the guy a break d_r Sep 2012 #19
omg He must be watching Rachel on the sly. . . . n/t annabanana Sep 2012 #20
He's stuck in a "boy who cried wolf" situation. Lizzie Poppet Sep 2012 #22
Man warrior1 Sep 2012 #23
It's too little too late to etch-a-sketch this BumRushDaShow Sep 2012 #24
What a Mitwit. L0oniX Sep 2012 #26
I knew this would happen - they spend so much time just trying to argue with The President cbdo2007 Sep 2012 #27
This message was self-deleted by its author 1GirlieGirl Sep 2012 #29
WTF??!!! I can't keep up. Good gawd. nt K Gardner Sep 2012 #32
Polling Must Indicates It's (Deliberately Inflaming Radical Muslims) A Loser DemocratSinceBirth Sep 2012 #33
Weren't the freepers in love with him last night? mindwalker_i Sep 2012 #37
Yes I saw a post on here somewhere that the Freepers said Mittwit looked Presidential. DippyDem Sep 2012 #62
The freepers will love this....nt msanthrope Sep 2012 #38
I've started reading his quotes in Mr. Brady's voice; he's so cheesy! SaveAmerica Sep 2012 #39
Well, in his defense I do think Friday is Opposite Day. nolabear Sep 2012 #41
This guy couldn't try any harder to make himself look like an idiot. Egnever Sep 2012 #43
No, the First Amendment does not give people the right to "do what they want to do" AllyCat Sep 2012 #44
A little to late. Damage done. Blue State Bandit Sep 2012 #46
Mittens and his campaign need to shut the fuck up Iliyah Sep 2012 #49
So he is now against "freedom" get the red out Sep 2012 #50
can I sue Mitt Romney? Heather MC Sep 2012 #51
LOL !!! Laura PourMeADrink Sep 2012 #68
This is gonna go over great with our FRiends across the aisle. brooklynite Sep 2012 #52
Why does Mitt hate America?? barnabas63 Sep 2012 #55
Saying Mitt hates America is giving him way too much credit. I dont think he has any emotions. Nm rhett o rick Sep 2012 #74
His supporters must get whiplash. (nt) ehrnst Sep 2012 #56
Except some of his spokespeople fucked things up further sakabatou Sep 2012 #57
FACISTS will say/do A-N-Y-T-H-I-N-G for POWER and for power's sake alone. Remember patrice Sep 2012 #58
Locking in the Muslim rioter vote! caseymoz Sep 2012 #66
Surely someone in his family can see that something is wrong. SDjack Sep 2012 #69
The Romney Rumba... Sparkly Sep 2012 #70
He's an ass, didn't he just say THAT FILM is what America stands for? He has no god damn idea what NotThisTime Sep 2012 #71
He owes Obama an apology too n/t TexasBushwhacker Sep 2012 #75

livetohike

(22,084 posts)
1. That man is an idiot. He's running a "reactive campaign". This is what Chuck
Fri Sep 14, 2012, 11:31 AM
Sep 2012

Todd said and for once I agree with him.

 

Meandering1

(36 posts)
60. Even Rove ran Dubya better
Fri Sep 14, 2012, 01:49 PM
Sep 2012

What we're seeing is a total collapse of the Romney campaign. Yeah like I care. He's an even bigger embarrassment to the USA than the Bush family.

This is Romney's typical flip/flip campaign that he's done for 15+ years. There is no major issue, especially core issue he is ashamed to completely reverse his opinion on. As in this case, sometimes the very next day he makes the modified position 180 degree changed statement!

From family planning women's right to choose "Multiple Choice" (Ted Kennedy's words) to health care Romney is the great shame of America. I feel embarrassed just to know he's the second name on the ballot.

lunatica

(53,410 posts)
72. Welcome to DU
Fri Sep 14, 2012, 04:05 PM
Sep 2012

But instead of being embarrassed why don't you just enjoy watching them destroy themselves. It can be fun!

 

a geek named Bob

(2,715 posts)
3. If Mitt gets into office
Fri Sep 14, 2012, 11:33 AM
Sep 2012

I'm converting an old coal mine into a deep-well arcology...

And then waiting for the Fallout to clear.

bklyncowgirl

(7,960 posts)
5. How soon will it be that his handlers walk back that statemen: 10, 9, 8, 7, ....
Fri Sep 14, 2012, 11:35 AM
Sep 2012

Seriously I imagine the fundies will flip over this.

janlyn

(735 posts)
6. AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH !!!
Fri Sep 14, 2012, 11:35 AM
Sep 2012

Is this man psychotic ???

I have NEVER seen a bigger flip flopper!! I need dramamine!!

jillan

(39,451 posts)
9. 3 different positions in 3 days. As John Kerry so eloquently said at the DNC -
Fri Sep 14, 2012, 11:36 AM
Sep 2012

before Mitt Romney debates Barack Obama, he should first debate Mitt Romney!



I shouldn't be laughing - this is not funny, but dangit - Romney is such a joke.
 

BlueStreak

(8,377 posts)
34. So what the hell was all of his noise about in the first place?
Fri Sep 14, 2012, 12:30 PM
Sep 2012

He started by saying Obama was apologizing to terrorists, and now he is putting out a statement far more apologetic than the original one from the Egyptian embassy !?

Don't words mean anything to this man?

Seriously, does he even listen to what he's saying?

I guess the etch-a-sketch is in high gear now. Seems like he wakes up every morning and wipes out any memory of what he said the day before.

Versailles

(476 posts)
54. As I read this
Fri Sep 14, 2012, 01:29 PM
Sep 2012

I was thinking about his flip-flopping, but reading your comment brought a whole new dimension to it. Poor impulse control is exactly what it going on here. Can we expect him to bomb a country, think about it for a day or two, and then apologize for his actions expecting that there will be no consequences?

When I was teaching, that is one thing I tried to instill in my student more than anything else is a sense of responsibility. Every action you choose has consequences. Thinking about what those consequences may yield to you in the end and weighing them against each other helps you to make a logical well-informed opinion.

I've literally seen 5th graders able to do this better than RMoney can...

 

BlueStreak

(8,377 posts)
61. No. He wouldn't apologize. He'd just make excuses.
Fri Sep 14, 2012, 01:51 PM
Sep 2012

"Yes, if we knew everything then that we know now, maybe we wouldn't bomb, but I was still right to bomb, just to be safe. Plus you can't give in to terrorists."

kenfrequed

(7,865 posts)
42. Heh
Fri Sep 14, 2012, 12:58 PM
Sep 2012

His people suddenly realized that their candidate was looking stupid in the arena of foreign affairs. So he apologizes for being an idiot and tries to look presidential doing so.

Guess what?

Mittens is still an idiot.

 

Laura PourMeADrink

(42,770 posts)
67. LOL. There's gotta be a term other than the simple "flip. flop." term. This just doesn't describe
Fri Sep 14, 2012, 02:35 PM
Sep 2012

well enough. What is similar, but multiple flips and multiple flops.

rbrnmw

(7,160 posts)
10. I hate the dude but
Fri Sep 14, 2012, 11:37 AM
Sep 2012

Even I have some emotions for him I'm totally embarrassed for him Poor guy is a walking disaster

Skidmore

(37,364 posts)
13. Tune in later when the Mighty Wurlitzer starts blasting on his butt.
Fri Sep 14, 2012, 11:41 AM
Sep 2012

Limbaugh and his comrades will be shrieking away. By last night, they had him saying just what they wanted to hear from him.

Mr. Etch-a-Sketch shook himself again.

 

Sheepshank

(12,504 posts)
14. Mitt's quote from the article.....
Fri Sep 14, 2012, 11:41 AM
Sep 2012
Of course, we have a First Amendment. And under the First Amendment, people are allowed to do what they feel they want to do. They have the right to do that, but it’s not right to do things that are of the nature of what was done by, apparently this film.


This is almost Palin-esque.

And really, "...under the First Amendment, people are allowed to do what the feel they want to do"? Mind like a steel trap I tell ya (do I need the sarcasm thingy?)

bigtree

(85,920 posts)
16. you just know
Fri Sep 14, 2012, 11:48 AM
Sep 2012

. . . he's never really bothered to personally read all the way through complicated, tedious things like the First Amendment . . . or the Constitution.

xxqqqzme

(14,887 posts)
36. Is he going to have a nervous breakdown
Fri Sep 14, 2012, 12:31 PM
Sep 2012

before the election? There doesn't seem to be anyone who can, or who is willing, to take him aside and speak to him in calm even tones. His head is going to explode if this pace continues.

tufnel

(95 posts)
15. Unreal
Fri Sep 14, 2012, 11:47 AM
Sep 2012

He takes the exact same position he just condemned days before.

This guy is a complete moron I'm afraid.

 

Lizzie Poppet

(10,164 posts)
22. He's stuck in a "boy who cried wolf" situation.
Fri Sep 14, 2012, 12:03 PM
Sep 2012

He flip-flops so much, that even when he manages to say the right thing, no one believes he's being genuine.

BumRushDaShow

(127,330 posts)
24. It's too little too late to etch-a-sketch this
Fri Sep 14, 2012, 12:07 PM
Sep 2012

The damage was done and continues to occur at a massive cost to the tax payer as U.S. federal buildings around the muslim world are now being targeted and trashed ever since he stoked the violence.

cbdo2007

(9,213 posts)
27. I knew this would happen - they spend so much time just trying to argue with The President
Fri Sep 14, 2012, 12:19 PM
Sep 2012

and be different from his position on literally everything, that an issue finally came along that he couldn't be different on. Of course, he should have checked with his advisors first before speaking, but now they actually are giving props to The President and admitting he is right. Poor Romney.

Response to bigtree (Original post)

DemocratSinceBirth

(99,705 posts)
33. Polling Must Indicates It's (Deliberately Inflaming Radical Muslims) A Loser
Fri Sep 14, 2012, 12:29 PM
Sep 2012

If it was polling high enough Romney would have advocated an invasion.

mindwalker_i

(4,407 posts)
37. Weren't the freepers in love with him last night?
Fri Sep 14, 2012, 12:41 PM
Sep 2012

They were all happy that he was a dick, now they're going to have to flip back to hating him again, but hating him a lot more. I think a few necks are going to snap!

DippyDem

(658 posts)
62. Yes I saw a post on here somewhere that the Freepers said Mittwit looked Presidential.
Fri Sep 14, 2012, 01:58 PM
Sep 2012

I dunno what they say this time.

nolabear

(41,915 posts)
41. Well, in his defense I do think Friday is Opposite Day.
Fri Sep 14, 2012, 12:50 PM
Sep 2012

And September is Cant Find Your Butt With Both Hands Month.

Iliyah

(25,111 posts)
49. Mittens and his campaign need to shut the fuck up
Fri Sep 14, 2012, 01:19 PM
Sep 2012

and keep silent because American lives are at stake. Shit, I think if they work with the Pres O's administration in reality they, Mittens, would look more presidential, but alas he and his campaign are a bunch of loonies who don't give a crap about people's lives.

get the red out

(13,459 posts)
50. So he is now against "freedom"
Fri Sep 14, 2012, 01:22 PM
Sep 2012

Now he goes and does what he criticized the President for doing, which he didn't really do to start with????

I hope rMoney has some Dramamine, just thinking about whipping around like that makes my stomach churn.

patrice

(47,992 posts)
58. FACISTS will say/do A-N-Y-T-H-I-N-G for POWER and for power's sake alone. Remember
Fri Sep 14, 2012, 01:45 PM
Sep 2012

his trooper's uniform.

Remember that EGYPT is the apple of PNAC -ian eyes!!!

caseymoz

(5,763 posts)
66. Locking in the Muslim rioter vote!
Fri Sep 14, 2012, 02:20 PM
Sep 2012

Now all he has to do is sneak them in, get them state ID's, register them, and get them to the polls.

What a strategist! How to lose every dimension of eleven dimensional chess. Some call it a trans-universal disaster, I call it, "Going Mitt."

SDjack

(1,448 posts)
69. Surely someone in his family can see that something is wrong.
Fri Sep 14, 2012, 02:44 PM
Sep 2012

Mitt needs to have his brain examined by experts.

Sparkly

(24,141 posts)
70. The Romney Rumba...
Fri Sep 14, 2012, 03:30 PM
Sep 2012

Now he'll have to walk it back another step to make up for the doubling down the other day, or perhaps a triple back step has to follow a doubling down to get him where he wants to be.

I'm picturing the dance...

(The Onion couldn't top this guy!)

NotThisTime

(3,657 posts)
71. He's an ass, didn't he just say THAT FILM is what America stands for? He has no god damn idea what
Fri Sep 14, 2012, 03:32 PM
Sep 2012

the hell America stands for.

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