Guess who got his first intel briefing yesterday? Good old Mitt Romney!

[Bolo Boffin]

http://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/249973-romney-receives-first-intelligence-briefing

Mitt Romney received his first intelligence briefing Monday during a campaign stop in Los Angeles.

The regular intelligence briefings are customarily given to major-party presidential candidates after they secure the nomination to ease the transition if they go on to win the White House.

The Republican nominee met with members of the intelligence community for around two hours at a federal building in the city, according to the Associated Press.

It will be interesting to see how and if Romney's knuckleheadness continues after yesterday's cup of "Shut The Fuck Up, Real Lives Are At Stake" goes down.

[Xipe Totec]

1. God knows he needs a double dose of that PDQ. nt

[PearliePoo2]

2. For some reason this really offends me.

This asshole doesn't deserve being briefed by my government...about ANYTHING.

[onenote]

5. My suggestion: get over it.

Romney, despite being a terrible candidate, and despite having positions -- well, those change every five minutes, so no need to go there -- is still the candidate of one of the two major political parties in this country and, like it or not, he has the support of tens of millions of people. Based on that, he "deserves" to be briefed. Think about how you would feel if somewhere down the road (and it can't be assumed it could never happen), the Democrats have a candidate that the other side doesn't respect (or wait, we don't have to look down the road, we could look back four years) and they argued that the Democrat shouldn't get the briefings that have become standard in presidential contests.

Its part of the routine. We need to worry less about Romney getting treated like every other candidate and keep our eyes focused on winning this, because anyone who thinks its already over is mistaken. A lot can and still might happen both good and bad for our side.

[Renew Deal]

3. We'll know everything he was told by the end of the day.

Because he can't control his mouth. Just ask MI6.

[C_U_L8R]

4. He needs all the intelligence he can get

This guy's proving to be dumber than a box of rocks

[annabanana]

7. hee hee. . . . . . n/t

[thucythucy]

6. How long until he leaks something damaging to our national security

in order to score political points?

And the countdown begins....