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EarlG

(21,894 posts)
Tue Oct 23, 2012, 01:24 AM Oct 2012

Pic Of The Moment: Romney Fails Commander-In-Chief Test



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Pic Of The Moment: Romney Fails Commander-In-Chief Test (Original Post) EarlG Oct 2012 OP
Good catch, EarlG -- this should go viral! pacalo Oct 2012 #1
Check this out... Spitfire of ATJ Oct 2012 #13
Mitt's has his own mental map Coyotl Oct 2012 #24
That's not quite accurate. Mittfalca's would have the nations colored in. valerief Oct 2012 #27
ROFL, I hope you don't mind if i use this one. Amimnoch Oct 2012 #28
Make it go viral, I say! Coyotl Oct 2012 #36
ROFLMAO over "bayonets" picture! Moonwalk Oct 2012 #42
#horsesandbayonets collection here: Coyotl Oct 2012 #45
I posted a huge collection based on that meme last night.... Spitfire of ATJ Oct 2012 #44
Patience, young Jedi FailureToCommunicate Oct 2012 #54
There shall be more.... Spitfire of ATJ Oct 2012 #55
That's hilarious!!! Makes Dubya's "You forgot POLAND" look like a minor gaffe! MADem Oct 2012 #64
K&R ProudProgressiveNow Oct 2012 #32
didn't he say the same thing in the primary debates too putitinD Oct 2012 #2
Great! This gaffe is poison flamingdem Oct 2012 #3
If only. Romney's base doesn't have a clue how to find Iran on a map. Nor do they care. yardwork Oct 2012 #18
It reminds me of another moment Coyotl Oct 2012 #26
ha ha ha! Romney is a fail! I'd like flamingdem Oct 2012 #29
"some people in our nation don't have maps" Coyotl Oct 2012 #40
nice summing-up of the loser. marasinghe Oct 2012 #4
And we have our Sarah Palin moment cleduc Oct 2012 #5
Except, we are noty talking about which magazines Mitt reads! Coyotl Oct 2012 #65
"I can see Bainbridge Bear Oct 2012 #75
So he completely missed all discussion of the straights of Hormuz? BainsBane Oct 2012 #6
Strait of Hormuz MH1 Oct 2012 #56
He confused Iraq and Iran perhaps. MADem Oct 2012 #67
They didn't teach that Wellstone ruled Oct 2012 #7
Mitt, you fucking twit-- eridani Oct 2012 #8
"F"...thanks for being right on this with Cha Oct 2012 #9
Dim bulb brush Oct 2012 #10
Yeah, this kind of raised a question mark with me, too. NBachers Oct 2012 #11
Problem is Iran building Navy base in Syria to access Mediterranean Sea drnb Oct 2012 #12
That's only in the minds of rabid neocons muriel_volestrangler Oct 2012 #14
....and having a navy in the Mediterranean is essential...in 1467. Flight hasn't been invented yet. yardwork Oct 2012 #19
Lame excuse. Ganja Ninja Oct 2012 #35
syria isn't in the position to guarantee anything to anyone right now Dog Gone at Penigma Oct 2012 #37
Must have gotten his map of the Middle East from Fox News 47of74 Oct 2012 #15
Or... Romney's using iPhone's map app? FailureToCommunicate Oct 2012 #33
So now we know Mittens uses an Iphone pediatricmedic Oct 2012 #53
Mittens = Fucking Idiot Hepburn Oct 2012 #16
WTF? joanbarnes Oct 2012 #17
In all fairness UndahCovah Oct 2012 #20
"Assad is Iran's only ally"... only if you've never heard of the following: bvar22 Oct 2012 #31
Can we get an accurate count of the number of gaffes in that one sentence? Coyotl Oct 2012 #66
How do they get to Syria? They don't share a border. tclambert Oct 2012 #59
In all honesty donqpublic Oct 2012 #21
What would Bill Clinton say ... oh I know stubtoe Oct 2012 #22
Yikes!!! Doesn't Even Know Geography?!?! Shuhered Oct 2012 #23
Good one! And welcome to DU. classof56 Oct 2012 #30
Willie might be confusing Iran with Iraq. Not a good quality in a world leader. valerief Oct 2012 #25
I thought the same thing - "well, it's just one letter - what's the difference?" spooky3 Oct 2012 #61
I can't understand how a man with a college education ... Ganja Ninja Oct 2012 #34
Because he cares about one thing and one thing only: money. Nothing else matters. Initech Oct 2012 #39
It's very easy for someone with a college education to be stupid if... Moonwalk Oct 2012 #46
Mitt Romney fails at failing. Initech Oct 2012 #38
Mitt's Titanic Moment, to be sure. Coyotl Oct 2012 #41
New Rule: No More Wars Until You Can Accurately Locate the Country You Want To Invade on a Globe Yavin4 Oct 2012 #43
Too bad we didn't have that rule when Bush stole the Executive branch! Coyotl Oct 2012 #47
This is a great thread. Uncle Joe Oct 2012 #48
Spectacular fail. Second only to.... Dooley99 Oct 2012 #49
If you want to ship something from Iran to, say, Italy, merrily Oct 2012 #50
No, sorry, it was ludicrous. He clearly has almost no knowledge of the region's geography. tclambert Oct 2012 #71
That's DUzy worthy (if we still had DUzies) longship Oct 2012 #51
Don't forget Mali as part of the Middle East BainsBane Oct 2012 #52
In Romney's defense jimbo92107 Oct 2012 #57
Post removed Post removed Oct 2012 #58
That was funny, but he clearly meant 47. tclambert Oct 2012 #60
What a dummy you are... EvolveOrConvolve Oct 2012 #62
Tonight we are serving a special pizza ...just for you. Enjoy. L0oniX Oct 2012 #63
The Spinsters at Faux have come up with a response. politicaljack78 Oct 2012 #68
Im sorry but, even if romney made sense in that statement... iamthebandfanman Oct 2012 #69
His constituents don't care about his about his knowledge, he has nice hair, he's white, and he crunch60 Oct 2012 #70
At least the mainstream press is all over this scary gaffe! DeeDeeNY Oct 2012 #72
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such an awesome graphic i used it in a Mike Malloy video alp227 Oct 2012 #76
 

Amimnoch

(4,558 posts)
28. ROFL, I hope you don't mind if i use this one.
Tue Oct 23, 2012, 11:18 AM
Oct 2012

I'm wanting to put in on one of the "mixed" political boards I frequent. There's one thread going on right now with this topic that would make several of the neocon's heads explode by throwing this into it.

Moonwalk

(2,322 posts)
42. ROFLMAO over "bayonets" picture!
Tue Oct 23, 2012, 12:31 PM
Oct 2012
That is AWESOME! I dunno where you found that but I'll be laughing all day. Thanks!

FailureToCommunicate

(13,989 posts)
54. Patience, young Jedi
Tue Oct 23, 2012, 05:36 PM
Oct 2012

A late debate night, a long day of work, and now, to relax with DU...

Thanks for the laughs!

MADem

(135,425 posts)
64. That's hilarious!!! Makes Dubya's "You forgot POLAND" look like a minor gaffe!
Tue Oct 23, 2012, 11:27 PM
Oct 2012

Mittsy's forgotten Iraq on his wee Etch-a-Sketch! Or perhaps Iran has invaded Iraq and prevailed in yet another blistering border war, in his goofy little mind! And India probably has no idea what to do with all the extra room!

yardwork

(61,416 posts)
18. If only. Romney's base doesn't have a clue how to find Iran on a map. Nor do they care.
Tue Oct 23, 2012, 10:27 AM
Oct 2012

Edit - for example, see post 12 below.

flamingdem

(39,304 posts)
29. ha ha ha! Romney is a fail! I'd like
Tue Oct 23, 2012, 11:20 AM
Oct 2012

to see a video mash up of Romney's debate performance and Ms. South Carolina?

marasinghe

(1,253 posts)
4. nice summing-up of the loser.
Tue Oct 23, 2012, 01:29 AM
Oct 2012

you'd figure the asshole at least knew the geography around "his gang's oil wells". oh, well; seems he fails that test as well.

 

Coyotl

(15,262 posts)
65. Except, we are noty talking about which magazines Mitt reads!
Tue Oct 23, 2012, 11:42 PM
Oct 2012

Or which countries he can see from the doghouse atop the Rolls

 

Bainbridge Bear

(155 posts)
75. "I can see
Wed Oct 24, 2012, 10:35 AM
Oct 2012

Russia from my house". Rethugs seem to have a real problem with geography, and just about every other form of book larnin'

BainsBane

(53,001 posts)
6. So he completely missed all discussion of the straights of Hormuz?
Tue Oct 23, 2012, 01:32 AM
Oct 2012

He studied hard, but didn't cut it. It's clear he has never thought about foreign policy before this election.

Mali was also a gaffe: It's Sub-Saharan Africa, not the Middle East.

MADem

(135,425 posts)
67. He confused Iraq and Iran perhaps.
Wed Oct 24, 2012, 12:11 AM
Oct 2012

Iraq, maps notwithstanding, has no decent littoral. The Shatt al Arab waterway is still a mess. They're the ones in need of an additional option when it comes to the sea, though the Med is a long way away.

If Iran wanted access to the Med, they've still got a few pals in Lebanon. They already HAVE a measure of "access" to the Med through their buddies, but they don't have shit in terms of seapower.

Maybe, though, he confused Iran "shipping" arms to Syria (something SECSTATE has chastised them for just a few weeks ago) with actual SHIPS that float on the water, and that all got confused in his sweaty little head.

I was giving Shittsy the once over during that debate, and I gotta say, the sweating was noticeable, the blinking and fake "kiss me once and kiss me twice and kiss me once again" simper on his face was very off-putting, and I got the sense that the guy really needed to poop--BAD.

Ever need to drop a deuce in the worst way, and there's no facilities available? Particularly when there's a bit of a rumble in the tumble, and things aren't sitting right, and ya really have the need to just sit on down and BLAST OFF--that's kind of the feeling I was getting from watching the guy, that his stuff was just all a-boil, and he should have visited the loo before the debate started....he looked like "BEFORE" in an ad for IMMODIUM AD!

 

Wellstone ruled

(34,661 posts)
7. They didn't teach that
Tue Oct 23, 2012, 01:37 AM
Oct 2012

at Mormon Missionary school. Funny he didn't get Iran next to France. Dumb ass.

Cha

(295,901 posts)
9. "F"...thanks for being right on this with
Tue Oct 23, 2012, 01:52 AM
Oct 2012

your inimitable grading, EarlG! Rofl

Did his debate coach tell him that? Something he thought he remembered from a long ago geography class?

 

drnb

(3 posts)
12. Problem is Iran building Navy base in Syria to access Mediterranean Sea
Tue Oct 23, 2012, 03:56 AM
Oct 2012

The problem with this "gaffe" is that Romney seems to be correct. Iran is building a Navy base in Syria to gain easy access to the Mediterranean Sea.

muriel_volestrangler

(101,150 posts)
14. That's only in the minds of rabid neocons
Tue Oct 23, 2012, 07:06 AM
Oct 2012

In reality, there is no such base. Try linking to a real-world report about this (the fake DEBKA claim from 2011 about this doesn't count - DEBKA is a propaganda outfit that makes things up for tactical gain).

yardwork

(61,416 posts)
19. ....and having a navy in the Mediterranean is essential...in 1467. Flight hasn't been invented yet.
Tue Oct 23, 2012, 10:28 AM
Oct 2012

Who writes these scripts?

37. syria isn't in the position to guarantee anything to anyone right now
Tue Oct 23, 2012, 11:49 AM
Oct 2012

And Iraq is between Syria and Iran ......which doesn't give Iran any access. A port base only gives Iran advantage if they get their navy into the Med......and that requires getting them out of the Persian gulf, which can be easily contested by a lot of countries -- and INTO the Med through the Suez Canal.....where it is even easier to stop them.

Unless you are suggesting Iran plans to portage their navy through Iraq?

Because the only place easier to destroy a navy from above than in the water would be across land -- if they could move the larger ships that way at all.

So unless Syria offers them an air pump like the ones for flat tires on the outsides of SuperAmericas, to reinflate their little blow-up boats, so what if Iran plans to build a naval base in Syria?

Syria is late to the Arab spring, but it is only a matter of time until the current regime tumbles. Subsequent regimes are less likely to be pro-Iranian.

I just LOVE this picture - applause, applause!

pediatricmedic

(397 posts)
53. So now we know Mittens uses an Iphone
Tue Oct 23, 2012, 04:46 PM
Oct 2012

That certainly is the right phone for the corporate elite who like exploiting people.

 

UndahCovah

(125 posts)
20. In all fairness
Tue Oct 23, 2012, 10:41 AM
Oct 2012

Rmoney probably meant the Mediterranean sea. He should have specified though if he to avoid any questions. And I suppose Assad is Iran's only ally, even though they don't share a border.

bvar22

(39,909 posts)
31. "Assad is Iran's only ally"... only if you've never heard of the following:
Tue Oct 23, 2012, 11:26 AM
Oct 2012

Lebanon
China
Russia
India
Pakistan
Cuba
Iraq (Google it)
Afghanistan (even though you never hear it in the media they really are allies!)
Venezuela ( and other Latin American Oil Allies of Venezuela)
North Korea

The "Stans" and regions bordering Afghanistan and Southern Russia that are controlled by fundamentalist Muslim sects that are loyal to the Iranian Religious leaders.

 

Coyotl

(15,262 posts)
66. Can we get an accurate count of the number of gaffes in that one sentence?
Tue Oct 23, 2012, 11:45 PM
Oct 2012

Maybe with a committee working for a day or two

tclambert

(11,080 posts)
59. How do they get to Syria? They don't share a border.
Tue Oct 23, 2012, 08:36 PM
Oct 2012

They'd have to go around Iraq or Turkey, since according to Mitt they don't have any other allies. Besides, one of the big threats with Iran is their long coastline on the Persian Gulf, which they could potentially close, especially at the Straits of Hormuz. An awful lot of the world's oil moves through there. Iran's own seacoast is critically important.

donqpublic

(155 posts)
21. In all honesty
Tue Oct 23, 2012, 10:42 AM
Oct 2012

As far as Mitt knows, the Mediterranean is the only "SEA" he has taken yacht. Regular trips to Southern France, Southern Spain, and Monaco will skew your geographic sensibilities.

Shuhered

(200 posts)
23. Yikes!!! Doesn't Even Know Geography?!?!
Tue Oct 23, 2012, 11:02 AM
Oct 2012

Wow, this is ridiculous Mittens. I can forgive your general lack of geography if you will just release the 2000-2009 tax returns in full. Please do so now as I am an undecided voter idiot imbecile dumbass who just hasn't had enough data in these last 2 years of this election cycle. Heehee, gotcha!!! Already voted for Obama here in Iowa, by mail. Vote People!!!!!

Ganja Ninja

(15,953 posts)
34. I can't understand how a man with a college education ...
Tue Oct 23, 2012, 11:34 AM
Oct 2012

could be so fucking stupid. For a country that is so important and plays such huge role in the world the general lack of knowledge regarding geography is appalling. It's especially annoying when we have fought not 1 but 2 wars in the last 20 years in a country that shares a border with both Syria and Iran.

Moonwalk

(2,322 posts)
46. It's very easy for someone with a college education to be stupid if...
Tue Oct 23, 2012, 12:40 PM
Oct 2012

...the everything they got from college was bought with money rather than actually studying and learning. Look at Dubya. Four years at Yale didn't make him any smarter. Money gets you in, and money gets you a passing grade and money gets you the diploma. Which means you can spend those years bullying and playing jokes on professors rather than actually learning anything.

Yavin4

(35,356 posts)
43. New Rule: No More Wars Until You Can Accurately Locate the Country You Want To Invade on a Globe
Tue Oct 23, 2012, 12:31 PM
Oct 2012

And the globe won't have any labels.

 

Coyotl

(15,262 posts)
47. Too bad we didn't have that rule when Bush stole the Executive branch!
Tue Oct 23, 2012, 12:43 PM
Oct 2012

We could have avoided two wars

 

Dooley99

(1 post)
49. Spectacular fail. Second only to....
Tue Oct 23, 2012, 01:05 PM
Oct 2012

....Obama's visiting 57 states and that he only had 1 more to go. Hilarity ensues!

merrily

(45,251 posts)
50. If you want to ship something from Iran to, say, Italy,
Tue Oct 23, 2012, 02:58 PM
Oct 2012

the route through Syria is by far less expensive and less time consuming. Especially if you don't want to depend on having access to the Suez Canal.

Maybe Romney's sentence could have been more fully developed, but his geography was not ludicrous.

tclambert

(11,080 posts)
71. No, sorry, it was ludicrous. He clearly has almost no knowledge of the region's geography.
Wed Oct 24, 2012, 06:41 AM
Oct 2012

He probably doesn't think geography is important. In the case of Iran, it clearly is. And saying Syria is Iran's only ally is even more ludicrous.

BainsBane

(53,001 posts)
52. Don't forget Mali as part of the Middle East
Tue Oct 23, 2012, 03:42 PM
Oct 2012

These should qualify as the foreign policy gaffes Myth's advisers were worried about.

jimbo92107

(18 posts)
57. In Romney's defense
Tue Oct 23, 2012, 07:47 PM
Oct 2012

I agree that he blew the map test, but I also agree with Lawrence O'Donnell's assertion that we aren't really trying to figure out who is the best debater, but who will be the best president. Thus, the participants should have access to reasonable resources during the debate, including maps.

On the other hand, here's Mitt Romney trying to look presidential by shooting from the hip during a presidential debate. He may have looked like a take-charge kinda guy, but by assuming he had an accurate map of the Middle East in his head, he made an absolute ass of himself.

What Romney's map gaffe reveals is a man who is perfectly willing to shoot his mouth off, even when he's not sure of his facts. Even worse, he'd be willing to bet you ten thousand dollars that he's right, even when he's completely wrong. Mitt Romney has made himself very, very rich by always acting like he knows exactly what he's talking about, even when he is clueless.

As a businessman, Romney's full-speed-ahead personality results in an easy-come, easy-go career. However, an American president cannot have the personality of a riverboat gambler. When the fate of a nation and a world are in your hands, you need to be willing to take your time making large decisions, like when to go to war.

Romney doesn't like being careful. He plays business like a game, and he treats politics the same way, like a game. In the real world, a leader with this attitude can leave a lot of wreckage in his wake.

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tclambert

(11,080 posts)
60. That was funny, but he clearly meant 47.
Tue Oct 23, 2012, 08:42 PM
Oct 2012

Romney really doesn't seem to understand the geography of Iran or why that's important. And you have to at least understand the importance of the Straits of Hormuz and Iran's long coastline on the Persian Gulf.

politicaljack78

(312 posts)
68. The Spinsters at Faux have come up with a response.
Wed Oct 24, 2012, 12:58 AM
Oct 2012

I can see Hannity grasping for straws on this "Iran though having access to water bodies to both the North and South does not have access to a real sea. To the north, the Caspian Sea is just a big lake because it does not connect to an Ocean like the Mediterranean Sea does. And to the South the Persian Gulf and Gulf of Oman are Gulfs not Seas. Iran has allies in Northern Iraq that allow them to freely get to Syria via land, in reality Northern Iraq is really Iranian so they do share a border with Syria. And once the Iranians get access to the Mediterranean through Syria, they get to the Atlantic Ocean and attack the United States with their large Navy, thus we need more battleships." Sad, but I can see this happening after Hannity's comments on horses being used in Afghanistan.

iamthebandfanman

(8,127 posts)
69. Im sorry but, even if romney made sense in that statement...
Wed Oct 24, 2012, 01:41 AM
Oct 2012

and even if iran is building a 'navy base' in syria (btw , ive heard rumors of work on land bases.. this is the first about a navy base)..
there is noway in hell that iran is going to premptively strike Israel.
Do people realize the consequences of that type of action?
I mean,
its the same thing as China..
its just not in their interest to do it.
its just not.

how does starting a war with a bunch of nations that are capable of wiping your major cities off a map from a safe distance benefit you at all?
it doesnt.

simple fact is.

sanctions are working. iran is freaking.
they have two options.
one is attack and start a war they cant win..
and the other is
'talk' and atleast pretend to be slowing down their programs...

given their history, i think ill pick the latter. call me crazy.

 

crunch60

(1,412 posts)
70. His constituents don't care about his about his knowledge, he has nice hair, he's white, and he
Wed Oct 24, 2012, 04:43 AM
Oct 2012

is good at bullshitting enough of the people enough of the time to have gotten this far, and he has the Plutocrats running this country behind him with their $$$$. He's a corporate pimp, and doesn't give a jack diddle about most of us.

DeeDeeNY

(3,352 posts)
72. At least the mainstream press is all over this scary gaffe!
Wed Oct 24, 2012, 06:56 AM
Oct 2012

Biggest headline after the debate.
Oh, wait.

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